The paper presents undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate engineering programs of the Kuban State Technological University redesigned as “engineering triads” based on the CDIO Standards, as well as on the FCDI and FFCD models, developed as a result of the CDIO approach evolution. The methodology for developing the FCDI and FFCD models is based on the specifics of engineering activities of the MSc and PhD program graduates. In the continuation and extension of the CDIO model mostly focused on complex engineering activity of the BEng program graduates, the FCDI and FFCD models consider innovative engineering activity and research engineering activity as priorities for MSc and PhD program graduates, respectively. The CDIO Standards and newly developed FCDI and FFCD Standards were used for the design of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate engineering programs ensuring the consistency and continuity of the 3 cycles of graduate training for complex, innovative and research engineering activities.
