Using the cluster approach in the development of transport education in Russia

Abstract

The article presents the results of research on the essence of the cluster approach and the applicability of its use in the development of transport education in Russia. The theoretical provisions and conclusions of the study are based on general scientific and special methodological approaches: systematic, expert, logical analysis, content analysis of scientific literature. The information and empirical base of the study is represented by statistical data of the European Cluster Observatory, materials of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, the Russian University of Transport (MIIT). The author concludes that clustering contributes to the creation of aggregate innovative educational products and values that increase the competitiveness of cluster subjects. The arguments in favor of using the cluster approach in the implementation of the scientific and educational strategy of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT), which implements the project of the multifunctional technological cluster «Obraztsovo» are given.