Evgeny Kuyvashev: "The Campus Gives the University a Chance to Maximize Its Potential"

11:00, February 22, 2022

Big business is involved in the creation of new infrastructure for students in Ekaterinburg

The infrastructure for 7,700 IT students and future economists, managers and lyceum students of the Specialized Education and Research Center of Ural Federal University will appear on the territory near the Universiade Village in Ekaterinburg after the Games. The Agreement on Cooperation in Development of the World-Class Student Campus was reached yesterday between Evgeny Kuyvashev, the Governor of Sverdlovsk Region, and Dmitry Pumpyanskiy, the President of Sinara Group, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TMK Group - they signed the respective agreement in the presence of Valery Falkov, the Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education.

"The campus is a large-scale unique space, which is designed not only for studies, but also for comfortable life of students, so it includes both teaching and laboratory buildings, as well as dormitories, sports infrastructure, spaces for classes and rest, co-working rooms and technology parks. It is important for us that young people do not leave the regions and have a chance to get high quality higher education, find a job and fulfill themselves in their homeland. The construction of world-class campuses in cooperation with companies from the real economy is designed to solve this problem, to make regional universities an attractive place for students," said Valery Falkov.

The agreement secures the participation of Sinara Group and TMK Group in the creation of certain infrastructure facilities for the modern Ural Federal University campus in the Novokoltsovsky District of Ekaterinburg. Similar agreements were reached by the governor with EVRAZ, Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, as well as with Igor Altushkin and Russian Copper Company.

"For us it is a great honor and responsibility to be among the first regions where super-modern campuses will soon appear. And for Ural Federal University, this is a unique chance to get the infrastructure that will maximize its scientific, educational, and innovative potential. Today we are actively working on the implementation of the project with the support of big business," said Evgeny Kuyvashev, a member of the Supervisory Board of Ural Federal University.

Part of the campus will be a complex of buildings, which is already under construction in the Novokoltsovsky district for the FISU World University Games 2023. These are five dormitories, a community and medical center, and a training field with running tracks.

"Support of the educational sphere is one of the key priorities of TMK and Sinara Groups' ESG agenda. The signed agreement will provide an opportunity in partnership with the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region to implement projects significant for the region for the development of Ural Federal University, which participates in the Priority 2030 program. Due to the new campus of the university in Novokoltsovsky district a powerful scientific and educational cluster will be formed, where students of the Specialized Education and Research Center, undergraduates, graduate students and university partners will be able to be in a common environment where education, science and innovative entrepreneurship are inextricably linked," noted Dmitry Pumpyanskiy, Head of the Ural Federal University's Supervisory Board.

According to Rector Victor Koksharov, the new campus will accommodate the Engineering School of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Control Systems, the Graduate School of Economics and Management, as well as the Lyceum - the terms of reference for these three facilities have been prepared.

"The new infrastructure will strengthen students' digital competencies and facilitate the development of projects in partnership with the region's leading companies. For this purpose, each building will have co-working spaces, transformer classrooms and conference rooms, teaching and research laboratories. In addition, the new campus will house a high-tech student center and a data processing center," Victor Koksharov emphasized.

The Agreement enters into force from the date of its signing and is valid until December 31, 2024.

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