Russian-Italian University Cooperation
Prof. Dr. Vera Zabotkina,
vice-rector,
Russian State University for the
Humanities
Structure of the world educational market according to the number of foreign students
USA
Great Britain
Germany
France
Australia
Japan
Russia
Canada
New Zealand
Austria BelgiumSwitzerlandSwedenItalySpain Finland New ZealandCanadaRussian FederationJapanAustraliaFranceGermanyGreat BritainUSA
T. Klyachko
“Competitiveness of Russian Higher education”
Italy – 2%
USA, 18,7
United Kingdom, 10
Germany, 7,3
France, 7,3
Australia, 6,9Canada, 5,5
Italy, 2
South Africa, 1,9
New Zealand, 1,8Austria, 1,6
China, 1,5
Sw itzerland, 1,4Belgium, 1,3
Netherlands, 1,2
Korea, 1,2
Sw eden, 1
Other OECD countries, 7,3
Other partner countries, 16,6
Spain, 1,9
Russia, 4,3
Japan, 3,8
Countries share in the world education market (on the amount of foreign students), 2008 г., %*
* Источник: Education at a Glance, 2010, OECD
3,3 млн.
Russia, 2007 – 2 %
USA, 2007 – 19,7 %
United Kingdom, 2007 – 11,6 %
Germany, 2007 – 8,6 %
Canada, 2007 – 4,4 %
Italy, 2007 – 2 %
The percentage of students from Western Europe studying in Russia (2009-2010)
Cyprus
Netherlands
Switzerland
France
Cyprus
Italy
SpainGermany
Greece
Great Britain
Belgium
Austria
Other European countries
12,4%
20,6
15,5
14,7
12,9
11,2
10,9
8,6
6,5
5,6
3,4
3
2,9
2,1
1,4
1,3
0 5 10 15 20 25
Australia
Austria
United Kingdom
New Zealand
France
Germany
Belgium
Canada
Sweden
USA
Italy
Japan
Spain
Russia
Korea
The share of foreign students in the total number of students in tertiary education, 2008**
** Источник: Education at a Glance, 2010, OECD
Up to 5% in 2020 г.
Italy
Cooperation between Russian and Italian Universities
• 360 agreements of cooperation between 80 Italian and 80 Russia Universities
• 37 agreements (in the field of mathematics and IT)
• Since 1997 - special agreement between Russian Academy of Sciences and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
• 10 agreements on double degrees:– Università di Milano “Bicocca”, Milano “Bocconi”,
Bologna (2), Calabria (4), Politecnico di Milano (2)
Italian Language in Russia
• Italian is taught in 30 Universities (Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Astrakhan, Cheboksary, Ekaterinburg etc.)
• Departments of Italian:– Lomonosov Moscow State University– St.-Petersburg– Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU,
Moscow)• 2000 students in 2010 studied Italian language and
culture in Russia• 2009/2010 - 1029 Russian citizens were enrolled in
Italian Universities: 1,8% from 57246 foreign students in Italy (175 males and 854 females)
Network of Russian leading Universities
Arkhangelsk
Rostov
Ekaterinburg
Krasnoyarsk
Yakutsk
Vladivostok
Kazan
Saint-Petersburg (4)
Moscow (11)
Samara
Perm (2)
Kazan (2)
N.Novgorog
Tomsk (2)
Novosibirsk
Belgorod
Irkutsk
Saransk
Saratov
Chelyabinsk
Lomonosov Moscow State University and Saint-Petersburg State University
Federal Universities – 8
National Research Universities - 29
Association of Russian Leading Universities
(established in 2010)
- MSU, StPSU - Federal Universities - National Research Universities
Kaliningrad
The staff of National Research Universities participating in studies abroad, by country of
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President’s scholarships for studies abroad, 2010
• Total amount –
100 scholarships per year
20 universities are in 200 Top of Times rating
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Tempus projects (21)
№ Name Organization
1449502008
Entrepreneurial University as a model for proper
Managerial interrelation among education, science
and innovation development
FONDAZIONE POLITECNICO DI MILANO
POLIMI
5111352010
TUNING RUSSIA• Università degli Studi di
Padova
1447422008
EDUCATIONAL CENTERS' NETWORK ON MODERN
TECHNOLOGIES OF LOCAL GOVERNING
• University of Trento
Tempus TUNING RUSSIA: 2010–2013-511135-TEMPUS-2010-ES-
JPCR (2010-3356/001-001)• Coordinator: University of Deusto• Objectives:
1. Promotion and dissemination of Tuning methodology among Russian academic community (in particular in 9 subject areas – Economics and Management, Law, Ecology, Education, Engineering, Information and Telecommunication Technologies, Languages, Tourism and Social Work).2. Elaboration of generic and specific competences in the 9 areas.3. Implementation and development of Tuning methodology in some Russian universities through Tuning Centres.
• Duration of the project is three years, from October 2010 to October 2013.
• RSUH participates in the subject areas “Tourism” and “Languages”• Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Erasmus Mundus, Action 2 Triple I
Triple I European partner universities
• Humboldt University Berlin • KU Leuven• University of Latvia• Pultusk Academy of Humanities• Masaryk University• University of Algarve • University of Bologna • University of Deusto• Univirsity of Göttingen• University of Turku• Middle East Technical University
Triple I Russian partner universities
• Higher School of Economics• Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal
University• Irkutsk State University• Kazan (Volga Region) Federal
University• Novgorod State University• Petrozavodsk State University• Russian State University for the
Humanities• St. Petersburg State University• Udmurt State University• Ural State University
University of Bologna • Simona Nicoli, doctorate student at the Department of
Foreign Languages and Literatures, 10 months research period at RSUH
• Academic supervisor at the University of Bologna - Mette Rudvin, professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Topic of PhD thesis “Translation of contemporary Russian children's literature”
Doctoral students’ mobility at RSUH within Triple I
University of Bologna• Moroni Elisa, doctorate student (Translation Studies and
Russian), 9 months research period at RSUH• Topic of PhD thesis “Translation of old Russian oral epic
poetry”• Giacomo Augugliaro, doctorate student at the Faculty of
Law, 12 months research period at RSUH• Topic of PhD thesis “The Ten-T, the PPP Green Paper
and the “Concession Law” of Russian Federation. Forms of cooperation between EU and Russian companies in the field of rail and road freight”
Doctoral students’ mobility at RSUH within Triple I
Erasmus Mundus Joint MA and Doctorate Programmes
• Joint Erasmus Mundus MA programme in political sciences “Europeanisation” (EMME). Consortium members :– University of Konstanz (Germany)– University of Sienna (Italy)– University of Essex (Great Britain)– Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain)
• Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in European Geopolitics. Consortium members:– Coordinator: Geopolitics Institute (Paris-8)– University of Neapol (Italy)– Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)– Tarragona University (Spain)– National University (Taiwan)– Södertörn University (Switzerland)– University of Grenoble (France)– Mexican National University (Mexico)
Thank you!
Vera ZabotkinaProf. Dr.
Vice-rector for innovative international projectsDirector of Centre for Cognitive Programs and
TechnologiesRussian State University for the Humanities