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This article is focused on development of the academic staff competencies that contribute to the university internationalization. A list of the competencies is defined, including mastering English for professional purposes in order to deliver academic courses and to conduct R&D in English; ability to develop educational programs in coherence with international standards; ability to create a bilingual intercultural academic environment; ability to adopt world best practices in teaching and investigations, etc. The complex of academic staff training programs delivered at National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University and aimed at the university internationalization is presented. The focus is made on English language proficiency development.