Internationalisation of Higher Education in

Belarus: External Survey

Research conducted n frames of HARMONY project, KA2

Erasmus + Programme – Capacity Building

REPORT

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Introduction

This report is prepared in the framework of HARMONY project (Development of

approaches to harmonization of comprehensive internationalization strategies in

higher education, research and innovation at EU and Partner Countries) funded by

the Erasmus + Programme (KA2 Erasmus + Programme – Capacity Building) of the

European Union.

HARMONY Project No: 561561-EPP-1-2015-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP

The questionnaire was prepared with the purpose of analysing the level of

internationalisation of higher education, research and innovation in countries

participating in the project. The questionnaire development was achieved through

methodological workshop on questionnaire drafting. The questionnaire drafting was

produced by partners for each Partner country: Armenia, Belarus and Russia as well

for EU countries in order to address the peculiarities of each side.

This report analysis the current state of higher education internationalization in

Belarus based on the study outcomes.

Implementation:

The questionnaire developed within the HARMONY project was sent to the

universities by the Ministry of Education of Belarus to all higher education

institutions, the responses were collected by the Belarus State University staff.

General information

The data is provided for 2015-2016 academic year.

38 universities answered the external questionnaire in Belarus out of 51

universities.

Specialized institutions have not been covered (such as the Academy of the

Ministry of Internal Affairs etc.)

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Questionnaire to evaluate the internationalization of HEIs: breakdown and qustions

• 1.1. Number of enrolled full-time (all levels)

• 1.2. Number of academic staff

• 1.3. Number of staff in international office

• 1.4 Do you have strategic internationalization plan?

• 1.5. Do you have legal frameworks to manage international activity?

General Information and internationalization of

management

• 2.1. Number of students (all levels) sent abroad

• 2.2. Top 5 host countries for students

• 2.3. Number of international students (all levels, both degree-seeking and exchange)

• 2.4. Top 5 countries of origin of international students

• 2.5. Do you assist your staff and students in participation in mobility programs?

International Mobility

• 3.1. Number of international teaching staff ( both temporary and permanent)

• 3.2. Number of staff (all categories) sent abroad

• 3.3. Number of international joint/double/multiple degrees programs (All levels)

• 3.4. Do you offer programs in English or other foreign languages?

• 3.5. Do you offer financial incentives for staff to learn foreign languages and to carry out teaching activities in foreign languages?

• 3.6. Do you have strategy and special funding to support international staff recruitment?

• 3.7. Do you have study programs where mobility windows are incorporated into the curriculum?

Internationalization of teaching and academic

programs

• 4.1. Do you have web-site in English

• 4.2. Number of international fairs (education, research, R&D, etc.) where institution has been presented

• 4.3. Number of international partnerships

• 4.4. Number of memberships in international associations and networks

• 4.5. Do you have internal unit / working group to deal with international rankings?

International Impact and Visibility

• 5.1. Number of international research projects

• 5.2. Number of international educational projects

• 5.3. Do you assist your staff in participation in international programs and projects

Research and Education projects

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Name of your Institution Acronym

1 Belarusian State University BSU

2 Belarusian National Technical University BNTU

3 Brest State Technical University BSTU-Brest

4 Brest State University named after A.S. Pushkin BRSU

5 Belarussian-Russian university BRU

6 Belarusian State Academy of Arts BSAA (Arts)

7 Belarusian state academy of aviation BSAA (Aviation)

8 Belarusian State Academy of Communication BSAC

9 Belarus State Economic University BSEU

10 Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts BSUCA

11 Grodno State Agrarian University GSAU

12 Gomel State Medical University GSMU

13 Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel GSTU

14 Gomel State University named after Francisk Skorina GSU

15 Private Institute of Management and Business MBI

16 Institute of Parliamentarism and Business PBI

17 International Humanitarian and Economic Institute IHEI

18 International University «MITSO» MITSO

19 Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after I.P.Shamyakin MSPU

20 Mogilev State University named after A. Kuleshov MSU

21 Mogilev State University of Food Technologies MGUP

22 Vitebsk State Medical University VSMU

23 Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov VSU

24 Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine VSAVM

25 Grodno State University named after Yanka Kupala GRSU

26 Vitebsk State Technological University VSTU

27 Grodno State Medical University GSMU

28 Belarusian State University of Physical Education BSUPC

29 Belarusian State Medical University BSMU

30 Minsk Innovation University MIU

31 Belarusian State Pedagogical University Named after Maxim Tank BSPU

32 Belarusian State Academy of Agriculture BSAA- Agriculture

33 Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics BSUIR

34 Institute of Modern Knowledge named after AM Shirokov IMK

35 Minsk State Linguistic University MSLU

36 Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives BTEU

37 Belarusian State Technological University BSTU

38 Private Establishment of Education "BIP-Institute of Justice BIP

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Analysis of section 1. General Information and internationalization of management

Based on the data the largest respondent university in Belarus with the highest

number of student population is Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU)

with 16,890 full time students, 1,902 academic staff (Table 1). Belarus State

University (BSU) follows with almost the same student cohort (16,494), but

interestingly, both the number of academic staff and the number of staff in the

international office is twice larger in comparison to BNTU (See Table 1 and Chart 1).

Table 1. General Information

Name of your Institution Number of enrolled

full-time students

(of all academic

cyrcles)

Number of

academic

staff

Number of

staff in the

International

Office

Student

and

academic

staff ratio

BSU 16,494 2,439 23 7

BNTU 16,890 1,902 13 9

BSTU-Brest 4,153 466 6 9

BRSU 4,115 490 5 8

BRU 5,974 374 4 16

BSAA (Arts) 966 204 3 5

BSAA (Aviation) 1,125 138 0 8

BSAC 460 74 0 6

BSEU 8,431 1,065 4 8

BSUCA 2,703 361 5 7

GSAU 1,616 337 3 5

GSMU 3,900 464 0 8

GSTU 2,382 319 3 7

GSU 5,752 643 6 9

MBI 99 77 4 1

PBI 68 33 0 2

IHEI 50 41 1 1

MITSO 2,259 135 6 17

MSPU 1,857 209 4 9

MSU 2,767 343 5 8

MGUP 5,133 279 4 18

VSMU 5,225 679 5 8

VSU 3,937 486 5 8

VSAVM 2,454 323 2 8

GRSU 7,590 727 18 10

VSTU 1,822 300 3 6

GSMU 4,169 493 3 8

BSUPC 2,332 362 4 6

BSMU 6,968 1,009 4 7

MIU 680 130 1 5

BSPU 5,489 737 7 7

BSAA- Agriculture 4,120 553 4 7

BSUIR 10,000 700 10 14

IMK 572 92 0 6

MSLU 6,992 714 5 10

BTEU 4,584 231 5 20

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BSTU 5,917 630 5 9

BIP 1,294 195 1 7

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BSAA (Arts)

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BSAC

BSEU

BSUCA

GSAU

GSMU

GSTU

GSU

MBI

PBI

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MITSO

MSPU

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MGUP

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VSU

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VSTU

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BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA- Agriculture

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 1. Number of staff in the International Office

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Availability of Internationalization Strategic Plan

Out of 38 respondents, 14 universities have reported that have internationalization

strategy available (see Chart 2). Only 7 universities have attached an

internationalization strategy though, which is in most cases incorporated in the

University Strategic Master Plan, as a separate section. Among the universities that

have submitted a document on internationalization strategy are BSU, BTEU, GRSU

and BSEU. The other three universities have incorporated internationalization

strategy in the overall strategic plan of the university.

Provided strategies are lacking concrete key performance indicators though (process,

outcome and/or impact indicators) and targets, which makes the monitoring and

quality assurance, as well as enhancement unrealistic.

The Strategic plans are also lacking strengths and weakness analysis (only two

universities have SWOT on internationalization), risks and assumptions, timeframe,

resource planning, policies etc.

yes

37%

no

63%

Chart 2. Availability of Internationalization Strategic Plan

Strategic Planning of internationalization Does your HEI have a strategic plan of internationalization? Please, attach

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Availability of Internal Procedures and Regulations on Management of

International Activity

23 universities have responded positively on the availability of regulatory

framework on managing international activity and procedures (Chart 3.). Most

universities did not provide concrete examples though.

Among the common regulatory mechanisms and regulatory frameworks are

mentioned the availability of learning agreements, three party mobility plan,

Regulation on the structural division, Regulation on the order of sending employees

and students on business trips etc.

Several universities have referenced the Belarusian legislation and see no need for

developing regulatory internal framework.

Three universities, including Mogilev State University of Food Technologies,

Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov, Belarusian State Medical

University have undergone ISO 9001 certification. International activity is included

in the scope of certification of the quality management system for compliance with

the requirements of ISO 9001.

In general, there is lack of well-coordinated set of formal policies, procedures and

guidelines for guiding the management of international activities institution‐wide

and concrete regulations, procedures and guidelines on managing international

projects, incoming and outgoing mobility and other programs, benchmarking,

research, innovation, dissemination etc.), with only several exceptions.

yes

61%

no

39%

Chart 3. Availability regulatory framework

Does your HEI have a regulatory framework for management of international activity? Plaese, give a brief description of the ongoing

work in this direction.

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Analysis of section 2. International Mobility

Outgoing and incoming student mobility

Chart 4 Illustrates the absolute numbers of incoming and outgoing students in the

respondent universities. Big differences and imbalances are observed among

universities, as well as between the number of incoming and outgoing students.

There are several universities (including BSU, BNTU, BSMU and VSMU), which

could be considered top sending when observing the absolute numbers. When

observing the total number of inbound mobility in comparison with the total

student cohort (%), the highest scores safeguard IHEI (a small private university

with only 50 full time students), BSMU and VSMU (all three universities have above

20 % inbound student mobility). The outgoing mobility percentage is quite low in

most universities.

A detailed information on the top hosting countries, as well as top countries of

origin of international students are provided in the table 3 and 4 respectively.

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GSMU

GSTU

GSU

MBI

PBI

IHEI

MITSO

MSPU

MSU

MGUP

VSMU

VSU

VSAVM

GRSU

VSTU

GSMU

BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 4. Student mobility

Number of incoming students (of all academic

cyrcles, including full-degree students and exchange

students)

Number of outgoing students

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BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 5. prcentage of international students in the total

student number/%/

% of incoming students % of outgoing students

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Table 3. Top five host countries by universities

Name of your Institution 1 country 2 country 3 country 4 country 5 country BSU Russia Germany Poland China Sweden

BNTU Russia China Poland Germany Spain

BSTU-Brest Russia Poland Turkey Germany South Korea

BRSU Germany Poland Switzerland Spain Greece

BRU Russia Italy 0 0 0

BSAA (Arts) Germany Russia Poland Austria Lythuania

BSAA (Aviation) 0 0 0 0 0

BSAC Latvia China Russia Бразилия Финляндия

BSEU Germany Russia Poland Spain Italy

BSUCA Russia 0 0 0 0

GSAU Germany Poland Sweden 0 0

GSMU Russia Greece China 0 0

GSTU Russia 0 0 0 0

GSU Germany Poland Russia Romania Japan

MBI Norway 0 0 0 0

PBI 0 0 0 0 0

IHEI Britain Spain Russia Ukraine Lythuania

MITSO Russia Latvia Poland Germany USA

MSPU China Germany Russia Ukraine 0

MSU Russia France Poland Estonia Armenia

MGUP Italy Poland Russia Germany Czeck Republic

VSMU Russia Poland 0 0 0

VSU Russia Poland Czeck Republic Sweden

VSAVM Germany Estonia 0 0 0

GRSU Poland Russia Lythuania Latvia Ukraine

VSTU Bulgaria 0 0 0 0

GSMU Poland Russia Lythuania Germany Britain

BSUPC Latvia 0 0 0 0

BSMU Russia Poland Japan Hungary

MIU Russia China 0 0 0

BSPU Austria Armenia Russia China Italy

BSAA (Agriculture) Poland Latvia Italy 0 0

BSUIR Russia China Singapore Austria Poland

IMK Russia Germany Czeck Republic Poland 0

MSLU China South Korea Oman Spain

BTEU Russia Czeck Republic Portugal Greece France

BSTU Russia Poland Ukraine China Germany

BIP 0 Poland 0 China 0

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Table 4. Top sending countries by university

BSU China Turkmenistan Russia Kazakhstan South Korea

BNTU Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan China Iran

BSTU-Brest Turkmenistan China Nigeria Pakistan Bangladesh

BRSU Turkmenistan Russia Ukraine Kazakhstan Azerbaijan

BRU Turkmenistan China Syria Vietnam Ukraine

BSAA (Arts) China Russia Syria Turkmenistan Latvia

BSAA (Aviation) Turkmenistan Tajikistan Russia Uszbekistan Gerogia

BSAC Russia Turkmenistan 0 0 0

BSEU Turkmenistan КНР Iran Russia Turkey

BSUCA China Russia Turkmenistan Ukraine Kazakhstan

GSAU Turkmenistan Nigeria Iraq Russia Эквадор

GSMU Turkmenistan India Sri-Lanka Russia Nigeria

GSTU Turkmenistan Russia Ukraine Egypt Iraq

GSU Turkmenistan China Russia Azerbaijan Iraq

MBI Russia Ukraine 0 0 0

PBI 0 0 0 0 0

IHEI Russia Latvia Ukraine Azerbaijan Lythuania

MITSO Russia Kazakhstan Ukraine Azerbaijan Armenia

MSPU Turkmenistan Russia China Ukraine Azerbaijan

MSU Turkmenistan China Russia Ukraine Turkey

MGUP Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Ukraine Latvia Pakistan

VSMU Turkmenistan Sri-Lanka Livan Nigeria Russia

VSU Russia China Poland 0 0

VSAVM Turkmenistan Russia Ukraine Livan Uszbekistan

GRSU Turkmenistan Russia Azerbaijan Ukraine Kazakhstan

VSTU Turkmenistan Russia Iraq 0 0

GSMU Nigeria India Turkmenistan Russia Sri-Lanka

BSUPC Turkmenistan China Russia Ukraine Azerbaijan

BSMU Iran Turkmenistan Livan Iraq Russia

MIU Russia Azerbaijan Ukraine Uszbekistan Turkmenistan

BSPU Turkmenistan КНР РФ Azerbaijan Lythuania

BSAA (Agriculture) Turkmenistan China Монголия Iraq Руанда

BSUIR Kazakhstan China Tunisia Czeck Republic Serbia

IMK Russia Ukraine Lythuania Estonia Moldova

MSLU Turkmenistan China Turkey Russia Ukraine

BTEU Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Turkey Russia

BSTU Turkmenistan Livan Russia Cameroon Bangladesh

BIP Russia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Ukraine Serbia

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Methodological assistance to the students and employees

The vast majority of universities questioned (32 out of 38) provide methodological

assistance to the students and employees to participate in academic mobility

programs. The universities have clearly mentioned number of services and types of

support activities during the mobility, including but not limited to assistance during

the nomination and application procedure, visa, orientation meetings, credit

transfer, trained support and monitoring of training in a foreign university, ongoing

consultations etc.

Analysis section 3. Internationalization of teaching and academic programs

Incoming academic staff

BSU and GRSU are leading by the number of academic staff with a temporary visit.

The statistics on formal employment is quite low in all of the respondent

universities: most universities have 0 international staff with formal contract and

only several universities have reported 1 or 2 %. See Chart 8 and 9 for detailed

statistics.

Yes

84%

No

16%

Chart 7. Availability of methodological assistance

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GSU

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PBI

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MSPU

MSU

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VSMU

VSU

VSAVM

GRSU

VSTU

GSMU

BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 8. Number of Incoming faculty

who are employed under formalemployment contract in your institution

who temporary visit your institution tocarry out teaching activity

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Academic staff sent abroad

The universities that have reported a higher percentage of academic staff send

abroad are (Chart 10):

MITSO (52%)

BSUIR (51%)

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GSTU

GSU

MBI

PBI

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MSPU

MSU

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VSMU

VSU

VSAVM

GRSU

VSTU

GSMU

BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 9. Percentage of Incoming faculty in total faculty

who are employed under formal employment contract in your institution /%/

who are employed under formal

employment contract in your institution

/%/

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BSU (38%)

BSUCA (37%)

BSTU (32%)

Seven universities have either no or very small number of outgoing mobility of

academic staff.

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BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 10. Academic staff (of all categories) sent abroad

/%/

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Strategy to attract foreign professors

Based on the data provided 53 % (20 universities) of respondent universities declare

the existence of strategy to attract foreign professors and distinguished academic

staff, or has separate funding. Most universities have mentioned national and

international funds, as a major source to finance the academic staff mobility, with

only several exceptions (e.g. Grodno State University named after Yanka Kupala)

that also have allocated internal budget.

There is dependence from the international and intergovernmental funds and

programs, absence of clear strategy and efforts, as well as lack of concrete policies to

attract international faculty.

Yes

53%

No

47%

Chart 11. Strategy to attract foreign professors

Does your HEI have a strategy to attract foreign professors and distinguished

academic staff or a separate funding?

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System of rewards for teaching in English

Several universities claim of having system of financial rewards of employees who

study and teach foreign languages. The universities have mentioned the individual

bonuses, two-fold increase in an hourly rate, 25% increase in wages. One university

has mentioned that when hiring the priority is given to academic staff able to teach

in English.

The rest of the universities have reported no information on the reward system, or

any mechanism to distinguish the faculty teaching in foreign languages.

Yes

50%

No

50%

Chart 12. The availability of system of rewards for teaching in

English

Does your HEI have a system of financial rewards for employees who study

foreign languages and teaching in foreign languages?

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Internationalization of academic programs

The BSEU is leading with the number of joint/double/multiple degrees and academic

programs (9 degrees), followed by MITSO, GSU, MSLU. 16 respondents have no

available program and collaborative initiative (Chart 13).

The vast majority of the universities (see Chart 14) have available academic

courses/programs in English or in other foreign languages (26 out of 38), but it is

unclear how many courses are offered, as the universities haven’t attached the list

(as requested).

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BSAC

BSEU

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GSAU

GSMU

GSTU

GSU

MBI

PBI

IHEI

MITSO

MSPU

MSU

MGUP

VSMU

VSU

VSAVM

GRSU

VSTU

GSMU

BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 13. Number of Joint/double/multiple degree

academic programs

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Only 14 respondents report on the availability of training program available at the

university within any mobility window (Chart 15). The rest of the universities have

no program available.

Yes

68%

No

32%

Chart 14. Availability of courses and programs in foreign languages

Does your HEI offer academic courses/programs in English or in other foreign

languages? Please, attach a list of the courses/programs and give a brief

description of the ongoing work

Yes

37%

No

63%

Chart 15. International training though mobility window

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Analysis section 4. International Impact and Visibility

Most of the respondent universities have utmost four languages available to promote

the website internationally. Out of 38 universities 8 have part of the website (not

total translation) available in 5 or more languages.

MSLU has reported quite high number (14) of languages to promote the web-site

worldwide. Apart from the Russian and English, the university has several pages

available in other languages taught at the university (Chart 16).

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BSAA (Arts)

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BSAC

BSEU

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GSMU

GSTU

GSU

MBI

PBI

IHEI

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MSPU

MSU

MGUP

VSMU

VSU

VSAVM

GRSU

VSTU

GSMU

BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 16. Web-site languages

Number of foreign languages used

to promote a web-site of your

institution. Please, list below and

give a grief description of the

ongoing work in this direction.

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The highest participation number in international fairs has reported the BSU (53)

followed by the BSUIR (40). 8 universities have participated on no international

fairs and the rest of the universities have very limited experience in this domain (see

Chart 17. for further details).

The highest number of international agreements among the state universities has

reported BSU. 121 universities have more than 100 agreements. The study is limited

to only quantitative data, and there is no information on the number of active

agreements and other qualitative data (Chart 18).

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BSAA (Arts)

BSAA (Aviation)

BSAC

BSEU

BSUCA

GSAU

GSMU

GSTU

GSU

MBI

PBI

IHEI

MITSO

MSPU

MSU

MGUP

VSMU

VSU

VSAVM

GRSU

VSTU

GSMU

BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 17. Participation in international fairs

Number of international fairs

(education, research, R&D, etc)

where your institution has been

presented

22

BSMU is in a leading position with the number of international associations and

networks (135). The rest of the universities have reported a number below 15 (Chart

19).

418

108

130

57

103

42

4

37

103

82

60

36

58

136

14

4

3

46

87

67

42

61

103

65

136

55

59

63

90

40

92

112

135

16

133

41

177

15

0 100 200 300 400 500

BSU

BNTU

BSTU-Brest

BRSU

BRU

BSAA (Arts)

BSAA (Aviation)

BSAC

BSEU

BSUCA

GSAU

GSMU

GSTU

GSU

MBI

PBI

IHEI

MITSO

MSPU

MSU

MGUP

VSMU

VSU

VSAVM

GRSU

VSTU

GSMU

BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 18. International agreements

Number of international

agreements / partnerships

23

Although 17 universities have a separate division/working group responsible for the

participation in the international rankings (Chart 20), only two university (BSU and

BNTU) are represented in top 1000 in international rankings (THE, QS etc).

13

9

3

1

2

3

2

3

6

1

1

1

2

7

0

1

0

12

2

3

4

9

17

1

11

2

5

1

135

3

4

3

6

0

4

5

10

5

0 50 100 150

BSU

BNTU

BSTU-Brest

BRSU

BRU

BSAA (Arts)

BSAA (Aviation)

BSAC

BSEU

BSUCA

GSAU

GSMU

GSTU

GSU

MBI

PBI

IHEI

MITSO

MSPU

MSU

MGUP

VSMU

VSU

VSAVM

GRSU

VSTU

GSMU

BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 19. Number of memberships

Number of memberships in

international assosiations and

networks

24

Analysis section 5. International research and educational projects

Chart 21 depicts the drastic differences among the universities on the availability of

research and educational projects. BSU and BSUIR have almost the same number of

international research projects, but in comparison to BSU, BSUIR has quite low

number of international educational projects. In most of the universities huge

imbalance between research and educational projects is observed and only MITSO

and BSU have balanced number of two types of international projects.

Yes

45%

No

55%

Chart 20. Working group for International ranking

Does your HEI have a separate division/working group responsible for the participation on the international rakings?

25

36

9

3

7

3

2

1

4

0

1

3

0

2

7

2

1

1

26

1

2

2

2

6

2

15

4

1

2

16

1

3

4

12

2

14

3

3

2

40

5

5

0

3

0

0

1

0

0

1

3

5

28

0

0

1

26

0

4

9

2

4

1

12

4

3

0

21

0

2

0

44

0

7

2

15

0

0 10 20 30 40 50

BSU

BNTU

BSTU-Brest

BRSU

BRU

BSAA (Arts)

BSAA (Aviation)

BSAC

BSEU

BSUCA

GSAU

GSMU

GSTU

GSU

MBI

PBI

IHEI

MITSO

MSPU

MSU

MGUP

VSMU

VSU

VSAVM

GRSU

VSTU

GSMU

BSUPC

BSMU

MIU

BSPU

BSAA (Agriculture)

BSUIR

IMK

MSLU

BTEU

BSTU

BIP

Chart 21. Research vs. educational projects

Number of international

educational projects

Number of international

research projects

26

The last question on methodological assistance to employees for participating in the

international programs and projects was equaly splitted to positive and negative

responses (Chart 22). The universities claiming availability of methodological

assistance have provided several examples of support.

Some examples of the methodological assistance given by the universities are as

follows:

- project search,

- info sessions on different grant opportunities,

- invitations of different experts on regular basis,

- internal guidelines on running and monitoring the projects,

- support for filling in the applications forms of programs and for the

preparation of the other required documents,

- organization of seminars, trainings etc,

- in case if the project gets funding, the centres support in allocating staff also

from international office,

- dissemination information about the on-going projects and major outcomes,

- administrative support upon the project implementation etc.

Yes

50%

No

50%

Chart 22. Methodological assistance

Do you offer methodical assistance to employees for participating in

the international programs and projects?

27

References

www.edu.gov.by

www.studyinbelarus.com