Trends and clusters of Russian regions by level of engineering education
Abstract
This study reveals trends in engineering training in Russia and identifies clusters of regions taking into account the formed dynamics and peculiarities of engineering education. Engineering specialty profiles are one of the key demanded areas of the natural science sector of education, which is emphasized in a number of strategic documents of the country's development (National Project “Personnel”, State Pro-gram of Scientific and Technological Development, etc.). The study is based on the statistical data of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on more than 650 universities. The methods of descriptive statistics, dynamic and structural analysis were applied. The analysis of the dynamics of engineering student contingent and universities with engineering profile has revealed the following trends: uneven distribution of engineering training by federal districts; leading regions (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tatarstan, etc.) provide a significant share of training, while a number of regions show a decrease in growth rates and insignificant contribution to the all-Russian indicator. As a result of the study, the regions are clustered by growth rates and contribution to engineering training into 8 groups, which allows classifying regions according to different trajectories of engineering education development. The leading regions include: Moscow, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Samara, Novosibirsk Oblasts, Republic of Tatarstan, etc., and the lagging regions include Sakhalin Oblast, Yamalo-Nenets and Nenets Autonomous Okrug, etc. The detailed analysis of the regions allowed us to identify the most advanced regions of engineering education development. The detailed analysis of regions allowed identifying the leading engineering universities by regions (MEPhI, TPU, SamSTU, KAI, etc.). The results obtained are of practical value for the development of regional strategies and prioritization of state support of the natural science sector of education and science.
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Supporting agencies: this paper is performed as part of the grant of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, provided to young candidates of sciences (postdoctoral fellows) for the purpose of defending their doctoral dissertation, conducting research, as well as performing their work duties in scientific and educational organizations of the Republic of Tatarstan within the framework of the State Program of the Republic of Tatarstan "Scientific and Technological Development of the Republic of Tatarstan" (Agreement No. 10/2024-PD, 16.12.2024).
About the Author
A. A. Gataullina
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aliya A. Gataullina – Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Sector for Cooperation with Rating Agencies of the Center for Advanced Development, Associate Professor of the Department of Project Management and Business Evaluation at the Institute of Management, Economics and Finance
Kazan
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Gataullina A.A. Trends and clusters of Russian regions by level of engineering education. Vestnik of Samara State University of Economics. 2025;(7):47-58. (In Russ.)
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