RUSSIA-INDIA: INDIAN STUDENTS’ ADAPTATION IN RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DIALOGUE OF CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURES

Abstract

The article touches upon the perspectives for the development of a humanitarian and intercultural interaction between Russia and India on the example of Indian students’ social adaptation in Russian universities. The monitoring of students’ satisfaction conducted in 2011 and 2015 and the sociological survey on the adaptation problems of second and sixth year students of the Therapeutic Prophylactic Faculty at the Rostov State Medical University allowed revealing how students’ socialization and inculturation success depends on the effectiveness of international work at a Russian University. The authors of the research believe that it is possible to make the adaptation process easier and faster by creating the necessary conditions for the education and residence of students from different countries with a consideration of the historical and cultural heritage, as well as the national and religious characteristics of the individuals involved in the educational space.