The University Joined the Commonwealth of Online Higher Education

09:30, July 1, 2024

Ural Federal University has already opened two online Master's programs

Ural Federal University joined the Commonwealth of Online Higher Education. Among the participants of the Commonwealth are educational platforms Netology, Skillbox, Skillfactory, Yandex Practicum and universities of the HSE, ITMO, MIPT, RANEPA, and Financial University.

Key players of the Russian market of higher online education united in November 2023. The task of the commonwealth is to develop modern educational programs in a new format.

UrFU is gradually transferring the accumulated experience of working with MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) to higher education programs. Now the university has opened two online Master's programs in partnership with educational platforms: "Applied Artificial Intelligence" with Netology and "Machine Learning Engineering" with Skillfactory.

"Joining the Commonwealth allows universities to share experiences with colleagues in the market and organize joint events for students. We can together form models of new educational programs and deal with complex tasks, as well as help the academic community to correctly interpret the regulatory framework that is emerging around network programs and online education," says Natalia Andreichenko, Vice-Rector for Graduate School Development at UrFU.

The online segment of Higher Education has continued to grow steadily over the past four years. According to the Commonwealth, the number of applicants in the previous enrollment exceeded 3,500 and may increase further this year. The new admission campaign already opened enrollment for 77 online Master's, Bachelor's, and basic Higher Education programs: one-third more than last year.

Elena Gvarishvili

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office.
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