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E.U.C. is the primary postgraduate dental foundation to offer global training programs in the United Arab Emirates and the MENA area. E.U.C.'s global and "Western-trained" workforce originated from renowned Universities and Research Centers in the U.S.A., Sweden, England, France, and the U.A.E., among others. Staff recruitment criteria depend on their ability as educators, clinicians, and specialists, and most are known around the world. Since the establishment of E.U.C., we have run a broad scope of postgraduate programs over various dental specializations. With a particular focus on translational research, postgraduate education, and preparation, we offer an extensive variety of study prospects: master's degrees, specialty training, certificates, diplomas, and C.P.D. Courses. These excellent instructive programs incorporate the most recent research and utilize imaginative ways to deal with learning, which is, for the most part, in little groups. We invite international students. There is a worldwide pool of global students from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Our residents need to meet specific theoretical, clinical, and research prerequisites keeping in mind the end goal to meet our global academic necessities and patient care norms. E.U.C. has been instrumental in upgrading the clinical capacity of our graduates. We offer up to date facilities, most recent trends and treatment methods, and remarkably handle profoundly complex dental cases inside the U.A.E. Accreditation Every educational program at E.U.C. is licensed by the U.A.E. Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research through the Commission for Academic Accreditation. This is the authority to permit non-government educational establishments to award degrees and other scholastic awards. Accreditation by the Ministry is a seal of affirmation of top-notch education, parallel with worldwide scholastic guidelines conveyed at E.U.C. E.U.C. is allied with two of Sweden's top academic foundations, Malmo and Gothenburg Universities. The advanced preparing program in Orthodontics is offered in a joint effort with Malmo University, Sweden. The educational modules for the specialist training program in Orthodontics portrayed for the E.U.C. and MUFO in joint effort follow the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (SOSFS 1993:4). As a result, E.U.C. Orthodontics Graduates get the Malmo University Specialty Certificate in Orthodontics. In this regard, alumni of these training programs will have an indistinguishable ability from dental practitioners finishing the specialist training program in Sweden. This guarantees that E.U.C. graduates can utilize their professional certifications in different parts of the world. E.U.C. plans to amplify coordinated effort and bilateral agreements with other International Institutions to design and use all its degree preparing programs. Moreover, E.U.C. is a member of The International Association of Universities, the UNESCO based global partnerships of advanced education establishments. This confirms that the elevated expectations of Euro-Western training are kept up at E.U.C... At the same time, in the meantime, the legitimacy and validity of our programs in postgraduate dentistry are ceaselessly upgraded.

The European International College (EIC) was built up in 2006 as a higher educational establishment in the UAE and presented Hospitality, Business Management and in recent times, the Masters of Business Administration (MBA). Giving a worldwide vision, importance for the local community, and market while showing energy for learning is the thing that makes EIC a boutique learning establishment. EIC comprises a culture that emphasizes the student learning experience and is continuously adjusting to student progression. The staff is conferred in systemically conveying a proficient and viable direction to give the essential learning required for academic development and vocation desire. By building up an amicable, collegial, and steady atmosphere, EIC gives students a unified and viable platform to discover their life potential. Through an open approach to deal with criticism and talk, EIC is the facilitator of progress for our students. Our Approach EIC is glad to have its own particular culture and feeling of distinctiveness. It has set a durable community where students come to us to learn in a warm and inviting atmosphere. Our strategy for boutique training is an inventive and unique way to approach teaching. We feel pleasure in giving a tailored and personalized learning route through our small classroom size, enabling us to mentor our students in achieving their maximum potential. Our point is to furnish the students with the information, essential intuition capacities, and a feeling of demonstrable skill that will set them up in this present reality to be imaginative, visionaries, and pioneers in their picked profession. Our accentuation at EIC is quality instead of quantity. That is clear in our inspiration, enthusiasm, and dedication to our instructional method and our endeavors towards improving our educational modules that maintain global benchmarks. Our Values: EIC flourishes by the motto "learning is a lifelong investment." We are devoted to staff and personnel to move our students to find learning and develop their intelligence. EIC opens the ways to an abundance of learning to encourage students' personal and professional future. We aim to collaborate with the students combining our teamwork to secure their place as dynamic members in the improvement and thriving of society. Associations and Partnerships César Ritz Colleges: European International College of Hotel Management and Tourism is partnered with the incredibly famous César Ritz Colleges Switzerland, is positioned among the top hotel management academic programs in Europe. Graduates from our programs can opt to relocate to Switzerland to finish a BA at César Ritz College following the Memorandum of Cooperation between the institutes. Niagara College, Canada: Niagara College is situated in the acclaimed southern Ontario sightseeing locale in Niagara Falls, Canada. The College offers more than 90 educational and professional courses. Upon effective finishing of scholastic prerequisites, global students can work in Canada, in their particular area of study, for a maximum period of 3 years. Student Life EIC's student life depends on three pillars: Industry Exposure Our principal focus is to improve the potential and abilities of our students. This is accomplished by incorporating the learning results with what the business demands. Industry ventures: Students routinely participate in activities to explore and be included in the business scene. Career day: Students likewise introduce the business through our yearly vacation day where they can personally investigate future vocational outcomes, their administration limit, and make enduring associations. Guest speakers: Many industry experts are welcomed consistently to share their encounters. This is a golden chance for the students to build up their system and connect theoretical knowledge to this present reality. Leadership Skills Through our leadership program, students are urged to learn academically and also professionally. The management program incorporates workshops, courses, ventures, case studies, and field trips to give the students the knowledge and ability to be prepared for this present reality. Urges collaboration helps students find out about their shortcomings and qualities and conform to the group flow, keeping in mind the end goal to maximize the group performance. Induces the students to step outside their normal range of familiarity to test their abilities and build up their self-assurance. Student Committee The Student Committee is another element of students' life here at EIC. They represent students in curricular and co-curricular exercises. Occasions incorporate universal and local trips, sports competitions, international days, and different exercises. Students oversee occasions on campus (sort out useful exercises, run the college eateries, publish in an online article), take an interest and volunteer for outer occasions to build up an awareness of others' expectations, and take part in campus group life. Students are included in the College administration's primary decision making. Students have month to monthly meetings with the College Dean and staff members to share their worries, propose arrangements, and recommend activities.

Educational activities at Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University are carried out according to the license of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine AE № 458 259. University announces entrance for getting higher education with a Bachelor's degree, Master's and educational levels of junior specialist, and specialist. Specialization and forms of education agree to the license and the licensed number of entrants. The same concerns the theCollegeofTechnology, Business and Law of Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University. Regulations of admission to the theCollegeofTechnology, Business, and Law. Admission Regulations are made public in the state language. In some instances, they may be made public in the regional languages or the languages of the national minorities. Citizens of Ukraine, foreigners and stateless persons residing in Ukraine legally, who have appropriate education (educational qualification) and expressed the desire to pursue higher education are admitted to Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University. Foreigners and stateless persons permanently residing in Ukraine, persons granted refugee status in Ukraine, persons in need of additional or temporary protection, and persons granted the status of foreign Ukrainians and staying in Ukraine legally have the right to higher education citizens of Ukraine. Obtaining higher education by the specified categories of persons for the state budget is made within the quotas established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Other foreigners and stateless persons may obtain higher education are funded by themselves or legal persons unless anything else is stipulated by international treaties of Ukraine ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, laws or agreement between universities on international academic mobility. All persons who are pursuing higher education at universities have equal rights and duties. Admission to Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University to all educational and skill levels is sought on a competitive basis, regardless of education funding. Disabled people are given opportunities to study at Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University. Examination boards are formed in Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University to organize entrance exams. Professional certification commissions are formed to conduct professional testing to study based on the previously acquired degree (educational qualification level). According to the Admission Committee's decision, the competitive entrance exam results in the subject to enter a major may be considered for participation in the competitive selection at the direction of another specialty in this university. Entrance examination results on a competitive subject about an entrance to a specific educational direction (specialty) can be enrolled for participating in a competitive selection to another educational direction (another specialty) in this higher educational establishment by the receiving commission's decision. The educational institution began its history in 1940 when the Lutsk State Teachers' Institute was established. One hundred thirty-five first-year-students were enrolled in the institute. Fifty lecturers conducted an educational process. There were four faculties at the institute: the Faculty of Philology with the departments of Ukrainian and Russian Studies, the Physics and Mathematics Faculty, the Faculty of Natural Science and Geography, and the Faculty of Distance Learning. Methodological, material, and technical resources of the institute were insufficient. The institute was located on the outskirts of Lutsk in the building of the former orphan house built in 1929 (today there is a boarding-school there). There were shortages of equipment, books as well as teacher shortage. However, classrooms and laboratories were gradually equipped, and libraries were stocked with related materials. The Poltava Pedagogical Institute helped with those problems a lot. Ivan Sokur was appointed the first president of the Lutsk State Teachers' Institute. The work of the institute was interrupted by World War II in 1941 but resumed in 1946. In September 1951, the Lutsk State Teachers' Institute was re-established as the State Pedagogical Institute, which a year later was granted the use of the name of Lesya Ukrainka. At that time, the institute had only two faculties: the Faculty of History and the Humanities and the Physics and Mathematics Faculty. But at the beginning of the 1990s, there were already nine faculties at the institute. In May 1964, sports and recreational camps for students and lecturers were established at Lake Svityaz, which were forerunners of the "Hart" sports and recreational camp. Lesia Ukrainka Eastern European National University's material and technical resources include 13 educational buildings, six hostels, a preventative clinic, a student's base "Hart" (Lake Svitiaz), the stadium with a modern covering of the playground and treadmills, two botanical gardens, agrobiostation. The university is proud of the artistic groups of the Institute of Arts, which are known not only in the region and Ukraine but also in other countries, especially male vocal quartet «Akord,» Sandhurst trio «Dyvostruny,» folk instruments ensemble «Dzherela,» song and dance ensemble «Rozmai,» vocal octet «Double voice,» instrumental ensemble «Ekspromt.» There is no doubt that our university is an example of a classical learning institution. It was recognized by the authoritative commission that accredited it with the highest IV level rating. Lesia Ukrainka Eastern European National University was honored by numerous awards on international and all-Ukrainian levels. University administration and staff are working hard in order to guarantee that the level of the university training of graduates corresponds with international standards, to be sure that the scientific schools function to full value, and to make all efforts to ensure that Lesia Ukrainka Eastern European National University is at the top of the ladder among classical universities of Ukraine and Europe.

East European University of Economics and Management was founded in Cherkasy in September 1992. Willing to create an alternative higher educational institution, progressive scientists united their forces to achieve a common purpose. Having broad experience of work at a higher educational institution and vast experience of practical activity, they became the founders of the first private higher educational institution in Cherkasy. They tried to form the higher educational institution of a new type and chose the most prestigious specialties, and worked out curricula to train professionals for developing the economics of Ukraine. A 20-year way from "Cherkasy Branch of the Slavic International Institute of Administration, Business and Law" with a limited number of specialties to East European University, a large diversified educational institution, reflects aspects of extensive labor in faces, achievements, and plans. For the past twenty years at our University, twelve Doctors and more than thirty Candidates of Sciences have been awarded, more than twenty thousand professionals of different degrees who have been involved in the process of Ukrainian economics and received top executive positions in various fields and lines of development of Ukraine were trained here. The results of the performed work became the evidence of a worthy potential of a faculty, high-level organization of an educational process, restorative material, and technical basis of the University. Nowadays, our higher educational institution is intensively developing. It embraces the Institute of Economics and Management, Law Institute, Institute of Professional Retraining, Institute of Informational Technologies in Education, Institute of Structure and Processes Modelling in Economic System, College of Economics and Management. The mission of East European University is to create a socially-oriented competitive higher educational establishment that meets world educational quality standards and the needs of the domestic and international labor market. East European University is a training center of highly qualified specialists focusing on innovation development and implementation. It is a place where a personality with high moral and democratic values is brought up. The current state of East European University is, on the one hand, the result of its development for over 20 years. On the other hand, it is the background for its future modernization. The University provides a great variety of opportunities for obtaining higher education, advanced training in different branches of management, law, and economics, and for conducting research work. It has international relations and takes an active part in the socio-political life of our country. Our pride is our graduates who get prestigious education based on the best traditions of national higher education and hands-on experience in relevant fields. Our graduate is a person with a wide area of thoughts and in-depth professional knowledge who is ready to work in the conditions of a free-market economy in a law-governed society. To become a part of the national system of education and science, the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) ideas are implemented in the system of higher education of the University. The University continually extends the range of activities aimed at searching for talented young people, taking care of their moral and financial support during the whole period of studies. At our University, innovative training methods have been developed, such as business, role-playing games, problematic situations, quizzes, tests, disputes, etc. make up an essential part of the educational process. This system, combined with such traditional methods like lectures, seminars, and practical training, shows a qualitative performance of the training process, provides conditions for the creative approach to the practical task's solution, and the maximal approach to real life. An integral part of the competitive specialists training comprises different types of practical training. The practice allows students to consolidate knowledge of theory, acquire the elementary skills of organizational work in a labor collective, and identify themselves as future specialists. The University students undergo practical training all over Ukraine and abroad. The recent tendencies in the development and implementation of world innovations, the process of globalization, and the universalization of the world informational space, including the national informational resources of our country, require new methods and ways of studying. Committed to providing the foundation of knowledge and practical skill-sets needed for succeeding in today'stoday's complex professional world, East European University of Economics and Management offers students the opportunity to earn their degree online and from a variety of fields. The system of distance education that has been worked out at the University allows students to benefit from a collegial, supportive academic environment and gives them the freedom to participate in classes whenever and wherever they might be. Today East European University of Economics and Management is a large multifunctional higher educational institution with excellent prospects for further development.

The European University of Applied Sciences (EUFH) is a private, state-accredited university and has been awarded top rankings and an outstanding employment record. At EUFH, we offer several business and health programs and focus on preparing students for the world of work through a proven combination of outstanding educational quality and vocational training, making them highly competitive in the job market. As a small private university, we can continually update our courses to meet the labor market's ever-changing needs so that students are always on top of the latest management trends. EUFH's main campus is located in Brühl, and this is where you will find most of our international students and where our English semester programs will take place. Brühl is a small city located between Cologne and Bonn. We offer programs at the undergraduate and master's levels as well as part-time degrees. Whatever program of study you undertake, we know that the close contact with our professors and lecturers and significant social and cultural activities, facilities, and support will bring out the best in your motivation and learning and help you on the pathway to a successful management career.

Twenty-five leading global companies and institutions founded ESMT Berlin. The international business school offers a full-time MBA, an executive MBA, a master's in management, and open enrollment and customized executive education programs. ESMT focuses on three main topics: leadership and social responsibility, European competitiveness, and the management of technology. ESMT faculty publishes in top academic journals. Additionally, the business school provides an interdisciplinary platform for discourse between politics, business, and academia. The business school is based in Berlin, Germany, with Schloss Gracht as an additional location near Cologne. ESMT is a private business school with the right to grant PhDs accredited by the German state, AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, and FIBAA. Twenty-five leading global companies and institutions founded ESMT Berlin. The international business school offers a full-time MBA, an executive MBA, a master's in management, and open enrollment and customized executive education programs. ESMT focuses on three main topics. Leadership and social responsibility: deals with how socially responsible leaders should be trained and supported. European competitiveness: both the classical problems of market failure and regulatory and policy failures are examined. Management of technology: focuses on how the development and market introduction of new technologies can be successfully designed from an individual, corporate, industrial, and societal perspective. Additionally, the business school provides an interdisciplinary platform for discourse between politics, business, and academia. The business school is based in Berlin, Germany, with Schloss Gracht as an additional location near Cologne. ESMT is a private business school with the right to grant PhDs, accredited by the German state, AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, and FIBAA. As a state-accredited business school, ESMT Berlin has two spheres of governance. The corporate governance of the business school regulates all strategic and operative issues of the School. Its managing directors (president and CFO), being legally responsible for the School, are controlled by the supervisory board and advised by the executive management committee (EMC). The EMC is made up of the managing directors and the deans of the School. The School's academic governance deals with all matters relating to faculty policy, research, and education. There are two central bodies: the academic board and the academic committee. The academic board is an independent advisory body for academic matters. The academic committee supervises and advises the president on fundamental academic issues regarding research, academic instruction, and further development. The president is in charge of the School and represents it in both spheres of its governance. Twenty-five corporations and institutions established the endowed ESMT Foundation, which consequently founded ESMT GmbH, the supporting organization of the School (so-called in German "Trägerin"). The ESMT foundation's executive committee legally represents and leads the foundation and is controlled by the board of trustees. The international advisory council advises both. The School's majority shareholder is the ESMT Foundation, and the minority shareholder is the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der ESMT e. V. ESMT Berlin develops entrepreneurial leaders who think globally, act responsibly, and respect the individual. With a heritage rooted in European values and technology's potential, ESMT develops and imparts new knowledge to foster sustainable economic growth. At ESMT Berlin, we recruit, develop, and promote a diverse, world-class faculty. Our productive environment supports the academic faculty in focusing on rigorous and original research aimed at top academic publications. Our managerial faculty further enriches the School with substantial business experience combined with academic credentials. Industry backing provides opportunities to generate ideas with a substantial practical impact that also feed insights into creative teaching approaches. A faculty member is a scholar with a Ph.D. or an equivalent doctoral degree from a reputable university or business school in a business domain. A faculty member must demonstrate an exceptional record in research and teaching or, for those who just completed their doctoral education, a high potential. Evaluation of one's research involves primarily scholarly publications in top journals and external references by top international scholars in the relevant area. A member of the managerial faculty has an academic background, which is usually indicated by a doctoral or master's degree in a domain relevant to business education, often combined with a professional post-degree or post-experience qualification. Typically they have significant industry experience, evidence of advanced training, and reflective thought in the respective field. Research of a managerial faculty member usually focuses on policy and managerial insights, and its applied perspective complements academic faculty members' scholarly expertise. ESMT's campus in Berlin, Europe's most vibrant capital city, makes student life dynamic, upbeat, and rewarding. The ESMT MBA is not just about learning in the classroom. You will be challenged to take full advantage of Europe's largest and strongest economy. Find out what life in one of Europe's best MBA programs is like here, and discover all the ways that you can make the ESMT MBA experience a transformative year for you.

Only a few years have passed since its establishment, and European University Viadrina has already achieved a remarkable reputation. This can be seen in the continually increasing numbers of students and the expanding interest on the part of scholars with well-known names to teach and do research at this university. Students and instructors find here an excellent technical framework for their work and an environment that promotes intellectual exchange and, as such, is both influenced and characterized by international contacts. The opportunity to study together with classmates from Poland as well as other nations of Europe and the rest of the world is a unique attraction: many regards it as a significant enrichment of both their academic and personal lives, as it leads to the development of close contacts, frequently deepening into friendships across European borders that are, in turn, often maintained in later life following the years at university. This human potential represents a great treasure, one that we wish to cultivate and preserve. It represents a pledge of high value for a continuation of our peaceful and prosperous coexistence in Europe. Viadrina will make every effort to promote and to expand this international character in the future as well. It is an essential primary thought, in fact, a principle of constituent significance for this university. In our daily work here, these efforts are not limited to the intensive support of instruction in foreign languages alone - they are extended to include the entire range of learning opportunities offered by the three faculties. The Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences and the Faculty of Law, and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration direct themselves to fulfill this demand using their varied courses and research projects. Also, the close partnership with the Polish Adam Mickiewicz University in the city of Poznan, which finds evident expression in the cooperation embodied by the Collegium Polonicum in Slubice, is a pillar in the architecture of our internationality. European University Viadrina will continue its development on this complimentary basis, having as its aim the further improvement of conditions for education and research and wish to promote a greater coherence of our united Europe. In the future, this university is to open up new perspectives to take us above and beyond traditional borders. The word river has a special meaning for Viadrina. Firstly, this is due to the river on the banks of which the university lies. Just like neighboring Poland, the river is in our immediate area. This, in turn, has helped developed a close German-Polish connection. Because of this, Viadrina is transforming itself into a German-Polish, European university. Since its reestablishment in the year 1991, Viadrina has strictly adhered to its concept of bringing young people together from every corner of the world. This concept has proven to be successful: Viadrina has grown to become a lively, highly regarded member in the community of German and European universities. For more than three hundred years, from 1506 to 1811, Frankfurt (Oder) was the home of the first public university of Brandenburg's principality. Key figures in the creation of this first university were Prince-Elector Joachim I and his councilor Eitelwolf vom Stein and the Bishop of Lebus Dietrich von Bülow. The Universitas Francofurtensis enjoyed great repute as an institution of learning for persons who later played an essential part in shaping and staffing the civil service of this principality and the Prussian state. Jurists served as diplomats in affairs of state, theologians of Viadrina were among those who held positions in the church's upper echelons in the region of Mark Brandenburg, and Frankfurt professors of medicine acted as personal physicians to the Elector Princes. The list of outstanding achievements attributed to the Universitas Francofurtensis is a long one at which more than 55,000 young people studied till 1811. Four schools - of Law, Theology, Medicine, and Philosophy - taught the subject matter of their respective faculties. Simultaneously, rhetoric, history, astronomy, mathematics, and music, together with related fields, also flourished, gaining high recognition in their areas of study. This first Viadrina made significant contributions to science and scholarship progress in a total of 25 disciplines. A close look at the direction and focus of the old Viadrina on the Oder reveals that, due to its geographical location, the university became a meeting ground of East and West for scholars and students from both sides of the Oder. At any given time, large numbers of students from Lithuania, Poland as well as other central and eastern European countries were enrolled at the university in Frankfurt (Oder), which, for many aspiring young scholars from these countries in the east, often became a first academic base for their exploration of European scholarship.

The Universidade Europeia is part of the largest global group of Higher Education - Laureate International Universities - and offers access to Student-centred quality education. It stands out for its ability to innovate and for its differentiated academic model which is founded on the principles of quality, internationalization, and the proximity to business and the labor market. The preparation of its students aims at making them the Global Professionals of the future, equipping them with all the tools they need to achieve professional success anywhere in the world. Universidade Europeia grants academic Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral Degrees, and also offers Post-Graduate courses in a host of areas such as Business, Law, Psychology, Human Resources, Marketing, Communication, Sports, Computer Science, and Technologies, and it stands out as a leading establishment of higher learning in Hospitality and Tourism Management. Contribute to the development of a global society by preparing students, promoting an entrepreneurial attitude, based on the principles of social responsibility, internationalization, excellence in research, and employability. To be a benchmark international University and the establishment of choice for students and employees. Train top-notch entrepreneurs and professionals, using innovative methods and preparing them for the global market. The Universidade Europeia’s Social Responsibility (SR) policy serves three entities: the Student, the University, and the surrounding Community. The importance of a volunteering experience for the student adds value to their professional training and enriches their development as a person and as a citizen. For Universidade Europeia, social responsibility practices mean greater proximity to the community, a useful contribution, and a responsible image in line with its institutional philosophy, whose values are guided by truth, transparency, rigor, and the sharing of knowledge. This translates into an invaluable gain for the community. It is in a narrative of solidarity and social participation that we find a more balanced and fairer society and that we focus on sound and sustainable development. This is the benefit we offer to the community. Universidade Europeia is a member of GRACE - Group for Reflection and Support of Corporate Citizenship (www.grace.pt), to establish, with GRACE and its members, a partnership of added value which enables learning, training, and the development of actions to raise awareness on the importance of social responsibility, in the corporate and academic worlds.

The USPEE becomes a higher education institution, which has financial independence and freedom in promoting its policy, which seeks to revitalize the elitist training process in the Republic of Moldova and integrate domestic higher education into the European Higher Education space. USPS offers its students the opportunity to combine different forms of academic, formative, and research activities. The activities are invited to participate in professors from the country and abroad. The USPEE administration organizes conferences and lectures of well-known professors from Central and South-Eastern Europe, Western Europe, CIS, and the USA. This direction of international collaborations, practices, and novel research techniques represents a priority aspect of USPS's educational programs. Being a relatively mobile educational institution, USPEE is continually looking for ways to train graduates to work and increase social mobility. At present, the study process is carried out within five faculties: the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Protection, the Faculty of Economic Sciences, the Faculty of International Relations and Socio-Human Sciences, and the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, which capitalize democratic and modern principles linked to national, European and international legislative documents. In this context, our university's purpose is to respond to specialists' primordial needs with a high, academic, and competitive moral weight. During the 20 years of activity, USPEE "Constantin Stere" demonstrated steadiness, professionalism, and quality. Since its first steps, the institute has promoted a performance education policy geared to the standards and values of the modern democratic society, thus attempting to contribute to the formation of a new generation of professional researchers, opinion leaders, and public officials, able to take responsibility for the transition to the democratic form of organization in our country. The present book aims to present succinctly and arguably, the academic and research excellence of USPEE "C. Stere. " The 20th anniversary of our university is, at the same time, a reflection, evaluation, and projection. Although we are a relatively young institution, at the full age, we have already succeeded in fully justifying our existence through academic stateliness, educational and institutional security. We encourage free-thinking, active civic engagement, creativity, enthusiasm, and openness to communication and collaboration. At the end of the studies, our students have the intellectual gifts and the spiritual strength necessary for personal fulfillment and the community's progress. The USPEE leadership "C. Stere" wants to build up, consolidate the depth, and ensure the health of higher education roots within the USPS. We believe that only in this way can we develop together a sustainable, thriving university. Therefore, USPEE "C. Stere "promotes the educational policy and the development of a democratic, humanistic, flexible, and transparent university education based on the values of culture and national and universal science. The mission of the University of Political and Economic Studies "Constantin Stere": Training of highly qualified professionals for the national economy can work effectively in changing conditions of life and market economy. Organization and development of basic and applied scientific research aimed at solving current socio-economic problems and implementing the university research results' technology transfer. Promoting the principles of freedom, understanding, justice, and human dignity through its teaching and research.

Southeast European University (SEEU) is a private, public, not for profit higher education institution, consisting of faculties, centers, and institutes as its integral part, specialized in socio-economic sciences. SEEU Faculties are organizational units within the University and operate through the Faculty Council and University policy framework approved by the University Board or Executive Committee. SEEU has five faculties: Faculty of Contemporary Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Languages, Cultures, and Communication, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Public Administration and Political Science, and Faculty of Business and Economics. The Mission of the University is defined in the Statute (December 1, 2008); it seeks excellence in teaching and research within the higher education system in the Republic of Macedonia by offering equal opportunities for all based on impartiality and merit. One of the critical elements of the mission of the University includes active cooperation with universities in the Republic of Macedonia as well as with the international universities. The main aim under which the University is governed and managed is to contribute to higher education in the Albanian language through a mutual interethnic understanding and aims to provide a multilingual and multicultural approach to teaching and research by developing study programs according to broad European and international standards. University governing bodies are the Board of the University, the Rector, the University Senate, and the Rector's Council. Southeast European University is ranked third at the national level among 19 universities of the Republic of Macedonia. This ranking was carried out by the external evaluator, the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In spring 2000, OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities initiated discussions to establish a new university in the Republic of Macedonia, which was supported by international donors. Following the adoption of the Law on Higher Education by the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, that allowed the founding of universities that are not related to the state and supported higher education in the Albanian language. In late 2000, OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities started the planning of the University. Construction work started in March 2001, and southeast European University (SEEU) was opened six months later. In November 2002, the number of students was 2250, and in October 2003, the number of students was 3700. In October 2001, it established itself as a quality-led, financially sustainable university by opening its campus in Tetovo. It is now regarded as a model for multi-ethnic, multilingual higher education in southeast Europe. Moreover, it has successfully combined the best European and US experience and has continued to benefit from academic collaborations sponsored by the EU Commission and USAID, among other donors. It benefits from scholarship support provided by The Netherlands and The Open Society Institute. Its history, which you can read in 'About the University', is a fascinating account of how SEEU has reached this position of strength against a background of political and economic uncertainties in the region. Now SEEU reaches out to other institutions in promoting research collaboration, exchange of students and staff, and its community. The University is equipped with many facilities that serve students in achieving their goals within their chosen disciplines. Wanting all graduates to benefit fully from their solid academic backgrounds, the University provides support and practical advice concerning their careers. To support this, the University has signed cooperation agreements with private and public enterprises to incorporate students in continuous practical work to use the knowledge and skills acquired at SEEU maximally. By choosing to study at South East European University (SEEU), you have selected an attractive, promising, and highly responsive university education environment. I am sure that you will be regular students in lectures and exercises, where, with the help of your professors and assistants, you will learn, overcome challenges, and complete your studies on-time. First of all, here you will be prepared with the necessary knowledge for the labor market. You will find the academic and cultural differences that will enrich your studies at South East European University. Universities must offer and provide new generations with capacities, skills, and knowledge to compete in the global labor market. The new realities in Southeast Europe will necessarily change the present and the future of this region, transforming the Balkans into a success story as part of the European family. We, the staff and students working together, aim to realize the project "SEEU 3.0". If the project "2.0" had to do with users as content creators, "3.0" will be creating personalized approaches tailored according to individual requirements in the context of a joint development vision. After all, it is our great pleasure to have you here. SEEU appreciates the fact that you have chosen South East European University by appreciating our study offer. Not surprisingly, all of our joint commitment has only one purpose: to find opportunities to help you move forward in your careers!

Today The European University is a modern high-educational institution that permanently promotes its educational, staff, and material base. The University provides staff support in the realization in the process of transition of the system. The students come first at Our University. We are here because of them and their future. We are aware that the best high school students are those who would like to come to better positions and competitive advantage based on knowledge. They are the ones who choose exactly The European University. Our responsibility towards them is significant. We put them in the first place, proving that with enrolling at European University, they have made the right choice. That is also confirmed with our permanent contacts during their studying, but also after graduating. We took care of the rooms that the students are going to study and in which they are going to spend their time while being at The University. The amphitheater, the computing labs, the lecture rooms, and the library are equipped in a modern and functional way, so a comfortable atmosphere and a pleasure are provided during their stay at The University. The teaching process is performed with the highest informational and audio-visual technology, which helps them acquire new knowledge and the teaching staff's work. The knowledge necessary to be transferred by us requires top-skilled professors, lecturers, and associates, which The University chooses carefully. Also, The University takes care of the professional development and improvement of all employees. The knowledge needed to be transferred to the students needs top professors, lecturers, and associates. The University takes care of selection, professional development, and improvement of all employees. The History of The European University –Republic of Macedonia begins with the foundation of The Faculty of Social Sciences in 2001. The activities at The European University were recognized on 01.06.2005 when accredited by The Accreditation Board of the Republic of Macedonia. Based on that, The European University-Republic of Macedonia is the first and only private accredited University in the region that offers a modern education that permanently develops and awards the process of acquiring knowledge according to the modern world educational trends. The following 2006 is impressive in founding and accreditation (November 2006) of three new faculties: Faculty of Communication and Media, Faculty of Public Administration, and The Faculty of Art and Design. Until then, there were two faculties-The the Faculty of Economic Sciences and The Faculty of Informatics which satisfied the growing needs for modern education in The Republic of Macedonia and the region. Besides that, the same year (18.05.2006) based on the decision number 12 of The Accreditation of Republic of Macedonia, the adequacy of the programs of The European University according to the European standards of the 3+2 module of studying was confirmed. At the beginning of 2009, The European University - Republic of Macedonia made an elaborate application of the solutions and the provisions of the new act for high education. The European University – Republic of Macedonia is established into a University that continuously develops and improves the process of acquiring knowledge and education, creating a very high educative and competitive atmosphere. EUR opts for quality to apply the best practices from the higher education system in its performance. As a result, EURM has become a member of IACBE in 2005, and after fulfilling all necessary conditions, on 04.08.2005, it was granted the status of a candidate for accreditation. Following the IACBE principles, EURM has developed an Outcomes assessment plan as a basis for the evaluation process in the academic year 2006/2007. The immediate accomplishment of the administrative, organizational, and current activities connected with studying is made through The Student's Affairs Office. The registration and the enrollment of the students are done through this Service, i.e., the documents needed for enrollment are delivered to this Service. The direction and the control of the regularity, the directness, the technical organization and the regularity of these activities are an immediate obligation of this Service and also other like registering of partial exams, exams, scientific papers, Bachelor of Art Thesis, MA Thesis, and Ph.D. Thesis, registering and regulating terms, acquiring confirmations, certificates and other appropriate documents which are necessary for the students, accomplishment of the communication in order to receive explanations, precise answers and concrete questions and relations. The Service works throughout the whole day, functions according to separate and specific activities, i.e., studying groups, years, and directions, i.e., the cycle of studies and concrete activities (submitting applications, requests, forms for registering exams and documents). Investing in knowledge is considered to be long-term. The European University, tending to educate students who will be capable of incorporating themselves in all social life structures in the Republic of Macedonia, offers its library, equipment, and other resources. Currently, the University has two wholly equipped libraries. The libraries are designed as a modern library and informational centers. There is a possibility of merging into a library-information system through the central University library. Providing an automatic catalog and the use of modern Internet technology will enable Internet browsing through the library's data.

EHU provides students from Belarus and the region with an education in the European liberal arts tradition in a free and democratic environment — an opportunity, unfortunately, not available in Belarus today. Education at EHU does more than immerse students in a range of subjects and disciplines. It promotes a transdisciplinary approach, critical thinking skills, and civic engagement that empowers them to develop innovative solutions, ideas, and enterprises. Since its founding in Minsk in 1992, the European Humanities University has remained committed to produce and disseminate socially responsible and critical knowledge in the social sciences and the humanities, ensure quality education through the integration of study programs with research, creative, and applied projects. EHU uses its potential to develop a European intellectual space without borders, the return of knowledge to Belarus, the establishment of innovative social partnerships, the development of civic education, and the broadening of human rights and potential through the freedom of speech, thought, and research. EHU is a haven of academic freedom — the only Belarusian University that operates in a free and democratic environment. EHU is an integral part of the European and world academic community. The University recognizes European values and, in its activities, is guided by the Great Charter of Universities' provisions, the European Higher Education Community, and other forms of the international scientific and academic community. EHU offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate programs in both low and high residence modes and non-degree courses in the humanities and social sciences. Since 2011, EHU students, faculty, and staff have been qualified to participate in series of exchange programs designed to promote European cooperation in higher education, student and staff mobility, and cooperation between higher education institutions and enterprises. The high competitiveness of EHU study programs significantly increases students' chances to find employment in various fields of activity both in Belarus and abroad. All EHU graduates receive diplomas recognized throughout Europe and North America. EHU has around 3,000 alumni who attended the University either in Minsk or in Vilnius. 2124 already graduated from EHU in Vilnius. According to our surveys, most of them reside in Belarus, but others are spread around the world. The Distinguished Alumni Award is annually presented for the outstanding achievements of our alumni. EHU alumni are in demand on the labor market of Belarus. According to the latest Alumni survey results, about half of EHU graduates earn more than the average monthly salary in Minsk. Many graduates seek additional educational and professional opportunities in more than 30 countries. The "Honorary Doctorate of the European Humanities University" degree is conferred upon the most prominent scholars, statesmen, public, religious, and political figures of the Republic of Belarus and other countries to honor their outstanding accomplishments in humanities and social sciences, university education, and culture their distinguished contributions to the development of democracy and the realization of the principles of the rule of law and their outstanding contribution to the development of culture and effective promotion of intercultural dialog. Foreign language is a challenge that has always has been a critical problem for humanities. It is necessary for students to exercise their professional life in a multilingual world and is also essential to accessing cultural meaning through the spoken and written word – the doorways to interdisciplinary and international understanding and knowledge. The basis of foreign language courses in EHU should be a strategy "to write, to read, to speak," and vice versa, "to speak, to read, to write," which will provide access to humanities texts in foreign languages, where the primary role today belongs to the English language. Regardless of the level of language proficiency at the time of enrollment, EHU students have the opportunity to improve their English language skills by two levels up within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Besides, EHU students can practice their English during regular international meetings, educational events with the participation of foreign specialists, and communicating with students of exchange programs. Starting from the third year of studies, part of the EHU courses are taught in English, allowing students to expand their usage of a foreign language in academic and professional contexts. Additionally, the English language for particular purposes is included in the curriculum. In these courses, the students get a more in-depth insight into the professional terminology. The knowledge of specific professional English terms makes EHU students more competitive in the international labor market.

In European Schools, your child engages in a rigorous curriculum that is part of a dynamic learning environment. We capitalize on the strength of our caring and highly qualified staff through our ideal class sizes. Children need to be prepared with a solid foundation of the basics and strategies to investigate, learn and think about topics in depth. In European Schools, we are committed to providing the building blocks to a bright future in a warm and nurturing environment. The campus of European Schools is established to guarantee the satisfaction of our target group (parents and students) in obtaining the commonly popular Egyptian curricula in English/French with fresh, renewed approaches within a safe, pleasant and stimulating educational environment that promotes personal attention in a unique atmosphere that is both sensitive to and consistent with Egyptian culture and traditions. Such a formula, where Egyptian national curricula are offered in English and French, along with an internationally recognized French program, is the solution to parents who may wish to place their children in a school where diverse educational systems are available. The campus of European Schools, in brief, is an ultimately serious initiative to bring back to life such principles that are gradually but steadily fading away to pave the road to ensure full development of each child's potential. As doing so, The Campus acknowledges and seizes the opportunity to highlight the significance of cooperation with parents, being its partners whose commitment and impact should be beyond any doubts. We intend to form a panel of parents- elected by parents- to co-decide and determine (with Campus Administration) the nature and boundaries of all areas of interest related to the best well of our children. Periodical meetings, consultancy sessions, and online communication channels are a few examples of the methods we intend to implement in this regard, and before all, you should be sure that: Serving YOU is our mission. Every child in European Schools is expected to achieve at high levels when it comes to academics. We are committed to providing academic challenges as well as guidance and support to meet the challenge.

EEBA is an international, multi-lingual school offering the European Schools' curriculum. It offers a world-class education together with the opportunity to stay connected to home languages and cultures. It provides access to schools and universities in home countries and across the world. We are committed to creating a happy, dynamic school where children are inspired, and parents' participation helps create a robust and happy community, high standards of behavior, and healthy, carefully supported academic and social development. Our driving vision is to provide a multi-lingual educational context where children develop a passion for life and learning, and our pupils strive to be the best they can be. Children join a language section: English, French, etc., where native speakers teach the first and second language curricula. Specialist teaching is given to children for whom the section's language is not their mother tongue and for children experiencing specific learning difficulties. Pupils learn to be fluent and literate in several languages – their first language (L1) + one other modern European language (L2: either English, French or German). A third European language (L3) is introduced at the start of secondary school with an optional fourth in S4. This prepares them for a future in which language skills and a global perspective enable deep cultural understanding and worldwide mobility in later life. Each child has a unique story to tell in their voice and riches to receive from others. We aim to create an atmosphere of well-being and enjoyment in learning, where each child fully benefits from all that is offered at one of the most beautiful green campuses in Europe. A strong curriculum taught through several modern European languages emphasizes both scientific discovery and cultural understanding. The unique multi-lingual and multi-cultural ethos particular to the European Schools, enhanced by all that is best in the Nordic educational context found at the stunningly beautiful natural estate of the Castle of Argenteuil. The development from the outset of conceptual skills built by a multi-lingual approach benefits learning in all areas. We focus on developing the whole child and nurturing their natural aptitudes to ensure that each pupil leaves ready to meet whatever challenges await. The question we ask is not "how intelligent is your child?", instead "in what ways is your child intelligent?". Our message to them is simple: try to be the best you can be in everything you do. Preparation for the highly regarded European Baccalaureate, which provides access to higher education across the world. Provision of the European Schools' curriculum through modern languages by fully qualified native speakers. Strong individual support and thoughtfully differentiated classroom learning.

The VES is not only a learning place but a social place as well: A home for children. Our children learn they are always welcome and are shown continued support in our school community. To develop confidence, children must share experiences such as learning, singing, games, and celebrations in a non-threatening, enriching environment. Children of different cultures, origins, religions, and education are taught the basics of understanding, tolerance, and mutual acceptance. Many of our joint activities and celebrations such as Carnival, Halloween, Thanksgiving, St. Patrick's Day, Christmas Fair, and Sleepover are designed to meet these goals. Another goal was to create a school that trains the children and prepares them for a future filled with new requirements and expectations that we do not know of today. Formation and expansion of education through lifelong learning is a key foundation for the future of our society. The early formation process of our children is the foundation for the later learning processes of adolescents and adults. Our school is especially significant in its education and educational mission. Future living conditions are constantly changing which means that one of the basic tasks at our school is preparing each student for this change. Schools face new educational challenges every day. In addition to the teaching of abstract knowledge and subject-related qualities, the school must strengthen self-reliance and self-confidence. To achieve this goal, we set theatrical pedagogical methods. Interdisciplinary learning in drama is an excellent example as well as music, language, visual arts, media education, rhythm, and dance combined. We believe one of the most important educational measures in our school is an integration of presentations, lectures, theater performances, and concerts. As you will see in our yearbook, we achieve this idea and will also continue to do so in the years to come. With these important goals of teaching, bilingualism plays a central role in our educational program. We receive much positive feedback from our graduates about the great work and dedication of our teachers. Therefore, my special thanks to all of our teachers who continue to present great dedication and patience to the children. At Vienna Elementary School and Vienna European School, we not only focus on our teaching but also the encouragement of independent and creative work to promote pride in one’s self-performance. We are working to create a learning environment where the children can discover their learning styles without fear. Our goal is to encourage and support the children so they can develop their strengths and attributes.

The Secondary school opened in September 2014 with Years S1-S3. We now offer secondary education up to and including S6. New year groups are opened annually, culminating in our first European Baccalaureate in summer 2019. Secondary education in the European Schools lasts for a total of seven years, divided into three cycles: The Observation Cycle S1-S3, The Pre Orientation Cycle S4-S5, The Orientation Cycle S6-S7. At ESH, we aim to provide a modern, stimulating, and relaxed learning environment. Our ethos and educational philosophy are to create and nurture multicultural, multilingual, responsible, tolerant, and aware European citizens. The European Schools have the two objectives of providing formal education and encouraging pupils’ personal development in a broader social and cultural context. Formal education involves the acquisition of competencies – knowledge, skills, and attitudes across various domains. Personal development takes place in a variety of spiritual, moral, social, and cultural contexts. It involves an awareness of appropriate behavior, an understanding of the environment in which pupils live, and their identity development. These two objectives are nurtured in the context of an enhanced awareness of the richness of European culture. Awareness and experience of a shared European life should lead pupils towards greater respect for the traditions of each country and region in Europe while developing and preserving their own national identities. The syllabuses in all the language sections of the European Schools, including the European School The Hague, are – except for mother tongue – identical, and the same standards are insisted on. All programs of study in the different sections lead to the same examination: the European Baccalaureate. To ensure that the European Baccalaureate is recognized, syllabuses are designed to meet the minimum requirements of all the member states. Since these vary, the contents have been established by negotiation between national experts – more particularly by the members of the Boards of Inspectors – based on scrutiny and comparison of national curricula. The Joint Teaching Committee then approves the syllabuses of the European Schools, the pedagogical supervisory authority. The following text is taken from the document “New structure for all syllabuses in the European Schools" system” 2011-09-D-47-en-3. The European Schools have the two objectives of providing formal education and of encouraging pupils’ personal development in a broader social and cultural context. Formal education involves the acquisition of competences – knowledge, skills, and attitudes across a range of domains. Personal development takes place in a variety of spiritual, moral, social, and cultural contexts. It involves an awareness of appropriate behavior, an understanding of the environment in which pupils live, and the development of their identity. These two objectives are nurtured in the context of an enhanced awareness of the richness of European culture. Awareness and experience of a shared European life should lead pupils towards greater respect for the traditions of each country and region in Europe while developing and preserving their own national identities.

Early Years and Primary education at our school consist of two years of the Early Years cycle and five years of the Primary cycle. The Primary school has five language sections: English, Dutch, Spanish, French, and German. Our SWALS pupils (Students Without A Language Section) are placed in the language section of one of the official vehicular languages: English, German, French, or the host country language (Dutch). ESH also currently offers Italian, Greek, Slovenian, Polish, and Finnish mother tongue tuition. At the ESH, the youngest and oldest pupils in the Early Years classes work together in a mixed group. In this way, the pupils learn from each other and with one another. There are also combined year group classes in the Spanish language section due to the lower number of pupils in a year group in the school. Pupils take the majority of the subjects in their language section but encourage playing and learning together and facilitating the children in making friends with children from the other sections at a young age. Several lessons are organized in mixed language groups. In the Primary cycle, these mixed groups occur during PE, Music, Art, and European Hours lessons. In the Early Years, pupils have combined activities during Friendship Zone. The basis for our school curriculum is the established curriculum of the European Schools. All curriculum documents can be on the official website of the European Schools (www.eursc.eu). All pupils in the English, French, German and Spanish language sections also receive lessons in Dutch as a foreign language. As there is no official curriculum for Dutch as a foreign language within the European Schools curriculum, we have developed a curriculum available below. At ESH, our children and families are warmly welcomed into a specialized learning environment that supports the play and Learning of the Early Years children, before the children enter the Primary section of the school. It is a multi-cultural, multi-lingual community that enables the children to play and learn alongside different languages and cultures in a community spirit. The Early Years curriculum is play-based, aiming to facilitate learning the knowledge and skills and experiences required by the children for the formal curriculum that they will follow in the Primary cycle. The Early Years classes are co-located so that the children can play and mingle together indoors and outdoors in the playground. Children lunch together in the canteen and classes join together for unique visitors or excursions to places of interest that support their Learning. There is also ‘Friendship Zone’ where the children focus and share Learning and play in mixed cultural groups. Young children learn through experimentation, exploration, and play where subject areas are not separated. Early Learning is a fundamental part of life-long learning. Play is the highest form of research and the brain’s favorite way of Learning. All children are born as creative beings learning through their senses curious about the world and keen to experiment and discover new things. Play helps children socialize, wonder, think, feel, and make sense of the world around them. At ESH, holistic teaching and Learning occur through play with hands-on experiences, exciting, creative, and engaging learning environments, numerous materials and resources, and passionate Early Years Teachers and Teaching Assistants. Besides the Early Years class teachers and teacher assistants, the children have specialist teachers for PE, Music, and Mother Tongue. The school has a Support Section with specialist expertise to support the Early Years children when necessary. Parent support and involvement in the Early Years is valued. Each class has one or two Parent representatives who coordinate and support the class activities during the year. Parents and grandparents often offer support by visiting the class to help with cooking or reading activities, sharing individual items from home, or coming in to talk to the children about an interest, hobby, or job. These home and school links are valuable in supporting the social, emotional, and cognitive development of the children. The collaborative relationship between home and school is vital for the success of each child’s well-being and Learning. Young children benefit significantly from the close understanding, clear communication, and the respectful, supportive relationship between home and school.

Founded in 1994 with the active support of the city of St. Petersburg, the European University began operating as an elite graduate school in the social sciences and humanities in 1996. From its inception, the mission of EUSP has been to meet the needs of Russian social development by training a new generation of teachers and scholars in the best Russian and Western traditions. The European University is one of only a few non-state universities fully qualified by the Ministry of Education to award advanced graduate degrees. Over some 20 years, EUSP has gained an international reputation for its faculty's superb scholarship and the training of Russia's best and brightest graduate students at the highest international levels. Like the best private universities outside Russia, the EUSP's independence is both intellectual and political. With a significant proportion of faculty with degrees from leading western institutions, and close relations with Stanford, Michigan, Cambridge University, Georgetown, Harvard, Helsinki University, and the University of California, Berkeley, of Michigan, Ann Arbor Cambridge University (UK) Helsinki University (Finland), and the European University Institute in Florence, EUSP has a strong commitment to the integration of Russian scholarship with scholarship in Europe and America. With Russia's historical distance from the West in intellectual and social terms, this has been a fundamentally important position, one that encourages mobility and encourages graduates to pursue their teaching and scholarly careers at home. For non-Russians, the International MA in Russian Studies is the only permanent program at the graduate level in Russia that offers degrees in sociology, political science, and cultural studies to students from North America, Europe, and Asia. The University is an essential agent of innovation and change in other ways as well. As the Russian government itself has recognized, its democratic governance system serves as a model for other Russian institutions striving for international recognition. EUSP was an initiator of private endowment funding that has become a standard in other universities and cultural institutions. Although entirely independent of state control, the University often hosts actual government figures and Russian and international scholars for seminars and lectures on social importance issues. EUSP faculty and staff are also regularly invited as expert consultants by the Russian Federation Public Chamber, the Ministry of Economic Development, and the Ministry of Education and Science. The University is also actively involved with the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Petersburg Dialogue Forum, and the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum. Partly for this reason, partly because our graduates are among Russia's best, many not only hold positions in leading universities but occupy key posts in government and non-governmental organizations and leading Russian and international companies. More than forty percent of those who have finished our core educational program have successfully defended their dissertations. The University's mission is to satisfy societal needs in raising and expanding the professional qualification of specialists and developing their creative and scholarly potential based on Russian and international experience and cooperation. Due to its superlative professionalism and unique scholarly potential, EUSP has acquired a reputation as one of the country's most dynamic and modern educational institutions. EUSP has greater independence from the Russian governmental bureaucracy than most other Russian universities. This independence is essential for both intellectual and political reasons. Universities in Russia were traditionally under the government's control, to the extent of questions of the content of instruction and research, political ideology, and administration. In EUSP, a high proportion of faculty have degrees from prominent Western universities. The University employs Russians with PhDs from such recognized schools as the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Cambridge University (UK), Helsinki University (Finland), a.o. EUSP commits to the integration of Russian scholarship with scholarship in Europe and America. Against the background of Russian scholarship's continuing isolation from the West, this is a fundamentally important position. EUSP encourages mobility but combats the brain drain. Rather than promoting graduate students' departure to the West, EUSP invites Western students to come and study in Russia. The International MA in Russian Studies is the ONLY permanent program at the graduate level in Russia that offers degrees in sociology, political science, and cultural studies to students from North America, Europe, and Asia (about 50 students annually). Both international and Russian students enjoy the advantages of studying in a truly international setting. USP is a decisive agent of innovation and change, introducing and disseminating new standards and practices in the Russian educational system. EUSP's educational programs are popular amongst talented graduates of Russian universities, who currently hail from fifty-four Russian regions and amongst graduates of foreign universities (mainly in Western Europe and North America). For these students, EUSP offers special international programs taught entirely in English. EUSP's teaching faculty is staffed by well-known academics who have achieved significant results and recognition in their fields. Many of them received their PhDs from the best universities in Europe and the US and have experience teaching in foreign universities.