What is the Institute?
Institute (institutio in Latin – the "institution") referred to higher education and research institution, where teaching and scientific work in one professional field.
An example is the MAI (Moscow aviation Institute), where specialists of wide profile, but only one professional in the field of aviation.
Over 55% of the teachers of the Institute have different academic degrees. Also regulated the amount of research and dedicated to their budget. The Institute is the basic unit in the system of higher education, is the most common type of higher education institution (HEI). Often called the military institutions and security of the educational institution. Managed by the Institute Director or head of Institute. Its graduates become bachelors and masters with the exception of some artistic or military schools.
What is a University?
University (lat. universitas — "totality", "community") was called in the Middle ages the Corporation of teachers and students who have lived in one place, learning science in direct communication with each other. In the modern world, a University is called a College, which conducted scientific and educational work not less than seven dimensions of knowledge. This is its main difference from the Institute. Modern requirements to the universities is high enough: faculty need to apply innovative teaching methods and conduct extensive scientific studies mandatory.
Research at the University should be conducted in five scientific fields. The amount of research funding is regulated in the amount of ten million rubles for the five research years.
The University is usually divided into faculties and the faculties of the Department. Accordingly, the administrative structure of the University consists of the rector, Vice-rectors and deans who head the departments. Then there are heads of departments. The requirements for the academic members of the University higher than the Institute at least 60% of the teaching staff must have academic degree. Also a hundred students resident students must have a minimum of four graduate students.
Many universities act as a huge educational-scientific complexes, which include institutes and laboratories. In Russia there are several types of public universities: Federal universities, national research universities and two universities with special status - the Moscow state University and St. Petersburg state University.
