Information technologies as the basis of engineering integration

ne paper presents an integration system of fundamental, professional and special disciplines based on information science and information technology. This is the mechanism of the fulfilment in the engineering training of Power and Material Saving Processes in Chemical Engineering, Petrochemistry and Biotechnology, with the structure of informational and technological engineering training being tabulated. The impact of computer-based engineering training upon the formation of complex systems of correlated professional knowledge and proficiency skills of a future engineer is discussed in this paper, and it is concluded that informatics and information technologies are more likely to play the role of the great integrator than any other discipline, especially when considering the global informatisation of society and of the sphere of technology.