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Higher Education in Russia
Ph.D., Associate professor Daria K. Kozlova
International Graduate School of Management
Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University
2013
Structure of presentation:
• Facts and figures about higher education in Russia• Challenges, emerging trends• New opportunities and perspectives • Questions and discussion
General information
• 1352 Institutions of higher education:
687– State
665 – Private• Federal budgeting: 4,1% GDP• Minister of education: D. Livanov • People with higher education: 77%
Sources: HDR 2012, Rosstat, Ministry of Education RF
New structure of higher education in Russia
• 2 leading classical Russian Universities: SPbSU, MSU;
• 7 Federal Universities;
• 27 National Research Universities;
Things to be changed in Russian higher education
• “Demographic hole” 2010-2016 90% applicants accepted to the universities;
• High average age of the university professors and staff;
• 25% of professors and staff speak English (officially);• Theoretical education dominates;
University monitoring 2012 by Minister of education
• 541 State Institutions of HE and 994 affiliates have been inspected;
• Criteria: • Level of education,• Level of internationalization,• R&D, • Financial achievements, • Infrastructure.
• Results: Ineffective Institutions: 34% in Moscow, 25% in St.Petersburg, 100% in Chechnya, 100% in Ingushetia.
Emerging trends Strategy 2020- social and economic development:• Consolidation of universities;• Applied bachelor degree – 3-year bachelor;• Affordable educational loans;• Competitive salary for professors and staff:
160% by year 2015, 220% by year 2020;• Federal financing, depending on the level of the
applicants’ knowledge;• Governmental support for R&D Universities;• University competition;• Development of entrepreneurship education; • Life-long education.
New opportunities and perspectives
• New possibilities for the internationalization;• New quality of higher education;• European approach;• New goals in scientific research (citation index);• Reduction of number of universities;• Reduction of university staff and professors;
Perspectives for Russian-Finnish educational cooperation
• Simplified cooperation with universities of applied sciences;
• Flexibility with double-degree Masters programs;• Development of joint research activities
May 2012, president V.V. Putinthe decree # 599 on State policy
in sphere of higher education and science:
By the year 2020 at least 5 Russian Universities
have to be among top 100
in the world university rankings.
Budgets
• For 2013-2030 - additional 100 billion EURO to achieve goals of the strategy 2020 (from Ministry of Finances);
• PLUS additional 10 billion EURO to be among top 100 Universities (calculation of Ministry of Education).