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Internationalisation of Higher Education in Russian Federation:
External Survey
Research conducted n frames of HARMONY project, KA2 Erasmus +
Programme – Capacity Building
REPORT
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Introduction
This report relates to the study conducted in frames of Harmony Project No.
561561-EPP-1-2015-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP (KA2 Erasmus + Programme –
Capacity Building).
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
Russian Federation based on the study outcomes.
Brief Information for comprehensive report (Russia)
General overview of the higher education
Education in Russia is provided predominantly by the state. The Federal Ministry of
Education is the executive body responsible for the formulation and implementation
of education policies at all levels. Under its purview is the Federal Education and
Science Supervision Agency, which is tasked with the supervision and quality
control of education institutions. Regional Ministries of Education are responsible
for policy implementation at the local level (World Education News and Reveiws
n.d.).
Russian Federation is now in the process of transition from its traditional tertiary
education model to three cycle degree system withi n the Bologna Process. Russian
higher education traditionally was not divided into undergraduate (bachelor's) and
graduate (master's) levels. Nowadays the Russian higher education institutions may
confer the following degrees and diplomas:
Bachelor Diploma (at least four years of study);
Specialist Diploma (five to six years of study);
Master Diploma (two years of study on the basis of the specialist or bachelor
degree).
In 2015/16, there were a total of 896 recognized tertiary education institutions in
operation in the Russian Federation. Public institutions are categorized into:
Big multi-disciplinary universities
Academies specialized in particular professions, such as medicine, education,
architecture or agriculture
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Institutes that (typically) offer programs in singular disciplines, such as music
or arts.
There are 50 specially-funded and research-focused National Research Universities
and Universities of National Innovation, as well as nine Federal Universities, which
were established to bundle regional education and research efforts, and focus on
regional socioeconomic needs in more remote parts of Russia.
Finally, there are two National Universities, the prestigious Lomonosov Moscow
State University and Saint Petersburg State University. These well-funded elite
institutions have special legal status, and are under the direct control of the federal
government, which appoints their rectors and approves university
charters. University is arguably Russia’s most prestigious institution and currently
enrolls more than 47,000 students. Modeled after German universities, it was
founded in 1755.
Private institutions now account for some 366 accredited institutions – just over one
third of all higher educations in Russia. The number of students enrolled in these
universities has increased considerably over the past decades – between 2000 and
2014 alone the number of students at private universities grew by 88 percent,
from 470,600 to 884,700 students. Today, private universities tend
to supplement public education with more specialized niche offerings, rather than
compete directly with the bigger state-funded universities. Private enrollments
account for only about 16 percent of all tertiary enrolments.
(Study in Russia n.d.)
Rankings and International Reputation
The Russian Ministry of Education maintains a webpage dedicated to tracking the
progress of Russian universities in global rankings. As of 2016 rankings, the goals of
the 5/100 project to place five Russian universities in the top 100 of global rankings
still seem distant. Lomonosov Moscow State University was the only Russian
university among the top 100 in the most common rankings. It was ranked at
87th place in the Shanghai ranking (followed by St. Petersburg State University and
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Novosibirsk State University at 301-400 and 401-500, respectively). In the Times
Higher Education Ranking, Lomonosov reached 188th place in 2016/17 with no
other Russian universities among the top 300. In the QS ranking, Russia’s flagship
university reached 108th place followed by St. Petersburg State University ranked at
place 258. Of note is also that Russia in 2016 announced that it will launch its
own international ranking, including universities from Russia, Japan, China, Brazil,
India, Iran, Turkey and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). UNESCO
Institute of Statistics (UIS) indicates that inbound students in Russia increased
almost three-fold between 2004 and 2014 from 75,786 to 213,347 students (World
Education News and Reveiws n.d.).
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Questionnaire distribution
The Russian partner universities of HARMONY consortium were responsible for a
separate district in accordance with their locations to disseminate the questionnaire
and collect data from the universities.
The responsibilities for conducting the survey were distributed as follows (see the
chart below):
University Federal District
Voronezh State University Central Black Soil District
International Centre for innovation in
Science, Technology and Education
Northwestern Federal District
Central Federal District
Penza State University Volga Federal District
Southern Federal University Southern Federal District
The questionnaire was disseminated by the staff of International Offices of the above
mentioned universities via electronic mail. Օfficial address signed by vice rectors for
international cooperation of partner universities to the vice-rectors and heads of
departments of International Cooperation of the universities in the respective
federal district was sent. The address contained contact details of the staff members
who are involved in implementation of the HARMONY project and provided
consultations to the university staff responsible for conducting the survey. The
questionnaire was sent to 119 universities and yielded a responce rate of 36 % (43
universities answered the external questionnaire (mostly state universities)). The
data is provided for 2015-2016 academic year.
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Below is provided the abbreviations of the universities, used in the further
analysis and the report.
Name of your Institution Acronym
1 Don State Technical University DSTU
2 Peter the Great Sant Petersburg Politechnic University SPbPU 3 Tula State University TSU
4 Kuban State Agrarian University after T. Trubilin KubSAU 5 Belgorod State Technological University BSTU
6 North-Caucasus Federal University NCFU 7 Tambov State Technical University TSTU
8 Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev OSU
9 National Research Saratov State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky SSU
10 Samara State Economic University SSEU
11 Volga State University of Technology VSUT 12 Voronezh State Technical University VSTU
13 Volgograd State University VolSU 14 Northern (Arctic) Federal University NArFU
15 Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University SRSPU(NPI) 16 Dagestan State University DSU
17 Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev NNSTU
18 Rostov State Economic University RSUE 19 Southwestern State University SWSU
20 Armavir State Pedagogical University ASPU 21 Tver State University TSU
22 Novosibirsk State University of Economics NSUEM 23 Astrakhan State Technical University ASTU
24 Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko VSMA
25 Novgorod State University after Yaroslav-the-Wise NovSU 26 Kursk State University KSU
27 Voronezh State Agricultural University named after Peter the Great VSAU 28 Don State Agrarian University DSAU
29 Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) SPbTU 30 Kostrom State University KSU
31 Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University ULSPU
32 Tula State Pedagogical University after Lev Tolstoy TSPU 33 I.G.Petrovsky Bryansk State University BSU
34 Ivanovo Institute of Power Engineering named after V. I. Lenin IGEU 35 Mordovia State Pedagogical Institute after M.E. Evseneva MordGPI
36 Penza State University of Architecture and Construction PSUAC 37 Voronezh State Pedagogical University VSPU
38 Chuvashian State Pedagogical University named after Yakovlev ChuvSU 39 Lipetsk State Pedagogical University LGPU
40 Penza State Technological University PenzSTU
41 Ivanovo State Agricultural Academy named after D.K. Belyaev ISAA 42 Penza State Agrarian University PSAU
43 Private “Southern University" SU
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Questionnaire to evaluate the internationalization of HEIs: breakdown and questions
• 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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Analysis of section 1. General Information and internationalization of management
The largest respondent university is Don State Technical University (with 19 967
students enrolled) which has reported 41 International office employees (see Table 1
and Chart 1). On the contrast, the HARMONY project consortium member
universities, for instance Sapienza University (around 105 655 students), or
University of Seville (around 66 603 students) have only 27 and 33 staff in the
international offices. University of Seville has total score of 32 in international
outlook (THEDataPoints n.d.), based on Times Higher Education (THE) data, 7 % of
student cohort is international and is in the group of top 601–800 universities.
Sapienza University has 34.7 international outlook score, 7 % of students are
international and is in the group of 301-350 top universities. On the contrast, the
largest respondent university from the RA, Don State Technical University is not
included in the ranking (are not in top 1000). Among the respondents, Peter the
Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University, with 16600 students and 36 staff in the
international centre is in the same group as University of Seville (601–800) with
20% international students, 48.8 international outlook score. The National Research
Saratov State University, which is another respondent having reported no (0) staff in
the international centre has 29.8 international outlook score and 4% international
students (ranking: 801-1000). It is worth mentioning, that 25 of RF are in the top
1000 universities of THE out of which 8 universities are in top 500 (Times Higher
Education n.d.).
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Table 1. General Information
University Acronym
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
1 DSTU 19967 2089 41 10 2 SPbPU 16600 2920 36 6 3 TSU 16353 899 30 18 4 KubSAU 15600 1500 3 10 5 BSTU 14877 753 14 20 6 NCFU 13117 1244 23 11 7 TSTU 12000 469 5 26 8 OSU 10283 1129 9 9 9 SSU 10082 1021 0 10 10 SSEU 9625 466 5 21 11 VSUT 9350 529 8 18 12 VSTU 9000 950 2 9 13 VolSU 8586 489 5 18 14 NArFU 8047 2500 19 3 15 SRSPU(NPI) 7700 0 5 0 16 DSU 7632 762 7 10 17 NNSTU 6941 1039 6 7 18 RSUE 6674 935 5 7 19 SWSU 6053 631 6 10 20 ASPU 6024 215 1 28 21 TSU 6000 560 5 11 22 NSUEM 5646 430 3 13 23 ASTU 5450 684 8 8 24 VSMA 5261 884 5 6 25 NovSU 4723 657 8 7 26 KSU 4718 561 5 8 27 VSAU 4636 548 9 8 28 DSAU 4571 476 1 10 29 SPbTU 4566 422 7 11 30 KSU 3901 607 5 6 31 ULSPU 3891 364 6 11 32 TSPU 3872 388 5 10 33 BSU 3677 333 2 11 34 IGEU 3625 415 5 9 35 MordGPI 3550 347 0 10 36 PSUAC 3370 300 2 11 37 VSPU 3208 359 3 9 38 ChuvSU 2784 347 0 8 39 LGPU 2472 301 3 8 40 PenzSTU 1829 200 5 9 41 ISAA 1185 127 4 9 42 PSAU 1177 148 2 8 43 SU 686 127 3 5
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SSU
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VSUT
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VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 1. Number of staff in the International Office
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Availability of Internationalization Strategic Plan Out of 43 respondents, 31 universities have reported that have internationalization
strategy available (see Chart 2). In the further comments the universities have
mostly mentioned that have the strategic plan incorporated in the General Strategic
Master plan.
Among the universities that have claimed the existence of a separate Strategic Plan
of internationalization are Don State Technical University, Kuban State Agrarian
University after T. Trubilin, Belgorod State Technological University.
Availability of Internal Procedures and Regulations on Management of
International Activities
Among the respondent universities 33 have claimed the existence of a regulatory
framework of Internal Procedures and Regulations on Management of international
activities. Out of 33 universities that have claimed of the existence of certain
regulatory framework, only eight universities have mentioned concrete examples of
regulations, provisions, orders enacted in the universities for managing international
relations. The list of the documents stated by the universities is provided below:
1. Peter the Great Sant Petersburg Polytechnic University
Provision on the Management of the international services,
Job descriptions,
Regulation on academic mobility,
Regulation on international educational programs,
Regulation on financial support for academic mobility.
2. Belgorod State Technological University
Regulation on the structural division,
Regulation on the department for work with foreign students,
Regulation on the department for the development of international activities,
Regulation on the regional resource center of French and German,
Regulation on the interuniversity center for academic mobility
yes
72%
no
28%
Chart 2. Does your HEI have a strategic plan of internationalization? Please, attach
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3. North-Caucasus Federal University
Regulation on the organization of academic mobility in the North Caucasus
Federal University, which regulates the procedure for preparing, coordinating
and financing visits of students, graduate students, and employees to Russian
and foreign educational institutions in order to achieve academic mobility.
Order "On streamlining the exchange of information in the implementation of
international cooperation in the North-Caucasian Federal University, regulating
the procedure of holding events for the reception of foreign partners and
delegations.
4. Tambov State Technical University
Regulation on the organization of international academic mobility
Regulation on the order of sending employees and students of the TSTU on
business trips in and outside the Russian Federation
Regulation on the participation of students in exchange programs and
internships abroad
Regulation on the conclusion and maintenance of international agreements
(contracts, projects, grants);
The order of recognizing the periods of training and the re-registration of
disciplines passed in foreign educational institution
The University has enacted a number of normative acts regulating the activities
of units of the Department for International Relations, the rules for issuing
invitations, incoming and outgoing academic mobility, holding international
events, arranging admission of foreign delegations, stimulating academic
mobility of staff, teachers and students
5. Volga State University of Technology
Regulations on the structures of the International Cooperation Department
(International Programs and Projects Department, Center for Work with
Foreign Students, Sustainable Management and Remote Monitoring Center
(research unit)
Personnel instructions,
Process charts related to the organization of admission of foreign citizens (for
training and short-term visits), sending students and co-workers foreign
business trips, international events on the basis of a university, etc.
6. Northern (Arctic) Federal University
Regulation on the procedure for the admission of foreign delegations, groups,
certain foreign citizens,
Procedure for the admission of foreign citizens to the Northern (Arctic) Federal
University for the purpose of performing scientific and educational activities,
Procedure for recognizing the education received in a foreign state,
Regulation on the international academic mobility of students and other local
normative acts.
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7. Dagestan State University
Procedure for preparing and organizing trips for students, postgraduates,
teachers and researchers to Russian and foreign universities and scientific
centers,
Procedure for inviting experts and specialists from outside organizations and
institutions for participation in the educational and scientific activity.
8. Kursk State University
Provision for the management of international relations,
Provision for the preparatory department for foreign citizens,
Position on the testing center for foreign citizens in the Russian language,
As It is vivid from the list provided above, most of the universities have certain
regulatory framework for managing student, academic and research staff mobility,
but there is lack of concrete examples of managing internationalization of research
and innovation, internationalization on teaching and academic programs (e.g.
regulations on dual and/or joint, multiple degrees) etc. The only exception is Peter
the Great Sant Petersburg Polytechnic University, that has named the “Regulation
on international educational programs”: this might be explained by the large number
of dual degree programs (29 dual degree programs reported) offered by the
university:
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 DSTU, SPbPU, TSU, BSTU and NCFU),
which could be considered top sending when observing the absolute numbers.
When observing the mobility percentages in the overall student though (See Chart
5.) The list might be amended; in this case the leading institutions in by the
percentage of incoming students are SPbPU (30%), ISAA (25 %), VSMA (16%) and
ASTU (16%).
The percentage of outgoing overall in the respondent universities is quite low: most
of the universities do not step the limit of a one %, with some exceptions of around
2% and only NArFU (4.50%), SPbPU (3.83%) and VSAU (2.48%) have
comparatively bigger statistics.
The list of top five hosting and sending countries are presented below in the Table 2
and Table 3 respectively.
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DSTU
SPbPU
TSU
KubSAU
BSTU
NCFU
TSTU
OSU
SSU
SSEU
VSUT
VSTU
VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 4. Student Mobility
Number of incoming students (of all academic cyrcles, including full-degree students and wxchange
students)
Number of outgoing students
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SSEU
VSUT
VSTU
VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 5. prcentage of international students in the total student number/%/
% incoming students % of outgoing students
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Table 2. Top five host countries by universities
Name of
your
Institution
1 country 2 country 3 country 4 country 5 country
DSTU Czeck Rep. Spain China Germany UK
SPbPU Germany Finland China France South Korea
TSU Belarus Germany Kazakhstan Serbia Italy
KubSAU Czeck Rep. Germany France UK Italy
BSTU Serbia Germany Morocco China France
NCFU Italy Germany Great Britain Switzerland Belarus
TSTU Germany Finland Italy Belarus China
OSU France Belgium Germany Czech Republic China
SSU Germany France Belgium Estonia 0
SSEU Czech Republic Portugal Germany France Finland
VSUT Belarus Germany USA Slovakia Czech Republic
VSTU Germany Hungary 0 0 0
VolSU Germany China Belgium France Spain
NArFU Norway Germany China Finland Sweden
SRSPU(NPI) Germany China Indonesia Israel Iraq
DSU Iran Turkey Italy Germany Egypt
NNSTU Sweden Italy Czech Republic Belarus Estonia
RSUE France Italy Germany Sweden Great Britain
SWSU Germany Bulgaria Hungary Ireland Czech Republic
ASPU China Kazakhstan 0 0 0
TSU Germany France Finland Bulgaria Belgium
NSUEM China South Korea Germany Czech Republic
ASTU Poland France Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Turkey
VSMA Germany 0 0 0 0
NovSU Belarus Poland Germany USA
KSU Bulgaria China Germany Serbia Poland
VSAU Germany Czech Republic Slovakia Belarus China
DSAU Germany 0 0 0 0
SPbTU Germany France Estonia Poland Romania
KSU Germany France China Czech Republic
ULSPU France Kazakhstan Germany 0 0
TSPU China Germany Italy Great Britain France
BSU Poland Bulgaria Germany France Belarus
IGEU France Great Britain Germany Netherlands 0
MordGPI Germany Slovakia Czech Republic USA 0
PSUAC Finland China Sweden Poland Italy
VSPU China Germany Italy France 0
ChuvSU China Germany 0 0 0
LGPU Germany USA 0 0 0
PenzSTU China 0 0 0 0
ISAA Germany 0 0 0 0
PSAU Germany 0 0 0 0
SU 0 0 0 0 0
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Table 3. Top five sending countries by universities
Name of
your
Institution
1 country 2 country 3 country 4 country 5 country
DSTU Ukrain China Palestine Zambia Egypt
SPbPU Germany Finland China France South Korea
TSU Vietnam Turkmenistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Ukrain
KubSAU Ukrain Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Iraq Turkmenistan
BSTU Egypt Angola Syria Zambia Ghana
NCFU Angola Ukraine Tajikistan Uzbekistan Azerbaijan
TSTU Iraq Zambia Turkmenistan Equatorial
Guinea
Vietnam
OSU India Guinea-
Bissau
Ukraine Turkmenistan Egypt
SSU Turkmenistan Iraq Kazakhstan Turkey Nigeria
SSEU Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Azerbaijan Turkmenistan
VSUT Uzbekistan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Azerbaijan
VSTU Ukraine Iraq Moldova Uzbekistan Tajikistan
VolSU China Ukraine Azerbaijan Tajikistan Germany
NArFU Uzbekistan Норвегия Turkmenistan Germany Finland
SRSPU(NPI) Ukraine Tajikistan Uzbekistan Iraq Lebanon
DSU Azerbaijan Yemen Iraq Turkey Côte d'Ivoire
NNSTU China Tajikistan Kazakhstan Egypt Iraq
RSUE Ukraine Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Ghana
SWSU Nigeria Ecuador Congo Turkmenistan Ghana
ASPU Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0
TSU Turkmenistan Finland Ukraine Great Britain France, China
NSUEM China Mongolia Kazakhstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan
ASTU Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Turkmenistan Vietnam Ivory Coast
VSMA Индия Vietnam Iraq Uzbekistan Turkmenistan
NovSU Morocco Angola Ghana Tunisia USA
KSU Turkmenistan Ukraine Moldova Iraq China
VSAU Turkmenistan Ukraine Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Uzbekistan
DSAU Ukraine Tajikistan Uzbekistan Абхазия Kazakhstan
SPbTU Kazakhstan Belarus Ukraine Uzbekistan Algeria
KSU Tajikistan Turkmenistan China Germany Czech
Republic
ULSPU Turkmenistan Ukraine China Kazakhstan Azerbaijan
TSPU China Italy Vietnam Turkmenistan Afghanistan
BSU Poland Azerbaijan Belarus Moldova Ukraine
IGEU Turkmenistan Modova Syria Angola Congo
MordGPI Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Ukraine Kazakhstan Belarus
PSUAC Turkmenistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Moldova Kazakhstan
VSPU Turkmenistan Ukraine China Молдова Iraq
ChuvSU 0 0 0 0 0
LGPU Turkmenistan Mongolia Zambia Congo Yemen
PenzSTU Turkmenistan Tajikistan Egypt Uzbekistan Ukraine
ISAA Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Azerbaijan Cameroon Turkmenistan
PSAU Ukraine Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Armenia
SU Azerbaijan Ukraine Kazakhstan Armenia Belarus
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Methodological assistance to the students and employees
The vast majority of universities questioned (38 out of 43) 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
application procedure, visa, orientation meetings, credit transfer, trained support
and monitoring of training in a foreign university, ongoing consultations etc.
yes
88%
no
12%
Chart 6. Do you provide methodological assistance to students and
employees to participate in academic mobility programs? Please,
give a brief description of the ongoing work in this direction
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Analysis section 3. Internationalization of teaching and academic programs
Incoming academic staff
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SSEU
VSUT
VSTU
VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 7. Number of Incoming faculty
who are employed under formal employment contract in your institution
who temporary visit your institution to carry out teaching activity
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DSTU
SPbPU
TSU
KubSAU
BSTU
NCFU
TSTU
OSU
SSU
SSEU
VSUT
VSTU
VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 8. Percentage of Incoming faculty in total faculty
20
In case if taking consideration the absolute numbers (Chart 7) of (i) faculty
employed under formal employment contract, as well as (ii) who temporary visit the
respondent institutions to carry out teaching activity, the leading institutions will
be:
Peter the Great Sant Petersburg Polytechnic University: 201 (formal
contract) and 223 (temporary visits),
Voronezh State Agricultural University named after Peter the Great (147 full
time contract, 0 temporary)
Northern (Arctic) Federal University: 130 (formal contract) and
51(temporary visits).
When absolute numbers are benchmarked to the total faculty number, the
percentile is calculated (Chart 8), the reality is changing. In this case the highest
percentage of academic staff with formal employment gains Voronezh State
Agricultural University named after Peter the Great (27 % of faculty is
international with formal contract), followed by TSPU (18%) and TSTU (17%).
As depicted in Chart 7 and Chart 8 significant imbalances are observed among
institutions. There are number of universities having incoming faculty mobility
neither on temporary, nor on the permanent bases. On the contrast, number of
universities have reported more than 15 5of permanent faculty with formal
contract.
21
Academic staff sent abroad
3
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DSTU
SPbPU
TSU
KubSAU
BSTU
NCFU
TSTU
OSU
SSU
SSEU
VSUT
VSTU
VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 9. Number of academic staff (of all categories) sent abroad
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VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
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SWSU
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NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 10. Academic stuff (of all categories) sent abroad
(%)
23
Chart 9 (absolute numbers) and Chart 10 (percentages) illustrate the numbers of
academic staff sent abroad in all categories.
On the overall contrast of low number of outgoing faculty mobility, three
universities have reported comparatively large number (above 10%) including:
Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University (36%)
Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) (15%),
Novgorod State University after Yaroslav-the-Wise (11%).
Around thirty universities have either very small (below 1 %) or zero % outgouing
faculty mobility.
24
Strategy to attract foreign professors
Based on the data provided 44 % of respondent universities declare the existence of
strategy to attract foreign professors and distinguished academic staff, or has separate
funding. The universities have mentioned several external funds (e.g. Fulbright
program) and sources for financing the visit of international academic staff. More
than half of the respondent universities have no strategy to attract foreign
professors, which explains the low number of incoming faculty (Chart 8) in most of
the respondent universities.
yes
44%
no
56%
Chart 11. Does your HEI have a strategy to attract foreign professors and distinguished academic staff or a separate funding?
Please, give a brief description of the ongoing work in this direction.
25
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 following universities have mentioned
concrete rewards, namely:
1․ Don State Technical University - As part of the implementation of measures
aimed at motivating faculty to actively participate in the implementation of
international activities, a number of criteria and indicators are included in the
"Effective Contract" system. These indicators stimulate the faculty to raise the level
of foreign-language communicative competence for the purpose of developing and
implementing educational programs in a foreign language, participating in
international projects and programs, publishing works in a foreign language.
2. Belgorod State Technological University
The hourly load is paid in double volume,
Free courses for employees and teachers,
3. North-Caucasus Federal University
In direct form, surcharges are not provided, however, in calculating the load
of teachers who provide the educational process in a foreign language, the
university starts from the ratio of 2 hours per hour of classroom load in the
relevant disciplines of the curriculum.
3. Dagestan State University
Employees of the Dagestan State University who teach in foreign languages
are paid 20% bonus, material incentives and quarterly bonuses are also
provided.
4. Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko
Additional points to the rating of the teachers thus increase of salary.
5. Penza State University of Architecture and Construction
Payment of incentive allowances
6. Penza State Technological University
Payment of incentive allowances
26
Internationalization of academic programs
Most of the respondent universities didn’t mention concrete numbers of available
programs taught in foreign languages. Out of 43 universities 18 do not provide any
joint/double/multiple degree program and have very much limited number oof
courses taught in foreign languages.
The Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University is leading with the
number and experience of joint/double/multiple degree programs having 29
programs implemented. The Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology
(Technical University) has developed and implemented 9 dual degree programs,
Tver State University – 6 programs, Novgorod State University after Yaroslav-the-
Wise – 6 programs, Kostrom State University – 1program, Belgorod State
Technological University – 4 dual degree programs.
North-Caucasus Federal University implements bilingual educational programs (10
BA and 6 MA), but it was not further defined whether the programs are dual/joint or
not.
27
Analysis section 4. International Impact and Visibility
Most of the universities promote the official web site in up to three languages, with
an exception of DSU (6 languages), VolSU (5), OSU (4) and TSTU (4).
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TSTU
OSU
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SSEU
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VSTU
VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 12. Web-site languages
28
The highest participation number in the international fairs have reported the
NNSTU (75) followed by the SPbTU (30), SWSU (21) and DSTU (23) (Chart 13).
23
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VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 13. Participation in international fairs
29
The highest number of international agreements among the respondent universities
have reported SpbPU and followed by SWSU (Chart 14).
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SSEU
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VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 14. International agreements
30
MordGPI is in a leading position with the number of international associations and
networks followed by DSTU (Chart 15).
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SSEU
VSUT
VSTU
VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 15. Number of memberships
31
Only 15 universities have reported about the existence of a separate
division/working group responsible for the participation in the international
rankings (Chart 16).
Yes
35%
No
65%
Chart 16. Working group for International ranking Does your HEI have a separate division/working group responsible for the
participation on the international rakings?
32
Analysis section 5. International research and educational projects
Eleven universities out of 43 have no research project available as of 2015-2016
academic year, while NarFU, on the contrast, stand out with the highest value of 43
research projects. As Chart 17 illustrates, there is significant imbalance not only
among institutions, but also between the research and educational programs.
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DSTU
SPbPU
TSU
KubSAU
BSTU
NCFU
TSTU
OSU
SSU
SSEU
VSUT
VSTU
VolSU
NArFU
SRSPU(NPI)
DSU
NNSTU
RSUE
SWSU
ASPU
TSU
NSUEM
ASTU
VSMA
NovSU
KSU
VSAU
DSAU
SPbTU
KSU
ULSPU
TSPU
BSU
IGEU
MordGPI
PSUAC
VSPU
ChuvSU
LGPU
PenzSTU
ISAA
PSAU
SU
Chart 17. Educational vs. research projects
Number of internationaleducational projects
Number of international research
projects
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The last question on methodological assistance to employees for participating in the
international programs and projects received mostly positive responses (Chart 18)
and in the remarks the universities have provided concrete examples of support.
Some examples of the methodological assistance given by the universities are as
follows:
- info sessions
- registration of applications,
- translation of documents into foreign languages,
- negotiation and correspondence with foreign partners,
- visa support,
- execution of contracts and orders,
- assistance in registration of accounting documentation etc.
yes
72%
no
28%
Chart 18. Methodological assistance Do you offer methodical assistance to employees for
participating in the international programs and projects?
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