12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 1 Issues of Bologna process realization in PetrSU : opportunities and problems

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 2 Petrozavodsk State University  Found in 1940  16 Faculties, 82 chairs  More than 3600 staff  Around undergraduate and PhD students

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 3 Faculty of political and social sciences  Opened in 2001  546 undergraduate students  Staff – 55 (lecturers, professors)

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 4 Structure of the Faculty Faculty Chair of international relations Chair of Political Science Chair of sociology Chair of social work International Centre for Political and Social Research Laboratory for sociological research

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 5 International cooperation Finland USA Italy Portugal France Sweden Lithuania

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 6 Training of Faculty’s stuff  PhD programmes: -“Theory of politics, history and methodology of political science” -“Political problems of international relations and global development  Postdoctoral research

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 7 Research priorities and research fields  Republic of Karelia within the system of regional and international relations: dynamics, resources and perspectives  Civil society in Karelia and Russia: institutions, structure and process of development  Civil society and social work in border regions of Russia: practice, education and cooperation

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 8 The most significant projects “Improving political science teaching” (University of Umea) “Health and wellbeing in transit societies” (STAKES, University of Porto) “Understanding European governance in the regions of North-West Russia” (EU Spb, UNIGE, AI, Pomor Uni) “Finnish-Russian Crossborder University” (University of Tampere)

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 9 The most significant projects Development of Nordic studies in PetrSU (Lapland University) “Promoting European governance in the regions of North-West Russia” (EU Spb, AI, UNIGE, Pomor Uni) “Regional network of social sciences” (European University in Saint-Petersburg, University of Michigan)

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 10 International schools  “Geopolitics”  2005 – “Eurasia”  2006 – “Nordic countries and model of Nordic cooperation”  2007 – “Regional security in the European North”  2008 – “Security in international relations”  2009 – “Environmental politics”

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 11 Master programmes  “Dynamics of EU-Russia relations ”, , MA programme within “Finnish-Russian Crossborder University” (jointly with Saint-Petersburg State University and the University of Tampere,);  “European and Russian studies”, , MA programme within “Finnish-Russian Crossborder University” (jointly with Saint-Petersburg State University and the University of Tampere,);  MA programme “International relations in the European North in XX-XXI century”, documents on the contents of the programme are expected to be submitted for consideration to MGIMO in May 2009.

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 12 University Strategy for development of international cooperation in education and science World standards orientation with a glance at world labor market requirements Preservation of the best practices and achievements of the Russian school Introduction of international quality standards Collaboration and interaction of national educational systems Elaboration of compatible evaluation criteria and methods Joint Master programmes Summer schools Programmes of student mobility

12/23/2015 Prof. Maksimova V. Petrozavodsk State University 13 Basic European documents focusing on integration of educational systems  Sorbonne declaration – 1998  Bologna declaration – 1999  Prague communique – 2001  Berlin communique – 2003  Federal law N232 “On changes in legislative acts of the Russian Federation (in relation to establishment of levels of higher education)”- 2007