USPTU International Cooperation
1. International Aspects of Educational and Research Activities
International cooperation is an integral part of the activity of USPTU. The main objective of the international activities is the generation of strategic and tactical solutions to enhance the University’s international prestige on the basis of the unity of educational, scientific and innovative activities in all divisions, the promotion of the University on the international market of educational services, scientific research and development.
Ufa State Petroleum Technological University supports steady connections with many scientific and educational centers throughout the world; it is a member of the International Association of Universities; it has cooperation agreements with foreign universities, companies and enterprises in the countries of Europe, Asia, CIS; it makes strenuous efforts to create a modern training system for foreign citizens and strengthen its position on the international market of educational services.
USPTU has been training international students for more than 30 years already. During this time, more than 1,000 foreign graduates have received the University’s diplomas, defended their PhD theses and have been suceesfuly employed in various fields of the oil and gas industry.
Currently, the University has 1258 international students from 52 countries. The share of international students studying at USPTU is 7.4%. This makes USPTU ranking among the top 30 universities of Russia.
The University’s international activity is developing in different directions: one of the leading areas is the provision of educational services to international students including the pre-university course, Bachelor’s, Master’s, postgraduate and doctoral programmes.
Another dynamically developing direction is academic mobility of students and teachers. In the frames of the academic mobility programmes, USPTU accepts international students for short-term internships, semester training, included training, as well as the 2+3 training program, as a result of which the double diplomas of USPTU and a foreign partner university (Kazakhstan, China, France, Austria, Germany) are issued. USPTU also sends students to its foreign partner universities (Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Kazakhstan) for semester training, internships and practices within the academic mobility programmes.
Academic mobility of the teaching staff is being implemented on the basis of the “Invited Professors” programme according to which overseas professors are invited to USPTU to give lectures to students. The teachers of USPTU also visit foreign partner universities for lecturing.
Another very important direction of USPTU international activities is the employment of foreign professionals by the University:
the employment of foreign citizens - USPTU graduates within the programme of highly qualified personnel training (postgraduate training);
as the implementation of social support measures – in response to the modern geopolitical situation challenges, 4 compatriots – the citizens of Ukraine and former residents of the Donetsk region were employed).
At present, the University has 7 such staff members.
International cooperation in the field of science and technology is developing in two major directions - rendering of research and engineering services on request of overseas oil and gas companies (Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Iran) and joint research with foreign partner universities (Austria, China, Kazakhstan, Belarus) within the international grant programs of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Russian Federation (Federal Target Program “Research and Development”) and the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (RFFR).
2. International Activities in the Area of Additional Professional Education
An important direction of the activities of Ufa State Petroleuml Technological University is the development of international cooperation in the field of additional professional education of specialists in the oil and gas industry.
The main structural division of the University, engaged in advanced training and professional retraining of specialists, is the Institute of Additional Professional Education of USPTU (IAPE), founded more than 20 years ago.
Today the Institute is the biggest educational institution of additional professional education in the Republic of Bashkortostan and one of the leading ones in the Russian Federation.
Around 600 specialists and students from countries near and far abroad (Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Serbia, Cuba, Iraq and other countries) annually improve their skills and undergo professional retraining at the Institute. The Institute has developed and offers over 300 advanced training programs and over 70 professional retraining programs for all areas of professional activity of specialists in the fuel and energy complex.
USPTU has the following directions of cooperation in the field of retraining and advanced training of specialists and students from countries near and far abroad:
· Training in accordance with the existing “basic” programs of advanced training
· Development and implementation of new custom programs of advanced training
· Training in accordance with professional retraining programs for performance of a new type of professional activity or obtaining a new qualification.
· Conduction of short-term seminars.
For the implementation of the activities mentioned above, IAPE has created a flexible organizational and pedagogical environment, increasing the availability of training and allowing the implementation of additional professional educational services in accordance with specific customer requirements. This includes the following:
1. Wide range of forms of education (on-the-job, off-the-job (full time or part-time)).
2. Possibility to conduct training either at the premises of USPTU in Ufa, or in the territory of the customer with the teachers going there.
3. Network forms of implementation of additional professional programs including those provided for training foreign specialists and students jointly with foreign universities (in particular, this is a form widely used by the Institute for professional retraining of specialists and students from the Republic of Kazakhstan).
4. Distance education technologies based on electronic educational-methodical complexes, distance learning system and on-line seminars (webinars).
The necessary quality of the educational services provided is ensured by the use of modern information technologies, highly qualified teaching staff (over 70% of them are DScs and PhDs), as well as the quality management system operating at the Institute with the International Certificates (IQNet и Cro Cert) received.
The actual tasks and directions for the development of international activities of USPTU in the field of retraining and advanced training of foreign specialists and students are as follows:
1. To ensure the international recognition of USPTU certificates of advanced training and professional retraining of foreign specialists and students.
2. To provide more information on the opportunities for additional professional education at USPTU at international conferences, expos and in the media.
3. To expand the use of network forms of implementation of additional professional programs including those provided for training foreign specialists and students jointly with foreign universities.
4. Introduction of distance education technologies at the international level (on the basis of electronic educational-methodical complexes, distance learning system and on-line seminars).
3. Community and Cultural Activities
There are students from more than 50 countries studying at USPTU and all of them represent their own culture, traditions and customs. For the purpose of social adaptation of international students, introduction of students to the values of traditional ethnic cultures, principles of tolerance and humanity, USPTU annually organises cultural and sports events with the participation of international students, such as “Days of National Cultures”, “Party with International Families of USPTU” , the Nowruz International Arts Festival , “International Africa Day”, Futsal World Cup among international students and many others.
USPTU is an active member of the Association of Foreign Students in Russia. Our international students honourably represent their university and country at the sessions of the Association of Foreign Students and take winning prizes. A session of the Association of Foreign Students in Russia is planned to be hosted by USPTU.
Cultural and sports events held by the International Department
Date of the event / Name of the event / Foreign co-organisers / Brief description of the event(goals, objectives, results) / Participants
(including organisers and audience) / Number of participants
March / Nowruz International Arts Festival / Consulate General of the Republic of Tajikistan in Ufa, Embassy of the Republic of Angola,
Expat communities of the Republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and others. / This cultural envent is aimed at social adaptation of international students, introduction of students to the values of traditional ethnic cultures. International students take part in this event. Each country is unique in its own way and distinguished by its original national vibrancy. The event traditionally includes the most delicious ethnic foods served, lively dances and harmonious songs. / All USPTU students from 50 countries / 1700
June / International Africa Day / Embassy of the Republic of Angola, Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea / Increasing the level of social adaptation of USPTU international students, introduction of students to the values of traditional ethnic cultures, principles of humanity and tolerance. African students take part in this event. It includes a variety of dances, tradional national games, and a national costume show. / Angola, Algeria, Sudan, Chad, Nigeria, Congo, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea, Benin / 1300
May / World Football Cup among USPTU international students / Consulate General of the Republic of Tajikistan in Ufa, Expat community of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Expat community of the Republic of Turkmenistan, Embassy of the Republic of Angola, Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea / Strengthening of USPTU international students’ motivation by shaping and spreading the ideas of togetherness, peoples’ friendship, inter-ethnic concord; cultivation of a sense of patriotism and adoption of a healthy life style. / Students from 50 countries / 1000
Throughout the year / Days of national cultures / Diplomatic missions of the participating countries / The events are associated with Independence Days of the countries. Students are offered an opportunity to hold a concert program with a photo exhibition
4. Reference Materials
4.1. The Number of International Students in the 2017-2018 Academic Year
The number of international students dynamically increases each year. Thus, in the 2016-2017 academic year there were 1182 international students studying at USPTU. In the current 2017-2018 academic year, the number of international students has reached 1258 people.
№ / Countries / Near abroad/other / 2017-2018academic year
1 / Abkhazia / Near abroad / 1
2 / Azerbaijan / Near abroad / 12
3 / Algeria / Other / 1
4 / Angola / Other / 62
5 / Armenia / Near abroad / 2
6 / Afganistan / Other / 3
7 / Belarus / Near abroad / 3
8 / Benin / Other / 1
9 / Brazil / Other / 1
10 / Burundi / Other / 2
11 / Cambodia / Other / 1
12 / Cameroon / Other / 1
13 / Chad / Other / 1
14 / China / Other / 91
15 / Colombia / Other / 2
16 / Congo / Other / 6
17 / Côte d'Ivoire / Other / 12
18 / Cuba / Other / 50
19 / Ecuador / Other
20 / Egypt / Other / 7
21 / Equatorial Guinea / Other / 1
22 / Ghana / Other / 4
23 / Greece / Other / 1
24 / India / Other / 3
26 / Iraq / Other / 49
28 / Kazakhstan / Near abroad / 551
29 / Kenya / Other / 1
30 / Кyrgyzstan / Near abroad / 18
31 / Malaysia / Other / 1
32 / Moldova / Near abroad / 3
33 / Mozambique / Other / 5
34 / Nigeria / Other / 10
35 / Palestine / Other / 1
36 / Sierra Leone / Other / 4
37 / Somalia / Other / 3
38 / South Africa / Other / 1
39 / Switzerland / Other / 1
40 / Syria / Other / 5
41 / Tajikistan / Near abroad / 136
42 / Tanzania / Other / 2
43 / Turkey / Other / 2
44 / Turkmenistan / Near abroad / 9
45 / Uganda / Other / 1
46 / Ukraine / Near abroad / 5
47 / Uzbekistan / Near abroad / 67
48 / Venezuela / Other / 5
49 / Vietnam / Other / 68
50 / Yemen / Other / 37
51 / Zambia / Other / 2
52 / Zimbabwe / Other / 1
Total / 1258
4.2. Ufa State Petroleum Technological University (USPTU)
International Student Statistics
4.2.1. Dynamics of change in the total number of USPTU international students from 2008 till 2017
Year / 2008/2009 / 2009/2010 / 2010/2011 / 2011/2012 / 2012/2013 / 2013/2014 / 2014/2015 / 2015/2016 / 2016/2017 / 2017/2018Number of students / 288 / 302 / 374 / 502 / 620 / 746 / 842 / 1013 / 1182 / 1258
4.2.2. Change in the total number of students studying at the USPTU pre-university course from 2008 till 2017
Year / 2008/2009 / 2009/2010 / 2010/2011 / 2011/2012 / 2012/2013 / 2013/2014 / 2014/2015 / 2015/2016 / 2016/2017 / 2017/2018Number of students / 48 / 21 / 27 / 43 / 44 / 68 / 61 / 102 / 127 / 102
4.2.3. Information on the number of international students - USPTU (UPI) graduates from 1990 till 2017
Graduated in / Number / Graduated in / Number1990 / 39 / 2004 / 37
1991 / 38 / 2005 / 45
1992 / 18 / 2006 / 42
1993 / 16 / 2007 / 56
1994 / 6 / 2008 / 70
1995 / 22 / 2009 / 32
1996 / 18 / 2010 / 40
1997 / 56 / 2011 / 42
1998 / 6 / 2012 / 43
1999 / 31 / 2013 / 53
2000 / 12 / 2014 / 84
2001 / 21 / 2015 / 199
2002 / 16 / 2016 / 177
2003 / 15 / 2017 / 198
Total: 1432
4.2.4. Information on the nationalities of international students – USPTU (UPI) graduates from 1990 till 2017
Country / Number of students / Country / Number of studentsKazakhstan / 394 / Afganistan / 2
Cuba / 109 / Bangladesh / 3
Vietnam / 141 / Cameroon / 2
China / 140 / Côte d'Ivoire / 3
Yemen / 85 / Lebanon / 2
Iraq / 54 / Peru / 2
Turkmenistan / 56 / Sierra Leone / 1
Nigeria / 47 / Latvia / 3
India / 27 / Oman / 2
Angola / 51 / Gabon / 2
Uzbekistan / 44 / Germany / 1
Pakistan / 15 / Georgia / 1
Syria / 23 / Cambodia / 3
Chad / 17 / Kenya / 2
Mongolia / 10 / Colombia / 5
Ecuador / 9 / Lithuania / 1
Equatorial Guinea / 17 / Mauritania / 1
Bulgaria / 7 / Morocco / 1
Indonesia / 11 / Mozambique / 1
Kyrgyzstan / 14 / Moldova / 3
Guinea-Bissau / 5 / Namibia / 1
Jordan / 6 / Palestine / 3
Somalia / 9 / Saudi Arabia / 1
Belarus / 5 / Senegal / 1
Tajikistan / 32 / Ukraine / 6
Libya / 4 / Azerbaijan / 8
Turkey / 3 / Ghana / 11
Venezuela / 3 / Sudan / 1
Congo / 6 / Bolivia / 1
Abkhazia / 2 / Mali / 2
Tanzania / 2 / Uganda / 1
Armenia / 4 / Benin / 3
4.2.5. 79 foreign citizens from 13 countries completed their PhD and doctoral studies; 74 people successfully defended their PhD theses and 2 people – their doctoral theses.