The system of higher education in Russia 


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The system of higher education in Russia



Russian educational system is one of the most developed and advanced educational systems in the world. Higher education is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the accreditation and licensing of higher educational establishments. It also is responsible for developing and maintaining State Educational Standards. Only accredited higher education establishments have the right to issue state diplomas and degrees. Russian diplomas and degrees are covered by international agreements on mutual recognition and validation of educational documents.

There are the following types of higher education establishments in the Russian Federation.

University is a higher education institution with activities aimed at developing education, science and culture by performing fundamental scientific research and training at the levels of higher, post-higher and further education within a wide range of Natural Sciences, Humanities and other directions of science, technology and culture.

Academy is a higher education institution aimed at developing education, science and culture by performing fundamental scientific research and training at the levels of higher, post-higher and further education, mainly in one specific area of science, technology and culture.

Institute is an independent higher education institution or a part (structural unit) of the University, and Academy that applies vocational educational curricula in specific areas of science, technology, culture and is involved in scientific research.

Academic year starts on the first of September and ends at the end of the third term. A term is a study period of 14-15 weeks during which a course is taught. Each term ends with one assessment week during which students take course tests, present assignment work and defend course projects. An examination session is one or two week period set aside each semester for examinations and completion of final assessments.

The present system of evaluation of students in Russia has four grades:

“2” – “unsatisfactory (bad)”

“3” – “satisfactory”

“4” – “good”

“5” – “excellent”

There are three levels of higher education:

1. Incomplete higher education lasts within 2 years.

2. Basic higher education (a Bachelor degree) lasts within 4 years. This is equivalent to the B.Sc. degree in the US or Western Europe.

3. Postgraduate higher education. After graduating from the Bachelor degree programme students are admitted to enter the Specialist Diploma (1 year) and Master’s degree (2 years) programmes.

Academic degrees: the Candidate Degree (the first level, equivalent to Ph.D.) and the Doctor Degree (the second, highest level, equivalent to German Habilitand).

Bologna process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area. The main objectives of the Bologna declaration are to increase the mobility and employability of European higher education graduates thus ensuring competitiveness of European higher education on the world scale. The Russian Federation joined Bologna process in 2003.

Basic characteristics of Bologna process:

- 3 cycled system of higher education (Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, Doctor’s Degree);

- usage of a credit system (ECTS);

- mobility of students and staff around the European Higher Education Area;

- the joint European Diploma Supplement;

- Quality control of higher education;

- creation of the European Higher Education Area.

 

THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY

 

There are three types of higher educational institutions: universities, polytechnical institutes and specialized institutes. At all the institutes there are full-time, part-time and external students. Part-time or evening and correspondence or extra-mural departments are set up for those who want to combine work and learning. Correspondence training demands great effort from the external students. Part-time students attend classes in the evening.

The universities train research workers in the Humanities and in the Sciences. Teachers are also trained in the universities. The universities offer a four- or five-year course of study and have many faculties.

The Moscow State University (MSU), known as the Lomonosov University, was founded in 1755. The old building of the University stands in the centre of the city not far from the Kremlin in Mokhovaya Street. Many famous people studied and graduated from the University. The MSU is considered to be a real Palace of Science in Sparrow Hills. The different faculties of the University operate in its numerous buildings. They are the Humanities – philology, history, economics, philosophy, law and journalism and the natural sciences faculties – of biology, chemistry, physics etc.

There is a great number of rooms of different kinds, thousands of laboratories equipped with modern apparatus of advanced design. An observatory for astronomers is housed in one of the buildings. They have set up a botanical garden and different experimental plots, a dendrarium and a nursary for the biologists where they carry out various experiments on changing the nature of plants. The University library has a special conveyer system so that the students can get a book in some minutes.

The University’s main building is a 32-storeyed building of 780 feet high. It has some wings of 18 and 12 storeys. The 12-storeyed wings (and some other buildings) are used as the hostels for students, post-graduates and some of the teachers. In front of the building there is an enormous square with shrubs, flower beds, a fountain and a statue of M. Lomonosov whom the University is named after. The University provides the best conditions for scientific research. Research work carried out in its laboratories and its experimental stations helps to solve the problems on the national economy. The MSU plays an important part in developing Russian science and culture.

 



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