Who and Why Is Trained in Private Universities in Russia?

The training of personnel by non-state universities in Russia and its interfaces with the personnel needs of regional economies, the territorial deployment of private universities and their branches, their contribution to regional training systems for professional personnel, and the structure of training for educational programs in the context of the enlarged groups of specialties, the directions of training, professions (Next – UGSNP). The study is based on the data of federal statistical observation in the form No.1, as well as on the information of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation. The results of the assessment made it possible to distinguish the specifics of the placement of non-state universities in Russia, their contribution to the total volume of training with higher education in macro-regions, as well as their influence on the compliance of the system of training specialists with the higher education of the personnel needs of industries and federal districts. The conclusions can be considered as an information base for the adoption by the relevant state authorities and the leadership of private universities themselves managerial decisions to revise the spectrum of the implemented educational programs.