on November 13, 2020 at the Faculty of Music and Choreographic Education, Ushynsky University, a public defense of a PhD dissertation "Methods of developing emotional intelligence of future teachers of music in the process of professional training" was held in the field of 01 Education / Pedagogy education (subject specialty: Music art). The dissertation was defended by Gao Yuan, a citizen of the People's Republic of China, supervisor N.K.Bilova, Associate Profesor, PhD in Pegagogy, Dean of the Faculty of Music and Choreography.