Features of the territorial development of higher education: the example of Japan and Russia

Abstract

A special place in the education system is occupied by higher professional education, on the quality and accessibility of which the social, research, and cultural environment of society depends. Each country has its own peculiarities of the formation of the educational process, the level, accessibility, development of science, contribution to scientific research, the role of the state, etc. Within the framework of this article, the features of the territorial development of science and education in Russia and Japan are considered. The choice of these countries as research objects is associated with the presence of the largest number of universities that are included in the Global Aggregated Ranking 2022, which combines 12 world rankings. To analyze the features of the territorial development of science and education in the two countries, such indicators as types of educational institutions, levels of education, educational programs, student enrollment dynamics, gross graduation rate of first degree programs are considered the main indicators in the field of science and education (the share in the global number of publications in scientific publications indexed in Scopus; the number of publications in scientific publications indexed in Scopus; the number of patent applications for inventions, etc.). The following features are highlighted: in Russia, the largest share is occupied by public higher education institutions, in Japan – private higher education institutions. The levels of education in the two countries are the same and are divided into bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs. Among the main indicators in the field of science and education, Japan occupies a leading position in comparison with Russia.