With guidance from a program lecturer and a volunteer with the registry Anna Chelnokova the students helped prepare and cover the meeting of a Russian rhythmic gymnastics champion Svetlana Popova, who became a bone marrow donor, and Sergey Koptyaev, a teenager from Arkhangelsk whose life was saved by the transplant.

The students’ next major project is providing PR support and media coverage for the upcoming international conference Bone Marrow Donor Registries: Today and Tomorrow, organized by the National Registry and scheduled for September 11. The event will bring together experts in bone marrow transplantation and cell technologies from BRICS+ countries. It will serve as a key platform to discuss global challenges, ethical issues, and strategies for collaboration between governments, the medical field, and the nonprofit sector. MISIS students will serve as assistants to the conference press team, applying their knowledge in a real international setting: media support, volunteer coordination, communication with international participants, bloggers, and journalists.

The Communication and International Public Relations program is a full-time, English-medium master’s degree designed to train professionals in strategic communications for high-tech companies and tech startups. From day one, students work in an international environment and cross-cultural teams, developing skills that are in demand in global public relations. Graduates go on to build careers in product marketing, government relations, human resources, investor relations, and strategic consulting.

The program’s practice-oriented approach enables students to gain knowledge through hands-on projects: conducting communication audits for organizations, supporting international scientific exhibitions, publishing media content about scientific breakthroughs, and launching tech startups.

A key feature of the program is an in-depth focus on typography. Students will study font development and its integration into various aspects of design, including branding and universal design concepts. The curriculum addresses current industry demands, covering global UX/UI trends, user behavior, mobile and responsive design approaches, Linux system integration, and inclusive design. Additionally, students will learn to create display and custom typefaces for unique brand solutions.

The educational program combines design, technology, and user behavior research. Its interdisciplinary approach will help students develop both creative and technical skills in tools like Figma, InkScape, Sketch, Krita, Lunacy, and others. The Department of Automated Design and Engineering Graphics at NUST MISIS provides access to VR equipment, specialized graphic workstations, and 3D prototyping devices.

Key subjects include: “Introduction to UX/UI Design”, “Basics of Visual Design”, “Advanced Typeface Design”, “Designing for Mobile Devices”, “Cultural Aspects in User Scenario Design”, “Product Market Adaptation”, “Advanced Prototyping and Testing”, and more.

Upon graduation, specialists will be qualified for roles such as UX/UI designer, product designer, information architect, front-end developer, and design system manager across digital interface design industries including devices, video broadcasting, animation, and more.

NUST MISIS diplomas in the field of IT will be recognized in Egypt from the new academic year, as the university entered the list of credible Russian universities. This decision was made by the Council of Rectors of Universities of the Egyptian Ministry of Education.

The list of universities is published on the official website of the Supreme Council of Rectors and is divided into four categories: medicine (pharmaceuticals, dentistry and general medicine), engineering, information systems and technologies, culture and art.

NUST MISIS has many years of successful interaction with the scientific community of Egypt as well as experience in joint work with Egyptian enterprises, including training personnel for the country’s economy. In particular, in 2019, the university reached an agreement with representatives of the embassies of 20 African states on the creation of management training programs for the mining and metallurgical industry at NUST MISIS.

Egyptian students choose to study at the university’s specialties related to electricity, computer science and engineering, nanotechnology and linguistics.

Since 2014, graduates of NUST MISIS’s English-taught Master’s programs have received a Supplement in addition to a state-recognized diploma, which greatly simplifies the procedure for recognizing the university’s diploma abroad.

NUST MISIS hosted an online forum “Transnational Education: Joint /Double /Dual Degrees” within the framework of the UK-Russia University Alliance program. World-class experts discussed the benefits of transnational education for universities, students and employees, as well as the main problems of Russian and British universities in the development and implementation of joint/double degree programs. The organizer of the forum is NUST MISIS with the support of the Culture and Education Department of the British Embassy in Moscow.

At the panel discussion, representatives of four Russian universities actively developing international cooperation — NUST MISIS, MGIMO, Russian State University for the Humanities and National Research University Higher School of Economics — discussed the current state of the transnational education market and the prospects for joint, double and dual degree programs. The experts underlined the importance of the language component and personal contact.

The participants of the discussion agreed that the main advantage of distance education in this context is the reduction of costs for universities and students, which makes a diploma from a foreign university affordable for more people. At the same time, the speakers emphasized that full immersion in the culture of the country is not possible online due to the lack of personal contact that contributes to the achievement of trust.

“NUST MISIS has examples of successful projects with British universities. For example, in 2010, with the support of Cambridge University Press, we launched a blended English language program, which is still working and is showing excellent results. Also, in 2019 we managed to open a School of pedagogical mastery with the aim of continuous improvement of teachers’ qualifications and the quality of education. This project is being implemented through collaboration with colleagues from University College London. Transnational education is more than incoming and outgoing academic mobility. I believe that mutually beneficial cooperation in this area can bring invaluable results,” said Timothy O’Connor, Vice-Rector for Education at NUST MISIS.

Experts from the British side spoke about the features and benefits of transnational education for universities in the United Kingdom. According to Karen Ottewell, Director of Academic Development & Training for International Students at the University of Cambridge, such programs increase the university’s prestige in other countries and help attract students at the global market. In addition, in the implementation of transnational education programs, the relations of universities with local business and international organizations are more actively developing.

“Joint, double and dual degree programs allow students to gain invaluable international experience from an academic, cultural and linguistic point of view, as well as to expand opportunities for teachers to work abroad. For partners, cooperation with British universities means access to world-class higher education and increasing the competitiveness of students and graduates in the labor market,” explained Karen Ottewell.

British experts emphasized that when developing transnational education programs, all participating universities should have their strengths and complement each other: the market, access to resources, educational offer, etc. According to the speakers of the forum, it is vital to clearly define the areas of responsibility and expectations from the second party in the very first agreements. Also, it is important to define economic priorities, cultural differences and build strong relationships based on mutual trust. The language issue plays an important role since open communication between the two universities is the basis for the effective implementation of the program.

“Transnational Education: Joint/Double/Dual Degrees” is the sixth out of eight online forums within the UK-Russia University Alliance program initiated by the Culture and Education Department of the British Embassy in Moscow. The events held are dedicated to a wide variety of topics: from issues of academic mobility of students to the problem of climate change.

The recording of the forum broadcast can be viewed here.

International Olympiad Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia and Rossotrudnichestvo. Foreign citizens and stateless persons, including compatriots living abroad, who have or are completing higher education at least a bachelor’s degree for a master’s track and at least a master’s or a specialist for a postgraduate track (analog of Ph.D.) in the year of the Olympiad, can participate in the Olympiad.

You can enroll in the Russian-language program (with the possibility of studying the Russian language for one year before studying at NUST MISIS), as well as in the English-language Master’s program and even before the start of accepting documents.

The Olympiad is held remotely in Russian and English at the three stages:

Qualifying stage: September 15 — December 10, 2020, held in the format of a portfolio competition.

The second stage: January 11 — 30, 2021, is carried out to identify and control of the independence of the tasks (proctoring).

The third stage (for applicants to the postgraduate track): March 1 — 19, 2021, online interviews with potential research supervisors in accordance with the schedule.

A feature of the 2020 Olympiad is the allocation of a postgraduate course track (analog of Ph.D.) and the appearance of three new profiles in the master’s program track: “Clinical medicine and public health”, “Education” (including pedagogical sciences) and “Earth sciences”.

Due to the possible consequences of the pandemic and restrictions on entry to Russia, the universities, which organize the Olympiad will provide the winners with the opportunity to start their studies in the first semester online.

According to the results of the Open Doors Olympiad 2019/2020, 371 people from 66 countries of the world have become winners. Three of them have chosen the NUST MISIS Master’s program for further education.

The detailed information on the rules of participation in the International Olympiad Open Doors: Russian Scholarship Project can be found on the project website: od.globaluni.ru.

For participation, please contact the NUST MISIS Admission Committee Office by e-mail vopros@misis.ru or by phone: +7 499 236-30-78; +7 499 638-46-78.

International Office: welcome@misis.ru; +7 499 230-24-09.

In 2020, due to the epidemiological situation, the submission of documents and admission to Russian universities will take place entirely in the online format. NUST MISIS employees and professors will be talking about the features of this year’s admission campaign for international applicants at the Open doors day.

The event will be useful primarily to those who plan to enter the English-language Master’s programs of the university. Vasif Faradzhov, Head of the Department of International Academic Mobility at NUST MISIS, will inform applicants about the features of submitting documents and passing entrance exams. The heads of all English-language Master’s programs will prepare detailed presentations about the features and advantages of each of them and answer questions.

NUST MISIS offers 9 English-language Master’s programs in the most advanced scientific areas: quantum technologies, materials science, alternative energy, Data Science, nanotechnology, etc.

An international student environment has been created at NUST MISIS — More than 25 percent of NUST MISIS undergraduate and graduate students come to study in Moscow from 84 different countries. There is an International Friendship Club that provides assistance and support to foreigners, a system of tutoring and mentoring is developed. All Master’s students live in the Commune House, recognized in 2018 as the best student campus in Russia.

The online broadcast of the Open doors day will take place on June 20 in the English-language Facebook account of the University as well as on the University’s official YouTube-channel. The beginning is at 2 p.m. (14:00, Moscow time).

The Open doors day program

• How can an international applicant enter NUST MISIS
• Features and benefits of the NUST MISIS Master’s programs
• Science and Materials for Solar Energy
• Advanced Materials Science
• Quantum Physics for Advanced Materials Engineering
• Data Science
• Innovative Software Systems: Design, Development & Applications
• Advanced Metallic Materials and Engineering
• Communications and International Public Relations
• Second Language Teaching and Pedagogical Design in Digital Environments
• Nanotechnology and Materials for Micro- and Nanosystems
• Preparatory course and the study of the Russian language

Currently, there are 43 students from China studying at NUST MISIS, 12 of them are in Russia, and 31, who did not have time to return from vacation, are in China. All of them are transferred to individual curricula and remotely go through an educational program under the guidance of curators and teachers.

“I like the distance learning format. Thanks to it, I can continue to study, being thousands of kilometers away from the university. I want to return to Russia as soon as possible. I miss my friends,” says Liu Binbin, a 4th-year undergraduate student in the Department of Economics at NUST MISIS, who went home for the winter holidays and did not manage to return to Russia on time due to the quarantine.

As her scientific advisor, associate professor of the Department of Economics of NUST “MISiS”, Ph.D. Alexander Aleksakhin notes: “We are conducting training in the last semester and writing the thesis remotely. To conduct classes and write tests, we use the Canvas University educational platform, Zoom video conferencing service, etc. As a research supervisor, I advise Liu Binbin on emerging issues using the WhatsApp messenger and e-mail. I think that the educational process will be completed successfully and on time.”

Chinese students note that distance learning allows them to master the material on time, despite the difficult epidemiological situation in the world.

According to Gao Zhengfeng, a first-year student of the NUST MISIS Advanced Materials Science English-taught program, he can continue to study fully thanks to the support of the university: “It is valuable to me that the university provided me with such an opportunity in this difficult time for the whole world. Professors send assignments through curators and group leaders. Almost every day we call up fellow students and discuss the material covered, do our homework. The only difficulty is the difference in time zones. I am looking forward to my return to Moscow! ”

For teachers, this situation is both a challenge and an opportunity to be creative in adapting the material to a new format. The technical capabilities of NUST MISIS allow them to quickly respond to changing conditions and give students the material in the required volume and without failures in time.

“Despite the epidemiological situation, the classes in the framework of my course ‘Materials of Quantum Electronics’ have not been interrupted and are held on schedule and in full. The decision on the distance learning option was made promptly and we, the lecturers, also quickly adjusted our curricula and processed the working materials to give the course material as fully and conveniently as possible to the students, says the professor of the English-taught Master’s program, associate professor at NUST MISIS, Ph.D. Oleg Rabinovich. — We encountered difficulties in visualizing the material, but the Zoom platform solved these problems. Another problem is that the online format does not allow to provide students with real samples of the studied devices to understand the features of their work. We will have to postpone these classes to a later period when they return to education in classrooms and laboratories.

Chinese students have shown themselves to be attentive and involved students: they actively ask questions, clarify the nuances. This creates the feeling of a standard conversation in the audience. The only difficulty is the feedback — the scientific spirit is floating in the audience, but on the Internet — everything is more reserved. However, scientific jokes succeed even with this educational format. It is evident that the undergraduates are not just being on quarantine, but want to get knowledge and pass the exam well.”

In general, the educational process has not undergone major changes: students receive theoretical material, work with their supervisors and mentors. But everything is online. At the same time, students have the opportunity to flexibly change the class schedule, redistribute individual educational modules and supplement the educational program with elective courses.

The purpose of the delegation’s visit was to study Russia`s higher education system and to identify universities that will be able to provide training to South African national staff on the challenges facing the country`s economy. The South African representatives were very interested in training specialists in areas where NUST MISIS excels globally, including mining, materials science, ecology, ecotechnologies, theoretical physics, and bioengineering.

“We are pleased to know that NUST MISIS is already cooperating with several South African universities, for example the University of Johannesburg. It would be great to expand the horizons of our partnership to universities from more remote regions. Upon returning to South Africa, we will definitely tell our colleagues from the Ministry about NUST MISIS and our possibilities [working together]”, noted Mrs. September, head of the delegation and representative of the Parliamentary Committee on Higher Education and Training.

Currently, NUST MISIS cooperates with three universities in South Africa: the University of Johannesburg, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and the University of Pretoria in the fields of double-degree and student academic mobility programs.

Students learned features of various materials and technologies, including the CES EduPack 2018 3D printing method, which is particularly beneficial to students in engineering disciplines.

Thanks to the summer school’s new format — experiments in fresh air — the participants became convinced that solar energy is applicable in everyday life. Students could also see how the LEDs connected to solar panels light up or turn off depending on whether the light is hitting the panel.

An approach based on the principles of reverse engineering was used in the “Materials Selection” module. Groups of 2-3 students analyzed the materials and technologies that were used to create some common household products: toothbrushes, banknotes, paper clips, etc. Then, each team had to assess the unique properties of the object and trace its history of changes over the last century.

“I really loved classes at the NUST MISIS summer school. All the lectures were given by experienced professors, and that helped us learn a lot. I will definitely recommend this school to my friends.”, — noted Pan Tsyachen, a foreign student from the University of Science and Technology Beijing.

In addition to technical subjects, students took an intensive Russian as a foreign language course taught by professors from NUST MISIS’s Department of Foreign Languages and Communication Technologies. The cultural component was the course’s main element: students from China learned Russian art, traditions, holidays and cuisine. For example, one of the classes was devoted to the painting of wooden dolls (matryoshkas), which students took home as a souvenir.

The international students also had excursions to learn more about the Russian capital, visiting the Kremlin, Arbat Street, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Izmailovsky Kremlin, Poklonnaya Gora, The Museum of Cosmonautics, and several of the largest parks in Moscow. To top off the students’ Russian experience, they learned how to do Russian folk dances.

“The summer school format provides an opportunity for both NUST MISIS’s potential students and anyone who wants to learn more about the University to listen to lectures and participate in master classes held by leading professors and international scientists. [Our summer schools] are particularly important for the implementation of our strategy to increase awareness about [the university] and [increase our] global positioning”, said Svetlana Podgornaya, head of the summer school, candidate of Technical Sciences, and senior lecturer at the Department of Material Technologies of Electronics.

The “Materials and Technologies” summer school was held on the basis of NUST MISIS College of New Materials and Nanotechnologies.

Additionally, the format of the entrance exam has also been changed: from 2018 onward it will be held in oral form. Applicants will be asked questions about “Introduction to the theory of intercultural communication”. International applicants will have their exams through Skype. A written exam in essay form is no longer a requirement.

The educational program is designed to train specialists in the field of communications and international public relations in science and technologies. During their studies, both international and Russian students will acquire skills in effective international communications, gain experience doing project activities in international teams, do research, and develop communication strategies through organizational and managerial activities.

The implementation of the course implies the possibility that students will master the joint program with the use of resources from both universities. If a student completes the program, he/she will receive diplomas from both universities. The first enrollment will occur in the 2018-2019 academic year.

Cooperation between the NUST MISIS Department of Economics & Production Organization and the AGH Faculty of Management started more than 50 years ago, thanks to Professor Vladimir Romenets and his doctoral student Veslav Vashkilevich, who eventually became the dean of the AGH Faculty of Management. Since then, an exchange of students between the universities as part of a summer industrial internship has taken place annually.

The signing of this agreement for the implementation of joint educational programs in English is an important step in the development of long-term relationships between NUST MISIS and AGH.

The theme of this year’s conference was “Imagine...”. Speakers were invited to deliver speeches on thematic sessions devoted to the internationalization of education. This process can, to a large extent, determine the competitiveness of graduates in the labor market, as well as the competitiveness of universities in the world educational space.

Associate Professor Varvara Danilina, the head of the NUST MISIS English-medium master`s program for Communications and International Public Relations, delivered a lecture on the attraction of international applicants to English-taught master’s programs. The topic sparked interest and gathered more than 100 representatives from some of the world`s leading universities.

“Our program is unique, as it is the only English taught program for communications and public relations in Russia. Master`s degree students from Russia and from around the world study together in an English-speaking environment, develop intercultural communications skills in practice, and work on PR projects in international teams. Our know-how is to involve international students in the educational process as early as possible. Even before official enrollment and arrival at the university, international master`s degree students receive all the necessary learning materials and tasks, and start working in international project teams with those who are already at NUST MISIS. As a result, international students immediately feel part of the university and the program”, said Associate Professor Varvara Danilina.

According to Olga Ushakova, the head of the project for NUST MISIS international master`s degree programs’ development, “Any university that implements English language programs instantly becomes more attractive to international students and lecturers. Additionally, a school’s reputation also plays a significant role. Our university attracts international students due to our established reputation in the academic community. More importantly, the successful implementation of English language programs has led to the fact that international students recommend our programs to other applicants. As a result, the 2016 numbers far exceed last year’s, as NUST MISIS increased the number of applications and set of documents for English taught programs by 400%. The competition for every available student spot is up to 8 people, which is double last year’s amount”.

Thanks to academic mobility programs, the high percentage of international students, and English-taught master`s degree programs, NUST MISIS has successfully increased its competitiveness in the world educational space. The growth of the international students` ratio has become one of key factors allowing NUST MISIS to improve its positions in the QS World University Rankings — 2016, where the university rose 100 positions from its 2015 rank. Focusing on the development of English language studies, the university is planning to implement new short-term programs in addition to existing ones.

ASIIN (Accreditation Agency for Degree Programs in Engineering, Informatics, the Natural Sciences and Mathematics) is one of the most important quality assurance institutions for technical and scientific study programs and this German-based agency accredits and advises institutes of higher education throughout Europe.

The ASIIN quality seal for study programmes provides assurance that subject specific quality standards of the academic discipline and of the profession for which that programme prepares are met at high level. It confirms further that a suitable framework for good teaching and successful learning is provided. The award of the seal is based on learning outcome oriented standards of the involved disciplines and complies with the European Qualifications Framework and the “European Standards and Guidelines”.

— ASIIN web-site

Congratulations to the two of our Master’s programs that currently hold ASIIN accreditation:

• Quantum Physics for Advanced Materials Engineering (page at ASIIN web-site), and
• Multicomponent nanostructured coatings. Nanofilms (page at ASIIN web-site)