The Round Table

“Enrollment of foreign students in universities of the Russian Federation”

November 28, 2012

10.00 - 14.00

The Round table is held within the realization of the projects 17/12 “Formation and development of academic mobility of students and teachers of the university, directed to improvement of the educational process preparing teachers of modern high quality” and 13/12 “Improvement and development of internal and international academic mobility of university post-graduate students and young associates” of the Strategic Development Program of the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafiev.

Partner of the Round table:

Committee on International Cooperation of the Council of Rectors of the Universities of the Krasnoyarsk Region

Objectives of the Round Table: discussion of the issues referring to enrollment of foreign students and graduate students in state institutions of higher education of the Russian Federation and searching for possible solutions.

Topics for discussion:

• Information and advertising coverage of enrollment of foreign students;

• Documentary support for admission of foreign students;

• Issues of equivalence and examination of documents of foreign students entering unversities of the Russian Federation.

Timing:

09:30-10:00 Registration of the participants (Krasnoyarsk, A. Lebedevoy st. 89, Library hall of KSPU named after V.P. Astafiev, the 1st floor);

10:00 - 11:30 Work of the Round table;

12:00 - 12:30 Coffee-Break;

12:00 - 14:00 Work of the Round table.

Format of the Round table:

Discussion of the announced topics.

Timing: the key messages or presentations - 15-20 minutes.

Moderators of the Round table:

Yuriy N. Moskvich – Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development and International Cooperation, Manager of the Project "Development of Master’s degree programs in pedagogy for “New School” of the Strategic Development Program of the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafiev;

Alla B. Salmina – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Vice-Rector for Innovative Development and International Relations at the Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Professor V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky;

Olga A. Khachaturyan – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the International Relations Office at the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafiev.

Keynote speakers:

• Alexander V. Ankin – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Professor, Director of  Center of work with foreign students in the Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering (MAMI)

• Larisa G. Vikulova - Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Scientific and International Affairs of the Institute of Foreign Languages of the ​​Moscow City Pedagogical University;

• Anna A. Voroshilova – Vice-Rector for International Cooperation and Additional Education, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Siberian State Aerospace University named after academician M.F. Reshetnev;

• Irina G. Efimenko - Director of the Center of International Education of the Moscow University named after S.Yu. Witte;

• Olga V. Kuznetsova - Head of the Department of International Affairs of the Siberian Federal University;

• Alexandra S. Troshina - Head of the Marketing Department of the Institute of International Education and Language Communication of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University.

Vice-Rectors of universities responsible for international affairs, managers and staff of international relations offices and departments of universities, teachers, managers and staff of university enrollment offices, deans of faculties and directors of institutes are also welcome to participate in the Round Table.