RUSSIAN GLOBAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (GEP)

ONE YEAR ON

March 18, 2016

SKOLKOVO

Education Development Center Ksenia Ivanenko

REGULATIONS:

•  Russian Federation President Decree № 967, of December 28, 2013 «On measures to strengthen the human resource potential of the Russian Federation»

•  Russian Federation Government Decrees № 568, of June 20, 2014 http://government.ru/docs/13277, №635, of June 26, 2015

•  Russian Federation Government Decree № 1101-р of June 15, 2015 http://government.ru/docs/18567

PROGRAM PILOT: 3 years (2014-2016)

waiting for extension (2017-2020)

Program is realized according to the Government Decree #568 dated 20 June, 2014 under the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Program Operator is the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO.

ABOUT GEP www.educationglobal.ru

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

* Internships, research and joint programs are not funded

STUDY LEVELS

Master’s

PhD

Residency Programs

•  Biological Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, Mathematics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Sciences, Earth & Marine Sciences, Materials Sciences, etc. Science

•  Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Information and Computer Engineering, Power and Energy Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, etc.

Engineering •  Education Administration, School and University Management,

Education Policy, Educational Psychology, Special Education, International and Comparative Education, Сurriculum Development and Instruction, etc.

Education

• Medical Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Public Health, Health Care Sciences and Services, Nursing, etc. Medicine

•  Social Sector Management, Health Sector Management, Public Administration, Public Affairs, Public Policy, Social Work, Social Welfare, Social Policy, Migration Studies

Social Sector Management

STUDY AREAS AND PROGRAMS

Full list of eligible programs: http://educationglobal.ru/fileadmin/downloads/Study_areas_specializations_educational_programs_GEP.pdf

GRANT up to 2,76 mln Russian rubles/ year

13,8 mln Russian rubles/ 5 years (around 40 K USD/year as of 18 March 2016)

Tuition fees

Medical insurance

Academic literature Travel expenses Accommodation

COUNTRIES

32 countries Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Columbia UK Germany Hong Kong Denmark Israel Ireland Spain Italy Canada China Korea Netherlands New Zealand Norway Mexico Czech Republic Singapore USA Taiwan Finland France Switzerland Sweden South Africa Japan South Arabia

288 universities

UNIVERSITIES

53 6 6 7 7

9 11 11 12 13 13

15 25

33 79

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Other countries Korea

Belgium Italy

Switzerland Sweden France Japan

Netherlands China + Hong Kong

Australia Canada

Germany UK

USA

Eligible universities are in the top 300 in two out of three rankings: the Academic Ranking of World Universities, QS World University Rankings, and The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and their programs - in the first 200 positions. http://educationglobal.ru/fileadmin/downloads/Rasporyazhenie_1101.pdf

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Certificate of enrollment to Master’s, PhD or residency programs

Сompliance with Program Terms and Conditions (including the employment in Russian companies upon completion of studies)

Bachelor’s or Specialist diploma

Russian citizenship

PARTICIPATION STEPS

APPLICATION ROUNDS

§  Applications are accepted on the rolling basis

§  4 application rounds in 2016:

§  1st round: 9 November 2015 –13 March 2016

§  2nd round: 14 March – 5 June 2016

§  3rd round: 6 June – 21 August 2016

§  4th round: 22 August – 6 November

http://educationglobal.ru/ns/participant/

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Participants should:

§  Provide necessary reports on time

§  Upon completion of studies, return to Russia within 30 days

§  Upon return to Russia, find an employer from the list of organizations within 3 months

§  Work in accordance with the qualification gained for at least 3 years

•  If Terms and Conditions of the Program are violated, the amount of grant given and financial penalties (twice the amount of the grant given) are to be paid.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

EMPLOYMENT

§  More than 560 companies in the approved list: –  Higher education institutions –  Industrial companies and corporations –  Medical and pharmacological institutions, etc.

§  List is updated on a regular basis

§  Program participants choose an employer from the list and negotiate employment and working conditions

§  Program Operator provides support with job-hunting and employment issues

§  Program participants may change an employer, but only twice

EMPLOYMENT MECANISMS

Questionnaire (professional priorities)

Mailout of resume to profile organizations

Video-resume addressing potential employers

Mentorship from the company

Resume promotion at Headhunter.ru (assistance with creating an effective resume, mailout to recruitment agencies, top placement)

Adding resume to the database of leading recruitment agencies

Assistance in adding new employers to the list

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CURRENT RESULTS

(18 March 2016)

Finalists 153 Signed Terms and Conditions 121 Received Grant 103 Studying Abroad at the moment 82 Decided not to participate 29 Returned to Russia upon graduation 7 Employed back in Russia 7

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pilot 2014 1 round 2015 2 round 2015 3 round 2015 4 round 2015 1 round 2016*

Applications Eligible programs Finalists

RECRUITMENT ALL APPLICATIONS ROUNDS

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FINALISTS’ REFUSALS

Finalists 153 Signed Terms and Conditions 121

Refused 29

Reasons for refusal

1.  Money transferred in Russian rubles, unstable exchange rate

2.  Not enough money to cover all expenses

3.  Received another scholarship/assistanship without obligations

4.  Unsure to complete the program /fear of penalties

5.  Unsure to find a job back in Russia/fear of penalties

6.  Personal reasons

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Country Pilot 2014 1 round 2015 2 round 2015 3 round 2015 4 round 2015 Total

UK 1 17 17 9 8 52Australia 1 9 3 8 21USA 3 8 1 2 2 16Germany 3 10 2 15Netherlands 1 1 3 5 1 11France 1 5 1 7Italy 1 2 3 6Sweden 2 1 2 1 6Ireland 4 4China and Hong Kong 4 4Switzerland 1 1 2 4Belgium 2 1 3Singapore 1 1 2Austria 1 1Israel 1 1China 1 1Denmark 1 1Spain 1 1Finland 1 1Brazil 1 1Total 10 31 48 41 28 157

FINALISTS BY COUNTRIES

FINALISTS BY UNIVERSITIES (1)

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University FINALISTS University FINALISTS

Carnegie Mellon University 7 University of Southampton 3

University of Birmingham 6 Charité - Universitäts medizin Berlin 2

University of Melbourne 6Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 2

Dresden University of Technology 5 Joseph Fourier University (Grenoble 1) 2

University of Bristol 5London School of Economics and Political Science 2

Polytechnic Institute of Milan 4 Maastricht University 2Trinity College Dublin 4 Newcastle University 2

University of Aberdeen 4 RWTH Aachen University 2

University of Leeds 4Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne 2

University of Manchester 4The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2

University of New South Wales 4 The University of Hong Kong 2

University of Queensland 4Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" (Sapienza University of Rome) 2

Catholic University of Leuven 3 University Denis Diderot (Paris VII) 2KTH Royal Institute of Technology 3 University of Glasgow 2Monash University 3 University of Nottingham 2University College London 3 University of Sheffield 2University of Heidelberg 3 University of Southern California 2

FINALISTS BY UNIVERSITIES (2)

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University FInalists University Finalists

University of Strasbourg 2 Radboud University Nijmegen 1University of Technology, Sydney 2 Stanford University 1VU University Amsterdam 2 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich 1Aarhus University 1 Technical University of Munich 1

Australian National University 1Technische Universität Wien (Vienna University of Technology) 1

Cardiff University 1 TelAviv University 1Chalmers University of Technology 1 The University of Georgia 1Delft University of Technology 1 National University of Singapore 1Durham University 1 New York University 1Erasmus University Rotterdam 1 University of Amsterdam 1University of Edinburgh 1 University of Barcelona 1University of Freiburg 1 University of Bern 1University of Helsinki 1 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 1University of Maryland, College Park 1 University of Reading 1University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1 University of San Paulo 1Harvard University 1 University of Wageningen 1Karolinska Institute 1 University of Warwick 1

FINALISTS BY UNIVERSITIES (3)

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University Finalists University Finalists

King's College London - University of London 1 University of York 1

Lancaster University 1University Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris VI) 1

Leiden University 1 Utrecht University 1

Lund University 1Nanyang Technological University 1

Nanjing University 1

FINALISTS BY REGIONS (1)

Regions and Republics of the Russian Federation FINALISTS Regions and Republics of the

Russian Federation FINALISTS

Moscow 22 Rostovskaya Region 3 Tatarstan 14 Tambovskaya Region 3 Saint-Petersburg 14 Volgogradskaya Region 2

Krasnoyarsk Territory 8 Kabardino-Balkariya 2 Moscow Region 7 Leningradskaya Region 2 Sverdlovsky Region 6 Hizhegorodskaya Region 2 Kemerovskaya Region 5 Omskaya Region 2 Bashkortostan 5 Primorsky Territory 2 Kaliningradskaya Region 4 Adygeya 2 Perm Territory 4 Yakutiya 2 Tomskaya Region 4 Stavropol Territory 2 Chelyabinskaya Region 4 Tyumenskaya Region 2 Vladimirskaya Region 3 Udmurtiya 2 Kaluzhskaya Region 3 Astrakhanskaya Region 1 Krasnodar Territory 3 Bryanskaya Region 1 Kareliya 3 Vologodskaya Region 1

FINALISTS BY REGIONS (2)

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Regions and Republics of the Russian Federation FINALISTS Regions and Republics of the

Russian Federation FINALISTS

Voronezhskaya Region 1 Ryazanskaya Region 1

Irkutskaya Region 1 Saratovskaya Region 1

Lipetskaya Region 1 Sakhalinskaya Region 1

Magadanskaya Region 1 Smolenskaya Region 1

Mariy El 1 Tverskaya Region 1

Mordoviya 1 Khabarovsk Territory 1

Khanty-Mansiysk 1

GENERAL STATISTICS 1st ROUND 2016

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Total number of registrations at GEP website: 4004 (some applicants have chosen several educational programs/universities to apply) Top 10 universities chosen: Polytechnic Institute of Milan (13), University of Edinburgh (12), University of Manchester (12), University of Sheffield (11), University of Melbourne (11), Harvard University (10), University of Birmingham (10), University of Bristol (10), Delft University of Technology (9), University of Southampton (9). Top 10 regions: Moscow (232), Saint-Petersburg (99), Moscow Region (91), Tatarstan (65), Rostovskaya Region (59), Bashkortostan (54), Sverdlovskaya Region (54), Primorsk Territory (41), Chelyabinskya Region (39), Tomskaya Region (36).

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TARGETED MARKETING AND OFFICIAL WEBPAGE

Most efficient channels Users

Official Webpage 9 301 Google Search Engine 6 632 Google Ads 4 743 VKontakte 4 061 Yandex Search Engine 3 419 Facebook 2 162 Facebook Ads 938

1st COMPETITION ROUND 2016

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HOW FINALISTS GOT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Source FInalists Not stated 72 Official Webpage 21 Education Agencies/Centers 14 Friends’ Recommendation 10 Search for Grants (Google/Yandex) 9 Russian Universities’ Info Sources 8 Educational Fairs/Forums 7 Facebook 3 Twitter 1 Webinars 1 Vkontakte 1 Worlds Universities’ Info Sources 1 Employers 1 Radio 1 Relatives’ Recommendation 1 Innopolis University 1 HabrHabr/Geektimes/Megamozg 1

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HOW APPLICANTS GOT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM

1st round

20152nd round

20153rd round

20154th round

2015 1st round

2016Official Webpage 252 375 446 21 30VKontakte 195 177 233 213 378Friends’ Recommendation 187 301 218 211 312Education Agencies/ Centers 155 211 159 80 90

Search for grants (Google/Yandex) 112 150 141 165 195

Educational Fairs and Forums (Abroad) 99 104 90 119 100Russian Universities’ Info Sources 88 161 275 450 459Facebook 87 118 116 91 138News and Social Media 11 28 36 260 434Email Newsletters 5 16 29 63 69theoryandpractice.ru 9 11 10 4 3Information Centers and Embassies 4 3 6 6 7World Universities 3 4 1 19 49HabrHabr/Geektimes/Megamozg 5 254 50 4 2Afisha.ru 53 35 1 1Instagram 24Youth Forums 66 23 2Webinars 18 26hh.ru 12 1 138 49Employers 3 6 9 33 45ASI (incl. Leader-Id) 2 2 2 3 24Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation 2 2 5 5 8

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HOW APPLICANTS

GOT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM (1st ROUND 2016)

Facebook6%

VKontakte15%

Searchforgrants(Google/Yandex)

7%

NewsandotherSocialMedia18%

Friends’recommendaKon

13%

RussianuniversiKes’infosources18%

WorlduniversiKes’infosources

2%

EducaKonalFairs/Forums4%

Webinars1%

EducaKonalAgencies/Centers4%

Other5%

E-mailnewsleUers3%

Employer2%

HeadHunter2%

Instagram1%

PROGRAM PROMOTION

§  Events http://educationglobal.ru/en/ns/overview/upcoming_events/ –  Fairs, forums and seminars –  Webinars

•  SMM

•  Work with the certified educational agencies

•  Joint events: fairs, presentations, webinars

•  Program promotion materials upon request

•  Direct links from the university websites to the GEP website www.educationglobal.ru

•  Information about the scholarship in university and agency promotion materials

•  Dissemination of information among current Russian students studying abroad

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DATE: APRIL 5, 2016 TIME: 15.30 – 17.30 LOCATION: MOSCOW, SKOLKOVO YOU ARE VERY WELCOME!

«Global Education» Program Team

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GEP TRAINING FOR THE EDUCATION AGENTS

Official website: www.educationglobal.ru

General Inquiry and Prospective Candidates: globaledu@skolkovo.ru

Recruitment and Marketing: Ksenia_Ivanenko@skolkovo.ru, Ksyusha.Ivanenko@gmail.com

+7 495 539 30 03, 8(800) 50-50-623

www.facebook.com/educationglobal.ru

https://vk.com/educationglobal_ru

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaSHnvhS1Q7ghEweaqfNl5Q

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION