Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Eltsin, Ural Federal University
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FSAEI HPE "Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Eltsin" is a federal university of Russia, created on the basis of the oldest universities in the Urals - UGTU-UPI and USU. Over the 90-year history, more than 300 thousand graduates have been trained. The university occupies a leading position not only in the Urals, but also in Russia. The strategic goal of the university is the formation of a scientific, educational and innovation center in the Ural Federal District, the core of which will be the university. This will ensure the leadership of the university in the field of natural, humanities and technical sciences, its entry into the number of leading world educational and intellectual centers.
History
2024
Opening of the CSS laboratory
On September 2, 2024 educational , facilities were opened at the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (YENiM) of the Ural Federal University named after the first President Russia B.N. Yeltsin, within the framework of which the laboratory was launched. cyber security CSSB
At the opening ceremony, the official start of the educational site was given by the rector of the Ural Federal University Viktor Anatolyevich Koksharov, Deputy Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Dmitry Alexandrovich Ionin, Director of the IENiM Svetlana Anatolyevna Zimnitskaya and General Director of the UTSB Valentin Viktorovich Bogdanov.
The laboratory at YENiM became the second educational platform in the practical areas of cybersecurity at UrFU for future IT specialists - the first laboratory was opened with the support of the UTSB in October 2021 at the Institute of Radio Electronics and Information Technologies − RTF.
Шаблон:Quote 'author = said Valentin Bogdanov, General Director of the UTSB.
In educational spaces equipped with hardware and software solutions, UrFU teachers, UTSB experts and representatives of leading manufacturing companies will teach students how to combat cybercrime. Specialized courses will be held here and scientific and practical research will be implemented, it is also planned to create landfills to work out the tasks of ensuring the information security of existing enterprises, which is an important step in preparing students for real working conditions in this area.
Agreement with SKB Kontur and Yandex.Cloud on the training of IT specialists
SKB Kontur, Ural Federal University and Yandex Cloud entered into a strategic partnership to train IT specialists. SKB Kontur announced this on July 12, 2024.
Cooperation will be directed to the training of specialists in the field of Fundamental Informatics and Information Technologies (FIIT). Students will learn to introduce cloud technologies into educational projects, master web development, and will be able to independently create neural networks.
Previously, companies have already collaborated in joint educational initiatives. Thus, Yandex Cloud resources have already been used in the courses of the UrFU "Cloud Services Engineer," "Project Workshop" and "Fundamentals of Project Activities." In total, more than 300 students have already studied in these courses. The next step is a strategic partnership, in which Yandex Cloud and SKB Kontur will expand the line of educational programs where cloud technologies will be used, and will be able to train more than 100 highly qualified IT specialists per year.
{{quote 'author = said Mikhail Srodnykh, General Director of SKB Kontur. | The Kontur have been prepare demanded personnel for the IT industry for more than 10 years together with the UrFU. More than a thousand UrFU students annually take Kontur programming courses. About a hundred students annually enter the FIIT direction, created by Kontur on the basis of UrFU in conjunction with other IT companies. Each of them implements important student training projects: Contour courses allow them to master programming and web development, and Yandex Cloud cloud technologies to learn how to publish their web applications to users. This gives a synergistic effect and increases the value of UrFU graduates in the IT market. I am confident that the partnership of UrFU, Contour and Yandex Cloud will have a beneficial effect on the development of the IT industry in the Urals,}}
So that students can learn the work of modern technologies in practice, SKB Kontur and Yandex Cloud will provide them with access to their services and specialist advice for free. This interaction will provide future specialists with high-quality education in demand in the digital economy.
Within the framework of cooperation, it is planned to hold conferences, seminars, exhibitions and presentations dedicated to common projects. Joint activities will help to create a platform for the exchange of experience and knowledge between partners and will contribute to the development of advanced solutions.
Шаблон:Quote 'author = noted Sergey Kortov, First Vice-Rector of Ural Federal University.
Organic films for charging pacemakers have been developed in Russia
On February 29, 2024, Russian researchers from the Ural Federal University (UrFU) announced the development of biocompatible crystal films. They are claimed to have high piezoelectric properties - they generate an electric current under mechanical or thermal action. The technology could come in handy when creating elements for invasive medical devices such as pacemakers. Read more here.
2023: Becoming one of the most popular universities among applicants - according to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko
The Russian Academy of National Economy and Civil Service (RANEPA), Kazan Federal University (KFU), Ural Federal University (UFU), Higher School of Economics (HSE) and the Financial University under the government have become the most popular universities in Russia. This was announced on September 4, 2023 by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko at a meeting with the head of government of the RFMikhail Mishustin. According to Chernyshenko, the most popular areas among applicants were: computer science and computing, pedagogy and economics, as well as jurisprudence and management. Read more here.
2022
Receipt of orders for 150 million rubles
The new engineering development center of the Ural Federal University received orders for 150 million rubles. This was announced at the end of October 2022 by the rector of Ural Federal University Viktor Koksharov.
Our customers will receive a fully digital model in parts, a set of design documentation and a prototype. That is, we make a development sample in our real form and give everything in the description of technologies: how, on what equipment, from what materials the product should be made, - he said in a conversation with TASS. |
According to him, the university won a grant from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation for 255 million rubles. These funds are used to create and equip the engineering development center
The new division of the Ural university will work in close cooperation with the Engineering Center for Digital Engineering Technologies (ICTM UrFU), which has a wealth of experience in engineering and is actively engaged in the development and production of import-substituting products.
The tasks of the engineering development center will include the implementation of research, development, production of critical components and technologies for objects of domestic industry. The grant won by the Ural Federal University will provide an opportunity to purchase high-precision equipment to expand the production capacities of the university, which will make it possible to manufacture import-preserving products with improved characteristics and consumer properties.
Against the background of sanctions today, almost all large holdings are faced with the problem of supplying the necessary components. The steps taken by the country's leaders to solve this problem, in particular, the opening of engineering development centers, are designed to ensure the import independence of Russian enterprises. We have all the components and potential to accomplish these tasks. There is a lot of interesting and necessary work ahead, - said the first vice-rector of UrFU Sergey Kortov.[1] |
KamAZ Eco-Friendly Engine Development Center Development Plan
Director of the Engineering Center for Digital Technologies of Mechanical Engineering (ICTM UrFU) Maxim Sapogov, Rector of the Ural Federal University Viktor Koksharov and First Vice-Rector of UrFU Sergey Kortov held talks with the General Director of KAMAZ Sergei Kogogin. This was announced on July 7, 2022 by the UrFU.
The meeting discussed the possibility of creating a center for the development of new environmentally friendly and economical KAMAZ engines at the university.
Science, real production and business - only in such a close alliance can the necessary initial conditions be created and the high quality of training and training of competent personnel, which the industry urgently needs, can be ensured. KAMAZ successfully solves real production and business problems, creating high-tech auto equipment in demand by the country. And combining efforts with universities allows us to be confident in the success of our new initiatives, "said Sergey Kogogin. |
Cooperation between UrFU and KAMAZ became a logical continuation of fruitful work - earlier the engineers of the ICTM UrFU completed a project to optimize the geometry of the exhaust manifold, as a result of which the fuel efficiency and efficiency of the engine were increased.
The creation of an engineering center at the university to develop models of new engines is a priority task that we are solving with KAMAZ, which has become our key partner in the Advanced Engineering Schools (PISH) project. At the same time, the center will also solve educational problems related to personnel training, - said the rector of the university Viktor Koksharov. |
In the fall of 2022, KAMAZ Days are planned at the Ural Federal University - events to familiarize students with the capabilities of KAMAZ as a place for future work and development.
Agreement with the National Platform to train specialists in the implementation of the Ma-3 ERP system
On March 31, 2022, the National Platform company announced that, together with the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, they signed an agreement on cooperation to train qualified specialists in the implementation and operation of the Russian ERP platform Ma-3.
The Ma-3 ERP platform provides import substitution foreign analogues in the segment of automation systems for enterprises for industries, industries organizations, and military-industrial complex public authorities, state corporations large enterprises of a federal scale.
Consulting seminars for UrFU students are held by experts of the National Platform company in a remote format. As part of the training of specialists and users on the implementation of the domestic ERP platform, access to online seminars is provided using the infrastructure created by the company for the implementation of the Ma-3 Academy project. In the coming plans of cooperation with the UrFU, an in-depth study of such functions of "Ma-3" as HRM and logistics, as well as development tools, is included. said Andrey Zaripov, CEO of National Platform.
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2021
Participation in the creation of the Consortium for Hydrogen Development in Transport
On July 6, 2021, it became known that Sinara - Transport Machines Holding, Ural Federal University, Institute of High-Temperature Electrochemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Agency for Technological Development and Advent Engineering entered into a cooperation agreement. Read more here.
Cooperation with Huawei in Russia in the field of training ICT specialists
On May 17, 2021, the company Huawei announced cooperation with the Ural Federal University named after the first President Russia B.N. Yeltsin (UrFU) in the field of training specialists in information and communication technologies (ICT). The corresponding agreement was signed by the director of the radio electronics information technology institute and the Ural Federal University Ilya Obabkov and the deputy general director. Huawei Enterprise in Russia Alexander Stolyarov
Cooperation with UrFU continues Huawei's cycle of initiatives to solve the IT workforce problem. Within the framework of the Huawei ICT Academies, which are created on the basis of universities, the company shares knowledge and international experience in the field of information and communication technologies with senior students, graduate students and teachers. Huawei specialists provide training to teachers on IP technologies, storage systems, cloud computing technologies, as well as a number of other relevant areas. After completing the course, all participants are given the opportunity to undergo international certification.
Cooperation with leading technical universities in Russia is an important step in the process of forming the IT market and digitalizing the country's economy. Huawei has deep technological expertise and rich international experience, and we are always ready to share our knowledge with students and teachers of specialized educational institutions, - comments Alexander Stolyarov. - We very much hope that cooperation in the field of training of young and mature specialists, holding job fairs, organization of various competitions and internships will eventually become an additional incentive for the development of the sphere of information technologies in the Urals. |
ICT Huawei Academy based on UrFU became the 13th Huawei educational project in the Ural Federal District and the 3rd in Yekaterinburg.
Two teachers of Ural Federal University were trained in the course "Network Administration" and in May 2021 are already conducting classes for 45 students. Two more of their colleagues are mastering the "Data Storage Systems" program - by May 2021 they are at the final stage of preparation. In total, the university, in collaboration with Huawei, will implement five courses, in addition to the already named "5G," "Wireless Technologies," "Information Security." All these areas are in great demand and are needed by both students and employers, - comments Natalya Papulovskaya, head of the ICT Academy of Huawei in UrFU. |
Huawei ICT Academy helps us implement two important principles. Democracy - students themselves can choose which laboratory, which center they will go to as part of a special course. Competition - courses implemented with companies are always relevant and useful, because if they become less interesting or less promising, students simply will not choose them, "Ilya Obabkov shared. |
Professional knowledge and skills that we are ready to share with students are in demand in the banking sector, financial institutions, and government agencies. There is always a high demand for such specialists, especially in the Ural region, which is actively on the rails of digitalization, "says Vladislav Mikshevich, head of the regional sales group at Huawei Enterprise in Russia. |
In addition to educating students, Huawei also assists them in employment. To this end, the company regularly organizes Job Fairs, to which representatives of large corporations, partners and customers of Huawei are invited.
Plans to create an IT Competency Accelerator together with SKB Kontur
SKB Kontur on February 4, 2021 announced that, together with UrFU, they signed an agreement on the creation of the Ural consortium "IT Competence Accelerator."
By 2024, an educational center for the training of specialists in the field of information technology (IT) will appear on the territory of Kontur Park.
The Ural consortium "Accelerator of IT Competencies" (AKSIT) is built on the basis of public-private partnership. The agreement on its creation was signed on February 4, 2021 by the general director of SKB Kontur Yevgeny Filatov and the rector of the Ural Federal University Viktor Koksharov.
About 5,000 people will study annually - from schoolchildren to older people.
The accelerator should support those who have the skills in mathematics and computer science and train the specialists that the digital economy needs. Thus, AKSIT will become a platform for the digital transformation of the economy of the Ural macro-region.
I am confident in the success of the AKSIT project, because the consortium unites the university, which occupies high positions in the training of IT specialists, and the company for the development of digital services. The project is supported by the regional government and is open to both the Russian and international academic communities and companies creating a digital future. The implementation of the project will strengthen the position of the city and the region as one of the centers of digital transformation of the country's economy, said Evgeny Filatov, General Director of SKB Kontur
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According to the rector of UrFU Viktor Koksharov, the educational center being created will be in the heart of the professional IT community - Kontur Park. Students will be able to immerse themselves in this professional environment, implement their projects and increase competencies in the IT sphere. This also applies to everyone involved in digital transformation in a wide variety of industries.
Together with SKB Kontur, we are creating a center for the training and development of IT personnel for the region. We are open to cooperation with all participants who share the goals and objectives of this project. A specialized structure for project-oriented, practice-oriented training will be built on the territory of Kontur Park. Opportunities for advanced training will be able to take advantage of a very large circle of people - from schoolchildren to adults. There will be no traditional lectures here. Training will go through maximum immersion in the professional environment, noted Victor Koksharov, rector of UrFU
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2019: Cooperation with SKB Kontur for the Development of Fundamental Informatics and Information Technologies
On July 10, 2019, SKB Kontur announced that it would assist the UrFU in developing the direction of training under the Fundamental Informatics and Information Technologies program.
The agreement on joint educational activities was signed by the rector of Ural Federal University Viktor Koksharov and the general director of SKB Kontur Evgeny Filatov.
By agreement, the company will involve IT specialists in the development of educational courses and teaching at the university, provide financial support, and participate in the promotion of FIIT among applicants.
Within the framework of the national project "Digital Economy" it is required to train millions of specialists. 'Digital' enters everyday life, and this requires qualified specialists. On the basis of the Ural Federal University, a partnership program will be implemented at both the bachelor and master levels. This once again confirms our fruitful cooperation and willingness to reach a higher level both in education and in applied research, |
According to Koksharov, UrFU is becoming the largest IT training center outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg. If in 2019 the university accepts 900 people for budget places in IT, then in 2020 more than 1,300 are planned.
The FIIT program also provides for project training - solving problems close to workers, and internships for students with possible subsequent employment in SKB Kontur and other IT companies in Yekaterinburg.
We have been cooperating with the university for more than 10 years. We conduct internships, industrial development schools, pay personal scholarships to promising students and grants to teachers, support competitions in sports programming and information security. And now cooperation is reaching a different level. By joint efforts, UrFU and SKB Kontur are reforming the direction of "Fundamental Informatics and Information Technologies." This will allow us to prepare world-class developers who are so necessary for the economies of Russia and the Urals, |
2018: Plans to open the SAP Next-Gen Lab
On July 9, 2018, SAP, TMK and Ural Federal University (UrFU, Yekaterinburg) entered into an agreement in which they expressed their intention to open at the university Innovative SAP Next-Gen Lab. It is planned that student and teaching teams will develop and test solutions for metallurgical companies using advanced technologies: blockchain, industrial Internet of Things, augmented reality, machine learning and computer vision. It is assumed that TMK will become the key task manager for laboratory projects.
SAP Next-Gen Lab plans to work on several groups of promising industrial scenarios. The first area is the development of projects based on video recognition in order to monitor the quality of products, labeling on the product, as well as work on industrial safety and labor protection. The second area of projects is text recognition and analysis for intelligent reconciliation of accounts and liquidity forecast. The third is projects based on the industrial Internet of Things and augmented reality to create digital twins and effectively maintain and repair equipment.
To work on projects, the laboratory is supposed to be equipped with the necessary technical equipment with the support of SAP. In addition, it is planned to provide access to SAP platform solutions for prototyping using advanced technologies. The format of student work provides for project seminars, hackathons, master classes, injections, trainings, as well as access to an extensive library of SAP training materials.
SAP Next-Gen Lab is an initiative of the SAP University Alliance. Innovative laboratories are being created on the basis of universities, in which students work on real projects. The teams are tasked by SAP customers and partners. More than 80 such laboratories have already been opened all over the world, 8 of which are at Russian educational sites: ITMO University, MTU (MIREA), HSE, Orlenok VDC, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, etc.
2011: Inclusion of USU in the university
On May 12, 2011, Ural State University (USU) became part of the Ural Federal University and ceased to exist as an independent legal entity.