Cooperative development of cities and universities of the Russian Federation in the new economic space

Abstract

The importance of education, knowledge and science in today’s world cannot be overstated. The competitiveness of an educational organisation depends on the development of the urban space in which it is located. Transformation processes in society have led to changes in the formats of interaction in the system “city-university” from the perspective of considering the city as a consumer of highly qualified personnel and commercialised innovations, and universities as an environment for creating innovations, knowledge and a source of highly qualified personnel, actualising the trend of their joint development in order to build up intellectual and innovative potential. Based on the comparative analysis and comparison of data from open scientific publications and the most famous world and Russian ratings, the paper studies Russian cities and universities, which occupy a leading position in the country in the field of education from the viewpoint of their attractiveness for education at the national and global levels. The peculiarities of the most attractive Russian cities for education are outlined. The necessity of stimulating the demand for innovative education on the part of urban business structures within the Triple Helix concept is highlighted.