Vladimir Putin signed a decree on launching a pilot project from the 2023/24 academic year aimed at improving the system of higher and vocational education in Russia. Six universities will participate in the initiative: the Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad, the capital's MAI, MISIS and Moscow State Pedagogical University, St.
Petersburg Mining University and Tomsk State University. Two levels of higher education will be established: basic (with a period of development of programs from four to six years) and specialized (from one to three years)