Key Directions of International Cooperation at St. Petersburg State University

This study is dedicated to the examination of more than a decade of international cooperation at St. Petersburg State University. Aim. This study aims to systematize the experience and identify key directions of cooperation between SPbSU and other universities across the world. Tasks. This study conducts a factor analysis with the view of identifying the most significant factors that affect university rankings, and a cluster analysis for the distribution of the world’s universities, aiming to determine the relations of international cooperation. Methods. Factor analysis and cluster analysis conducted using the iterative method of kmeans. Results. The conducted research examines the role and place of international cooperation in the system of interacademic relations. The emphasis is placed on the importance of such relations as a tool for promoting Russia on the global scale, which leads to the development of the opportunities of Russian students and academic workers for cooperation, initiative, realization of creative potential, socialization and personal development. The cooperation between Russia and the world’s leading countries at the level of universities is maintained in almost every possible field of knowledge. High cost-effectiveness of research projects and the opportunity to put competitive research into practice are the characteristic features of such development. Additionally, the main results of the scientific relations between St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU) and other universities across the world achieved over the past decade are determined, and the nature of the formation of a coherent image of the professional activity of SPbSU and other universities is examined. It is stressed that the relations between SPbSU and other universities across the world are maintained in accordance with a new professional paradigm. Conclusion. Key directions of cooperation between SPbSU and other universities across the world with the view of enhancing competitiveness and improving rating are identified using factor and cluster analysis.

международное межакадемическое сотрудничество, межвузовское сотрудничество, научные связи, кластерный анализ, факторный анализ, прикладная программа анализа данных SPSS, научно-педагогические работники, профессорско-преподавательский состав, Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет, international interacademic cooperation, interuniversity cooperation, scientific relations, cluster analysis, factor analysis, application program of the analysis of data (SPSS), academic workers, teaching staff, St. Petersburg State University

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