Soft Skills

Modern craziness is dictating new rules and we should follow the novelty and be flexible. Soft skills are vital bunch of knowledge for here and now regardless of your background. The global lockdown showed us the necessity of harmonious coexistence of flexibility and tranquility and this course will contain the brilliant combination of tools balanced your confidence and competence.

The discipline is filled out with not only pure theoretical knowledge about personal and interpersonal skills and communication, but also with interactive, not stressing but useful tasks, games and other activities.

The teaching staff of this course is selected exclusively from practicing people with real cases and working instruments. The main goal of this school is to rocket your personal effectiveness, confidence and leadership giving an essential set of knowledges about communication skills, negotiations, social and emotional intelligence, creative and critical thinking, self-presentation and public speaking.

At the end of this course you will have a real result in the form of brilliant CV for your future job or catchy start-up pitch.

Welcome to the most joyful study ever!

Our friendly team, lectures, entrepreneurs, mentors and coaches will lead the participants throughout the process, thus they can take a maximum of it. 

Format of international online school includes:
- Live studies
- Live excursions
- Exclusive content for a limited number of students (records available for 4 months)
- Support 24/7
- E-certificate (transcript of records with a maximum of 2 ECTS)
- Transcript of records with a maximum of 2 ECTS (European study credits)
- Certificate of attendance after completing the course
- Individual/group guidance from professor
- Interactive classes

Application Deadline
May 01, 2026
Dates
07 Jul - 17 Jul, 2026
Certificate
2 ECTS
International
100%
Language
English
Tuition fee
250 $
Syllabus

Have you ever ask yourself what is conflicts ? How good am I at negotiation? If you always feel so nervous and tremble before negotiations, if you want to know how to feel confident, positive and always be prepared to face conflict welcome to our online course. We will discuss different types of negotiations, the main tools of successful negotiations, and how to feel yourself satisfied after each conflict. We will learn some tricks of skilled negotiator and will analyse rational and emotional aspects of conflict. I believe that despite your background, profession and status you should be able to defend your interests correctly and mindfully. I promise that this course will be fun, productive and useful for everyone.

Speakers
Olga Bolshova
Master of Social Policy (The University of Melbourne), Bachelor of Management of organisation (Samara University), lecturer of conflict and decision making

How did you make such a brilliant decision to open this link? We believe, that the decision making is the most important thing in your life after ability to breath, eat and sleep. Every single second of our life we are making decision. However, not every solution is so obvious and simple, sometimes it takes a while to analyse pros and cons, to understand the finished result of both sides and take responsibility for decisions and its consequences. We will talk over the decision-making process, the number of tools helping to understand the situation in systematic way. After this course, you will have the simple understanding of the decision tree and you’ll perfectly juggle with this instruments in your daily life and the decision-making process will be easy-peasy for you.

Speakers
Olga Bolshova
Master of Social Policy (The University of Melbourne), Bachelor of Management of organisation (Samara University), lecturer of conflict and decision making

Exposure in building up efficient communication with partners.

Speakers
Maria Frolova
PhD in Economics, associate Professor, ITIP author and developer, member of International statistical Institute (the Netherlands), consultant of Moscow Analytical center, Secretary of ISI Central EurAsia Outreach committee 2013-2021, World Bank local expert 2019-2020. Author of study books and more than 20 articles

Peculiarities of interaction with Russian people and companies.

Speakers
Maria Frolova
PhD in Economics, associate Professor, ITIP author and developer, member of International statistical Institute (the Netherlands), consultant of Moscow Analytical center, Secretary of ISI Central EurAsia Outreach committee 2013-2021, World Bank local expert 2019-2020. Author of study books and more than 20 articles

Creative thinking is not about having a special talent but about the way of looking at your work, problems or situations from the fresh perspectives and personal experience. This course will show you some useful and cool techniques which help you to be creative and professional. It will give you food for thought and develop your soft skills! Let yourself be creative!

Speakers
Elina Lekhtsier
Bachelor of Philology (Samara State University), winner of International Movie Making Competition by Macmillan Publishing "Readers Making Films", lecturer of creative thinking

When we set to a new project, we usually adopt a strategy. What strategy would you employ for a presentation? What are you striving to achieve? What are the ways to achieve it? Let’s talk about it.

Speakers
Tatyana Tolstova
PhD in Philology, Assosiate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages and Russian as a Foreign Language

We will tell you about Russian traditions and native holidays and show how Russians celebrate them.

Speakers
Ekaterina Loktionova
Lecturer, Degree in Linguistics

Russian technical and scientific leadership. History of most outstanding Russian inventions and technologies.

Speakers
Prokhor Almurzin
Senior Lecturer of the Department of Foreign Languages and Russian as a Foreign Language
Accommodation
Accommodation and meal options are available in your user’s account
Additional program
Detailed schedule and Tour info around St Petersburg and the capital of Russia, Moscow, are available in your user’s account
School news
20.07.2023
CITY TOUR AROUND SAMARA
What sightseeing is the most ravishing in Samara city in your opinion? Come to the summer school and explore the city from inside!
25.07.2023
WELCOME TO THE PAST!
Someone told that museums are the unique places which could help you travel not just around the territories but through the years! Team of International Schools included museums with different exhibitions in the program of international schools. Participants visited Museum of aviation and cosmonautics, Aircraft Engines History Center, Smart House of butterflies, Samara Railway Station Museum, University's Studying Airfield and the Ethnographic museum of Russian life.
22.11.2022
START THE ENGINES TOGETHER
New international school program was introduced this Autumn to 30 international students.