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Issues of Bologna process realization in PetrSU :

opportunities and problems

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Petrozavodsk State University

Found in 1940 16 Faculties, 82 chairs More than 3600 staff Around 19500

undergraduate and PhD students

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Faculty of political and social sciences

Opened in 2001 546 undergraduate students Staff – 55 (lecturers,

professors)

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Structure of the FacultyFaculty

Chair of international relations

Chair of Political Science

Chair of sociology

Chair of social work

International Centre for Political and Social Research

Laboratory for sociological research

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International cooperationFinlandUSA

Italy

Portugal

France

Sweden

Lithuania

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Training of Faculty’s stuff

PhD programmes: - “Theory of politics, history and

methodology of political science”- “Political problems of international

relations and global development Postdoctoral research

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Research priorities and research fields

Republic of Karelia within the system of regional and international relations: dynamics, resources and perspectives

Civil society in Karelia and Russia: institutions, structure and process of development

Civil society and social work in border regions of Russia: practice, education and cooperation

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The most significant projects

“Improving political science teaching” (University of Umea)

“Health and wellbeing in transit societies” (STAKES, University of Porto)

“Understanding European governance in the regions of North-West Russia” (EU Spb, UNIGE, AI, Pomor Uni)

“Finnish-Russian Crossborder University” (University of Tampere)

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The most significant projects

Development of Nordic studies in PetrSU (Lapland University)

“Promoting European governance in the regions of North-West Russia” (EU Spb, AI, UNIGE, Pomor Uni)

“Regional network of social sciences” (European University in Saint-Petersburg, University of Michigan)

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International schools

2004 - “Geopolitics” 2005 – “Eurasia” 2006 – “Nordic countries and model

of Nordic cooperation” 2007 – “Regional security in the

European North” 2008 – “Security in international

relations” 2009 – “Environmental politics”

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Master programmes “Dynamics of EU-Russia relations”, 2005-2007,

MA programme within “Finnish-Russian Crossborder University” (jointly with Saint-Petersburg State University and the University of Tampere,);

“European and Russian studies”, 2007- 2009, MA programme within “Finnish-Russian Crossborder University” (jointly with Saint-Petersburg State University and the University of Tampere,);

MA programme “International relations in the European North in XX-XXI century”, documents on the contents of the programme are expected to be submitted for consideration to MGIMO in May 2009.

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University Strategy for development of international cooperation in education and

scienceWorld standards orientation with a glance at world labor market requirements

Preservation of the best practices and achievements of the Russian school

Introduction of international quality standards

Collaboration and interaction of national educational systems

Elaboration of compatible evaluation criteria and methods

Joint Master programmes

Summer schoolsProgrammes of student mobility

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Basic European documents focusing on integration of

educational systems Sorbonne declaration – 1998 Bologna declaration – 1999 Prague communique – 2001 Berlin communique – 2003 Federal law N232 “On changes in

legislative acts of the Russian Federation (in relation to establishment of levels of higher education)”- 2007