MOSCOW, 1 April — RIA Novosti. The universities-participants of the Project 5-100 are developing various models of the educational system, which allows a modern student to change his educational trajectory several times during training in the high school. It was announced by the rector of MEPhI Mikhail Strikhanov, speaking at the round table “University-enterprise: problems and prospects for cooperation in personnel training”, which was held in the Public chamber of the Russian Federation.

“The Soviet model of education was like a pipe: the student dived there, then at the stage of diploma surfaced, looked around and was amazed that he got this or that profession”, he said, stressing that now the student has the opportunity to manoeuvre. “If he intends to work after completing Bachelor's programme, he graduates applied baccalaureate; if his ambitions extend to master or postgraduate study, he deliberately goes there”, explained the rector.

Addressing the issue of graduates employment, Mikhail Strikhanov said that the University actively cooperates with employers. “Our main personnel customer is Rosatom – the diversified State Corporation which includes many holding companies”, he said, adding that this gives the University cooperation with more than 200 enterprises. In addition, the University cooperates with Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, Russian Federal Bio-medical Agency, Russian Academy of Sciences.

“MEPhI is highly focused, but not monodirectional University: we have good electronics, and everything that is connected with solid state physics, spintronics and plasmonics of tomorrow”, he said, calling it “capacious engineering and physical combination”.

Mikhail Strikhanov also spoke about tasks that the leadership of “Rosatom” has recently given to the University. The first task, he said, is to prepare technical and technological experts, both Russian and foreign. “Rosatom” develops globally, having interests in more than 70 countries”, he explained.

Another task is not traditional for the University: to prepare professionals who can successfully sell the products the main employer abroad (nuclear power plants, desalination units, various materials obtained through electronic and beam technologies, etc.).

RIA Novosti: http://ria.ru/abitura_rector/20160401/1400892724.html#ixzz44fv6chFs (in Russian)