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Dmitry Medvedev had a working meeting with Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko

July 3, 2009, Gorki, Moscow Region

The Minister briefed the President on the results of the 2009 Unified State Exam in schools.

Improvement of higher education in Russia and development of a hierarchy for Russia’s institutions of higher learning, including a network of federal universities and national research universities, were other subjects on the agenda.

Dmitry Medvedev pointed out that he intends to submit to the State Duma a draft law on attributing a special status to the leading universities of Russia, particularly the Moscow and St Petersburg State Universities.

July 3, 2009, Gorki, Moscow Region