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

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2,9

2,1

1,4

1,3

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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

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President’s scholarships for studies abroad, 2010

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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

zabotkina@rggu.ru