The Specificity Of Human Capital Formation In The National Research Universities

Dictated by the necessity of innovative development and experiencing the sanctions imposed by the international community , Russia confronts the problem and, at the same time the prospect, to gradually withdraw from commodity and raw materials trade orientation of the national economy towards the innovative industrially developed economy. The transition to an innovative economy forces all economic actors to perform a complex organizational and economic work and elaborate the national economy development project. The focus on innovative principles of economic development is an argument favouring the establishment of a common strategy in training specialists for domestic industry. The article is devoted to the analysis of the specificity of human capital formation in National research universities. Considering the Russian goal to create the human capital complying with the development of innovative economy the National technical and natural science research universities (NRU)have to be established.. The article reveals the NRU role in the formation of intellectual capital complying with challenges of the innovation economy, as well as the analysis of the peculiarities of NRU functioning in Russia and abroad. National research universities have to play a significant role in the formation of human capital, the development of Russia’s science and innovation culture, thus contributing to the development of innovative economy of the Russian Federation. Measures are proposed how to change the human capital formation system and provoke adequate changes of the organizational-economic mechanism of University’s management, to change the relationship of all the internal elements basing on partner relations and strategic marketing approach to the University’s activity.Â