Organization of the educational process in the field of external educational migration on the example of Tomsk State University

The main research field of this article is some key features of the organization of the educational process for educational migrants who came to study at the National Research Tomsk State University (TSU) through the prism of sociocultural processes in the Russian segment of the international educational services market. The paper briefly describes the main compliance parameters with international standards of educational migration for the Russian Federation and Tomsk in particular, as a local educational center. The historical and statistical justification of the vast external educational flows of Tomsk is also given, as well as the main characteristics of the social portrait of an educational migrant who want to study in Tomsk universities. The second part of the paper consists of a questionnaire analysis conducted among foreign students of TSU about the educational process organization (for example of the faculty of historical and political sciences). The aim of the study was to elucidate the main aspects of the educational process that are significant for this category of students, as well as to identify the reasons and motives for their admission. It was also found that most surveyed students are satisfied with the organization and quality of the learning environment. Among the significant issues are the following: the set of offered courses, the optimal number of hours for learning the Russian language, as well as an individual approach to the learning process. On the other hand, the study showed that the educational activities of educational migrants are often not limited only to the academic field, it covers the main aspects of life and contributes to the comprehensive development of the student’s personality. In this case, about half of the respondents noted that teachers are limited solely by their course and do not conduct any adaptation or educational work with students. Nevertheless, this fact does not mean that the moral and ethical aspect is missing in the educational process at the university: the work of curators and volunteers is quite developed in TSU, which helps students successfully adapt to new realities. The faculty itself also has several special courses closely related to professional and intercultural communication, where students are immersed in the study of everyday socio-cultural environment. Thus, the educational process at TSU for educational migrants covers all the basic aspects of students’ life and is generally aimed at the harmonious development of personality and professional growth of a future specialist.

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