Management of modern educational migration: the experience of Tatarstan
Abstract
The article examines the volumes and main directions of modern educational flows at the regional level using the example of an analysis of students from foreign countries studying at universities in the Republic of Tatarstan. The main supplier countries of educational migrants to the Republic of Tatarstan are identified. The priority areas of study at Kazan Federal University (KFU) and the leading institutes of KFU in terms of the number of foreign students are highlighted. According to the data from 2021–2023, in the context of training areas and based on the geography of students, data on the preparatory faculty of KFU for foreign students was analyzed.
The purpose of the study is to assess the contingent of foreign citizens studying in Kazan in the dynamics of admission in the context of the largest higher educational institutions of the city.
When writing the article, methods of system-structural analysis and comparative analytical methods were used. The work used data from monitoring the international activities of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, data from the preparatory faculty for foreign students of KFU. The employment prospects of graduates in the labor market in the country after graduation, the flexibility of educational programs help to make a choice in favor of certain areas, for example, in KFU, the most popular choice is the medical and biological direction (more than 50 % of all directions).
About the Authors
Ch. I. IldarkhanovaRussian Federation
Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Head of Department
Department medical demography
Kazan
N. M. Biktimirov
Russian Federation
Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of Department
Department service and tourism
Kazan
A. R. Mukhametov
Russian Federation
Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Senior Lecturer,
Dean
Preparatory Faculty for Foreign Students
Kazan
G. N. Ershova
Russian Federation
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher
Kazan
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Review
For citations:
Ildarkhanova Ch.I., Biktimirov N.M., Mukhametov A.R., Ershova G.N. Management of modern educational migration: the experience of Tatarstan. Kazan economic vestnik. 2024;1(2):18-28. (In Russ.)