RUBEN VARDANIAN
SKOLKOVO President

"We are now witnessing a change in a global picture when the notion “western model” does not exist any more, the world is moving towards multipolarity. The demands, including those to education, are changing as well, they are moving up to a new quality level. More and more interest and attention is being paid to the new markets, primarily Asian ones. Education is not an exception from this trend. SKOLKOVO model cannot be called specifically Russian. We are creating an international school and our model fits in the new stage of business education development in the entire world."

ANDREI VOLKOV
SKOLKOVO Dean

"Modern educational process is not based on the lectures and seminars principle, when you can put one or two hundred people in one room and teach them marketing, finance and economics. Now people are sharing their knowledge, not only receiving it from a professor. This is why the school has to be such a communicational space that allows inspiration of this dialogue. Our MBA programme differs from classical ones and this makes it interesting. We look for a person who has ever tried either his own business or corporate or social, who has made his first capital, no matter big or small, and who sees that he does need a quality lift in order to move further."

WILFRIED VANHONACKER
SKOLKOVO Dean

"At SKOLKOVO, we are very clear on what school we want to be. We chose three key aspects to make us unique coming together: one is leadership and entrepreneurship; two is geographical focus on emerging markets and three is innovative pedagogical approach that I would describe as experiential learning. I am sure that with the highest level of standards and our unique points, we can be among the top global business schools and at some extent be better than them."