The new academic year will be fruitful and exciting

In 2022, 35 students successfully passed the competitive selection were enrolled at the programme. The background of students is the most diverse - they are graduates of HSE University, MGIMO, MSU, MIREA, SUSU, UrFU, Financial University, Northeastern University of Boston (USA); specialists in advertising and PR, international relations, managers, software engineers, economists, ecologists, political scientists, physicists, chemists, marketers, psychologists. The geography of first-year students covers both Russian cities (Moscow, Khanty-Mansiysk, Chelyabinsk, Penza, Yekaterinburg) and foreign countries (China, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan). Many of them already have work experience in government agencies (Administration of the President of the Russian Federation), large companies (SberTech, Raiffeisen Bank, Rosatom, Kaspersky Lab JSC), private and public universities (Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, SUSU), research (Research Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University) and foreign organizations (Massachusetts General Hospital, PepsiCo), as well as their own startups.

Statistics of accepted students

According to the applicants, the most important advantages of the programme that influenced their choice include:

• Mastering of the fundamental base for obtaining of necessary competencies in the field of innovative development management.
• Practical application of knowledge in the field of S&T projects management that is promising for the government and companies.
• Opportunity to become a highly qualified specialist leading perspective and socially significant S&T projects in science cities, research foundations and the government.
• Gaining a theoretical knowledge and experience that will allow to become a leading manager in advanced research, innovation, know-how.
• Getting a chance to become a professional in the field of management and entrepreneurship under the guidance of well-known researchers and businessmen.
• Teaching staff professionalism, which unites Russian and foreign well-known researchers, businessmen and practitioners.
• Significant expansion of career prospects in the field of innovative project management using international standards.
• Mastering the programme will allow to work in technology companies that create and implement innovations.
• A deep understanding of interdisciplinary factors for technology implementation in political system on the one hand, and management of technology development on the other.
• Gaining knowledge in the field of project management and development in general.
• A balanced combination of practice-oriented and scientific-analytical base in such important disciplines as innovation, innovative marketing, intellectual property management.
• Knowledge comprehensiveness and harmonious complementarity such disciplines as management, economics, creative management, entrepreneurship, human resources and others.
• In–depth study of strategic forecasting and critical thinking development are skills necessary for a specialist in the field of research and technology management.
• Study of sustainable cooperation mechanisms between two closely interrelated sectors - business and government.
• Skills development for educational programmes designing in management and politics under the digital age, as well as innovation for developing economies.
• Participation in projects and practice-oriented cases for academic growth and personal development.
• The opportunity to participate in programmes of student mobility and double diplomas with foreign universities.
• Improving communication skills as a part of an international environment.

 

Lev Kasapov, ISSEK’s intern researcher interviewed second-year students

The second-year students remembered their expectations and mood they started classes in the new academic year.

Students were glad to return to the university life, to see their classmates and teachers again. They students are full of enthusiasm and energy, and are confident that the year will be fruitful and exciting, they are ready to achieve high results. Some have already decided on a topic for a master's thesis.

“The first months of the new school year were exciting”; “One discipline that I really like has begun. First of all, I am pleased to participate in discussions on interesting and relevant topics,” - the student replied, “The courses promise to be very useful, especially the Mentor Seminar. I like this course because it discusses many different aspects related to management and management of science. The course on intellectual property management will also be very informative and interesting.”

As for the mood, the students mostly stressed that they come to classes in a good mood, looking forward to participating in academic discussions and acquiring new knowledge.

We wish our students a productive year and success in their academic and scientific activities.