Astrakhan State University

Russia’s joining the Bologna Process in 2003 among 23 European countries made it necessary to switch the Russian system of higher education to the two-stage educational process – bachelor programs as the first stage and master programs as the second stage. Since 2010, all the main educational programs within the Russian system of higher education are delivered as per the third-generation federal state educational standards, thus fully complying with this two-level system. They stimulate career growth and make it possible to realize one’s professional skills efficiently both in one’s home country and outside it; They form skills of project-aimed and research work; they develop creative thinking, communicability, and leadership qualities;