| Developers: | Skillbox |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | August 2023 |
| Branches: | Education and Science |
| Technology: | Distance Learning Systems |
2023: Platform Launch
On August 31, 2023, Skillbox announced the launch of an educational platform with courses from leading universities. The new site was called "Academician." More than 140 million rubles were invested in the project.
On the platform "Academician" you can take online courses developed by top Russian universities, colleges and industrial partners. By early September 2023, courses developed by institutions such as, HSE,, MGIMO, and MIPT RUDN Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis the Open College are available. Among the vendor corporations, for example, the National Center for Public-Private Partnerships (part of the group) and are already represented. ВЭБ.РФ Online Education Development Fund
More than 200 courses are presented on the new platform, and by the end of 2023 their number will grow to 300. Their duration varies from one to four months. Classes are held in asynchronous mode with the execution of practical tasks, tests and cases.
The resource has both paid and free courses. The average cost of paid is 5 thousand rubles. The platform features several key sections including science, humanities and social studies, exam preparation and foreign languages. They present narrower directions, and themes on them.
After authorization, users will receive free ten-day access to two modules of all paid programs. In addition, the developers promise that in the near future users will have the opportunity to subscribe for a month - at this time they will have access to all paid courses.
 | The importance of online education is growing every year, but at the moment Russian universities still do not have enough opportunities to qualitatively teach students remotely. The platform can become the basis for changing education in the digital environment. We plan to unite leading universities on one site so that Russian education becomes convenient, effective and in step with the times, "said Sergey Popkov, co-founder and director of business development at Skillbox.[1] |  |
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