2. model for reform of undergraduate education
NOVUM TRIVIUM
structure
- A traditional Discipline
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Another Language and Culture

4. S CREDIT
B C HOURS
T
E
M
STEM
* 100 % = ?
B+C

5. F I T * programs
STEM year
Robotics 83% 2012
Quality management 66% 2011
Innovation management 60% 2009
FIT – faculty of innovative technologies
ABET minimum – 75% of STEM subjects
ABET – accreditation board for eng & technologies

6. ALL STUDENTS SOME STUDENTS
PROJECT PROJECT
RESEARCH EDUCATION RESEARCH EDUCATION
BUSINESS
BUSINESS

7. “ABITURIENT” motivation
STEM - CURIOSITY
BUSINESS - CAREER

8. MFTI - “phys-tech” institute of Moscow
Faculty of innovations and high technologies evolution:
2006 - creation 2007 – crisis 2008 – change of policy:
no more management - IT and mathematics only
3 semesters of physics instead of 5-6
Now: excellent results in IT but crisis in business education
Physicists or doctors?
«ЕГЭ»-score (SAT,ACT in USA) in MFTI is one of the highest
260 points for the faculty of molecular biology
300 points (max possible) – for the faculty of physics
210 – average score for the students of medical universities

9. It is a miracle that curiosity survives
formal education
A. Einstein
When they come downstairs from
their Ivory Towers, idealists are very
apt to walk straight into the gutter
Logan Smith