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Vol. 7 No. 5 (2020)
Space and Culture, India

Themed Issue

From the Economic Union to the Harmonisation of Higher Education in the BRICS Countries: The Experience of RUDN University

https://doi.org/10.20896/saci.v7i5.671

Published 2020-05-08

  • Ekaterina V. Zvereva
    • ,
  • Nataliya M. Belenkova
    • ,
  • Irina I. Kruse

Ekaterina V. Zvereva
Associate Professor, RUDN University - Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Nataliya M. Belenkova
Associate Professor, RUDN University - Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Irina I. Kruse
Associate Professor, RUDN University - Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Special Issue

Abstract

Since 2009 when Brazil, Russia, India, and China (South Africa since 2011) joined in the international organisation aimed at the economic development of the countries, and gain financial stability, the relations between the countries too boosted via political and cultural cooperation. The new economic, political and social environment has a high demand for competent specialists ready to work in various national agendas and interrelated frameworks of the BRICS. In this context, it is argued that professional training in the countries under discussion should be correlated as it provides grounds for quality assurance in education that contributes to the nations’ sustainable development, safety, and human rights provision. This situation determines the topicality of the issue. The objective of this research is to study the higher educational environment in the BRICS countries and to compare some aspects of professional training. In doing so, the study aims to present the experience of RUDN University as one of the BRICS university network members. The hypothesis states that the harmonisation of higher education systems within regional organisations can contribute to the enhancement of both international standards and individual learning paths, thus fostering youth rights for education in line with quality standards and individual preferences. To accomplish the objectives of the study, it uses the following methods - the review of the current research, formal document and online resources on higher education in the BRICS countries; the survey of the undergraduates, graduates, and postgraduates on their motivation to academic mobility, and collaboration in the frameworks of BRICS higher education. The data has been analysed employing the methods of statistical processing, qualitative and quantitative methods. The findings of the current research include the outcomes and findings on the harmonisation of higher education in the frameworks of BRICS higher education. The study will contribute to further development of BRICS countries education and the harmonisation of higher education.

 

Keywords

BRICS, higher education institutions, harmonization of higher education, correlation of the curricula, collaboration in higher education, academic mobility

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