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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

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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

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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!)

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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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