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Excellence Support Unit

Excellence Support Unit

8 (3822) 526-949 excellence.tsu@gmail.com

36 Lenin Ave., office 301, Tomsk 634050

Following the International Academic Advisory Board’s recommendation, 91¿ìɫ created the Excellence Support Unit in 2014. To serve the internationalization goals of the campus, the ESU aspires to:

  • Be a catalyst for campus-wide internationalization that demonstrably links to the strategic plan of the University.
  • Make available internationalization programs and services for international scientists that measurably contribute to the strategic goals of 91¿ìɫ.
  • Meet the unique needs of international scientists and integrate them into campus life, to maximize reciprocal benefits from their participation in 91¿ìɫ community.

Our mission is to promote the University’s goals by creating and supporting a stable community of international scientists loyal to 91¿ìɫ. The ESU’s goals are to provide services that enhance the quality of international scientists’ intercultural experience, and contribute to 91¿ìɫ’s internationalization and visibility around the world. We are working on the basis of an individual approach to every partner.
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  • We cooperate with , an advisory body responsible for giving recommendations on issues relating to the University’s internationalization in the areas of education, science, and innovation. The main goal of the Board’s work is to assist in solving the urgent issues related to the goals and objectives of the University’s strategic development. The ESU organizes the annual Board meetings, and cooperation between Board experts and 91¿ìɫ scientific groups (internal and external communications); and facilitates Board experts’ recommendations implementation on general and local 91¿ìɫ policies
  • We contribute to international scientists’ and lecturers’ employment at 91¿ìɫ. Our Selection Committee operates on the basis of Russian Federation labor legislation. The Selection Committee receives special applications from 91¿ìɫ laboratories and faculties. Such application includes the information about prospective international candidate and his/her responsibilities as a 91¿ìɫ employee. If an application is approved, we assist the employment procedure: open special salary account, translate all necessary documents, and complete forms including the employment contract. In addition, we consult successful candidates on a wide range of questions (Russian Federation legislation, taxation, business trips to Russia, visa support, accommodation in Tomsk, etc.). We also monitor the efficiency index of our international employees.
  • We initiated the 91¿ìɫ Visiting Professor Programme in 2014. We recruit and involve international academic staff and experts for conducting different types of work in 91¿ìɫ subdivisions. These activities are aimed to enhance research and professional competencies of 91¿ìɫ students and academic staff, and to promote international academic exchanges and scientific cooperation. The following are entitled to participate in the Visiting Professor Programme: highly qualified experts and specialists not affiliated at 91¿ìɫ but expressing their interest in making a contribution to 91¿ìɫ’s development as well as in its educational research and innovation activities.
  • We supervise the . We recruit Russian and international postdocs in accordance to the needs of 91¿ìɫ laboratories, and assists them from the beginning (visa support, arrival and accommodation, employment support, etc.).
  • We support organization of international events at 91¿ìɫ.
  • We support and carefully maintain our collaboration with networks and partners, such as: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Indian Society of High-energy Materials (HEMS); ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska (US); University of Georgetown (US); University of California (US); Princeton University (US); Observatory Midi-Pyrénées (France); Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences; National Institute of Polar Research (Japan); Brunel University (UK); University of Edinburgh (UK); New Jersey Institute of Technology (US); The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany); European Space Agency (Belgium); Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (France); Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy); National Centre for Scientific Research (France); Paris Institute of Political Science (France); Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium); Max Plank Institute of Social Antropology (Germany); University of Hamburg (Germany); Tohoku University (Japan); Hokkaido University (Japan); Universitas Nicolai Copernici in Torun (Poland); Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland); Plovdiv University (Bulgaria); Sophia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria); University of Pecs (Hungary); Shenyang Polytechnic University (Сhina); State Khovd University (Mongolia); University of California, Berkeley (US); University of California, Los Angeles (US); Princeton University (US); University of Graz (Austria); Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany); Univeristy “L’Orientale’ (Italy); Roma University La Sapienza (Italy); University of Copenhagen (Denmark)