Multilingual policy of an agrarian university: opportunities and development prospects

The article presents the research of organizational and economic directions of a modern Russian agrarian higher educational institution, which sets ambitious goals to implement changes in its management system to ensure the compliance with the rapidly changing conditions of the external environment. Thus, the aim of the research is to determine the position of the agrarian higher educational institution in the international partnership from the point of view of both its active participation in the educational process and the parameters of international cooperation. The article shows the results of the critical analysis of the state and prospects of development of the multilingual policy of the agrarian university. It is substantiated that the university should be reoriented to the maximum involvement of foreign students in the scientific, educational and innovative activities of the agrarian university. The authors emphasize the role of the development and implementation of multilingual educational programs, which will have a significant effect on the university management system. The research uses SWOT analysis, a method of strategic planning of the multilingual policy of the agrarian university, to assess internal and external factors influencing the development of the educational process in the agrarian university. Some strategies to improve the multilingual policy of the agrarian university are proposed and justified: it is suggested to increase the number of multilingual international educational programs in order to intensify the inflow of foreign students to the agrarian university, to organize cultural events and student exchanges with foreign universities, as well as to support language programs and international scientific and educational projects.

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