Transcript Итоги и перспективы - BEN-EAST

PetrSU Cross-border
Cooperation
International seminar
«Models of cross-border cooperation: experience of
Baltic Sea Region and Barents Region»
26-27 June 2008
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The establishment
of the KarelianFinnish State
University
On
July,10
1940 the
Council
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people’s
commissars issued the
Regulation
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establishment
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Karelian-Finnish
State
University (since 1956 –
Petrozavodsk
State
University)
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First academic year
Four faculties were established:
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Historical and philological
Physical and mathematical
Biological
Geological and hydro
geographical
Education was provided on 12
majors
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PetrSU today
The largest multi-disciplinary classical institution of higher
education and the leading university of the system of the
Russian Federation Federal Agency for Education in the
European north of Russia
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PetrSU students
At present more than 19 500 graduate and postgraduate students
study at the university on 56 majors of higher professional education
and 57 majors of postgraduate studies.
16 bachelor’s degree programmes and 5 master’s degree programmes
are licensed. Annually more than 4100 people take training, re-training
and advanced training courses.
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Lecturers and staff members
More than 3600 employees work in
PetrSU, among them:
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more than 840 lecturers,
87 doctors of science,
more than 400 licentiates,
3 academicians and corresponding
members (Russian Academy of
Science, Russian Academy of
Medical Sciences, Russian Academy
of Agricultural Sciences),
120 professors,
510 assistant professors.
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Faculties
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Ecology and biology
History
Forest Engineering
Mathematics
Medicine
Political and social sciences
Baltic and Finnish philology and culture
Engineering
Agriculture
Physical engineering
Philology
Economy
Law
Post-diploma medical education
Improvement of professional skills
Preparatory faculty
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Departments
82 PetrSU departments conduct
scientific research in the following
fields:
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History and law
Philology
Political sciences
Social psychology
Pedagogics
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Economics
Biology and ecology
Medicine
Information technologies
Telecommunications
Forest industry
Agriculture
Geology
Architecture and design
Power engineering, etc.
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Structural departments
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PetrSU Karelian regional institute of
management, economy and law to the
Government of the Republic of Karelia
University college
Northern Scientific Research Institute of fish
industry
Karelian Scientific Research Institute of forest
industry
Scientific Research Institute of historical and
theoretical problems of architecture
Regional centre of new information technologies
PetrSU Northern-European Open University
PetrSU publishing house
Scientific library
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PetrSU branches
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Kola branch, town of Apatity
Priladozhsky branch, town of Sortavala
Belomorsk branch, town of Belomorsk
Kostomuksha branch, town of Kostomuksha
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Main areas of cross-border cooperation
 Educational activities
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Research activities
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Production cooperation
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Educational activities
Exchange programmes with Finnish universities (within the
framework of bilateral agreements)
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Education during 1-2 terms in the partner institution of higher education
University of Helsinki
University of Joensuu
University of Oulu
University of Tampere
University of Kuopio
Student practical work
* Students of the Faculty of Agriculture – practical work on Finnish farms
* Students of the Faculty of Forest Engineering – practical work in forestry
sector
* Students of the Faculty of Mathematics– practical work in Metso
Automation Oy company
Exchange programmes with Norwegian universities (within the
framework of bilateral agreements)
University of Tromso
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Educational activities
Finnish-Russian Student Exchange Program- FIRST
(is based on network cooperation between Finnish and
Russian (North-Western region) institutions of higher
education the foundation of which is the bilateral exchange
of students of the agreed majors).
Examples:
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University of Oulu – PetrSU (Biology, Environment, Ecology,
Archaeology);
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Abo Academy – PetrSU (History, mathematics);
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University of Joensuu - PetrSU (Karelia, Russia and the Baltic
countries; Environment and forestry; Education; Sociology).
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University of Tampere – PetrSU (Political Sciences; Sociology;
International Relations; Journalism; Mass media – radio and
television).
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Educational activities
PetrSU postgraduate students and young scientists take part in the following
programmes of the Centre of International Mobility (CIMO):
CIMO Fellowships (Grants for foreign postgraduate students and young scientists to
fulfill postgraduate education; to conduct scientific professorial cooperation in
different scientific areas in Finnish universities).
Finnish Government Scholarship Pool (postgraduate education in different
scientific areas in Finnish institutions of higher education, for citizens of 30
countries)
Scholarships for the Representatives of the Finno-Ugric Peoples of Russia (for
specialists – the representatives of the Finno-Ugric peoples – who live on the
territory of the Central Russia in order to fulfill postgraduate education and
research activity in the field of study of finno-ugristics, the Finnish language and
culture.
Scholarship Programme of the Finnish language
Scholarships for postgraduate students and scientists in the area of the Finnish
language, the Finno-Ugric linguistics, ethnography and study of folklore to fulfill
postgraduate education and research activity.
Scholarships for graduates specializing in “The Finnish language” to study at
Finnish universities.
Winter School
Annual participation in winter school on different specializations.
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Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University
Five areas of joint master’s degree programmes:
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International Relations;
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History;
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Information Technologies,
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Forest Industry;
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Public Health.
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Barents Cross-Border University.
Two areas of cooperation:
 Information technologies
 Social work
Partners:
 Universities of Oulu and Lapland
 PetrSU and Murmansk and
Archangelsk institutions of higher
education (8)
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Research activities
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Project on the maintenance and development of the Baltic-Finnish minority
and regional languages and cultures (University of Oulu, Tromso, Stockholm,
Umeo, Tartu), Nordic Council of Ministers
Expeditionary investigation of folk architecture monuments on the territory of
Karelian Priladozhje (Tampere Technical University, Environmental Centre of
Finland), Ministry of Environment, Finland.
Cross-border cooperation study, the European Union and Russia (University
of Joensuu), Interreg III A-Karelia
“A Profile of The ICT Industry in the Republic of Karelia: an Analysis of the
Industry Situation and Development Challenges” Research , University of Oulu
Learning new European management methods in the Russian North-Western
regions (University of Helsinki, Genoa, European University in St. Petersburg,
Pomor University) the European Commission, Programme “Tempus JEP”
Creation of the system of joint degree diploma on the Faculties of
Engineering of PetrSU and Oulu Polytechnic University. (IО, Finland.)
Advanced training of lecturers specializing in “Social work”(University of
Lapland, Finland)
“Pure production” project: Advanced training of lecturers of Russian
institutions of higher education, (University of Oulu), Ministry of Environment,
Finland.
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Research activities
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A number of social projects supported by the Finnish Children and Youth
Foundation
- Programmers’ club (Elcoteq)
- Special family
- The establishment of information publishing centre for disabled people by the
efforts of young people with limited abilities and the involvement of the centre
into socially significant activity.
and others.
Development of potatoes growing technologies in Karelia (NorTec Oulu)
the European Commission, Programme «Neighbourhood. Euroregion Karelia
INTO Russian project «The internalization of commercial activity» (The
centre of economic development in Kajaani, Kajaani branch of University
of Oulu)
Electronic Karelia (Helsinki Consulting Group Oy, FEG - Forest and
Environment Group Ltd, University of Oulu, Danish ICT Management A/S),
the European Commission, Tacis
Cooperation in the area of business, education and research between the
institutions of the Northern Finland and the North-West of Russia
(BERMAP), University of Oulu, NorTech Oulu
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Production Cooperation
At present PetrSU has concluded the
agreements on software development
with the following Finnish companies:
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Metso Automation Inc.,
VTT Technical Research Center of
Finland,
Nokia Research Center.
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Cooperation between PetrSU and Metso Automation Inc.
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Since 1993
The main areas of joint activity are scientific research,
development of mathematic models and software for
automation and management of industrial enterprises,
organization of conferences and seminars, specialist training.
Since 1994
Annual conferences "New information technologies in pulpand-paper industry and power engineering” (together with
“Kondopoga", “Segezhabumprom", “Archangelsky pulp and
paper mill", “Petrozavodskbummash", “Karelenergo", “Rakurs”
companies)
Since 1998 PetrSU has been providing training for enterprise
specialists and students on working with metsoDNA automated
control systems of Metso Automation Inc. and has been issuing
certificates on its completion. For that period 140 specialists of
20 Russian enterprises and 170 PetrSU students and
postgraduate students have taken this course of training.
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Cooperation between PetrSU and Metso Automation Inc.
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Since 2001 PetrSU specialists have took part in the
implementation of 32 projects on the application of Metso
Automation Inc. information systems on the CIS enterprises :
“Alrosa", "Archangelsky pulp and paper mill ", “Kondopoga",
“Nevinnomissky Azot", Poltavsky ore mining and processing
enterprise, «Sibur», “Solombalsky pulp and paper mill ",
“Surgutneftegaz", etc.
PetrSU-Metso Automation Systems Centre was established in
2002. Its mission is service in the area of information
technologies and development of automated systems of
management of enterprises and technological processes. The
main Centre customers are Russian and foreign industrial
enterprises, companies specializing in software development,
commercial enterprises and other organizations. At present the
staff number amounts to 58 people and continues to increase.
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Cooperation between PetrSU and VTT Technical Research
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The main areas of joint activity are scientific research,
the development of hardware, mathematic models and
software for automation and management of industrial
enterprises, organization of conferences and seminars,
training and exchange of specialists.
Annually PetrSU participates in the implementation of
activities on scientific research projects financed by VTT
on subcontract terms as well as on the mutually agreed
area.
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Cooperation between PetrSU and Nokia Research Centre
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since 2006.
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The main areas of joint activity are the development of software for
mobile devices, training in Open Source Software as well as
scientific research and development of hardware and software for
sensor wireless networks.
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With the support of Nokia in 2008 in PetrSU the Centre of mobile and
wireless technologies and applications was established in which 8
employees and 10 PetrSU students work at present.
The whole above-mentioned activity (on production cooperation) is
coordinated by PetrSU IТ-Park, in which more than 300 employees
functions within 20 departments. PetrSU IТ-Park continues its active
work on the search of new partners and customers among
companies, industrial enterprises and other organizations of Finland.
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The Republic of Karelia is the border area of the
Russian Federation, (770 km of the common
border with Finland)
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PetrSU considers the cross-border cooperation as
the priority direction of the development of the
university international activity, as an important tool
to train specialist who is able to work in the
conditions of global economy, have highly qualified
professional knowledge, knowledge of foreign
languages and new information technologies.
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The Baltic Sea Region University Network,
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Meeting of Rectors BSRUN, March 2008,
Kaliningrad
Thank you for your attention!
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