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Moscow, 25 October 2013
Strategic Plan to Increase International Visibility and Competitiveness of Novosibirsk State University
Project Leader, Rector M.P. Fedoruk
Project Manager, Vice Rector for International Relations A.G. Okunev
Moscow, 25 October 2013
Three Unique Selling Points
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• Unique education
– Pre-university program (starts at age 14)
– Very selective
– Bottom-heavy u/g courses: tough first year
• Unique amalgam of teaching and research
– More like a national lab with teaching than an academic school
with research
• Strong, committed alumni community
– More successful than the University itself
– Leading academics and industrialists in major Russian, US
and European universities and businesses
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NSU Today
Education Research
Infrastructure Innovation
• Physics/Mathematics High School
pipeline
• 6000 students
• 118 Degree Programs
• 119 Departments
• 250 NSU PhD students
• 800 PhD students in Siberian
Branch of Russian Academy of
Sciences (SB RAS)
• Russia’s largest cluster of
research institutes within
walking distance from a
university
• 5-fold increase in research
funding in as many years
• Papers indexed in Scopus:
363 in 2007 866 in 2012
• 10 Megagrant awards
• Teaching facilities: 70,000 m2
• Dormitories: 108,000 m2
• Campus: 427,000 m2
• Capital equipment: 2.4 billion
RUB
• Ultrafast data transfer network
(SB RAS)
• 2 Skoltech Research,
Innovation and Education
Centers
• Masters School of
Engineering
• Best Technopark in Russia
• More than 250 startups in
Akademgorodok
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Towards 2020
Vision NSU-2020
A leading research university
focusing on the natural sciences
Close cooperation with the business
and government sectors to
commercialize research
Russia's leading center for innovation
and training of the very best
scientists and engineers
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Towards 2020
Eastern Europe Central and Northern Asia
NSU
Education Market
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Strategic Goals 2020
Improve the international
competitiveness of NSU
Become a leading University in the
region that includes Central and
Northern Asia and Eastern Europe
Supply highly skilled graduates to the
research and innovation sectors of
Russia and other countries
Enter the top 100 group according to
the QS World University Rankings
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Where are the gaps in terms of QS criteria?
90,1
83,9
71,2
76,1
67,2 66,7
54,5
36,7
18,8 19,1
2,1
14,7
32,7
24,8
87,3
5,2 4,9
35,3
Academic Reputation
Employer Reputation
Student/Faculty Ratio
Citations per Faculty
International Faculty
International Students
Top 100 Avg Top 100 Min NSU 2013
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Where are the gaps in terms of target KPIs?
1. Position in QS Ranking 90-110
3. Citation per faculty member 2.4 7.0
2. Publications per faculty member 2.0 1.3
4. Foreign faculty 1.4% 10%
5. Foreign Students 15% 6.0%
6. Average USE score > 80 81.7
7. External Revenue 54% 50%
8. Faculty-Student ratio 1:8 1:10
9. Position in Webometrics 250-300 806
Re
qu
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d
Ad
dit
ion
al
Target KPIs 2020 Value
352
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Strategic Initiatives
Breakthrough
Research
In-Demand
Degree
Programs
International
Visibility Cultivation of
Talent
Competent
Management
New
University
Image
Workforce
External relations
Worldwide image
Endowment growth
Top 100 ranking
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35%
10%
16% 25%
8%
6%
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A World-Class Research Base
► Develop engineering infrastructure in
laboratory blocks of NSU to improve
efficiency of applied R&D
► Support highly productive labs
► Maintain joint research units with SB
RAS
► Support mirror labs coordinated by leading
Russian and international researchers
► Create research labs led by active younger
researchers
New Research Directions
and Resources
► New collaborations on
international megaprojects
► “Flagship" research projects
► Develop joint experimental
research projects in forefront
technology areas
► Develop joint R&D activities
with the Technopark and the
Institutes of SB RAS
Breakthrough Research
Breakthrough areas:
► Biotechnology
► Photonics
► Materials
► Alternative Energy
► Translational
Medicine
► High Energy
Physics
► Forecasting Natural
Resources
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► Develop, validate and implement
postgraduate programs in English
► Accredit English-language degree
programs with international professional
bodies
► Staff and student development for English
language proficiency
English Language Programs Quality and Diversity
► Academic Quality
Control
► Adapt Russian-language
degree programs to
foreign students
► Recruit more foreign
students
New Products
► Applied sciences
/engineering
► Blended learning
► Staff development
programs
In-Demand Degree Programs
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Recruit the Best Researchers
► Involve foreign academics and research
scientists
► Recruit young scientists from SB RAS
to junior academic positions
► Involve the best doctoral students working
at the SB RAS in tutoring activities
International
Collaboration
► Participation in
international projects
and conferences
► Encourage renowned
academic visitors to SB
RAS to give NSU lectures
and lecture courses
Publication Profile
► Broaden the choice of
global research-
publication databases
► Joint publications
with SB RAS
members in highly
ranked journals
► Finance the cost of
publishing in high
impact journals
► Proofreading services
International Visibility
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Recruit and Nurture Talented Students
► Increase number of Masters and PhD students
► A variety of summer and winter schools, support for
National Science Olympiads
► Support for the specialized boarding school for
physics and mathematics
► English and Russian literacy contests
► Merit-based scholarships
► Participate in the Int’l Students Scientific Conference
► Develop competitive allocation of Masters and PhD
students to “hot” research areas
Attract Foreign Students and Enhance
Global Reputation
► Create a support system for foreign
students
► International student/staff exchange
programs
► Recruit foreign students to jointly
funded overseas academic schools
► Recruit foreign students to English-
language degree programs
► Establish a modern university environment,
including technology-assisted learning
resources, accommodation and students’
sports facilities
Cultivation of Talent
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Effective Management:
Improves Competitiveness
► Develop staff management
skills at all levels
► Develop and maintain a program
management unit: the Project
Office
► Broad involvement of faculty in
project administration
Consultant Audits
► Use external experts for
development of strategic and
operational models and
management reform
► Engage advisers on matters of
strategic development
► Modernize accounting systems
► Develop IT strategy; preliminary
audit under CobIT
► IT support for all academic and
support units
Streamlined Management
► New administrative
structure
► Reduce administrative burden,
coalesce current Departments
► International Financial
Reporting Standards; annual
audits from 2014 forward
► Staff appraisal procedures
► HR for international
recruitment
► Key Performance Indicators
Competent Management
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Cooperation with
Business and
Government Sectors
► Organize internships for
undergraduates in
relevant industries
► Maintain relations with
potential R&D customers
from startups, the state
sector and hi-tech
corporations
Develop
Endowment
► Establish an
Alumni Center
► Find new sources
of non-government
funding, including
endowment
management, fund-
raising, and
matching funds
Commercialize
University
Expertise
► Establish NSU
Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
Center
► Improve the IP office,
including the
patenting support
service
► Inventory intellectual
property with a view
to commercialization
New University Image
Marketing Activities &
Brand Promotion
► Create a brand book;
maintain NSU brand
► Monitor NSU brand
awareness
► Develop NSU website
► Participate in international
conferences and
exhibitions
► Promote NSU through
social networks
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Financial Requirements
500 500500
500500
500 500
1,392
1,583
1,7561,885
2,0232,165
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2017
2,664
407
2016
2,410
327
2015
622
2020
3,287
2019
3,106
583
2018
2,865
480
2,129
238
2014
1,823
196
1,128**
2013
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Non-budget funds
External funds*
Federal funds
Total amount required: 18.5 billion RUB (12.0 billion RUB from Federal Budget)
*Funds in the form of grants for research
and development from third parties
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Accomplishments Since July 2013
Charter submitted for declaration as an autonomous organization
Prepared basic documentation on new management structure:
- Supervisory Council
- International Academic Council
- Project Office
Initiated a program for stimulating research publication
Developed the regulatory basis for joint SB RAS – NSU laboratories and
mirror laboratories
The number of international students doubled from 3 to 6%
The first Alumni Congress held, the alumni association NSU-Union set up
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Interdependence and synergy of solutions and processes (Quick Wins!)
NS
U
IMPLEMENTATION OF
SUCCESSFUL
UNIVERSITY
MANAGEMENT MODELS
QW Start using Student
Feedback Questionnaires for
all courses
QW Implement new
administrative structure
QW Reorganize the
university finances
QW Involve faculty
members in project
administration
COMBINE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FACILITIES
UNDER A SINGLE ADMINISTRATIVE BODY
QW Hire the best doctoral students from SB RAS institutes as teaching assistants at NSU
QW Initiate joint research units with SB RAS
ENTERING THE GLOBAL
ARENA (RESEARCH,
EDUCATION,
INNOVATION)
QW Start teaching applied
science/engineering courses
QW Initiate recruitment of
foreign students
QW Inventory the
intellectual property of NSU
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SB RAS Technopark
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Thanks for your attention!
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