FACTS ABOUT HSE AND ITS

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

May 22, 2010Slides for the IAC working meeting

� lagging behind developed countries in terms of production and dissemination of socio-economic knowledge, models and technologies

� lack of understanding of Russia's social and economic processes. Underdevelopment of regular

HSE RESPONDS TO THE CHALLENGES RUSSIA

FACES

economic processes. Underdevelopment of regular statistical research

� severe deficit of human capital -managers, entrepreneurs and knowledge workers

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HSE IN THE PRESENT

� one of three most popular universities in Russia� by applicants ratings� the only university in Russia to be rated among the world

socio-economic universities (QS-THES, 2009)

� largest centre for socio-economic analysis in Eastern Europe, main think-tank of the Russian governmentEurope, main think-tank of the Russian government� globally competitive in terms of applied research� more than $30k per faculty in projects

� largest e-library and public education portal in Russia

� In 2009 HSE won the status of National research university - the only socio-economic institution to win the status

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A FEW FACTS ABOUT HSE: EDUCATION

� three branches� Nizhniy Novgorod� Perm’� St.Petersburg

� 17,000 students (48% come from Russia’s regions); around 50% pay tuition fees (around $7k per year)50% pay tuition fees (around $7k per year)� 2,600 faculty (avg. age = 39 yrs)� 28 departments and schools� 12 double diploma programmes� almost all students are employed or continue education within

six months after graduation

� 5 business and post-graduate training schools� 120 post-graduate training programmes(в том числе

MBA, DBA, EMBA) with more than 20,000 students (Moscow)4

A FEW FACTS ABOUT HSE: RESEARCH

�34 research institutes and centres�20 research & study laboratories�Academic Fund (budget

~$1.7M), Programme for Fundamental ResearchResearch

�HSE provides analytic services for� President's administration� Government of the Russian Federation� Ministry for Economic Development� ... and other key ministries and departments 5

REVENUES BY SOURCE ($M-2009)

13,54,7

28,8

14,5

budget allocations for fundamental research (Moscow)

allocations for HSE development programme

income28,8

46,010,8

0,8

58,7income left to the departments

income from branches

income from rent (Moscow)

allocations for education (Moscow)

allocations for education (branches)

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SOURCES OF R&D FUNDING ($M-2009)

21,75

1,19

0,94

1,68

25,00

30,00

35,00

40,00

45,00

external grants

contractual applied

0,99 1,832,93

4,351,423,29

3,98

13,8314,02

17,84

23,401,32

1,19

0,00

5,00

10,00

15,00

20,00

25,00

2006 2007 2008 2009

contractual applied researchgovernment grants for basic researchown revenues

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HSE OCCUPIES LEADING POSITIONS IN

RANKINGS (RUSSIA)

� the only Russian socio-economic university to be included into QS-THES ranking (2009)

� has moved from 4 to 2 position in Russia (from 812 to 591 in the world) in Webometricsto 591 in the world) in Webometrics

� leads employers' rankings - graduates are highly demanded and enjoy highest starting salary

� HSE leads Reytor ranking in transparency among Russian higher education institutions

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HSE – PARTNERSHIPS

� European University Association (EUA) � Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme of the

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) � European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)� World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS)

� Over 130 foreign partners, including� foreign universities � foreign universities � international institutions � research consortia � international business organizations

� 14 double degree Bachelors, Masters and PhD programmes with 11 leading European universities

� Recent international networking initiatives:� Partner of the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window project

"lntegration, Interaction and Institutions – Triple I" (since 2008). � A European universities consortium member of “The International Masters in

Economy, State & Society” (IMESS) Erasmus Mundus recognized MA programme (since 2010)

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VISION 2020

� share of masters and PhDs is 50%� programmes are flexible, developed on

project/research-based learning� 35% post-grads have internships at leading foreign

universities and research centres� 8% students come from abroad� 8% students come from abroad� 90% of the students will have working experience before

graduation� 20 joint programmes with leading universities� 47 programmes with a non-Russian working language� 76% faculty participating in research projects� 9 mirror laboratories under the guidance of outstanding

scientists� 16 international comparative empirical studies 10

CURRENT PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS

normative� irrational budget spending requirements� barriers for inviting foreign specialists

financial� research budget of $37M v. $500M for the competitors (funds go into keeping

faculty instead of financing research)faculty instead of financing research)� total budget of $300M v. $3B

inadequate infrastructure – no single campus (26 separate buildings in Moscow), room deficit – delay implementation of vital solutions� full-time professor model� interdisciplinary research� flexible curriculum� internationalisation� integration of education and research� free work of students

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research� gap in fundamental research – publications : faculty = 1 : 10.

Lagging behind Western research universities in terms of publications in top peer-reviewed journals� publications in foreign academic journals (indexed by ISI, Scopus): 2006-8

period = 78 publications (26 per year), 2009 = 47

CURRENT PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS

period = 78 publications (26 per year), 2009 = 47

possible causes

� deficit of top-grade faculty

� teaching burden: faculty reluctantly starts and participates in research projects

� low internationalisation: less than 1.5% students from other countries; 3% international faculty v. 25%

� share of masters – 15% v. 50% (but steadily growing)12

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

� HSE is allowed to develop its own educational standards

� competitive advantage – project university� involved into economic modernisation processes� practice-based education� practice-based education

� developed digital library

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Program 2018 aims at making HSE a world-

class research university (mainly in the class research university (mainly in the

socio-economic field)

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first stage (2009-2012)� updating educational products, forming a new generation of masters

programmes� developing faculty, creating conditions for emergence of world-class

research centres in priority areas

second stage (2013-2015)

HSE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WILL BE

IMPLEMENTED IN 3 STAGES

� supporting world-class research centres, promoting new education schools (esp. for masters and PhD students)� developing new priority areas - to increase inter-disciplinary synergies� commercialising models and technologies through formation of

innovation companies around the university

third stage (2016-2018)� establishing equal international partnerships in research and education� expanding sets of research subjects for priority areas

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HSE CONCENTRATES RESOURCES IN 4 PRIORITY AREAS

� Economics

� Public administration

� Management

� Sociology� Sociology

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MAIN R&D AREAS: ECONOMICS

� monitoring, modeling, instruments of economic policy

� economic analysis of companies and markets

� institutional analysis and modeling of economic reforms

� demography, labor market and social processes� demography, labor market and social processes

� study of innovation processes

� long-term forecasts of socio-economic processes (foresight)

� systems analysis of global processes

� mathematic modeling of complex socio-economic processes

� financial economics 17

MAIN R&D AREAS: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

� organisational design of executive bodies and e-government

� public service development

� strategic public administration and planning� strategic public administration and planning

� management efficiency in budget sector of economy

� public-private partnerships

� development of local self-government and organisation of municipal office

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MAIN R&D AREAS: MANAGEMENT

� strategic process and strategic architecture of Russian companies� network forms of business organisation studies� logistics and supply chain management� developing project management methodology, methodology � developing project management methodology, methodology

for managing project-oriented economies and businesses� enterprise social organisation and human resource

management studies� mass-media management and marketing technologies studies� digital services in economics and management� mathematical and formal methods for intellectual data

analysis� program engineering 19

MAIN R&D AREAS: SOCIOLOGY

� sociological analysis of enterprises and markets

� studies of population's entrepreneurial potential

� complex studies of households' socio-economic behaviourbehaviour

� sociology of social sphere

� sociocultural studies in economics

� fundamental sociological theory

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GOALS: EDUCATION

� own educational standards: flexible educational trajectories

� priority development of masters and PhD education

� increase full-time PhD students share to 50% by � increase full-time PhD students share to 50% by 2018

� re-design education system to be built around project and research work (research and education labs)

� provide study abroad experience (in leading universities) for at least 50% of all students

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HSE PLANS TO INCREASE SHARE OF

MASTERS AND PHD STUDENTS

10000

12000

14000

16000

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 2018

Bachelors

Masters

PhDs (post-grads)

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HSE WILL INCREASE SHARE OF ELECTIVE

COURSES BY OVER 50%

50

60

70

80

share of elective

0

10

20

30

40

50

2009 2010 2011 2013 2018

share of elective courses, bachelors, years 3 and 4share of elective courses, masters

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INTERNATIONALISATION OF EDUCATION

80

100

120

number of distance courses from foreign

0

20

40

60

80

2009 2010 2011 2012 2015 2018

courses from foreign universitiesnumber of joint programmes with foreign universitiesnumber of courses offered in English

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GOALS: R&D

� attain research leadership in several areas of socio-economic sciences

� catch up in critically important areas

� create own empirical socio-economic database� create own empirical socio-economic database

� join international comparative studies

� create joint laboratories with leading universities

� conduct international reviews of research projects

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MOST PROMISING RESEARCH WILL BE DONE

IN 7 MAJOR CENTRES

� econometrics and sociometrics� contracts theory� cognitive studies� economic analysis of law� economic analysis of law� comparative law� economic history� behavioural economics and finance

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HSE WILL FORM INTERNATIONAL

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

CENTRES

they will focus on global agenda� demographics and migration

� economics and sociology of nature management

� economics of climate change

� new competencies for innovation economy

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HSE CARRIES OUT SEVERAL MONITORING

PROJECTS

� economic and health state of the population

� innovative behaviour of the population

� business activity of enterprises

� innovative activity of enterprises

� dynamics of production in real economy

� educational and labour trajectories of graduates

� economic processes of health care and education

� economic costs of state, business and state interactions

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ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS – DEVELOPING

FACULTY

� effective contract� competitive salary for stimulating research activity (avg.

salary - $2k - is twice the avg. salary of Russian universities, a bit lower than avg. in corporate sector and much lower than on the international market)

� forcing out professors-teachers

� developing education and research assistants model - to attract best students to academic work

� recruiting best researchers internationally, increasing the share of PhDs

� recruiting outstanding researchers and research teams to develop priority areas 29

OBJECTIVES 2010: EDUCATION

� develop own normative base for introducing European diploma supplement

� increase elective courses share to 25% for bachelors and 40% for masters

� add courses increasing research and project � add courses increasing research and project competencies of students to post-graduate training programmes

� create conditions for broadcasting lectures to the branches

� introduce flexible module-based MBA programmes

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OBJECTIVES 2010: EDUCATION, R&D

� develop own educational standards� introduce full-time PhD model� develop innovative economic BA programme with

NES� increase the number of students, participating in � increase the number of students, participating in

research and education labs by 20%� introduce two more blocks of MA courses in English

for foreign students� introduce educational and research assistants

model� create Higher school of education (masters

programmes for the best teachers and school directors)

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OBJECTIVES 2010: R&D

� create a system for international review of results of fundamental studies� start partner projects with US, European and Chinese

partners� create finance economics mirror laboratory with LSE

join international comparative studies� join international comparative studies� attract leading international scholars to join at least 40

research projects� create commercialisation centre, start pilot project of

creating small innovative companies� create business incubators in Nizhniy Novgorod and

Perm' and integrate them into Moscow business incubator� include entrepreneurship courses into major curriculums

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OBJECTIVES 2010: FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

� increase PhD number by 50%

� increase share of faculty with effective contract to 30%

� increase share of practicioners among faculty to 10%10%

� introduce a mechanism for competition-based faculty rotation, increasing requirements for research productivity

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