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The paper addresses preparation of engineering students for the global market. The following issues are discussed: the most important attributes of academic mobility; crosscultural competence as a determinant of successful global professional communication; experience of the Kazan National Research Technological University (Russia) in crosscultural competence development.Academic mobility is considered as a social phenomenon and as a personal quality, an integral unity of four basic components: cognitive, communicative, pragmatist and reflexive. Within cross-cultural competence we point out motivational, cognitive, personal, and communicative/behavioral components. National Universities in Russia intensify efforts to integrate into the global academic community. There is still a plurality of problems regarding mobility, second language fluency and cross-cultural competence. In this paper we propose introducing an additional degree (Russian equivalent to the Western minor degree) as one of the tools for preparation of students for mobility programs. Results of cross-cultural training are presented and discussed. IntroductionGlobal communication and interaction is increasing. This trend spans different nations and cultures, including people's professional and personal lives. This poses challenges to cross-cultural contacts, the origins of which stem from a low level of crosscultural communicative competence, intolerance, prejudice, and cultural insularity. The contemporary world is characterized by a strong tendency for globalization on the one hand, and the widespread increase of nationalism, self-comprehension, and ethnic identity on the other hand. Fostering the development of mankind, modern technology, and global communication requires an open mind and cross-cultural communicational competence. This is especially true for engineers. Labor and academic mobility is one of the key factors in global scientific and technological development. As a tool of the Bologna Process, mobility establishes the basis for a system of education and for an efficient global labor market. Academic mobility: Approaches and MethodologyThere is substantial research on the formation and development of university students' academic mobility [2]. Various definitions of the term show different aspects of academic mobility as a phenomenon.

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