1. Strategic Plan to Increase International Visibility and
Competitiveness of Novosibirsk State University
Project Leader, Rector
Project Manager, Vice Rector for International Relations
M.P. Fedoruk
A.G. Okunev
Moscow, 25 October 2013

2. Three Unique Selling Points
• Unique education
– Pre-university program (starts at age 14)
– Very selective
– Bottom-heavy u/g courses: tough first year
• Unique amalgam of teaching and research
– More like a national lab with teaching than an academic school
with research
• Strong, committed alumni community
– More successful than the University itself
– Leading academics and industrialists in major Russian, US
and European universities and businesses
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3. NSU Today
Education
•
Physics/Mathematics High School
pipeline
•
119 Departments
•
250 NSU PhD students
•
800 PhD students in Siberian
Branch of Russian Academy of
Sciences (SB RAS)
Russia’s largest cluster of
research institutes within
walking distance from a
university
•
5-fold increase in research
funding in as many years
•
Papers indexed in Scopus:
363 in 2007  866 in 2012
•
10 Megagrant awards
118 Degree Programs
•
•
6000 students
•
Research
Infrastructure
•
Teaching facilities: 70,000 m2
•
Dormitories: 108,000 m2
•
Campus: 427,000 m2
•
Capital equipment: 2.4 billion
RUB
•
Ultrafast data transfer network
(SB RAS)
Innovation
•
2 Skoltech Research,
Innovation and Education
Centers
•
Masters School of
Engineering
Best Technopark in Russia
•
•
More than 250 startups in
Akademgorodok
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4. Towards 2020
Vision NSU-2020
 A leading research university
focusing on the natural sciences
 Close cooperation with the business
and government sectors to
commercialize research
 Russia's leading center for innovation
and training of the very best
scientists and engineers
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5. Towards 2020
Education Market
Eastern Europe
Central and Northern Asia
Strategic Goals 2020
 Improve the international
competitiveness of NSU
 Become a leading University in the
region that includes Central and
Northern Asia and Eastern Europe
NSU
 Supply highly skilled graduates to the
research and innovation sectors of
Russia and other countries
 Enter the top 100 group according to
the QS World University Rankings
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6. Where are the gaps in terms of QS criteria?
90,1
83,9
87,3
76,1
71,2
67,2
66,7
54,5
36,7
35,3
32,7
24,8
19,1
18,8
14,7
5,2
Academic
Reputation
Employer
Reputation
Top 100 Avg
Student/Faculty
Ratio
Citations per
Faculty
Top 100 Min
4,9
2,1
International
Faculty
International
Students
NSU 2013
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7. Where are the gaps in terms of target KPIs?
2020 Value
Target KPIs
1. Position in QS Ranking
Required
2. Publications per faculty member
3. Citation per faculty member
4. Foreign faculty
90-110
352
2.0
1.3
7.0
2.4
10%
1.4%
5. Foreign Students
15%
6.0%
6. Average USE score
Additional
7. External Revenue
54%
50%
8. Faculty-Student ratio
9. Position in Webometrics
> 80
81.7
1:8
1:10
250-300
806
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8. Strategic Initiatives
6%
35%
Breakthrough
Research
New
University
Image
8%
Competent
Management
Workforce
External relations
Worldwide image
Endowment growth
Top 100 ranking
In-Demand
Degree
Programs
10%
International
Cultivation of
Visibility
Talent
25%
16%
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9. Breakthrough Research
Breakthrough areas:
► Biotechnology
► Photonics
New Research Directions
and Resources
► New collaborations on
international megaprojects
► Materials
► “Flagship" research projects
► Alternative Energy
► Develop joint experimental
► Translational
Medicine
► High Energy
Physics
► Forecasting Natural
Resources
research projects in forefront
technology areas
► Develop joint R&D activities
with the Technopark and the
Institutes of SB RAS
A World-Class Research Base
► Develop engineering infrastructure in
laboratory blocks of NSU to improve
efficiency of applied R&D
► Support highly productive labs
► Maintain joint research units with SB
RAS
► Support mirror labs coordinated by leading
Russian and international researchers
► Create research labs led by active younger
researchers
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10. In-Demand Degree Programs
New Products
► Applied sciences
/engineering
► Blended learning
► Staff development
programs
Quality and Diversity
► Academic Quality
Control
► Adapt Russian-language
degree programs to
foreign students
► Recruit more foreign
students
English Language Programs
► Develop, validate and implement
postgraduate programs in English
► Accredit English-language degree
programs with international professional
bodies
► Staff and student development for English
language proficiency
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11. International Visibility
Publication Profile
► Broaden the choice of
global researchpublication databases
► Joint publications
with SB RAS
members in highly
ranked journals
International
Collaboration
► Participation in
international projects
and conferences
► Encourage renowned
academic visitors to SB
RAS to give NSU lectures
and lecture courses
Recruit the Best Researchers
► Involve foreign academics and research
scientists
► Recruit young scientists from SB RAS
to junior academic positions
► Involve the best doctoral students working
at the SB RAS in tutoring activities
► Finance the cost of
publishing in high
impact journals
► Proofreading services
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12. Cultivation of Talent
Attract Foreign Students and Enhance
Global Reputation
► Create a support system for foreign
students
► International student/staff exchange
programs
► Recruit foreign students to jointly
funded overseas academic schools
► Recruit foreign students to English-
language degree programs
► Establish a modern university environment,
including technology-assisted learning
resources, accommodation and students’
sports facilities
Recruit and Nurture Talented Students
► Increase number of Masters and PhD students
► A variety of summer and winter schools, support for
National Science Olympiads
► Support for the specialized boarding school for
physics and mathematics
► English and Russian literacy contests
► Merit-based scholarships
► Participate in the Int’l Students Scientific Conference
► Develop competitive allocation of Masters and PhD
students to “hot” research areas
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13. Competent Management
Streamlined Management
► New administrative
structure
► Reduce administrative burden,
coalesce current Departments
► International Financial
Reporting Standards; annual
audits from 2014 forward
► Staff appraisal procedures
► HR for international
recruitment
► Key Performance Indicators
Consultant Audits
► Use external experts for
development of strategic and
operational models and
management reform
► Engage advisers on matters of
strategic development
► Modernize accounting systems
Effective Management:
Improves Competitiveness
► Develop staff management
skills at all levels
► Develop and maintain a program
management unit: the Project
Office
► Broad involvement of faculty in
project administration
► Develop IT strategy; preliminary
audit under CobIT
► IT support for all academic and
support units
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14. New University Image
Commercialize
University
Expertise
► Establish NSU
Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
Center
► Improve the IP office,
including the
patenting support
service
► Inventory intellectual
property with a view
to commercialization
Develop
Endowment
► Establish an
Alumni Center
► Find new sources
of non-government
funding, including
endowment
management, fundraising, and
matching funds
Marketing Activities &
Brand Promotion
► Create a brand book;
maintain NSU brand
► Monitor NSU brand
awareness
Cooperation with
Business and
Government Sectors
► Organize internships for
undergraduates in
relevant industries
► Maintain relations with
► Develop NSU website
► Participate in international
conferences and
exhibitions
potential R&D customers
from startups, the state
sector and hi-tech
corporations
► Promote NSU through
social networks
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15. Financial Requirements
Total amount required: 18.5 billion RUB (12.0 billion RUB from Federal Budget)
3,287
Federal funds
3,106
External funds*
2,865
Non-budget funds
2,664
*Funds in the form of grants for research
and development from third parties
2,410
2,129
2,023
2,165
1,885
1,823
1,756
1,583
1,392
1,128**
500
37
500
500
174
12
125
2013
500
196
238
327
407
2014
2015
2016
2017
500
500
500
480
583
622
2018
2019
2020
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16. Accomplishments Since July 2013
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Charter submitted for declaration as an autonomous organization
Prepared basic documentation on new management structure:
- Supervisory Council
- International Academic Council
- Project Office
Initiated a program for stimulating research publication
Developed the regulatory basis for joint SB RAS – NSU laboratories and
mirror laboratories
The number of international students doubled from 3 to 6%
The first Alumni Congress held, the alumni association NSU-Union set up
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17. Interdependence and synergy of solutions and processes (Quick Wins!)
ENTERING THE GLOBAL
ARENA (RESEARCH,
EDUCATION,
INNOVATION)
QW  Start using Student
Feedback Questionnaires for
all courses
QW  Implement new
administrative structure
QW  Reorganize the
university finances
QW  Involve faculty
members in project
administration
QW  Start teaching applied
science/engineering courses
QW  Initiate recruitment of
foreign students
QW  Inventory the
intellectual property of NSU
NSU
IMPLEMENTATION OF
SUCCESSFUL
UNIVERSITY
MANAGEMENT MODELS
SB RAS
Technopark
COMBINE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FACILITIES
UNDER A SINGLE ADMINISTRATIVE BODY
QW  Hire the best doctoral students from SB RAS institutes as teaching assistants at NSU
QW  Initiate joint research units with SB RAS
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18. Thanks for your attention!
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