The New University League brings together new-generation Russian universities created according to international standards.
Founded by the European University at St. Petersburg, the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences, the New Economic School (NES), and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), the League is open to other Russian and international universities committed to pursue the best management practices, high educational standards, and world-class frontier research. The League aims to engage in long-term partnerships with innovative companies, public agencies, and private organizations.
The founders aspire to create a sustainable platform for educational innovations and novel educational formats to meet current global challenges at all levels of higher and professional education. The League’s immediate objectives include development of a one-year professional MSc program and participation in the nationwide PhD experiment. In addition, the League members intend to perform collaborative cross-disciplinary research at the intersection of technical, social and natural sciences and IT.
“The pandemic triggered global transformations which have affected education in many ways. Now, the question is how universities should adapt to new challenges and realities. We build on our strengths and achievements in order to keep pace with the big ongoing changes. Upgrading the educational standards with regard to the most gifted and motivated students by promoting individualized interdisciplinary programs is one of the targets on the League’s agenda. Also, we intend to enhance our multilateral network-based educational and research practices that can evolve into yet another growth point for the Russian higher education,” NES Rector Ruben Enikolopov commented.