Driving Positive Change

10:23, November 19, 2013

The plans of Ural Federal University to become one of the leading international centres are supported by the regional business community

The international competitiveness enhancement programme of Ural Federal University was supported by participants of the interregional conference  "The Economic Growth Points of the Big Urals”, which took place in the Governor's Residence.  The programme was presented by UrFU Rector Viktor Koksharov.

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

"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. "Now the University will pay more attention to improving the faculty and students' foreign language fluency".

According to the leading experts, increasing UrFU's brand awareness in the world is a large-scale regional project which will contribute to the development of the academic community, and Ural economy.

The University has already become a driver for positive change in the Urals thanks to the commitment and support on the part of its partners and alumni.

The funding from the governmental grant will be spent on inviting famous guest lecturers, organizing academic exchange for professors and students and other joint educational programmes in partnership with foreign universities.

The conference "The Economic Growth Points of the Big Urals” is one of the most authoritative and large-scale research projects of "Expert" media holding. Ural Federal University is a co-organizer of the Forum, involving a number of Russian and international experts.