Window of Opportunity Opened for Universities, Says Victor Koksharov

13:33, June 9, 2023

The rector spoke at the Forum of Leading Russian Universities "The Future of Higher Education"

Today is a "golden time" for many Russian universities. With support programs that have never been available to them before, a window of opportunity has opened. This was stated by Victor Koksharov, the Rector of the Ural Federal University, at the XI International Forum of Higher Education Institutions "The Future of Higher Education". He was referring to the state program of strategic academic leadership "Priority-2030", advanced engineering schools, the platform of university entrepreneurship, support for engineering centers, the development of scientific and educational centers, and world-class campuses.

As part of the discussion on the system for evaluating the scientific and technical level of universities, the rector noted that each university must undergo an external examination. The indicator for basic science is the quality of scientific publications and their citation index, and for applied science. These projects are transformed into real technologies used by industrial companies.

"If you have a large amount of extra-budgetary funds, then you are successful. Yes, it is a competitive and tough market, but those universities that have competencies and potential will be able to prove themselves and develop," Victor Koksharov noted.

At the forum in Moscow a new RAEX-100 rating of the best Russian universities was presented, in which UrFU took the 10th place. The ranking evaluates the ability of universities to provide graduates with high quality knowledge, skills and abilities based on the conditions of their acquisition and application results. It takes into account university questionnaires, bibliometric sources, online surveys of students and graduates, representatives of academic and scientific communities and employer companies.

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office.
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Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.