The Ministry of Education and Science has selected 22 regional universities that will receive flagship status and funding for the implementation of the development program. The ministry selected the first 11 flagship universities last year
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The expert council under the Ministry of Education and Science selected 22 winning universities of the second stage of the competition to create flagship universities, Kommersant reports.
As the publication clarifies, the selected universities are divided into two categories according to the level of funding. The first group included eight educational institutions that will receive co-financing of the development program at both the federal and regional levels. These are the Stoletov Vladimir State University (VlGU), Murmansk Arctic State University (MAGU), Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after Alekseev, Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU), Siberian State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia (SibSMU), Tula State University (TulSU), Cherepovets State University (CSU) and Yaroslavl State University named after Demidov (YarSU).
The second group includes 14 universities: Altai State University (AltSU), Belgorod State Technological University named after Shukhov (BSTU), Kalmyk State University named after Gorodovikov (KalmSU), Kemerovo State University (KemSU), Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after Nosov, Mari State University ( MarSU), Novgorod State University named after Yaroslav the Wise (NovSU), Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU), Pskov State University (PskovSU), Saratov State Technical University named after Gagarin (SSTU), Sochi State University (SSU), Syktyvkar State University named after Sorokin, Tolyatti State University (TSU) and Ulyanovsk State University (UlSU). They will receive audit and expert support from the federal center, and subsidies from regional budgets.
The winners were selected after reviewing 80 applications. In the next three months, they will have to submit a five-year development program to the Ministry of Education and Science, for the implementation of which each university will be allocated an additional subsidy annually for three years. In 2016, its size reached 200 million rubles. The publication notes that it is not yet known how universities will be financed this year. This will be determined by the program board for each university individually.
“The council members were faced with the task of selecting the best projects that could bring significant development to their region. We examined each application individually, taking into account in detail the development program of each university, as well as the region’s position on its relevance and further support,” Olga Vasilyeva, head of the Ministry of Education and Science, told the newspaper.
In 2016, 11 universities received flagship status. These included Kostroma State Technological University (KSTU), Tyumen State Oil and Gas University (Tyumen State Oil and Gas University), Ufa State Petroleum Technical University (USPTU), Siberian State Aerospace University named after Academician Reshetnev (SibSAU), Don State Technical University (DSTU), Volgograd State Technical University (VolgSTU), Voronezh State Technical University (VSTU), Omsk State Technical University (OmSTU), Samara State Technical University (SamSTU), Vyatka State University (VyatSU) and Orel Turgenev State University (OSU).
According to the terms of the program, universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg, universities that are participants in the state program for increasing international competitiveness “5-100”, educational institutions from the federal category, as well as universities that are located in municipalities where there are already flagship universities cannot apply for flagship status. . Another condition for participation in the program, as Kommersant notes, is reorganization, that is, two or more regional universities must merge into one.
At the end of February, the government announced state support for leading Russian universities in 2017. Instead of the planned 14.5 billion rubles. They decided to allocate 10.3 billion rubles. 21 Russian universities will receive subsidies (three groups of leading universities, seven universities each, have been allocated).
MOSCOW, March 31 ‒ RIA Novosti. At a meeting of the Council for the implementation of development programs for flagship universities that are of key importance for the industrial and socio-economic development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which was held recently under the chairmanship of the Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilyeva, the results of the work of flagship universities for 2016 were presented. Following the meeting, it was decided to divide the flagship universities into three groups based on an assessment of their potential.
As the department reported, the group of leaders in the implementation of development programs for flagship universities, the work of which is rated “the most highly,” includes Vyatka State University, Don State Technical University, Ufa State Petroleum Technical University, Oryol State University named after I.S. Turgenev.
The group of universities whose work and potential were recognized as “satisfactory” included six more flagship universities: Siberian State Aerospace University named after Academician M.F. Reshetnev, Kostroma State University, Samara State Technical University, Volgograd State Technical University, Voronezh State Technical University, Tyumen Industrial University.
Omsk State Technical University was in the third group.
Vice-rector for educational and methodological work of the Ufa State Petroleum Technical University Oleg Baulin believes that the university’s entry into the group of leaders is connected, first of all, “with the successful unification of universities in the concept that was originally conceived. “It is very important that the reorganization process in our case is “not a mechanical summation of two universities, not a takeover of another university, but a certain animation,” the expert explained.
In his opinion, a competitive university should have a common agenda with a large number of partners and customers, and also receive opportunities to conduct multidisciplinary research.
In particular, as the vice-rector noted, the university has opened a Center for the development of special-purpose clothing and testing of materials for its manufacture. In addition, the departments “Digital Technologies for Field Development” and “Digital Technologies in Geology and Seismic” are being created at the Faculty of Mining and Petroleum. The university has new Rosneft departments in such areas as geology and seismic, digital technologies for hydrocarbon development. In addition, a Basic Institute was created at the site “Institute of Petrochemical Refining”.
“For ourselves, we have set an internal indicator of success in the implementation of educational programs - this is the dynamics of the outflow of the population from the republic, and we are pleased to note that the dynamics have slowed down,” the vice-rector emphasized.
Based on the results of the meeting of the Council for the Implementation of Development Programs for Key Universities, the Ministry of Education and Science is preparing recommendations to universities aimed at increasing the efficiency of the implementation of their development programs.
For the first time, the winning universities are divided into two groups. The first group included eight educational institutions that will receive additional funding from the federal budget: Vladimir State University named after A.G. and N.G. Stoletov, Murmansk Arctic State University, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after. R.E. Alekseev, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Siberian State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Tula State University, Cherepovets State University and Yaroslavl State University. P.G. Demidova.
The second group included the remaining 14 winning universities. As the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science explained, they will receive additional funding not from the federal, but from the regional budgets. The Federal Ministry, however, guarantees them methodological support.
The second group included: Altai State University, Belgorod State Technological University named after. V.G. Shukhov, Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikov, Kemerovo State University, Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after. G.I. Nosova, Mari State University, Novgorod State University named after Yaroslav the Wise, Petrozavodsk State University, Pskov State University, Saratov State Technical University named after Yu.A. Gagarin, Sochi State University, Syktyvkar State University named after Pitirim Sorokin, Tolyatti State University and Ulyanovsk State University .
“Thus, 33 flagship universities have already been identified in Russia: to the 11 existing ones, 22 winners of the second competitive wave were added,” the Ministry of Education and Science noted. According to the press release, the ministry received a total of 80 applications from regional universities, each of them was evaluated by a council specially created under the Ministry of Education and Science.
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The program for creating flagship universities is an initiative of the previous leadership of the Ministry of Education and Science. It assumes that several regional universities decide to unite into one large, strong university, which should become the leading educational center in the region. If the association and development plan are supported by experts in Moscow, then the university receives additional funding.
The first 11 flagship universities were created last year. The new Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva supported this program: a second competition was announced in February of this year
Universities from Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as universities that already receive additional funding under the 5-100 program (a program to increase the competitiveness of Russian universities among the world's leading educational centers), cannot participate in the flagship universities program.
- Altai State University
- Belgorod State Technological University named after. V.G. Shukhova
- Vladimir State University named after Alexander Grigorievich and Nikolai Grigorievich Stoletov
- Volgograd State Technical University
- Voronezh State Technical University
- Vyatka State University
- Don State Technical University
- Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikov
- Kemerovo State University
- Kostroma State University
- Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after. G.I. Nosova
- Mari State University
- Murmansk Arctic State University
- Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after. R.E. Alekseeva
- Novgorod State University named after Yaroslav the Wise
- Novosibirsk State Technical University
- Omsk State Technical University
- Oryol State University named after I.S. Turgenev
- Petrozavodsk State University
- Pskov State University
- Samara State Technical University
- Saratov State Technical University named after Gagarin Yu.A.
- Siberian State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia
- Siberian State University of Science and Technology named after M.F. Reshetnev (Siberian State University named after M.F. Reshetnev)
- Sochi State University
- Syktyvkar State University named after Pitirim Sorokin
- Tolyatti State University
- Tula State University
- Tyumen Industrial University
- Ulyanovsk State University
- Ufa State Petroleum Technical University
- Cherepovets State University
- Yaroslavl State University named after. P.G. Demidova
The Ministry of Education and Science selected 22 more flagship universities. All universities are divided into two groups. The first group included eight universities. Among them, for example, are Vladimir State University and Murmansk Arctic State University. In the second group are Altai State University, Kalmyk State University, Petrozavodsk State University and others.
Now in Russia there are 33 flagship universities in the regions (previously there were 11), which have been promised additional funding.
These universities should submit to the Ministry of Education and Science their development programs that will help them become competitive in the regions and attract applicants, since the biggest problem today is the outflow of talented students to Moscow and St. Petersburg, while the regions are left without strong high-scorers and Olympiad winners .
For capital cities, such a program is also beneficial - many parents believe that nonresident applicants fill places in capital universities, while native city residents are left behind. But how can you not accept an applicant if he has 100 points for the Unified State Exam? And it doesn’t matter whether he’s from Moscow or Salekhard.
As Evgenia Volkova from Murmansk said, the Murmansk Arctic State University was created from two state universities, which for many years have been producing specialists in technical, maritime and humanitarian specialties. An application for assignment of a new status was submitted by MASU (Murmansk Arctic State University, former pedagogical university). The day before, a document was signed according to which Murmansk Technical University (a departmental educational institution of Rosrybolovstvo) is transferred to the department of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.
The second stage will be an order for reorganization in the format of merging MSTU with MASU. There is an approved road map,” said Andrey Sergeev, rector of the Murmansk Arctic State University.
The administration of MASU and the regional Ministry of Education perceive the changes positively.
Only by creating a regional flagship university will we be able to respond in a timely manner to the requests of employers, to the forecast of the socio-economic development of the region and, of course, to enlarge the material and technical base,” says Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Murmansk Region Ekaterina Pankova.
The Arctic University has already submitted an application for more than 300 million rubles to update its material and technical base. It is expected that as a result of the reform, already in the merged university, scholarships and salaries of teachers will increase. But there are also difficulties. Experts, representatives of fishing companies, ask questions: how will they now train specialists for the fishing industry, how will its workers now undergo advanced training courses, where will we retrain those who already work at sea? For example, navigators, ship mechanics, technologists, electromechanics - they need special laboratories and simulators.
The regional ministry reported that all maritime specialties will be retained. The admissions campaign is conducted by MSTU according to plan, as well as the college named after Mesyatsev (average sailor). Both higher and secondary educational institutions will most likely become the Maritime Academy as part of a unified flagship university. When merging, students are guaranteed to continue their studies while maintaining the form and conditions of study.
Direct speech
Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilyeva:
Today, the members of the Council were faced with the task of selecting the best projects that could bring significant development to their region, and in the course of our work we examined each application individually, taking into account the detailed proposed development program for each university, as well as the region’s position on its relevance and further support. Each selected university is given ambitious goals to become a real support for the region, providing it with the necessary personnel and developing its educational and scientific potential. The number of applications received clearly shows the growing interest in the program, and we will certainly continue to develop it further.
List of universities
1st group:
Vladimir State University named after Alexander Grigorievich and Nikolai Grigorievich Stoletov
Murmansk Arctic State University
Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after. R.E. Alekseeva
Novosibirsk State Technical University
Siberian State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia
Tula State University
Cherepovets State University
Yaroslavl State University named after. P.G. Demidova
Group 2:
Altai State University
Belgorod State Technological University named after. V.G. Shukhova
Kalmyk State University named after B.B. Gorodovikov
Kemerovo State University
Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after. G.I. Nosova
Mari State University
Novgorod State University named after Yaroslav the Wise
Petrozavodsk State University
Pskov State University
Saratov State Technical University named after Gagarin Yu.A.
Sochi State University
Syktyvkar State University named after Pitirim Sorokin
Tolyatti State University
Ulyanovsk State University
