Universities In Different Countries Research Articles

Interdisciplinary perspectives on sustainability in higher education: a sustainability competence support model

After several decades of work toward elevating sustainability education, many have called for a transformation of the education system to create timely action. Teachers, students, organizational leaders, and many other stakeholders have voiced their dissatisfaction with their experience of sustainability education. Some say we can do more to create real action for sustainable futures. We investigate what, how and why lectures across disciplines at universities in different countries work with sustainability education. We conduct interviews and dialogs with teachers across disciplines to uncover interdisciplinary perspectives on sustainability education and how to move forward. The emerging reflections provide insights about transformations in the strategies and systems, and how to implement sustainability education. There is also a call for reuniting diverse intrapersonal and values thinking between stakeholders to support transformations in sustainability education. Furthermore, participants imagined the future as a creative space where collaboration across disciplines facilitates a student-centred transdisciplinary experience with real-world practice. This study provides insights into the mindset of teachers across disciplines and countries. A sustainability competence-based support model about the current sustainability education discourse is developed.

The Comparison of Teaching Achievement Evaluation of Operating System Course

Operating system is the basic program for managing and controlling software and hardware system such as computers. It is the most basic system software that runs directly on the bare metal. Since its birth in the last century, it has been widely used in personal computers, servers, smartphones and other fields playing a vital role in our lives, work, and entertainment. Many universities in different countries offer operating system course, which provides a relatively complete introduction to the key functional modules of operating systems, from the history of operating systems to the implementation of core principles. This paper takes the operating system course of a foreign university as an example, and evaluates the teaching result of the operating system course from the aspects of the basic introduction, student training goals, performance evaluation standards and student feedback improvement measures, etc., analyzing and comparing with the actual teaching situation of this course in China.

Sustainable facilities management in the built environment: a bibliometric review

Purpose This study aims to review the status quo, current state of research, research hot themes and research gaps in sustainable facilities management (SFM) in the built environment (BE) through an extant literature review. Design/methodology/approach To map and analyze knowledge paths in the context of SFM research, a sequential explanatory mixed-method review involving bibliometric and content analysis was used to help identify current research trends, research hot themes and knowledge gaps. The Scopus search engine was used to find 169 relevant articles. For a better understanding of the literature accumulated, a bibliometric analysis was carried out by using VOSviewer to reveal current research themes, the status quo and current state of research as well as research gaps. Findings Through the literature review and content analysis, the current research themes on SFM revealed from the study include green building technologies, assessment methods of SFM, smart buildings and building information modeling. The research hot themes in SFM include smart buildings and green building technologies, green buildings (GB), architectural and building designs in the university sector, assessment methods in buildings and decision-making and the adoption of asset and facility management in the university sector. Indoor air pollution, intelligent buildings, climate change, maintenance, environmental management, facilities, historic preservation, environmental performance, energy management, etc. are the research gaps identified from the study, and these serve as potential areas for future research studies under SFM. It was recognized that facilities managers are increasingly involved with sustainability policies within their organizations and are developing sustainability agendas to keep up with the changing nature of the facilities management (FM) profession. Practical implications The findings of this study hold relevance to the FM practice, as the integration of SFM by facilities managers can lead to waste reduction, decreased operating expenses and reduced energy consumption. In addition, occupants of sustainable buildings experience improved conditions that contribute to better health and productivity, thus boosting their overall well-being. Consistent with the themes of smart buildings and green technologies, revealed to be the hot themes in the SFM research scope, properties with sustainable features can command higher rental rates and property values, appealing to a broader range of stakeholders. SFM practices in universities can aid in saving money from reduced facility operational costs and improve the image of institutions while creating better indoor environments for students and staff. The analyses of countries involved in research can open doors for the establishment of research groups and the development of collaboration between universities in different countries researching similar topics of interest. Originality/value The geographical scope of this study is not limited and, therefore, encourages broad applicability of the findings to the global sustainable BE.

The policy-reality gap of bullying in higher education: implications for HR and managers – a comparative study of Australian and Croatian universities

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between higher educational institution bullying policies and the subsequent cultural impact to determine the effectiveness of policy in ameliorating bullying within the university culture.Design/methodology/approachThis study consisted of two separate but related case studies at two universities in different countries, focussing on university staff. The field work gathered data about existing anti-bullying policy, the extent to which it was part of the organisational culture for staff, and the levels of staff bullying experienced or seen within the organisation. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected.FindingsThe study found that despite one university having significant policy and the other having very little policy, the knowledge of policy in both universities was and subsequent experience of bullying for staff were very similar.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings indicate that anti-bullying policy alone appears to have a limited impact on organisational behaviour. This suggests that the entrenched and historical master/servant relations of academia enable such practices to continue. Policy implementation is insufficient and training and development to generate more inclusive, people-focussed management cultures is necessary to ameliorate bullying behaviour.Practical implicationsThe paper draws on the experiences, critique and suggestions of the study participants to prepare a possible agenda for cultural change that human resource (HR) managers could develop in association with academic and professional managers within their institution.Social implicationsThe findings suggest that in any social setting or organisational structure where strong historical patterns of master/servant endure, the opportunity for bullying behaviours to grow and flourish is fertile and that policy statements alone may have little impact on curtailing such behaviour.Originality/valueThis study makes two contributions to existing knowledge. First, it provides evidence that anti-bullying policy is alone unlikely to have an effective impact on instances of bullying within the culture. Second, the case study contrast displays that unacceptable levels of bullying exist in two very different institutions in two very different cultures. Whilst one country has a war-torn history and the other exists in splendid isolation, the same patterns persist, indicating that universities have structured cultural issues that are difficult to change.

PREFACE: The 6th International Conference in The Era of Uncertainty (ICPEU)

The honourable Vice Dean of General Affairs at Faculty of Engineering: Ir. Ismu Rini Dwi Ari, MT., Ph.D, Department Head of Regional and Urban Planning, Dr. Eng. I Nyoman Suluh Wijaya, ST., MT., the honourable keynote speakers – Dr. Joe Ravetz from University of Manchester – United Kingdom, Dr. Hebe Verrest from the Universiteit van Amsterdam – Netherlands, Prof. Kiyoshi Kobayashi drom Kyoto University – Japan, Le Minh NGO, Ph.D from Ton Duc Thang University – Vietnam, Gunawan Prayitno from Universitas Brawijaya – Indonesia, and ladies and gentlemen.Assalamualaikum Wr Wb,I would like to thank everyone in this room today for your enthusiasm and participation in the 6th International Conference on Planning in the Era of Uncertainty at Universitas Brawijaya.ICPEU is a biennial event that we have organized since 2013. We have focused on the discussion of sustainable development since the very beginning, as we truly believe that this topic is very relevant to what we, in the field of planning, face at the moment and in the future.In 2013 we started off the discussion with the big question, does planning theory can be applied thoroughly in practice? It was a very memorable discussion as we explored many interdisciplinary problems and solutions in planning. We then developed our topic to sustainable development in 2015 as we considered this as an underlying topic for all relevant problems and solutions. Again, the discussion was remarkable. Papers from different countries participated at the event. In 2017, we started publishing our papers on IOP Proceedings, which is a Scopus-indexed form of publication. We published 67 papers from different universities in different countries. And we believe that this event at this moment, will be more successful than our predecessors. The topic In the Repertoire of Desa, Kutha, and the Conversation in Between is yet another situation that we all can relate to. A problem that requires collective attention to achieve equality and sustainability in the future development of village and city.Looking back at the events that we have organized so far, we learned that the pursuit of achieving sustainability has attracted ever-growing global interest. We have received papers from South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Indonesia discussing and showcasing multi-level efforts in achieving sustainable development from different perspectives. In short, the response that we received has been overwhelmingly positive.I would like to thank our dearly sponsors, Universitas Brawijaya, the Faculty of Engineering, BRI, PLN, PT. SMI, By.U, and Linggar Prabangka for their support that have allowed us to organize this event. We received a number of 82 extended abstracts for this event, and unfortunately, we could only accept a number of 51 selected ones to be published on our upcoming IOP Publishing, Evergreen, IJPD UNDIP, JSED WIDYAGAMA, TATALOKA UNDIP, REGION UNS, TAKODA UB, CIVENSE UB, and ISBN Proceeding. Therefore, I would like to congratulate all authors that have made it this far.To close this speech, I would like to once again welcome you to Malang, I wish you a wonderful two-day seminar, and I look forward to learning new insights. Thank you very much.Wassalamualaikum Wr Wb.List of Committees are available in this pdf.

International Partnerships in University-Level Music Education: Principles, Pivots, and Possibilities

This article reports an analytical review of research and policy concerning the qualities that create, sustain, and enliven academic partnerships between universities in different countries. This review provides context for a discussion of the development of the institutional partnership between the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg (Austria) and Georgia State University (United States of America). A scoping review of the literature suggests that such partnerships are viewed differently by those responsible for the legal agreement establishing the partnership, the faculty and students who are tasked with implementing the partnership, and outsiders who view the results of the partnership via publications, presentations, and performances. This review situates the analysis of the partnership with the identification of themes consistent with the broader literature, including a reflection on cultural awareness, access and equity, institutional and human capacity building, and ethical dilemmas. Implications include a reflection on the collaboration’s COVID-19 era development, with the suggestion that the shift to virtual communication enhanced the partnership even as it disrupted the planned implementation.

Социально-психологическая адаптация индийских студентов в российском вузе

The introduction notes the increase of educational migration and the relevance of creating the necessary conditions for the successful socio-psychological adaptation of international students in Russia. The theoretical analysis is devoted to identifying modern problems of adaptation of international students in universities in different countries, including Russia. Among the various forms of work with international students, group culturally-sensitive counseling can help actualize the individual’s adaptive resources through immersion in the socio-cultural environment of the country of educational migration. Empirical analysis is based on a description of the results of a comparative study of the dynamics of personal characteristics of international students before and after group culturally-sensitive counseling. The advisory sessions involved 30 Indian first-year students (Penza State University). The analysis of the personal characteristics was carried out by means of the 3 methods: The Freiburg Personality Questionnaire, The Image-associative test “The image of the native country – the image of foreign countries” (S. V. Frolova), “The adaptation of a person to a new sociocultural environment” (L. V. Yankovsky). Reliably significant positive changes in the personality states of the respondents (decrease in the level of neuroticism, spontaneous aggressiveness, depression) were revealed. Conclusion. The analysis shows the effectiveness of group culturally-sensitive counseling in the socio-psychological adaptation of international students, which contributes to their active entry into the new socio-cultural environment of the country of educational migration. There has been an increase in integration among respondents with both Russian and Indian culture.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DISTANCE EDUCATION. LESSONS FROM THE COVID19 PANDEMIC

The COVID19 pandemic has made changes not only in the health care, in our personal lives, but also in the education system especially. The purpose of the research is based on the analysis of the experience of universities of different countries, as well as a survey of teachers of Uzbekistan universities, that held classes during the quarantine, to identify the advantages and disadvantages of Distance Education(DE), as well as give recommendations for making decisions on development DE during the pandemic. To identify the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning during the COVID19 pandemic, an online survey was conducted among 126 university teachers. Respondents were asked to indicate the most important aspects of the advantages and problems of DE that they encountered during this period. Respondents indicated priorities - factors that had the greatest positive and negative impact on the learning process during the COVID19 pandemic. Analysis of this "short-term" period shows that DE has its pros and cons: Advantages: Saving time and money; Reducing the risk of getting sick; Development of DE technologies; Activating teachers to prepare e-courses; Equality of students to get knowledge. Disadvantages: Lack of direct contact with students; Complexity of individual work and in groups; "Presence Effect" of students; Activity of unscrupulous teachers; Complexity of knowledge assessment; Technological inequality among students; Decrease in the activity of scientific research.

Un estudio comparativo sobre el impacto de la Covid-19 en estudiantes universitarios latinoamericanos

COVID-19 has changed educational opportunities for students around the world, and, in the process, affected their lifestyle, happiness, and engagement. The present research is part of a project from six universities in different countries across Latin America to examine the impact of COVID-19 on university students.Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the impact of COVID-19on lifestyle changes, orientations to happiness, and student engagement among a sample of college students in Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Peru, and the US.Methods: Participants were1764 students from the six previously identified countries. Data were collected using the Student Health Behavior Inventory, the Orientations to Ha-ppiness Scale, and the University Student Engagement Inventory.Results: Student respondents were mostly female, with a median age of 22. Most reported no changes in academic performance and statistically significant changes in some lifestyle behaviors such as nutrition and physical activity. Conclusions: The global pandemic led to behavioral changes among college students in La-tin America, and it affected their orientations to happiness and engagement. Institutions of higher learning are called to create opportunities for their students to reintegrate into an in-person learning environment to facilitate positive lifestyle changes for their students.

Distributed Education Talent Cultivation Model and Practice in Higher Vocational Colleges

Power The distributed running of higher vocational colleges is different from the running of a single campus, and the talent training mode is affected by space, time and other factors, which is the core part to be discussed. This paper draws lessons from the experience and summary of multi-campus running in foreign countries, analyzes the typical management modes of colleges and universities in different countries, and puts forward experience suggestions for the training mode and practice of distributed running talents in higher vocational colleges in China. To sum up the connotation and formation attribution of multi-campus management in China's higher education institutions (vocational colleges), that is, we need to strengthen the awareness of talent cultivation and innovation, clarify the functional positioning of each campus, realize the cross-integration of disciplines, and further deepen the cooperation mechanism of production, teaching and research in each campus.

Collaborative Working Spheres for Global Software Development Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Experience

This paper presents our experience implementing Collaborative Working Spheres (CWS) in the context of an international undergraduate course on Global Software Development (GSD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many universities around the world increased their efforts in creating educational alternatives for adequately addressing the educational challenges that this pandemic has introduced. A particular case is the training of software skilled graduates to work in globally distributed environments because learning this topic requires a lot of practical work when student motivation could have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, providing highly practical GSD courses during a pandemic is a challenging task for many of these universities. It is against this backdrop that we have developed an educational tool to provide CWS, enabling undergraduate students to acquire practical experience in GSD and improve their communication and teamworking skills, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. An international empirical evaluation was conducted involving students and teachers from seven universities in different countries around the world. The obtained results showed that our approach can make a significant contribution to the development of practical projects on undergraduate GSD courses with students developing their knowledge and social skills associated with this topic. The data collected on the teachers’ perceptions suggested that our approach could also be useful in introducing the GSD approach at undergraduate level when social distancing is in place.

ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL MECHANISM OF ACADEMIC MOBILITY IN UKRAINE

The relevance of the problem under consideration is caused by the need to improve the necessary competencies of students and modern teachers, researchers, the formation, development and improvement of an intercultural environment in an educational organization, which must meet both the social and personal needs of each student, aimed at the formation of a personal educational and professional development strategy. In the field of higher education, internationalization occurs as part of the implementation of international cooperation between universities, as well as attracting foreign students to main educational programs. Scientific and cultural exchange between universities in different countries is today a priority task aimed at creating high competitiveness of the Ukrainian education system. Creating conditions for the effective integration of education, science and production, creating an innovative infrastructure in the university and the region, introducing new educational technologies, developing new forms of cross-border education, harmonizing educational systems and their integration into the global scientific and educational space - this is not a complete list of requirements that are placed demands on modern processes of higher education development.

On the revision of historical collections of three-dimensional models of foraminifers from the Paleontological Museum of St Petersburg State University

Two collections of plaster models of foraminifera from the Paleontological Museum of St. Petersburg State University were studied. The first one (No. ПЛ ОФ 721) is represented by 95 objects. The time of its acquisition and authorship were unknown, some of the models were kept without labels, there was no catalog and records of its receipt. The collection has not been used for teaching or exposure in the museum. As it turned out the creator of the original collection was Academician Alcide d'Orbigny, who first described foraminifers as a separate group of animals in 1826 in the monograph “Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes”. The 100 plaster foraminiferal models were made by him to illustrate the classification the new group. The original d'Orbigny’s collection is kept in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and its copies were acquired by museums and universities in different countries. The copy of the d'Orbigny collection of the Paleontological Museum of St. Petersburg State University was probably made by the German trading company “Dr. F. Krantz, Rheinisches Mineralien-Kontor”. It was acquired by the St. Petersburg Imperial University for the Geological Cabinet (museum), which were created since 1870 by Professor A.A. Inostrantsev. Based on literary sources, the history of revisions of the d'Orbigny collection has been restored. That made it possible to correct errors in the museum labels, as well as to establish the original names of species depicted as models and bring them into line with the now accepted foraminiferal taxonomy. The second collection (No. ПЛ ОФ 75) is only a part (15 objects) of the collection of 100 models made by Václav Frič to illustrate foraminiferal classification scheme by the Austrian paleontologist August von Reuss. It was purchased for the Geological Cabinet of the Higher Women's (Bestuzhev) Courses and subsequently entered the Department of Paleontology, established at Petrograd University in 1919. As a result of the revision, the species affiliation of the species depicted as the models was established in accordance with the modern system of foraminifera.

ENCODE4OpenU and the Preparation and Delivery of an International Collaborative MOOC: A Preliminary Analysis of its Pedagogical and Technical Implementation

Among the potential intellectual outputs of the ENCODE project is the production of a MOOC that introduces teaching staff and scientific experts to the digital transition in the field of ancient writing cultures. The basis for this MOOC is the need to foster awareness of the importance of digital competences and to use a structured framework to introduce people to the available innovative teaching and learning materials and opportunities for organizing (self-)training in this field of research. For specialists in the humanities, there is often an unexpected reluctance to go beyond simply using digital tools and to deepen their understanding of the implications of the digital transitions of research fields, as well as considering the readiness of young graduates to acquire digital competences. This MOOC, which is easily accessible, affordable, sustainable, and flexible, may achieve the initial aim of the project, namely, bridging the gap between the highly specialized competences in the humanities and the innovative digital skills needed in open science practices. The main methodological issue concerns the design and adaptation of cooperative tools in order to implement a common pedagogical approach and to produce MOOC content that integrates the different competences and insights of the project participants. This report on the experiment provides useful insights into the differing expectations of academic staff as content producers, issues surrounding MOOC-cooperative design between universities in different countries, the usability of the tested platform and of the different features provided, and sustainability, as guaranteed through the connection with digital infrastructures. In the concluding section, the originality of the MOOC at a more general scale is emphasized. The ways in which the MOOC can facilitate and support the digital transition are assessed according to the FAIR principles in Higher Education Institutions. Moreover, the MOOC offers models for hands-on experiences of digital training and the evaluation of learning outcomes according to shared European frameworks; it demonstrates the importance of being connected with larger projects and digital infrastructures.

Problems and Prospects for the Art Education Development in Higher Educational Institutions Based on Big Data Technologies and Digital Platforms

In order to build an effective system of providing educational services in the art direction, it is necessary to possess an assessment of the results of Big Data initial implementation. Previously conducted studies on the specifics of implementing digital platforms in the educational art space are incomplete and insufficient. Most universities of different countries introduce these systems independently, and, therefore, there are no methods and principles for implementing such measures in the educational process. The purpose of the present research is to assess the role of Big Data and digital platforms in improving the quality and efficiency of art education. An analysis of assessing the implementation and functioning of digital systems in the leading higher educational institutions of the art direction in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine was carried out. This made it possible to generalize the experience gained and identify the main trends of this process. This made it possible to generalize the experience gained and identify the main trends of this process. In particular, 70% of students have a positive attitude towards using digital platforms that allow them to expand their awareness and informativeness, and 73% note these platforms as a source of obtaining available information. This made it possible to generalize the experience gained and identify the main tendencies of this process. As a result, modelling of the concept of using Big Data in higher education in the art direction has been presented. The main methods and examples of using Big Data in art education have been defined and characterized. Prospective directions for further application and implementation of innovative digital systems have been indicated. The use of research results creates opportunities for more flexible expansion of existing digital systems and the formation of new directions for subsequent implementation in the educational process. The research pointed to the most significant problem of comprehensive using Big Data by students due to ignorance and lack of awareness of the potential of Big Data in terms of planning, forecasting behavioral actions both in the process of learning, and in future professional activities. Further development of the research topic should focus on the quantitative and qualitative assessment of existing systems and the formation of a detailed methodology for the introduction of the latest educational services in the art education system.

Recent developments on research in sustainability in higher education management and accounting areas

The purpose of this study is to investigate recent developments in sustainability in higher education, seeking to understand what is happening in the areas of Management and Accounting. This study seeking to identify the scientific research production for the period of 2014–2020 in journals ranked in the Scimago Journal Rank (SJR). Bibliometric analysis was used to describe the sample of articles and used systematic review methodology to answer the research questions. The bibliometric network analysis allowed to identify the journals that published more and seven clusters showed the influential authors by citation and co-citations. By systematic review, universities in different countries are well represented and the objects of analysis most focused were Curricular content, Teachers, and Students. Most studies have a qualitative approach and employ content analysis. This study adds to the previous literature with two main contributions: the first lies in the reported evidence on the state of the sustainability theme in Management and Accounting as a contemporary field. The second maybe a useful starting point in this area, as it offers perspectives and reflections for future research, given that literature reviews on sustainability in higher education are not typically situated in the context of management education. This study provides a contribution to the development of the research area on sustainability in higher education as well as having potential implications for educators as it is useful for educational purposes.

Peculiarities of Music Performance in the Flow State

The study purpose is to conduct a comparative analysis of the level of performance and psychophysiological indicators of violinists playing musical compositions in the flow state and according to the standard methodology. The study was conducted in 2019 at Minzu University of China (PRC) among 92 students who studied violin in the conservatory. The experimental group was also better at musicality (p≤0.05) and intonation (p≤0.05). The results obtained can be recommended as a method for improving musicians' skills while training in conservatories and other music universities in different countries.

The Dark Thread: An Interview with David Punter


 David Punter is the author of fifteen academic books, many of which revolve around gothic fiction. The Literature of Terror: The Gothic Tradition(vol. 1-2, 1996) is one of the most relevant manuals about the Gothic published so far. He is also the editor of ten academic volumes, and has taught at universities in different countries and even continents, the University of Bristol being the last one, where he was the research director for the Faculty of Arts. David Punter has also authored eight volumes of poetry and has published poems and short stories in various anthologies. He is also a writer and a poet, and his work can be found at david-punter.org.

ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES AS AN IMPORTANT BASIS FOR CREATING THE EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF MOTIVATION FOR PROFESSIONAL SELF-DEVELOPMENT

Based on the performed research it is determined that the encouragement of the teachers of the European Union countries can be reflected in providing certain benefits for conscientious performance of professional duties and be a basis for distinction in a material, organizational, personal way; in reward for active professional pedagogical activity, etc. It is determined that encouragement procedures are a set of interrelated, interdependent procedural actions, subject to the administrative regulations, which are aimed at achieving a certain result determined by the objective of the existing regulations of the encouragement system of each country of the European Union and evaluated by the appropriate encouragement. Encouragement systems reflect the professional activities not only of individual teachers but also of the entire teaching staff of a higher education institution, that arouses interest in obtaining certain material, moral and social benefits. Emphasis is placed on the role of encouragement as an important basis for creating a system of motivation to improve the professional competence of teachers. It is established that motivation causes interaction of conditions of activity of the foreign language teachers and its focus on self-development, self-improvement of their professional quality and depends on individual characteristics, age, pedagogical experience, job title, general and professional competence, which provides for a combination of knowledge of didactics, psychology and methods of teaching foreign languages, linguistics, etc. The necessity of changes in the professional activity of the foreign language teachers is noted, which today formulate new goals and their achievements with the innovative pedagogical technologies and their means.The views of both domestic and foreign scientists on the research problem are analyzed, which allow us to conclude that each European Union country has its own personal differences in the encouragement system (wages, incentives, additional payments, financial rewards, etc.), i.e., heterogeneity exists not only in universities of different countries but also within a particular higher education institution. At the same time, the requirements for knowledge and understanding of theoretical and practical strategies of encouragement systems largely coincide.
 Keywords: European Union countries; encouragement; teachers; foreign language teachers; motivation systems; incentive; professional competence; innovation activity; self-improvement; self-development.

Digital competencies of university transformation project teams from different countries

At the moment, many authors are exploring the issues of digitalization of universities and the need to develop digital competencies. The importance of transferring project activities to a digital platform is also actively discussed. However, the problem of the lack of sound digital competencies for university transformation project teams is relevant and has not yet been fully resolved in many countries. In accordance with this, the purpose of the research presented in the article was to identify a set of digital competencies that are most important for the implementation of transformation projects of universities in different countries. The scientific hypothesis tested in the course of the research sounds like an assumption that a certain set of digital competencies of team members is required for the success of transformation projects and their significance in the overall structure of competencies is high. The conclusion hypothesis was the statement that digital tools and the corresponding digital competencies are currently being used insufficiently by universities. The study was conducted in 2021-2022 in two stages using semi-structured interview and questionnaire methods. The questionnaire survey was conducted in four countries — Russia, Georgia, Serbia, and Iran. The survey covered 203 experts — representatives of universities in these countries with extensive experience in project activities. Interviews were conducted with 116 representatives of the administrative and managerial staff of five major universities in Russia. The main results were: firstly, the influence of competencies on the success of university transformation projects was confirmed; secondly, the high importance of digital competencies in the structure of other groups of competencies required for teams of university transformation projects is revealed; thirdly, facts are presented that indicate that digital competencies are used, but to an insufficiently high degree. These results have scientific novelty, as they contribute to the development of the concept of competence approach, clarifying digital competencies, as well as the development of project management, clarifying the requirements for the qualitative parameters of project teams in the context of digitalization of universities. The practical significance of the study is that universities receive information about the directions of development of digital competencies of transformation project teams.