MOSCOW STATE FOREST UNIVERSITY International Cooperation of MSFU in the Field of Professional Training for Forest Sector Lleida Valentin Shalaev

The Moscow State Forest University (MSFU) was founded in Today it is the leading educational and scientific research institution in the forest sector of Russia. The University trains researchers and engineers for forest, pulp&paper and woodworking industries. Apart from forest-related specialities, MSFU trains specialists in the field of economics, management as well as translation and translatology. A special focus is placed on specialists for all fields of activities requiring computer and information systems, communication systems, databases and databanks, expert systems, object control, electronics and relevant equipment. Combining training of specialists in forest sciences and space&rocket industry stimulates the dynamic development of the University. Lleida

MOSCOW STATE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEAD COORDINATOR OF FOREST EDUCATION IN RUSSIA (gathers 61 state institutions and universities) is a Lleida

MOSCOW SAINT PETERSBURG ARKHANGELSK EKATERINBURG 61 Universities and Institutions 30 thousand students EDUCATIONAL AND METHODICAL ASSOCIATION (EMA) VORONEZH VLADIVOSTOK BRYANSK KRASNOYARSK ORENBURG OMSK VLADIKAVKAZ USSURIYSK KHABAROVSK CHITA ULYANOVSK Lleida

MOSCOW STATE FOREST UNIVERSITY MSFU’s structure: - 14 faculties - 65 departments - 5 research institutes - 3 certification centers is the leading educational institution in Russian higher forest education system. - Experimental Forest Management Unit (36 thousand hectares ) Lleida

MOSCOW STATE FOREST UNIVERSITY 100 professors 400 doctors of science 9 thousand students 250 PhD students 320 foreign students Lleida

Five research institutions work within our University: Institute of Forest System Research Institute of Integrated Wood Utilization Institute of Composite Wood Materials Institute of International Economy Institute of Space Information Systems Lleida

FACULTY OF FORESTRY Forestry (BSc, MSc) Lleida

FACULTY OF FOREST TECHNOLOGY Wood Harvesting and Processing Technology (BSc, MSc) Technological Machinery and Equipment (BSc) Operation of Transport and Technological Machines and Complexes (BSc) Lleida

FACULTY OF MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL TECHOLOGY OF WOOD Wood Harvesting and Processing Technology (BSc, MSc) Chemical Technology (BSc) Technological Machinery and Equipment (BSc) Automation of Technological Processes and Production Lines (BSc) Lleida

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND FOREIGN RELATIONS Economy (BSc, MSc) Lleida

HUMANITIES FACULTY Linguistics (BSc) Professional Training (BSc) Lleida

FACULTY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Landscape Architecture (BSc) Lleida

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS Management (BSc, MSc) Lleida

FACULTY OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Applied Mathematics and Informatics (BSc, MSc) Instrumentation (BSc, MSc) Technical Systems Control (BSc, MSc) Standardization and Metrology (BSc) Informatics and Computers (BSc, MSc) Lleida

ADVANCED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION&TRAINING FACULTY Advanced vocational educational and training: of the teaching staff of forest universities; of postsecondary teachers; of specialists of forest complex; of workers of forest complex. Advanced vocational educational and training and professional retraining and upgrading in case of basic professional educational programs of the university. Lleida

PhD Students Ecology Entomology Soil Science Logging and Forestry Technologies and Equipment Silvics and Silviculture, Forest Fires and Fire Control Technologies and Equipment for Wood Processing, Science of Wood Land Melioration, Reclamation and Protection Geodesy Forest Cultures, Selection, Seed Production Other PhD specialties, 21 all Lleida

Moscow State Forest University cooperates with : 90 foreign countries More than 500 foreign universities and organizations: Austria – 13 Germany – 51 Denmark – 5 Finland – 46 France – 20 Italy - 25 Moldova – 3 Spain - 6 Lleida

MOSCOW STATE FOREST UNIVERSITY 100 professors 400 doctors of science 9 thousand students 250 PhD students 320 foreign students from 28 countries Lleida

Foreign Students at MSFU: Training Lleida

Foreign Students at MSFU: Leisure Time Lleida

CBU ProgrammeCoordinators and partners Business and AdministrationLappeenranta University of Technology, SPbSFTU Forest Environmental Engineering University of Eastern Finland, Lappeenranta University of Technology, University of Helsinki, Moscow State Forest University, Sankt-Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Petrozavodsk State University Information and Communication Technology University of Eastern Finland, UH, LUT, SPbSFTU, PSU International Relations University of Tampere, SPbSTUU, PSU Public HealthUniversity of Eastern Finland, SPbSFTU, PSU Russian-Finnish Cross-Border University (CBU), 2005 Lleida

Russian-Finnish Cross-Border University (CBU) International Students’ CBU-FEE Class at MSFU 2011, May Forest Environmental Engineering (FEE) Programme Lleida

European Educational Project EUROFORESTER based is Swedish University of Agricultural Science Euroforest Students field practicing. September, MSFU students graduated from the EUROFORESTER Lleida

Cooperates with SIDA since 2004 in frame of Russian -Swedish Forest Sector Upgrading higher education and training in selected fields of the forest sector 2006, 7 courses: 1. Adding Value to Forestry and Wood Processing 2. Use of Wood for Energy Purposes 3. CTL Harvesting Methods, Technique and Equipment 4. Operational Planning of Logging and Wood Supply, Operations 5. Criteria and Indicators of sustainable forest management 6. Accessibility of forest resources and development of forest road network 7. Forest Economy Lleida

We have started the “Use of Wood for Energy Purpose” project in 2006 Our partners are: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; St Petersburg State Technical Forestry Academy; Archangelsk State Engineering University Lisino Forestry College; Lleida

Results Educational course was created for students The text book «Forest bio- energy» issued Development of Researches Advanced vocational educational courses was created for specialists Lleida

Project ”Development of labour market for economic growth in Moscow region” Period: Partner: Folkuniversitetet (Uppsala, Sweden) Results: Our teachers have been trained in subject oriented institution in Sweden; The program has been accredited by the Sweden side; The graduates have received a double degree: Russian and Swedish. Lleida

I nternational project № FI-TEMPUS-JPHES “Qualification framework for sustainable forestry and lifelong learning-SUFAREL” ( ) Lleida

MSFU is one of 16 executives : 1.University of Helsinki (Palmenia) 2.University of Padua, Italy 3.University of Copenhagen, 4.BOKU, Austria 5.University of Thessaloniki (AUT), Greece 6.University of Lille, France 7.EFI, Finland 8.Mari State Technical University, Russia 9.Moscow State Forest University (MSFU), Russia 10.St Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Russia 11.Bashkir State Agricultural University, Russia 12.Yekaterinburg State Forest Technical University, Russia 13.Voronezh State Forest Technical University, Russia 14.Ministry of Forestry of Mari El, Russia 15.Ecological Fund of Mari El, Russia 16.Guild of experts in professional education (GEPE), Russia. Lleida

Main Results: Special equipment for the video conferencing have been received and installed; A center of distance education have been settled; It will be the office of the off-campus center for collaboration where there is the workspace for 18 persons. Lleida

Main Results: 12 E-learning courses in the different field of forestry for the partner Universities have been completed Remote sensing of forests International forestry Urban Forestry Ecology management Forest game biology Innovation technologies in reforestation Forest policy Ecology and sustainable forest management Programme forests Landscape inventory Dendrology Modeling of Ecosystems Lleida

THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION! Lleida