Green Light for UrFU's Road Map

00:12, November 3, 2013

UrFU internationalization plans were supported by the Council of the Ministry of Science and Education

The "Road Map" - a plan to realize the Ural Federal University's international competitiveness enhancement programme - has been approved by the Council of the Ministry of Science and Education.

The funds the University is going to receive soon will be invested in its promotion among the world's leading research and educational centres: inviting famous guest lecturers, organizing academic exchange for professors and students.

"We are planning to increase the number of foreign students and lecturers as well as programmes in foreign languages, particularly, in English", says UrFU Rector Viktor Koksharov.  "We'll focus our attention on improving our staff and students' language fluency.  First and foremost, it depends on the success of our joint educational project with Cambridge University".

According to the Road Map, by 2016 the University will enter the top 400 of Times Higher Education Ranking and top 250 of QS University Ranking.

"The Council has selected 12 universities which will be entitled to additional funding, so they will be able to start realizing their plans in the nearest future", said the Minister of Science and Education Dmitry Livanov.

On October 25th the University leaders presented their Road Map in Moscow.  The meeting with the Council members also involved the head of UrFU history megagrant project Prof.Marie-Pierre Rey (Sorbonne University) and UrFU's long-standing partner Dr Kevin Downing (City University of Hong Kong).

"Road maps are publicly available. We find it essential that the Council's decisions should be taken objectively and openly", the Minister added.