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2024

Rating of Russian universities of the digital economy published

In February 2024, ANO "Digital Economy" published a rating of Russian universities of the digital economy, which was delivered with the participation of the Association of Computer and Information Technology Enterprises (APKIT) and the Ministry of Digital Development of Digital Affairs of the Russian Federation. As part of the study, the work of 304 head universities was studied and 63 areas of training and specialties related to IT personnel were considered.

The rating is divided into two groups:

• higher educational institutions in Moscow and St. Petersburg;
• institutions of other regions of Russia.

source = AHO "Digital Economy"

The first group included 24 universities, and the first place in it was taken by the Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman. The leaders also included HSE, MIPT, Lomonosov Moscow State University, ITMO University, MEPhI, St. Petersburg State University, MIREA.

The segment of regional universities included 30 institutions. In the first place in this group is the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. Also in the top of universities are Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk National Research State University, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Kazan (Volga) Federal University, Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky, Southern Federal University, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics.

source = AHO "Digital Economy"

Experts evaluated universities on the basis of official statistics on the training of IT personnel (monitoring data from universities by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia) and a survey of 90 respondents conducted by the Digital Economy ANO. The respondents were represented by leading technology companies: large accredited IT companies, founders of the Digital Economy ANO, members of APKIT. According to the survey results, the total number of universities mentioned in the responses of respondents amounted to 157 educational institutions out of 56 constituent entities of Russia.

Rating of universities in the digital economy

Technical universities in Russia increase the number of budget places

In January 2024, it became known about the increase in budget places in leading technical universities in Russia, including the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) named after N.E. Bauman and the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISIS).

Thus, the MIPT reported that in the 2024-2025 academic year, the university will increase by 79 budget places the admission to the bachelor's degree - up to 1077. Together with excellent students in the Unified State Exam and Olympiads, the university will accept more than 1100 applicants for the budget, Vedomosti reports.

Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) named after N.E. Bauman in the academic year 2024-2025 will add 186 budget places. Most of all new places will appear in the groups of specialties "photonics, instrument making, optical and biotechnical systems and technologies" and "computer science and computer technology" - 37 and 36 places, respectively.

The Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (MISiS) will open another 100 budget places. This applies to engineering and IT specialties in all departments and branches, as well as training levels. Moscow Polytechnic will add 720 places in undergraduate and specialist programs in all forms of education. In total, the university will have 3,165 budget places. The largest increase will occur in areas related to information systems and technologies, engineering, construction.

On average, the country is reducing the number of children who choose specialized mathematics or physics for passing the exam, last year was especially difficult. Without the work of universities with schools, it is unlikely that it will be possible to fill budget places, - said Irina Abankina, professor at the Institute of Education at the Higher School of Economics.

She added that universities also began to open secondary vocational education programs in the regions in IT areas.^[1]

2023

Admission of students to IT programs of bachelor's and master's degree in Russia for 3 years soared by 38.1%

In 2023, 409.9 thousand students (31.8% of the total admission) were accepted for training in engineering and technical programs of bachelor's, specialty, master's degree in Russia. This is approximately 5.7% more than in the previous year. At the same time, the largest increase is observed in the field of computer science and computer technology - plus 38.1% on an annualized basis. Such data are given in the report of the Institute for Statistical Research and Economics of Knowledge of the Higher School of Economics, published on February 14, 2024.

It is said that as of the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year, engineering, technology and technical sciences in the Russian Federation were mastered by 1,345 million people, or almost a third of the total number of students in all bachelor's, specialty, and master's programs. This is the maximum value since the 2014-2015 school year, when this indicator was estimated at 1.388 million. Compared to the beginning of the 2022-2023 academic year, the increase in the number of students in engineering and technical specialties amounted to 4.7%.

source = HSE

In the admission to the training programs for engineering and technical personnel in 2023, almost two-thirds (247.1 thousand people, or 60.3%) are students accepted for training at the expense of budgetary allocations. At the same time, in the general admission to bachelor's, specialist, and master's programs, their share is significantly lower - 43.9%. As part of the admission quota for targeted training in 2023, 15.2 thousand people were accepted (a little more than 6% of the admission at the expense of budgetary allocations).

The study notes that in 2023, the average exam score accepted for training at the expense of budgetary allocations for undergraduate programs in the field of engineering, technology and technical sciences was 68 points. This is below the level in total reception - 70.3 points. In the case of specialty, the values ​ ​ are 65.6 points and 71.4 points, respectively.^[2]

The Ministry of Digital Development will increase the number of budget places for IT specialties in 2024

The Ministry of Digital Development intends to increase the number of budget places for IT specialties in 2024. So, at the expense of the federal budget next year it is planned to admit 120 thousand students. This was announced on December 7, 2023 by the deputy head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Zarenin.

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"In 2024, the total number of IT students at the expense of the budget will be at least 500 thousand people," the press service of the State Duma deputy RFAnton Nemkin quoted him as saying.

In addition, the deputy head recalled that in 2023, the Digital Departments (a program for obtaining additional qualifications in the IT specialty - approx.) Received 280 thousand people, of which 75 thousand have already graduated. The plans for 2024 are to admit 175 thousand new students, added Andrei Zarenin.

The demand for IT personnel is growing from year to year, said Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications.

"Let me remind you that not so long ago SuperJob analysts reported an increase in the number of IT vacancies by 10%. Such growth is associated not only with the high rate of digitalization, but also with an active policy on to import substitution both software and hardware for. IT industries State cannot but respond to the requirements of the market, especially in terms of the IT sphere, which is gradually becoming a key industry, "he of the Russian economy explained.

According to the deputy, quite effective strategies have recently been used to achieve a balance between supply and demand. If an increase in the number of budget places for IT specialties is a tool for ensuring the future stability of the market, then the introduction of additional training programs is an opportunity to provide personnel to the market here and now, he stressed.

"I note that not all spheres of the economy are waiting for specialists with fundamental training in the field of IT. At the same time, a modern qualified economist should definitely have programming skills, for example, in Python. Since today's economic analysis is based on big data processing, where programming is a way of both automating the process and obtaining more accurate data. In this case, advanced training in the IT field becomes an excellent opportunity to develop your own skills, "said Anton Nemkin.

Obviously, every year the demand for IT specialists will only grow, the deputy believes.

"According to the Ministry of Digital Development, the IT market still lacks about 500-700 thousand personnel, so such programs will only scale," the parliamentarian is sure.

The Ministry of Education and Science issued a rating of Russian universities for training personnel in the field of AI

In November 2023, the Ministry of Education and Science presented the first rating of universities in Russia in terms of the quality of training of specialists in the field of artificial intelligence. The study was attended by the Alliance in the Field of Artificial Intelligence, which unites the leading technology companies in Russia (Sberbank, Yandex, Gazprom Neft, etc.).

The best in terms of the quality of training of specialists in the field of artificial intelligence in Russia are recognized by the Higher School of Economics, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO). They are assigned an "A +" rating.

Rating "A" in 2023 received Moscow State University. Lomonosov and SPBSU, rating "B +" - Moscow State Technical University named after N. E. Bauman and Ural Federal University named after B. N. Yeltsin, rating "B" - NRNU "MEPhI," SPBPU University of Peter the Great and Innopolis University in Tatarstan. The ratings "S++" and "S +" went to NNIGU in Novosibirsk, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation , KazFU, MAI, RANEPA, REU named after G.V. Plekhanova and NUST "MISIS."

In total, the rating gives an assessment of the quality of work of 71 universities of the Central Federal District, 39 of which are capital ones. From the Volga Federal District, 29 universities were included in the rating, 24 universities - from the Northwestern Federal District, and another 22 - from the Siberian Federal District.

As explained in the Ministry of Education and Science, when compiling the rating, a mathematical model was used, built on actual data on the quality of education, including from open sources. Universities were assessed according to 13 criteria, including the level of salaries of graduates, their demand for employers, employment statistics at Alliance, the presence of publications at conferences and in scientific journals, the number of winners of student Olympiads and the average USE score, the presence of programs that passed the Alliance's professional and public accreditation.

Rating of universities in terms of the quality of training of specialists in the field of artificial intelligence

Which universities in Russia have the most places in the bachelor's and master's degree in artificial intelligence

Moscow State University and MIPT are leading among Russian universities in the number of places in the bachelor's and master's degree in artificial intelligence. Such data for the results of 2022 are given in a study that analysts of the NTI Competence Center in the direction of "Artificial Intelligence" on the basis of MIPT presented in July 2023.

According to experts, despite the constant increase in the number of graduates, the "personnel shortage" in the AI market does not decrease. This is primarily due to the fact that key tasks in AI can only be performed by graduates who have acquired direct skills related to machine learning. First of all, these are graduates of the universities of the Higher School of Economics, MIPT, ITMO, Skoltech, Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University.

The graph above shows the dynamics of places for bachelors and masters at these universities, from which it is clear that in 2022 the number of places in the bachelor's degree decreased by 5%, and the number of places in the master's degree remained at the level of 2021.

In Russia, universities accept students for budget places (paid by the state) and extra-budgetary places (a student pays for education). In 2022, the number of extra-budgetary places (in the specialties "Mathematics," "Information Security" and "Informatics and Computing") decreased by 1008 places, while paid places increased by 865. The number of budget places in specialties related to AI fell for the first time in 8 years, which led to a drop in the number of applicants and an increase in the number of paid places.

Researchers note that In Russia, the educational program is strictly set when entering the university and, if a student enters the Faculty of Humanities, he will not be able to get a specialization in AI. Therefore, analysts considered applicants to those specialties that somehow belong to AI - "Mathematics," "Information Security" and "Informatics and Computer Engineering."

Almanac "Artificial Intelligence 2022"

The number of budget places in the field of radio electronics in Russian universities over 6 years increased by 20.7%

The number of budget places for training specialists in the field of radio electronics in Russian universities from 2017 to 2023 increased by approximately 20.7%. Such data in mid-July 2023 was published by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

According to the Vedomosti newspaper, in 2017 the number of budget places in the sector under consideration was about 14,500 . By mid-2023, this figure had increased to 17,500 . The Ministry of Education and Science notes that an important indicator of the development of this area is the increase in the average USE score (we are talking about each of the subjects separately), which is gradually increasing - from 64.7 points in 2017 to 66.4 points in 2022.

The number of budget places for training specialists in the field of radio electronics increased by approximately 20.7%

Universities actively cooperate with partner production enterprises on issues such as the formation of new departments or laboratories based on educational institutions, as well as practices for students at specialized enterprises. Among the areas of training are: radio engineering, infocommunication technologies and communication systems, design and technology of electronic means, electronics and nanoelectronics, radioelectronic systems and complexes, special radio engineering systems.

The National Research University "Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology" (NIU MIET), one of the leading technical universities in Russia, in five years (by mid-2023) increased the number of budget places for training in technical specialties by 23%. This was announced by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations Vladimir Efimov. According to him, in 2023, 18 places were allocated for undergraduate studies in 837 such areas and 429 for those entering the magistracy.

Traditionally, IT areas and engineering specialties are in great demand among applicants. There are many who want to enter Electronics and Nanoelectronics, where the largest number of budget places are open - 141, - said Efimov.[3]

Universities training IT specialists in Russia will be given benefits from IT companies

Universities that train IT specialists in Russia will be given benefits from IT companies. The head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, IT Alexander Khinshtein and Communications spoke about this initiative at the beginning of 2023, and the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation confirmed the study of this issue.

Accredited IT companies enjoy privileges such as low tax and premium rates, favorable credit terms and simplified access to government purchases and grants. Employees of these companies can receive preferential mortgages and deferrals from military conscription and from mobilization.

Universities training IT specialists will be given benefits of IT companies

Khinshtein noted that universities wishing to take advantage of benefits should teach IT specialties to at least 50% of their students. Teachers of these educational institutions will be able to receive a deferral from mobilization in the same way as employees of IT companies.

The source of Kommersant notes that the interest of universities in such an initiative is that with its help to provide teachers with the opportunity to postpone mobilization. According to the publication, representatives of the latter consider the rapprochement of the preferential regime for the industry and specialized universities logical.

The border between us and business is erased every year. We can say that our IT partners and I are already a single ecosystem, "says Vladimir Vasiliev, rector of NRU ITMO.

At the same time, he noted that the previous presence of the university in the register of accredited IT companies "actually did not give any advantages," and representatives of the Duma committee did not turn to ITMO about the new idea.

Some experts interviewed by the newspaper expressed fears that in order to obtain benefits, universities may adjust the parameters of their activities to the necessary criteria. When implementing the initiative, it is necessary to work out the criteria in such a way that the quality of admission and training of personnel in IT specialties is taken into account, says Niyaz Gabdrakhmanov, head of the laboratory "University Development" at the Institute of Education at the Higher School of Economics.^[4]

MIPT tops the rating of universities in terms of salaries of IT specialists

The job search and recruitment service Superjob in June 2023 published a rating of Russian technical universities graduating from the highest paid students in the IT sector. The first place in the list was taken Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) with an average salary of 270 thousand rubles per month.

In second place were two higher institutions at once - Moscow State University. Lomonosov and ITMO University. Their graduates working in the IT sector in Moscow earn about 235 thousand rubles a month. The third line is shared by MEPhI and MSTU named after Bauman. Graduates of these educational institutions can count on a salary of 230 thousand rubles.

This is followed by universities such as the Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg State University, Innopolis University, MPEI National Research University, Novosibirsk National Research State University, Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), MISIS and Kazan (Volga) Federal University. Their wages range from 170 thousand to 220 thousand rubles.

The rating was compiled by the Superjob research center based on a comparison of the average income level of graduates of Russian universities in 2017-2022. The study involves state universities: classical and specialized technical universities. The SuperJob resume database (more than 30 million resumes) and other open sources are used as a source of information. The data collection period is 2 months before the rating release date. For the rating, resumes placed no later than 365 calendar days before the date of study release were selected. We considered resumes for positions in the fields of development , information security, software testing, DevOps, analytics, data research, Machine Learning, Data engineering^[5]

Students studying for IT specialists in Russia will be sent to compulsory practice in government agencies

In April 2023, the deputy from United Russia Anton Nemkin presented a bill in which it is supposed to oblige senior students of IT specialties to practice in state-owned companies and government agencies. The author of the document suggests that this will help solve the problem of a shortage of IT personnel, especially acute in the budget sector and government agencies.

It is proposed to introduce mandatory practical training for persons studying in certain IT specialties at the expense of budget funds, in state bodies, local governments, state (municipal) organizations, - said in an explanatory note to the bill, excerpts from which RIA Novosti leads.

It is supposed to oblige senior students of IT specialties to undergo practice in state companies and government agencies

According to Nemkin, this practice will allow students to form an understanding of the real needs of the public sector of the economy in digital products and solutions in the field of information technology, as well as contribute to attracting personnel to state and municipal bodies that need IT specialists. The author of the initiative added that within the framework of this practice, students will be able to implement their projects and even launch startups, some of which will be able to be credited as a thesis.

The list of specialties and areas of training in which practice in government agencies will be mandatory, as well as its procedure should be determined by the Ministry of Digital Development and the Ministry of Education and Science. For practical training of IT specialists, the university and the relevant government agencies will conclude contracts. The approach when students whose training is paid for from the budget, after receiving a diploma, must work out a certain amount of time in government agencies, is not new and has already proven its effectiveness, notes Anton Nemkin. The bill is scheduled to enter into force on September 1, 2023.^[6]

In Russian universities, 40% of budget places are allocated for engineering specialties

In 2023, the Ministry of Education and Science allocated almost 600 thousand budget places to Russian universities, of which 40% is allocated to engineering specialties. The head of the department Valery Falkov spoke about this on April 6, 2023 at a meeting in Naberezhnye Chelny.

Our dynamics, of course, are positive... It is already clear today that the number of places in the field of education "Engineering and Technology" will be more in 2023 than in 2022. Specifically speaking, there are 835 seats, he said.

40% of the number of budget places allocated for engineering specialties

According to the Minister of Science and Higher Education, in almost all major key areas of engineering there will be a significant increase in budget places. He added that at the end of April 2023 the process of distributing budget places will be completed, after that it will become finally known in which region and university there will be growth.

The Ministry of Education and Science recalled that in the field of "Engineering and Technology" the number of budget places amounted to 245,983 in 2023.

Falkov at the final board of the Ministry of Education stated that the Ministry of Education and Science, together with the Ministry of Education, are completing the development of a special program aimed at developing engineering education in the country. The Ministry of Education and Science in March 2023 proposed a new procedure for the distribution of budget-funded places in universities.

The determination of the projected need for training will be carried out, among other things, on the basis of statistical data regarding demography and the labor market, as well as information provided by the highest executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the ministry said in a statement.

The department is confident that engineering is almost not inferior in popularity to natural sciences, economics and management, and, according to forecasts, the percentage of those interested in technical professions will only grow.^[7]

Mishustin: The number of budget places in IT specialties has doubled

The number of budget places in IT specialties in Russian universities has doubled. This was announced in early February 2023 by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. He also noted the need to attract competent specialists and pursue an appropriate personnel policy for the training of professionals.

In Russia, we have practically doubled the benchmarks for admission to universities for budget places in specialties in the field of information technology. They launched the Digital Departments project at universities for students in all areas. There are also programs of additional training in IT professions on educational online platforms, - said the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation stressed that Russia is open to highly qualified foreign specialists in "such a significant industry" and creates all conditions for them. The prime minister recalled the law already in force by February 2023, according to which foreign specialists and members of their families will be able to receive a residence permit in a simplified manner.

Market participants interviewed by Vedomosti say that, all other things being equal, employers choose a person with a specialized technical education, and not a candidate after retraining, without basic programming knowledge. Alexandra Min, HR Director of the MyOffice software development company, points out that during the current generation of students of 30-40-year-old citizens, it was "fashionable" to enter the economic and legal faculties of universities, as a result of which there was an overabundance of specialists in these professions. Because of this, there is now a lack of technical personnel. Another problem in the labor market is due to the fact that many university programs now do not always meet the trends of time and the needs of modern business^[8]

2022

Mishustin allocated 1.5 billion rubles to assess the quality of training of IT specialists

In May 2022, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree, which allocated more than 1.5 billion rubles to assess the quality of training IT specialists in higher educational institutions.

As the press service of the Cabinet clarifies, we are talking about a federal subsidy, which will be used to organize an assembly - a comprehensive assessment of the potential and real level of development of digital competencies of students who receive additional qualifications at "digital departments" in Russian universities that participate in the Priority-2030 program. In 2022, it is planned to allocate almost 321 million rubles for these purposes, in 2023 - 521.4 million and in 2024 - 698 million rubles. The money will be used to pay for teachers involved in testing, as well as for renting premises and purchasing the necessary software.

Mishustin allocated 1.5 billion rubles to assess the quality of training of IT specialists

Students will be offered tests in accordance with the topic of their additional vocational training programs. The test results will assess the level of digital competencies of students after graduation at the "digital departments." It is planned that in 2022 more than 80 thousand people will take part in testing, and by 2024 their number will grow to 385 thousand. Now 106 universities participating in the Priority-2030 program have joined the student assessment project. The Innopolis University has been appointed as an essay center.

The project for the development of higher education - "Priority-2030" The Government of the Russian Federation has launched so that young people can receive high-quality and demanded education. As part of this initiative, grants are provided to universities from all Russian regions - more than 100 million rubles each. By May 2022, 121 universities are participating in the program, almost two-thirds of universities are regional. The Government allocated over 15 billion rubles to support them. These funds are expected to help open student technology parks, business incubators, and update laboratories.^[9]

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24.5 thousand budget places in the field of electronics have been allocated in universities

For the 2022/2023 academic year, 24.5 thousand budget places in the field have been allocated in Russian universities. electronic engineers This was announced in mid-April 2022 by the Deputy Prime Minister. Dmitry Chernyshenko According to him, in 2 years the number of such budget places has grown by almost 2 thousand.

We are talking about specialties and areas of training included in the enlarged groups "Electronics, Radio Engineering and Communication Systems," "Material Technologies," "Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials." Young people can apply for undergraduate, specialty, master's and graduate programs.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said that for the 2022/2023 academic year, 24.5 thousand budget places have been allocated in Russian universities in areas in the field of electronics.

In mid-April 2022, the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Valery Falkov noted that more than 18.6 thousand places in the field of electronics were allocated for undergraduate and specialty programs, that is, for those children who can start work immediately after graduation. In total, over the past two years, the number of seats has increased by 1.9 thousand, he added.

Universities train personnel taking into account the needs of the economy. Today, the country needs specialists who can work with industrial equipment, create household appliances and gadgets, and service electric machines and machines, Falkov said.

Dmitry Chernyshenko stressed that Russia has great potential for creating domestic electronic products, but solving this problem is impossible without training professional personnel.

According to the press service of the Cabinet, one of the leading universities in the training of specialists in the areas of Electronics, Radio Engineering and Communication Systems, Materials Technologies, Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials was St. Petersburg Polytechnic University of Peter the Great (SPbPU). The basis for training personnel of the electronic and radio-electronic industry is the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of SPBPU and scientific laboratories of industrial partners, said Elena Razinkina, Vice-Rector for Educational Activities of SPBPU.^[10]

83 master's programs in AI are launched in Russian universities

On March 16, 2022, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation announced the launch of 83 master's programs in artificial intelligence in Russian universities. The first universities that will begin implementing master's programs in the "Artificial Intelligence" profile in the 2022/23 academic year will be:

• Far Eastern Federal University;
• Izhevsk State Technical University named after M.T. Kalashnikov;
• National Research Mordovian State University named after N.P. Ogarev;
• Grozny State Petroleum Technical University named after Academician M.D. Millionshchikov.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, master's programs in artificial intelligence were prepared by leading universities, based on the requests and needs of enterprises in the economic sectors, and special emphasis was placed on regional universities. The programs will be launched in 2022.

In the current situation, high-quality training of specialists in the field of IT and artificial intelligence for high-tech industries is especially important for us. The country's information security and the level of technology development will depend on their professionalism and level of competence. The higher education system seeks to quickly respond to challenges by developing current training programs, he said.

In addition, the educational module "Artificial Intelligence Systems" is being introduced into Russian universities. It can be used in the implementation of educational programs in all areas of training and specialties of all levels of higher education and additional professional programs. It is noted that the module can be supplemented with topics and sections, taking into account the level and professional orientation of a specific program.^[11]

2021

The number of budget places in the field of AI in Russian universities has grown sharply

On November 25, 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced an increase in the number of budget places in Russian universities in areas related to the development of artificial intelligence - there were 7,000 more in accordance with the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, in 2021, more than 80 thousand people received higher education programs in the field of information technology at the expense of the federal budget. 97 thousand Russian schoolchildren will be trained under secondary education programs related to artificial intelligence. According to the calculations of the authorities, by 2024, about 500 thousand Russians will have education related to the IT sphere.

The number of budget places in the field of AI in Russian universities has grown sharply

Dmitry Chernyshenko also said that within the framework of the federal project "Artificial Intelligence" by 2024, 10 bachelor's programs and 40 master's programs in the areas of "Artificial Intelligence" will appear in universities.

The Deputy Prime Minister also drew attention to the importance of interaction between experts in digital transformation, scientific institutions and higher education. Attracting young scientists and students to the forum promotes scientific research aimed at improving the quality of life and increasing the competitiveness of the economy, he added.

Earlier in 2021, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education summed up the results of the competition for the distribution of budget places in universities for 2022-2023. According to the results of the competition, the most places with budget funding received engineering and technical areas of training (251,033 places) and pedagogical (75,788 places).

In his message to the Federal Assembly, President Vladimir Putin said that in 2021, about 60% of school graduates will be able to enter universities for budget places, and in the next two years, an additional 45 thousand such places will appear in universities^[12]

Increase in the number of budget places for IT specialties in universities of the Russian Federation by 25%, to 80 thousand.

The number of budget places for IT specialties in universities Russia in the 2021/2022 academic year was increased by 25%, to 80 thousand. This was announced at the end of January 2021 by the Deputy Governments of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko Chairman during a meeting with the leaders of the digital transformation of entities and regional executive bodies with the participation of the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media. Maksuta Shadaeva

According to Chernyshenko, the total number of budget places in IT specialties is planned to increase 2.5 times by 2024. This will affect almost all regions and all areas in this area.

The number of budget places for IT specialties in Russian universities has been increased by 25%

The President set the task to ensure the digitalization of 10 main sectors of the economy, which cannot be solved without a team of professional translators in the IT sphere... We will actively increase the digital education of specialists in other industries. This is a joint task of both the state and business, "he added.

The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that under bachelor training programs, the number of budget places will grow in almost all regions and in all areas in the field of information technology. For example, in Ingushetia, with a degree in Informatics and Computing, in the 2021/2022 academic year, 3 times more budget places are planned, in the Novgorod region - by 80%. The number of places in Mordovia, the Ryazan region and the Stavropol Territory will be increased by more than 60%. In Moscow and the region under this program, growth will be 15%.

Take another specialty - "Electronics, Radio Engineering and Communication Systems." The number of budget seats in the Lipetsk and Vologda regions will double. We see how proportions change in relation to the capital. It is important for us that young people have the opportunity to receive a good free education in their region, "Chernyshenko added.[13]

2020

The State Duma asked Ministry of Digital Development to stop reorganizing IT universities

On December 7, 2020, it became known that the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications asked the Ministry of Digital Development to stop the reorganization of universities subordinate to Rossvyaz.

We are talking about the plans of Rossvyaz to transform the St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications. Bonch-Bruevich (SPbGUT), Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics (SibGUTI) and Volga State University of Telecommunications and Informatics (PGUTI) into branches of the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics.

The State Duma asked Ministry of Digital Development to stop the reorganization of IT universities

The implementation of this plan will lead to the loss of existing educational potential. The actual liquidation of independent universities, each of which is the largest interregional scientific and educational center. All these universities are highly effective, graduates have a great demand in the labor market - 80-90% of them immediately settle in their specialty, - said the chairman of the committee Alexander Khinshtein, whose words are quoted by the press service of United Russia.

According to the deputy, depriving universities of independence will lead to a sharp reduction in scientific and educational activities, since you will have to "cut" dissertation councils and close scientific journals. In addition, becoming branches, universities will not be able to conclude contracts for research and development work with third-party organizations, and previously concluded contracts will be terminated. Budget places will also be reduced, independent graduate school will be closed, universities will not be able to conduct innovative developments together with their regions within the framework of scientific and educational centers (REC), Khinshtein said.

It is noted that the initiative to optimize these universities caused sharp resistance from teachers, students and the scientific community in the regions.^[14]

The authorities compensate Russians for 50% of the costs of additional education in IT specialties

The authorities compensate the Russians for half of the costs of additional education in IT specialties, Ministry of Digital Development RFMaksut Shadayev said at a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy in early November 2020.

This is a very important story, it was also not there and it is also a consequence of COVID-19 in many ways. Many people now want to get an additional professional education in the field of digital technologies... The state decided that we are ready to compensate 50% of the expenses of people for passing the program of additional professional education upon passing the exams at the end of these programs. And for certain categories we will compensate 100%, - he said.

Russian authorities compensate Russians for 50% of the costs of additional education in IT specialties

According to the minister, passing the program of additional professional education in the IT sphere can cost 100-200 thousand rubles. Russians will be able to receive compensation after mastering the professions of a programmer, data analyst, etc. Shadayev did not specify in which cases it will be possible to count on a full reimbursement of training. The main thing is that a person reaches the end of the program, he noted.

In addition, it is planned to introduce programs to teach IT skills in universities not related to the digital sector. For example, for future agricultural technicians or aircraft designers.

Because it is clear that now no de facto profession is possible without an in-depth understanding of digital competencies, digital solutions, and so on, the minister said.

The state has provided funding for these purposes. All training programs for "major mass specialties" will be reformatted, modules related to the development of digital technologies will be included there. Not only students, but also teachers will be taught so that they can also teach digital competencies within the framework of their traditional specialties, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development added.^[15]

2017: Ranking of Russian universities for the software industry

In July 2017, the Russoft Association presented a rating of Russian universities that train specialists for the software industry. The rating was first compiled in 2014 based on a survey of Russian software developers for 4 years (from 2011 to 2014).

Universities are ranked by the number of references by software companies to specific universities as sources of replenishment of their staff with new personnel. When conducting a survey as part of the annual Russoft study, respondents answered a question about universities whose graduates are in greatest demand among IT enterprises in the region. Since large companies have development centers in various cities, they called universities not only the city in which the head office is located (as a rule, it is Moscow or St. Petersburg), but also universities in other cities.

According to the rating methodology, one company can take part in the rating only by one vote, regardless of its staff. It makes no sense to give more votes to large companies, because in this case only Moscow universities, where the largest companies in Russia are concentrated, will be at the top of the rating. Then universities in St. Petersburg and so on will follow, depending on how large the city is represented in the survey and how many companies participated from it. The rating obtained in this way will even less reflect the real state of affairs. The use of a single voice method from one company is also not ideal, but still allows you to consider the existing ranking quite objective, albeit with some reservations.

Even more confidence in objectivity appears if we compare the universities of one city, if it is presented in the survey by at least 10 companies. Such cities include Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Chelyabinsk.

Since the study annually covered more than 130 companies (in 2017 - 152), and each year the composition of participants changed by 70-80%, the final rating for 4 years reflects the opinion of more than 300 employers representing the software industry in Russia.

In total, 119 Russian universities have been mentioned as the best in the last 7 years, but most of them have no more than one vote. If the university has two votes in a few years, it is also difficult to draw any conclusions about the quality of training of students at a particular university, but we still decided to take into account universities that have received at least 2 marks from employers in the new version of the rating. This is done so that non-leading universities are in plain sight and have an incentive to move up. As a result, the full 2017 ranking consists of 51 universities, not 19, as in its previous version.

Leaders and meaningful permutations

Castling took place at the very top of the rating: Bauman Moscow State Technical University rose from second place to first, shifting the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) to a position below. However, the difference between them is insignificant and is within the error range.

There is a significant gap only between universities that occupy 5th and 6th places, respectively. Therefore, we can speak quite confidently about the five leading universities that are approximately at the same level (in the previous version of the rating, the first 7 universities could be distinguished in this way).

In the top five, we can note the transition from 5th to 3rd place of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, which is hardly accidental. This university demonstrates its development in various areas, which should affect the quality of training for high-tech industries.

From 6th to 11th place, universities are located in pairs, judging by the proximity of the indicator of the frequency of mention by employers. Compared to the previous version of the rating, they all retained their positions.

It is worth noting the appearance in the second twenty of three universities in Tomsk (they have a slight difference in the number of mentions, and therefore they can be attributed to one category), Penza and Chelyabinsk State Universities, as well as South Ural State University (Chelyabinsk). This rise is associated with more active participation in the 2017 survey of the companies of Tomsk, Chelyabinsk and Penza. If they were also active in the previous three years, then their positions could be even higher. We can say that the universities of these cities have now occupied approximately the places they deserve, because at least 100 software companies operate in Tomsk and Chelyabinsk (in Penza there are slightly fewer of them - 30-40).

It is known that there are also many developer companies in Tatarstan. software However, we have not yet been able to fully cover the companies of this republic with our annual survey, although there have been attempts to involve local development institutions in the study. Due to the low representation of the republic's companies, the highest positions in the ranking (28-33rd place) from universities Kazan are occupied by Kazan (Volga) Federal University. Most likely, the position of universities in the capital of Tatarstan should be higher.

It should be noted that in some regions there are not so many software companies concentrated, which does not allow local universities to score enough rating points. Nevertheless, the quality of education in them is at a fairly high level.

Also, some universities can train high-class specialists, but are significantly inferior to competitors in the number of graduates going to work for software companies in the region, since their graduates go to other sectors of the Russian economy. It is known that of all working programmers, software companies account for 25-30%, and the rest work in other IT companies or in IT departments of various enterprises, organizations and government agencies. Thus, the demand by software companies for graduates of a particular university does not always 100% reflect the quality of their training, although the presence in some city of a mass of competent specialists with a good university education provides for the fact that this city should have successful software companies.

2014: Russoft Data

As part of its annual study, the Association of Software Manufacturers NP RUSSOFT compiled a rating of Russian universities in November 2014, determining the level of success in training IT specialists.

Ranking was carried out by the number of references by software companies to specific universities as sources of replenishment of the staff with new personnel over the past 4 years.

When conducting a survey of respondents, they were asked to list the universities whose graduates are in greatest demand among IT enterprises in the region in which the surveyed companies are located.

Since the study annually covered at least 130 companies, and each year the composition of participants changed by 70-80%, the final rating reflects the opinion of more than 300 employers representing the software industry in Russia.

In total, more than 100 Russian universities have been mentioned as the best in 4 years, but most of them have no more than one vote.

Since software developers are concentrated in Moscow and St. Petersburg, 4 universities from these two largest Russian cities fell into TOP-10. Two more universities in the top ten represent Novosibirsk.

The best university, according to the RUSSOFT Association, was the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (NRU ITMO). However, its gap from the second and third places of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU) and St. Petersburg State University (St. Petersburg State University) is not very large.

TOP-10 of Russian universities according to a survey of software companies over the past 4 years, the number of mentions.

1. St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics 82
2. Bauman Moscow State Technical University 77
3. St. Petersburg State University 74
4. Moscow State University 65
5. St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University 56
6. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology 54
7. St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University 47
8. Novosibirsk State University (NSU) 27
9. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute 27
10. Novosibirsk State Technical University 19

The first place of NRU ITMO is natural, since in some other ratings it is in the same position not only in Russia, but also in the world.

This university has maintained global leadership for the past 15 years following the performance of its teams in the student programming world championship. This is the only university that is a five-time absolute champion of the most prestigious programming competitions.

In addition, one of the survey participants, the Perm company "FORECAST," ranked universities by the ratio of the average salary in the IT industry in the region and the cost of study at the university. According to this indicator, NRU ITMO was also in first place.

Finally, St. Petersburg ITMO University is among the leaders in Russia in one more indicator - the share of graduates who got a job in the specialty received at the university (76%). In the vast majority of universities that train specialists in the field of software development, this share is much less - in the region of 50%.

In some regions, there are not many software companies concentrated, which does not allow local universities to score enough rating points. Nevertheless, the quality of education in them can be at a fairly high level.

Also, some universities can train high-quality specialists, but significantly inferior to competitors in the number of graduates going to work in IT companies.

Thus, the demand for graduates of a particular university does not always 100% reflect the quality of their training.

The RUSSOFT study showed that in 2013 the importance of universities for surveyed companies increased even more.

First, the share of companies cooperating with universities in various joint programs increased to 54%. Earlier, over the previous 4 years, this indicator decreased from 58% to 47% (the decline began after the global financial crisis).

Secondly, the share of university graduates in the total number of recruits increased in 2013 from 4.6% to 8.4%. A study by the recruiting portal Superjob.ru revealed similar trends for the entire Russian economy: employers every year are more willing to hire young people who have just graduated from a university.

2013: Plans for the creation of Centers for Breakthrough IT Research in Russia

Initiative of the authorities

In May 2013, during the expanded board of the Ministry of Communications, the head of the department Nikolai Nikiforov announced that it is planned to create up to 50 centers for breakthrough research in the field of information technology on the basis of existing Russian universities and research institutes .

The amount of necessary financing of the centers of power was estimated at up to 4 billion rubles. for five years, and it was proposed to carry it out by allocating a separate block in the direction of IT in the federal target program "Personnel," designed for 2014-2020.

According to the proposal of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, the topic of research of such centers should be determined with the participation of the IT industry, and the funds should be distributed according to the results of the relevant competitions, which are planned to be held in 2013.

Proposals for the development of centers for breakthrough research in the field of IT were sent for approval to the government. The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications worked on them together with the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the instructions of Dmitry Medvedev dated December 24, 2012.

Requirements for programs of universities and research institutes applying for funding

At the end of July 2013, the Ministry of Communications announced the start of accepting applications from universities and research institutes for participation in a pilot project to create and develop centers for breakthrough research in the field of IT in 2014-2018. Collection of applications will last until September 20, 2013.

Applications must be sent to the Ministry of Education and Science, with which the project is being implemented, and a strategic program for the development of the IT center should be attached to them. The requirements for the structure and content of strategic programs of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media were published on July 30, 2013.

As follows from the document published by the department, the applicants' programs should contain a description of their goals and objectives, stages of implementation of measures for the duration of the program, as well as annual target indicators that are planned to be achieved during the implementation of the strategic program and similar indicators of institutions for 2013.

Indicators of the commercial efficiency of the program, in particular, include the amount of funds received from the sale of innovative products in the areas of activity of the center, the number of created commercial IT companies, the main activity of which is the commercialization of development and research of the center, the number of new jobs created by the center and IT companies cooperating with it.

In the field of scientific activity, the department recommends specifying such target indicators of the center's effectiveness as the number of R&D carried out by its team on specialized topics, the number of publications in scientific journals indexed in the Web of Science or Scopus database, and others.

The program of candidates for development as a center of breakthrough research also justifies the volume and directions of use of financial resources from budgetary and extrabudgetary sources for each year of the program implementation and the prospects for creating specific scientific and technical results in the field of IT, which either correspond to the international level or exceed it, and can also become the main one for the formation of specialized communities on their basis.

In addition, the strategic programs of the centers should contain a description of the mechanism for managing its implementation: in particular, contain a description of the functions and responsibilities of each program management body.

Identified universities where centers of breakthrough IT research will be created

On November 27, 2013, the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications announced the results of a joint selection of organizations with the Ministry of Education and Science, on the basis of which it is planned to create centers for breakthrough research in the field of information technology.

According to representatives of the department, in total, more than 130 applications from universities and research institutes were received for the competition, of which 19 winners were selected. Each of the winning organizations has well-known IT companies among its partners, the ministry said.

To receive priority support for the creation of centers for breakthrough IT research within the framework of a number of programs, in particular, they will be able to:

• Institute of Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of
• Higher School of Economics
• Novosibirsk State University
• St. Petersburg State University
• Irkutsk State University
• St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
• Kazan Federal University
• Moscow State University
• Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering
• Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Innopolis University
• Institute of System Programming of the Russian Academy of
• National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
• Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
• St. Petersburg Branch of the Mathematical Institute named after V.A. Steklov RAS
• Samara Medical State University
• Ural Federal University
• Center for Artificial Cognitive Systems of Tyumen State University

The science programs of the winners cover a wide range of research areas, including bioinformatics, big data analysis, robotics, quantum and optical technologies, human-machine interfaces.

The Ministry of Communications notes that the applications have passed a strict selection according to such criteria as the prospects for the center's research areas, the presence of qualified scientific groups and world-renowned scientists, for applied developments - readiness for further commercialization.

In December 2013, a description of the mechanisms for supporting the winners within the framework of the activities of the programs of the Ministry of Education and Science should be developed, and in the second quarter of 2014 - a separate event of the Ministry of Communications to support the centers of breakthrough IT research.

2011: Salary rating of IT universities: where to study to earn more?

The research center of the Superjob.ru portal has compiled a rating of technical universities in terms of the salary of their graduates. The leaders are Moscow State University, MEPhI, MIPT and NSU.

Graduates of the IT faculties of Moscow State University, MEPhI, MIPT and NSU can apply for the highest income. Such conclusions were made by the Research Center of the recruiting portal Superjob.ru, having studied the resume of several thousand graduates of the most famous Russian universities.

The highest salary among IT specialists who graduated from specialized faculties of universities in 2000-2005 and found work in the field of information technology is noted among graduates of Moscow State University, MEPhI, MIPT and Novosibirsk State University. Their average market earnings in the Moscow labor market are 85 thousand rubles. Only slightly lower is the salary of their classmates who have not been employed in their specialty: graduates of Moscow State University, MIPT and NSU can count on income of about 80 thousand rubles, and graduates of MEPhI - by 75 thousand rubles.

The average earnings of IT specialists who graduated from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University and work in their specialty are 80 thousand rubles. Graduates of the same university engaged in areas that are not related to the received IT education receive about 10 thousand rubles less.

IT graduates of MIPT, MEPhI, Moscow State University and Baumanka receive the most in Moscow 

75 thousand rubles is the average monthly salary of IT specialists trained by the Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, Novosibirsk State Technical University, Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky, St. Petersburg State University and Ural Federal University. Graduates of the same departments, who were not implemented in the IT sector (2-5 thousand rubles), lose only a little in income.

A quite decent salary awaits specialists trained at the information technology departments of such regional universities as Saratov State Technical University and Ufa State Aviation Technical University: those employed in their specialty receive about 70 thousand rubles a month, not in their specialty - 60 and 63 thousand rubles. respectively.

Slightly lower earnings from certified IT specialists who graduated from Kazan (Volga) Federal University, Moscow Aviation Institute, Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology and Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseeva. If you have a job in your specialty, it reaches 70 thousand rubles, otherwise - from 60 to 65 thousand rubles.

Graduates of the Moscow Energy Institute, Orenburg State University and Penza State University, employed in the field of IT, can claim earnings in the amount of about 68 thousand rubles. Their fellow students who chose other areas of activity - by 50 thousand rubles, 55 and 65 thousand rubles, respectively.

Working in the specialty, graduates of the IT departments of Volgograd State Technical University, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University and Tula State University earn about 67 thousand rubles a month. The salary of graduates of the Volga State Technical University and St. Petersburg State Pedagogical University, who found themselves in other areas of activity, is slightly lower - 65 and 58 thousand rubles. respectively. But IT specialists who left TulSU do not lose income, even if they prefer work that is not related to information technology.

In the range of 65-66 thousand rubles are the salaries of IT specialists who graduated from Izhevsk State Technical University, Vladimir State University named after A.G. and N.G. Stoletov, Moscow State Technical University of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation, Ryazan State Radio Technical University and who found work in their profile. Working outside their specialty, they can count on income in the amount of 60-63 thousand rubles.

Certified IT specialists - graduates of Kazan State Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev and St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI" named after V.I. Ulyanova (Lenin), working in their specialty, receive about 62 thousand rubles a month. Their classmates, who chose other areas of activity, earn an average of 60 and 50 thousand rubles, respectively.

60 thousand rubles is the average monthly income of diploma holders of Voronezh State Technical University, Moscow State University of Instrumentation and Informatics, Moscow State University of Railways, St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation and St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies. Having chosen a job not related to information technology, their alma mater associates lose in income from 2 to 10 thousand rubles.

See also

• Universities of Moscow (list of universities and institutes)

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