Raising Innovators as a Major Task of Leading Universities Dr. Alexander Bedny, Head International Affairs Administration

Global knowledge economy: universities in the center of national competitiveness strategies of leading countries of the world Competitiveness enhancement of Russian HEI – the clear priority of the state policy

The Decree of the President of Russian Federation # 599 of “On measures for implementation of the state educational policy”: “At least 5 Russian universities should be in top-100 of the leading world university rankings by 2020”

Competition: International Rankings No Russian universities in Top-100 (MSU # ) One Russian university in Top-100 (MSU #79) No Russian universities in Top-100 (MSU #120)

Model of Innovative University Education Research Innovation Knowledge Triangle

University Under Threat Education Research Innovation Education Research Innovation Hi-Tech Corporations Research Institutes (Academies of Sciences), Research Laboratories Colleges and High Schools, Corporate Training Programs, MOOCs

Patentees in the U.S. #OrganizationNumber of Patents Granted, IBM Samsung Canon2818 ……… 213.University of Texas125 ……… 240.California institute of Technology 111 ……… Data of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Patentees in the U.S., 2011 Based on the data of Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

License Income and Research Expenditures of US universities in 2011, bln. $ Based on the data of Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)

Tetrahedron – Functional Model of Innovative University Contract research, licensing, spin-outs Student entrepreneurship training and innovation projects, trainers and students from business Lectures, practice in research laboratories, experiments

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