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Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics –
More than 200 representatives of leading corporate universities and experts in the field of business education in Russia gathered at the HSE Higher School of Business (HSB) for the presentation of a book with the results of the third wave of research.
Representatives of leading CU and corporate academies spoke at the panel discussion: the Bank of Russia, NLMK, UMMC, SberUniversity, Rosatom.
The study of the population of corporate universities in the country was initiated by the HSE Graduate School of Economics. The pilot reference and analytical publication with the results of the first wave, presented in 2022, aroused great interest in the professional community.
The project was continued, and in 2024 the study was conducted with the support of SberUniversity. The authors of the initiative idea and editors of the third book are Valery Katkalo, Director of the HSE School of Business and Natalia Shumkova, Deputy Director of the Business School for Corporate Training.
Valery Katkalo and Natalia Osipchuk, CEO of SberUniversity, addressed the presentation participants with welcoming remarks.
“Today, corporate universities in Russia are a unique point of intersection of transformation processes in education and business. The role of CUs is to be not just centers for professional retraining, but an environment that promotes organizational and personal development. I am confident that the book, which presents the results of the study “Corporate Universities of Russia – 2024″, carried out by the Higher School of Business of the National Research University Higher School of Economics with the support of SberUniversity, will be useful both for experienced players in the corporate training market and for companies that are just thinking about creating a corporate university,” emphasized Natalia Osipchuk.
Director of the Higher School of Business, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Professor
“The third wave of our study of the population of Russian CUs allowed us to identify a number of new quantitative and qualitative aspects of the development of their business models and product portfolios. In addition, at this stage of the study, we developed and tested an original concept of the typology of Russian CUs, which received high praise from the professional community.”
In a brief overview of the key data and conclusions of the third wave of the study, Natalia Shumkova emphasized the increase in the number of project participants in 2024. A significantly new qualitative aspect of the study of corporate universities within the third stage of the project was the development of their original typology, taking into account the world experience of comparing the maturity stages of corporate universities. The authors summarized the accumulated experience of scientific typology of corporate universities, offering a pioneering attempt at a conceptual model for comparing the stages of evolution of Russian corporate universities. The book contains an article with the “Matrix of Maturity of Corporate Universities” developed by the authors and the experience of testing it based on the findings of the primary self-assessment from more than half of the participants in the “portrait gallery” of the 2024 study.
The presentation continued with a panel discussion: “What is important for us to know about the development of corporate universities in Russia?”, moderated by Valery Katkalo. The discussion was attended by industry leaders: Andrey Afonin, Director of the Bank of Russia University, Polina Kolesova, Director of the NLMK Corporate University, Vyacheslav Lapin, Director of the University of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, Natalia Osipchuk, CEO of SberUniversity, and Yulia Uzhakina, CEO of the Rosatom Corporate Academy.
The discussion touched upon key issues of corporate university development in Russia. The speakers discussed the evolution of universities over the past 20-25 years, focusing on important stages of their development – from the first attempts to create them in the 1990s to today, when corporate universities are becoming key drivers of business development and change management. Corporate universities have become innovation centers that influence not only business, but also society – the experts agreed.
A special atmosphere accompanied the entire presentation of the book “Corporate Universities of Russia – 2024”. A bright final chord of the community meeting was the announcement of the IV Forum of Corporate Training Leaders, the key ideas of the upcoming Forum were presented by Yulia Uzhakina. In 2025, it will be held at the site of the Rosatom Corporate Academy in Nizhny Novgorod.
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