Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University INARM Project

Lublin, February 11-14, 2013.

Yeghiazaryan.V.S. Gasparyan H.V.

TEMPUS PROJECT KICK-OFF MEETING
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Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University

(RAU)

Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University is a unique institution in the South Caucasus region being under the joint authority of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia. The University was founded in 1999 and has the status of public higher education institutions of both RF and RA.

RAU INSTITUTES
Institute of Economics and Business
Institute of Law and Political Sciences Institute of Humanitarian Studies Institute of Media and Advertisement Institute of Mathematics and Higher Technologies
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Studies programs at RAU

21 undergraduate programs 32 master programs 40 postgraduate programs

TEMPUS EXPERIENCE
Migration and Higher Education Building Skills And Capacity (UNIMIG) Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Armenian Coordination Agency University - Employer (ARARAT) Armenian State University of Economics, Armenia Informatics and Management: Bologna-style Qualifications Frameworks (INARM) - UNIVERSITET MARII CURIE-SKLODOWSKIEJ, Poland Development of New Modules For International Bachelor and Master Programmes in Sustainable Tourism Management (SuToMa) Jade University, Germany
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KEY PERSONS
Vladimir Yeghiazaryan Deputy Director of the Institute of Mathematics and High Technology Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of System Programming Harutyun Gasparyan Head of Department of Information Technology Associate Professor of Department of System Programming Anna Bejanyan Chief Specialist of the Department of education Marina Khachatryan Chief Specialist in Department of quality assurance and control, Internal Coordinator of grant projects. Suzanna Shamakhyan Head of Department of International Cooperation. External coordinator of grant projects.
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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS in IT

Bachelor degree
010400 - Applied Mathematics and Informatics Master degree 010400.68.11 - System Programming (Department of System Programming) 010400.68.02 - Mathematical modeling (Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling) 010400.68.12 - Mathematical and information support economic activity

010400.68.13 - Mathematical and programming provision of information security (Department of Mathematical Cybernetics) Post-graduate degree 05.13.11 & 13.04 Mathematical and programming provision of computers, complexes and networks. 05.13.17 Theoretical principals of Informatics 05.13.18 Mathematical modeling, numerical methods and complexes programs. 05.13.19 Methods and systems of information security and two programs in RA: 01. 02 '' Differential equations

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS in Economics and Management

Bachelor degree Economics Management Tourism Master degree Financial Economics Political Economics Informational Economics International Economics Accountance, analysis and audit Srtategic Management State and Municipal Management Post-graduate degree 08.00.01 Economic Theory 08.00.05 Economics and National Economics Management 08.00.10 Finance, Currency and Credit 08.00.14 World Economy
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Principles of curriculum development

During curriculum development following principles should be adhered to: Fundamentality of education - one of the main advantages of the current university education is its fundamentality ; Consideration of the needs and requirements of the labor market.

Mechanisms of ensuring these principles

Relatively stable element, which ensures the fundamentality of education (approximately 75% ); Dynamically changing element, which has mainly practical orientation (approximately 25%). It is this block that is formed taking into consideration the needs of the labor market.

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Collaboration with the employer in the implementation of the curriculum

1. Regular meetings with the company managers currently active in the market, discussion of possible changes to the curriculum in order to reduce the adaptation period of the new employee (twice per academic year). 2. Involving practitioners (the representatives of the labour market) in the academic process. 3. Organizing practical trainings of students as well as pregraduation internship for students in companies.
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Collaboration with the employer in implementation of the curriculum (continued)

4. Involvement of practitioners in the process of determining the content of courses, dissertations and master's thesis and the subsequent sharing with the RAU faculty members the management of these works. 5. Organization of informational days for companies and organizations active in the labor market in given field on the basis of the university. Presentation of the companies activities directions. Organization of direct meetings of the company representatives with the students. Primary selection of possible candidates for the admission to the company.

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Basic Problems
1. Employers are often not prepared to participate in the process of developing and improving the quality of the graduate students (technical support / arming of the educational process and staff, financial investment, providing the universities with innovative technologies, etc). 2. Frequent conflict between the demands of the labor market and national qualification frameworks. Regarding to RAU, current problem is more significant as the University has to comply with the both Armenian and Russian legislation. 3. Misunderstanding between the employer and the university in a dialogue on determining the scope of learning outcomes and professional competencies of graduates in a particular specialty.
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Thank you for attention!

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