Smart university in smart society – some trends

Abstract

It is one of the responsibilities of universities to develop students’ work readiness. A smart university, as part of a smart city, is no longer limited to providing technologies inside and outside classrooms. Such a general scenario and the preceding statement confirms the thesis at the basis of this study: there is a need for a change of the current model of the modern university from smart to smarter. E-learning is a global category and all kinds of institutions need highly qualified specialists and staff that can handle different working cultures and have an international open-minded perspective. In the last part of the article the author describes an example of an innovative MA Programme for preparing new generation specialists.