Best Educational Programs: STATE AND MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT

BARSUKOVA, Anzhelika Vladimirovna

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Awards and achievements of the educational program. This program is nationally accredited and listed in the Best Educational Programs of Innovative Russia. The State University of Humanities and Social Studies is included in the list “The Best Universities of Russia.” The university’s participation in the Federal Internet Exam resulted in three gold certificates, one silver and one bronze certificates in 2016 and in three silver certificates and two bronze certificates in 2017.

Teaching staff. The program is delivered by two Doctors of Sciences, eight Candidates of Sciences and three external specialists from state and municipal institutions. The teaching staff are focused on the practice-oriented education. Among the achievements of the teaching staff are publications at the federal and international levels as well as successful participation in all-Russian contests.

University partners within the educational program. The State University of Humanities and Social Studies has strong cooperative relationships with Lomonosov Moscow State University, the State University of Management, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and the local branch of the Russian Military History Association. The university actively develops international cooperation with universities from Hungary, Poland, Belarus, and China.

Students’ and alumni’s achievements. Many times students got the Award of the Gover­nor of the Moscow Region, among them E. Sukhoruchenkova in 2014 and M. Skotnikov in 2015 and 2016. In 2015, E. Sukhoruchenkova got the Grand Prix of the Student of the Year contest of the Moscow Region. In 2016, M. Skotnikov became a prize-winner of the Eventiada Awards, he was invited for internship in the Government of Moscow. The university’s alumni are employed by the Ministry of Defense and the Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Moscow Region, the Federal Treasury Department of the Moscow Region, municipal and local authorities.

Facilities and resources. The university has sufficient resources both for the educational process and leisure activities of students (two dormitories, two sportsgrounds, academic buildings, four sports halls, a media hall, a medical station). The faculty has specialized e-libraries and classrooms.

Opportunities for students. Executives-to-be visit the State Duma and the Federation Council (the lower and upper houses of the Russian parliament), the Moscow Region Duma and meet lawmakers. Students do internships in the Department of the Federal Tax Service, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, the Government of the Moscow Region, departments of social protection of the population and municipal authorities.

As for academic mobility students can take a semester course study in IstvánSzéchenyi University (Hungary) and Harbin Normal University (China).

Employment prospects. Public sector employee, personnel manager.