THE UNIVERSITY QUESTIONNAIRE. University Ranking - CIS countries, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia International Information Services Group "Interfax" currently works on the formation of university ranking of the CIS, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Some information about universities is taken from public sources; however the ranking developer is interested in getting the reliable information on the activities of the university from university administrations. We kindly ask the university administrations to fill in the form and send it to the ranking developers. Indicators marked with "*" are required to calculate the basic ranking criteria1 (applied during calculation - see "Method of compilation ..."). All other parameters are informational and serve for the exhaustive university activities description. № 1 2 3 4 5* 5-a 6* 1 Data for the 2012/2013 academic year Indicator name Comments I – General information The full name of the university in The name of the university used in Russian. official documents The full name of the university in English Historically justified accepted date The university foundation year of the university foundation Name of the rector, the year of entry Rector (acting as rector) (full name) into the position, scientific degree and title II - Educational activities The number of research and teaching staff at the university, employed fulltime. Including: Invited specialists - foreign citizens The number of foreign research and employed at the university for at teaching staff at the university least one semester The total number of research and The number of research and teaching teaching staff with a PhD, doctorate staff with a degree degree Indicator2 Criteria - essential, distinguishing feature, which is made on the basis of assessment, identification or classification of something. 2 Indicator - means of transmitting information about entity or phenomenon, general characteristic by which you can judge the quality, condition or development of any objects or processes. Data for the 2012/2013 academic year Indicator name Comments № 6-a 6-b 6-c 7* 7-a 7-b 8 8-a Including: candidates of science, number of people doctorates, person PhD, person The number of full-time students at the university (at all levels of education - undergraduate, graduate, specialty), doctorates, number of people Including: Number of full-time students, number of people The number of postgraduates and doctorates, number of people The number of university graduates in 2012/2013, number of people Including: The number of Master's Degree Students 8-b The number of Phd and doctorants 8-c The number of Phd and doctorants who defended a thesis within a year after graduation, number of people 9 The number of university educational programs for all levels of education Including: The total number of full-time students, graduates and doctorates The total number of enrolled students of the university at the following levels of training: Bachelor, Master, specialist The total number The total number of graduates at all levels of education The total number of Master's Degree Students The total number of graduates of higher qualification (postgraduate and doctoral students) The total number of graduates of higher qualification (postgraduate and doctoral students) who defended a thesis within a year after graduation The total number of educational programs implemented by the university Indicator2 № 9-a 10 Data for the 2012/2013 academic year Indicator name Comments The total number of running The number of university educational educational programs applied at the programs to be accredited in the university during the reporting internationally recognized agencies, period and accredited in units. international agencies3 The indicator gives an idea of the The number of educational programs developed in accordance with Tuning university involvement in the united European educational system Project4 Indicator2 III – Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Portfolio of foreign university patents, The number of foreign patents 11 units currently supported by the university Portfolio of national university The number of national patents 12 patents, units currently supported by the university The number of companies having The number of spin-off companies started operations in the 13 established by university entrepreneurial innovation belt around the university Revenues from the commercialization The revenue of the university from of university development (licenses commercialization and 14 sold, business orders), in national entrepreneurship in 2012 in national currency currency IV – International Activity The number of foreign citizens The number of foreign students at the 15* studying at the university at all university, number of people levels of education Including: The number of students at the The number of citizens of CIS university - the citizens of the CIS countries, Georgia, Lithuania, 16-a* countries, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Latvia, Estonia studying at the Estonia, number of people university at all levels of education The number of students at the The number of citizens of far abroad 16-b* university - the citizens of far abroad countries studying at the university countries, number of people at all levels of education 3 In accordance with the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Education ENQA, as well as the European Qualifications Framework and the best Russian and foreign educational practices. 4 Tuning Project (Tuning of Educational Structures in Europe) - European university project intended to offer a comprehensive approach to the implementation of the Bologna process at the level of universitis and subject areas. The project proposes a methodology for the design, implementation and evaluation of educational programs for each of the levels. Data for the 2012/2013 academic year Indicator name Comments The number of 2012/2013 university The number of university graduates graduates, who received a second who received more than one diploma document on education in a foreign (or other document of university 17-c* university - university partner for the completion), in accordance with implementation of joint educational agreements with foreign partner programs, number of people universities. № 18 V – Other Indicators The university budget 2012, national The consolidated university budget currency 2012, national currency Indicator2