Academic Mobility of Russian HE students (Case study: Russian State University of Tourism and Service)

Abstract

With the process of European Integration of Higher education under way and the Russian Federation
 building up social, political, economic and cultural relations with its European partners, the development
 of intraurban, domestic and international academic mobility of Russian HE student is gaining momentum,
 attracting increasing numbers of HE institutions.
 The article analyses student academic mobility, focusing on the concepts of ‘mobility’ and ‘academic
 mobility’ as well as the students’ stance on academic mobility and the state policy in regard to the
 phenomenon. The author researches the dynamics of the Russian State University of Tourism and Service student participation in mobility schemes and presents the data collected in the course of a theme pilot testing
 surveying undergraduate and post-graduate students of the targeted university.