INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF UNIVERSITIES-PARTICIPANTS
OF WORLD-CLASS SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL CENTERS 

Galina V. Surovitskaya, Doctor of economical sciences, associate professor, head of quality management department, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia); professor, Penza Cossack Institute of Technology (branch) of the K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technology and Management (First Cossack University) (11a Gagarin street, Penza, Russia), gvs_kachestvo@inbox.ru

Background. At the present stage, the transition to a new system of higher education in the Russian Federation is being prepared. To ensure the effectiveness of educational activities in these conditions, it is necessary to use mechanisms based on institutions for the development of innovative activities. The latter include world-class scientific and educational centers, the potential of which in terms of improving the effectiveness of educational activities of participating universities has not been fully studied. Materials and methods. To characterize the competitiveness of the regions-initiators of world-class scientific and educational centers, some indicators of the innovative development rating of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, formed by the National Research University Higher School of Economics, were used; to characterize the competitiveness of the participating universities – data from the Education rating of the National University Ranking formed by the Interfax News Agency, data from monitoring the effectiveness of universities and data from an independent assessment of the quality of conditions for the implementation of educational activities, which is carried out by the relevant Public Council under the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. Together with a comparative analysis of the competitiveness of the regions-initiators and universities-participants of world-class scientific and educational centers, the content of university development programs is analyzed. The research was conducted in the context of the world-class scientific and educational center "Engineering of the Future". Results. During the stratification of the regions-initiators of the creation of this scientific and educational center based on the results of 2021 and 2022, regions with a relatively high level of innovative development and a high level of development of the participating universities located on their territory were identified. The development programs of a number of universities reflect strategic projects aimed at improving the efficiency of educational activities by increasing the level of digital transformation. Conclusions. World-class scientific and educational centers created within the framework of the national project "Science and Universities" have good potential to ensure the efficiency of educational activities of the participating universities in terms of educational programs corresponding to the areas of scientific projects of the centers. For the participating universities, the implementation of updated development programs from the standpoint of including in the strategic projects of universities measures to transform educational activities in the new conditions may be effective.

universities, educational activities, efficiency, scientific and educational center, region

Surovitskaya G.V. Increasing the efficiency of educational activities of universities- participants of world-class scientific and educational centers. Modeli, sistemy, seti v ekonomike, tekhnike, prirode i obshchestve = Models, systems, networks in economics, technology, nature and society. 2025;(1):20–31. (In Russ.). doi: 10.21685/2227-8486-2025-1-2