The partnership with Siemens goes on

11:27, April 30, 2012

Siemens specialists will be studying at UrFU to fulfill the needs of regional economy

The projects of future collaboration were discussed at the meeting of Siemes representatives and the managers of Ural University. The previous meeting of Rector of Ural University, Viktor Koksharov, and director of department of corporate echomogies of Siemens, Martin Gitzels, was held in July, 2011, at the INNOPROM exhibition in Ekaterinburg. This year, the partners will meet at INNOPROM again, to sign an agreement for collaboration. 

— The energy producing facilities in Ural and Siberia are introducing Siemens techonologies quite actively, — Viktor Koksharov stated. — As most of these facilities are employing our graduates, we have to provide our students with a possibility to stay in course of the latest innovations... 

Moreover, Viktor Koksharov siad that UrFU is ready to become Siemens' partner in establishing a resource center for education and technology implementation.

— Establihing of a training center for all Ural and Siberia is a very good offer from UrFU, — said Martin Gitzels. — We have the experience of establihing such centers, while the university offers us research schools with international recognition, well-developed infrastructure and, what is pivotal, students, who will become the specialists in future. We are interested in providing them with the possibility to use the newest equipment.