Association of Leading Universities Ассоциация ведущих университетов FOUNDED IN 2010 Amendments to the Federal Law on Education

OUR MISSION PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED

 We share and promote the best practices TO FACILITATE in education, research and innovation. THE DEVELOPMENT OUR GOAL OF EDUCATION:

 We provide expert evaluation of the Government’s and civil society’s initiatives aimed to facilitate education and research. We strive to pool the efforts of ’s leading universities to boost competitive advantages of Russia’s education The system of criteria and research. and indicators to monitor university performance Procedure for social and professional Expert evaluation accreditation of educational of the long-term framework programmes offered programme by higher education institutions of fundamental research (proposals in Russia to the RF Government)

Evaluation of university performance in terms Expert evaluation of graduate employability of the project of national (recommendations Russian university to the RF Government) ranking

Procedure for training Development of the system and assessment of student loans of research and teaching staff in Russia (proposals (recommendations to the RF Government) to the RF Government) l Immanuel Kant Baltic University) Federal University l Pirogov Russian l Belgorod National National Research Research University OUR MEMBERS Medical University l Far Eastern Federal l Peoples’ Friendship University University of Russia l Irkutsk National l Samara State Research Technical Aerospace University University named after l Kazan National l Lomonosov Moscow Nuclear University academician S. P. Korolev Research Technical State University (Moscow Engineering l St. Petersburg University named after l Moscow Institute Physics Institute) Academic A.N. Tupolev of Physics and Technology l Saint-Petersburg Mining University l Kazan National l l Peter the Great Research Technological University of Civil l Lobachevsky State St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Engineering University of Nizhni University l Kazan Federal l The National University Novgorod l St. Petersburg University of Science and Technology l Novosibirsk National University l V.I. Vernadsky Crimean l National Research Research State University l Saint Petersburg Federal University State University l Perm State University Electrotechnical University l Moscow Aviation l Tomsk Polytechnic l Perm National Research l The Northern (Arctic) Institute (National University Polytechnic University Federal University named Research University) l National Research l The Russian after M. V. Lomonosov l Moscow State Institute University of Electronic Presidential Academy of l St. Petersburg National of International Relations Technology National Economy and Research University l Ogarev Mordovia State l National Research Public Administration of Information University University Higher School l Gubkin Russian State Technologies, Mechanics l Bauman Moscow State of Economics University of Oil and Gas and Optics Technical University l National Research (National Research l National Research THE ASSOCIATION TODAY: Lomonosov Moscow State University and St. Petersburg 150 000 University

Saratov State University l North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk 10 federal l North-Caucasus Federal teaching staff universities University l Siberian Federal University l Federal University 1, 000, 000 named after the first 46Russian students universities 29 B. N. Yeltsin national l South-Ural State research University (National universities Research University) l Southern Federal University l Financial University 5 10, 000,000 under the Government innovation graduates of the Russian Federation universities OUR STRUCTURE

THE GENERAL CHAIRMAN ASSEMBLY THE COUNCIL (Prof. Nikolay Kropachev, (rectors of member (nine rectors of member of St. Petersburg universities) universities) University)

Long-term Short-term goals Day-to-day development and management strategy objectives OUR MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED IN:

n The Coordinating Council of Strategic Programme n The National Coordinating Council for Support for Basic Research in Russia of Talented School Students under the Ministry of Education and Science n The Government’s Research Funding Council for State Support of Research Headed by Leading n The task forces of Russia’s Ministry of Education Researchers and Science, Ministry of Culture n The Accreditation Committee of Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science THE ASSOCIATION THE ASSOCIATION: COUNCIL

Assists in improving legislation and management in education and research Consolidates Creates a common resources knowledge of leading sharing universities environment

Works to introduce Manages cooperation best practices between of higher education leading management Promotes universities international cooperation between leading universities THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL Anatoly ALEKSANDROV, Victor KOKSHAROV, Rector of Bauman named It is a permanent Moscow State Technical after the first President University of Russia B. N. Yeltsin governing board providing overall direction of the Association between the sessions of the General Assembly

Elena KUDRYASHOVA, Yaroslav KUZMINOV, Nikolay KROPACHEV, The Northern Rector of National Research Rector (Arctic) University Higher School of St. Petersburg Federal University of Economics University

Vladimir LITVINENKO, Viktor SADOVNICHY, Petr CHUBIK, Evgeny CHUPURNOV, Rector of Saint-Petersburg Rector of Lomonosov Rector of National Research Rector of Lobachevsky Mining Moscow State Tomsk Polytechnic University State University University University of Nizhni Novgorod By joining efforts we will achieve many of our prospective goals.

Prof. Nikolay KROPACHEV, Chairman of the Association of Leading Universities Rector of St. Petersburg University Viktor SADOVNICHY, Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University

The best way to assess university performance is through the quality of education, the skill level of graduates. What matters most is where they get employed, what discoveries they make. Vladimir LITVINENKO, Rector of Saint-Petersburg Mining University

Russia needs highly-skilled researchers capable of developing new scientific solutions and facilitating their transfer to production. Yaroslav KUZMINOV, Rector of National Research University Higher School of Economics

We are witnessing the second revolution in education. The first revolution came with the printed book. Before that knowledge was passed on by word of mouth or by copying books by hand. These days the revolution takes place at the expense of online courses. Education is becoming a lifelong learning experience. We have to take active steps to foster horizontal communication, join our efforts with leading universities worldwide, both in the West and in the East, design collaborative research programmes, improve academic and student mobility...

Victor KOKSHAROV, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin Anatoly ALEKSANDROV, Rector of Bauman Moscow State Technical University

Modern technology makes cross- university collaboration more effective — it is hardly possible to establish unique laboratories in all contempo- rary fields of knowledge in just one university. Petr CHUBIK, Rector of National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

A breakthrough is unlikely unless there are strong links established with leading research centres and businesses. Expert Group Expert Group on Regulatory on Strategic Issues Development in Science of Leading and Education Universities 1 2 Expert Group on Expert Group Human Resource on Teaching and Permanent Development 7 Quality Expert Groups and Assessment 3 of Education within the Association: ALU

Expert Group 6 4 on International Expert Group Cooperation 5 on Research and and Inter- Innovation nationalization Expert Group on of Education Welfare, Youth Policy, Student Societies and Development of Social Infrastructure of Leading Universities ASSOCIATION OF LEADING UNIVERSITIES TODAY:

n More than 20 permanent expert groups n Online expert conferences, professional meetings, and seminars to improve effectiveness of internal communication and collaboration between universities OUR WORK ON A GLOBAL SCALE:

n Promoting Russian n Organising the assembly n Working on joint projects: innovative research and of rectors from leading Mikhail Speransky Project — education via Russia’s Russian and South Korean programme supporting legal diplomatic missions and the universities research Federal Agency for n Organising the assembly of Abram Ioffe Project — the Commonwealth rectors from leading Russian programme supporting teaching of Independent States, and German universities staff, young researchers, Compatriots Living Abroad and n Organising the assembly of masters and postgraduate International Humanitarian rectors from leading Russian students Cooperation (Rossotrudni- and Chinese universities chestvo) Bld. A, 7-9-11 Universitetskaya Emb., St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia Official website: alu.spbu.ru E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +7 (812) 327 75 91 +7 (812) 324 07 87

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