IPR MEDIA, an industrial member of the 鈥淩ussian Exporting Universities鈥� network, has studied the level of satisfaction with Russian universities among international students, during the pandemic.

The survey has been performed from 13 April to 6 June, 2021. It involved 851 foreign students from 6 Russian universities – participants of the network partnership:

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The survey aimed to estimate the current situation, possible changes and prospects of Russian education on the global educational market.

According to students鈥� feedbacks, for almost half of them (48.2%), the quality of education has not changed. However, the options 鈥済ot better鈥� and 鈥済ot worse鈥� received a nearly equal amount of voices: 22.3% and 22.6%, respectively. The higher the level of respondent鈥檚 education, the more positively he/she classifies the quality of education during the pandemic.

The majority of respondents are planning to continue their studies at Russian universities – 87.9%, while 3.2% of them failed to show any interest in that.

The results show a high level of students鈥� satisfaction with the quality of educational services, positive experience gained , and a high demand for Russian education.

Almost half of the total number of respondents chose the following areas of studies when applying to Russian universities:

• medical and biological faculties – 48.2%,
• humanities – 17.4%,
• economics and related – 10%.

The above streaming reflects a general trend in selecting disciplines for studying in Russia.

The study confirms the assumption that more foreigners choose Russia as a place for study. The Russian language is among their choices, as well. Under the conditions of the pandemic, which has been lasting over 1,5 years from now, foreign students tend to adapt to distance learning, and are less likely to express dissatisfaction with its quality and technical conditions.

For reference: “Russian Exporting Universities” is a voluntary association of universities and experts that aims at improvement of practices and educational methods used at teaching foreign students, developing modern educational programs, attracting newcomers, improving competences in teaching Russian as a foreign language, developing the state testing system for the Russian language, etc.

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Islam Saparov (Turkmenistan): 鈥淕oing to Preduralye national territory reserve has been truly exciting. Besides studying Botany and Zoology, we did enjoy the local nature and made new friends. Russian students have been very open, positive and interactive.”

The Faculty scholars traditionally explore the diverse wildlife and flora of Perm krai, attribute to solutions within the agricultural complex, conduct research on HIV and Hepatitis C, and step into collaborations with the Faculty of Chemistry at 海角直播, nationally and abroad.

So, what professions can you get while studying at the Faculty of Biology?
鈥� ecologist: studies, evaluates the condition and protection of flora, fauna, microorganisms;
鈥� environmental engineer: analyzes the ecological challenge and develops measures to reduce recent and potential harm to nature;
鈥� bioinformatist: deals with information contained inside the cell, primarily genome;
鈥� biologist: researches flora and fauna;
鈥� botanist: researches flora;
鈥� engineer and interpreter of telemetry data: supervises operation of mining facilities; carries out harvesting, systematization and analysis of the data received in natural environment;
鈥� geneticist: studies principles and mechanisms of heredity;
鈥� zoologist: studies wildlife and animals;
鈥� microbiologist: studies microorganisms;
鈥� hydrobiologist: studies biological processes in the hydrosphere, and the practical use of biological resources of aquatic ecosystems;
鈥� bioecologist: explores nature and its laws, uses biological systems in economic and medical spheres, solves problems of environmental protection and problems of rational use of natural resources.

Interested? Apply at 海角直播 and share your prospects with your friends!

Today, the team of the Center for Foreign Culture includes eight students from various faculties of 海角直播. The Center activists have become recent guests at the International Talk Broadcast on Radio 海角直播; they volunteered at the Velikaya Perm 鈥� 2021 All-Russian Football Tournament, attended the Navruz holiday and filmed a story about it.

鈥淭he plans of the Center of Foreign Culture include working on their YouTube channel, participating local outreach events, writing grants, establishing links with universities in other countries,鈥�

says Meylis Tuvakov, head and leader of the Center, a second year undergraduate, Faculty of Economics, 海角直播.

The Center of Foreign Culture has been created in February 2021 as a part of the 海角直播 Student Media Center. Using the Center capacities, students may fulfil their academic creative and athletic potential, also complementing to the organization’s activities are aimed at helping foreigners adapt to a new mentality. To join the Center team, please contact Meylis Tuvakov at meylistuwakaw@gmail.com.