Credential Templates, The Former USSR and the Russian Federation

time student is fifty-four hours a week, including classwork and independent studies. The
instructional hours are thirty-six hours a week. For part-time
(evening) education, classwork amounts to sixteen hours per week. In the case
of correspondence education, each student must be provided with at least 160 contact hours a
year.
Coursework includes humanities, business administration, law, Russian language,
mathematics, and informatics. Other subjects are professionally oriented and divided between
general subjects within the chosen field of study and specialisation subjects. In addition,
programs include compulsory external professional practicum. Programs conclude with a
supervised diploma project which must be defended, and final examinations.
Types of Institutions Offering Higher Vocational Education in the Russian Federation
Most higher vocational programs are offered in disciplines such as technology,
agronomy, business, services, teaching, health (allied medical professions), culture and art.
Institutions are usually named according to their area of specialisation.
In the Russian Federation, there are three types of institutions of higher vocational
education:
1.) tehnikum (техникум),
2.) uchilishche (училище), and
3.) college (колледж, kolledzh).
1.) Typical uchilishche programs of higher vocational education provide training for
occupations in services, health, teaching (pre-school or primary), and art. 1 Examples of higher
vocational uchilishche are medical uchilishche, pedagogical uchilishche, etc.
2.) The tehnikum typically provides programs in technology and business.
3.) Educational programs of colleges, in addition to the educational programs for
tehnikum and uchilishche, include more in-depth theoretical education and professional training
for up to one additional year. Colleges can be independent educational institutions or constituent
parts of higher education institutions. Colleges may also award the Diploma of Incomplete
Higher Education that can be used for entry into year three of a Bachelor or Specialist program
of higher education. (For more information on the Diploma of Incomplete Higher Education see
the chapter on Higher Education.)
1 Note that other types of uchilishche are lower vocational institutions and higher education institutions.
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