PROGRAM FOR COMPETITIVE GROWTH OF KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY AMONG WORLD’S LEADING RESEARCH AND

TRAINING CENTRES FOR 2013-2020

July 05, 2013

VOLGA FEDERAL REGION, THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN AND KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

Growth points for Volga Federal Region

PetrochemistryBiotechnologies, Pharmaceutics and Medical industryCar manufacturingAircraft buildingEngine-buildingResearch, development and production in IT, new materials and nanotechnologies, new energy sector, complex engineering

Samara aerospace innovation territorial cluster Nuclear innovation cluster of Uliyanovsk region Sarov innovation cluster (Nizhny Novgorod region) Kama innovative territorial and production cluster of the Republic

of Tatarstan Energy efficient lighting technology and intelligent lighting control

systems (the Republic of Mordovia)

35%(about 2000 billion rub. per year)

36% (about 800 billion rub. per year)

22% (about 250 billion rub. per year)

Innovation territorial clusters of the region

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DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS AND PUBLIC FIGURES OF KFU

Leo Tolstoy, a writer, thinker, mentor; opened a new stage in Russian and global realism

development

Vladimir Lenin, a global-scale politician and statesman

Nikolay Lobachevsky, a mathematician, developer of non-Euclidean geometry

Karl Klaus, an eminent chemist; discovered ruthenium

Evgeny Zavoysky, a physicist; discovered the phenomenon of paramagnetic resonance

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DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS AND PUBLIC FIGURES OF KFU

Alexander Butlerov, developed a theory of chemical structure of organic compounds; a founder of Kazan

school of chemistry

Vladimir Engelgardt, a biochemist; discovered the oxidative phosphorylation phenomenon

Vladimir Bekhterev, an eminent physiologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, psychologist

Alexander Vishnevsky, a scientist, doctor, surgeon; developed a method of local anesthesia with the help

of novocaine

Vladimir Markovnikov, a chemist, founder of a scientific school; established a number of laws of mutual influence of atoms in organic compounds

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CURRENT LEADERS Government of the Republic of Tatarstan – 80%

Top authorities of Kazan-city – 90%

Morozov Oleg – Russian statesman and politician, head of the Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation for Domestic Policy

Khabrieva Taliya – Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Science, Director of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Jurisprudence under the Government of the Russian Federation

Zaytsev Sergey – Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation

Govorukhin Stanislav – Deputy of the IV State Duma, representing “United Russia” party, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Culture

Nikiforov Nikolay - Minister of Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

Fyodorov Nikolay - Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

Lavrov Aleksey – Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Khusnullin Marat – Deputy mayor of Moscow in the Government of Moscow for Town Planning Policy and Construction

and others

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KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY TODAY

Base Institutes 18Institutes 2Divisions 30

Departments 292Higher Schools 3

Staff

over6 500 (over 3000

of them are involved in research

and production, with 73% having an academic degree)

Overall number of students

over47 000 (including 1000 international

students)

Positions in Russian ratings The 1st place In the district by scientific and educational

activity By average score in the Unified State

Examination (USE) among Federal Universities

By infrastructure development level in the district and among Federal Universities

The 3rd place Among classical universities By educational activity among higher

education institutions of Russia The 5th – the 7th places By number of publications in Scopus (459)

and WoS (300) systems By average score in the USE (71,4)

Place 601+ in QS rating

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KFU FACILITIES

226,000 sq.m. of training and laboratory premises;

20,000 sq.m. of research premises;

14 sq. m - total area of academic and laboratory premises provided for one student

dormitories for 13,300 places - the best student campus in Russia

11 sport facilities

more than 100 world class laboratories for priority areas in research and technologies with total cost of more than 2,4 bln. rubles

during the period from 2011 to 2012

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MISSION OF KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

development of competitive human resources in the Volga

Region, the most dynamically developing region in Russia;

development of a strong research and academic hub with

support of innovative regional and country development by

providing world class academic process, research;

development of Kazan as a creative city and world class

academic center

"We order to establish the University and provide inviolability of this beneficial institution as well as the opportunity to accomplish the purpose of educating bright citizens to serve the Motherland and disseminate profound knowledge"

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PEER GLOBAL TOP INSTITUTIONS

Ranking in QS25 The National University of Singapore

44 Peking University (Beida)

56 Illinois State University (USA)

78 The University of Helsinki (Finland)

87 Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)

o introduced in the global top 100 universities of international rankings;o having much in common with KFU, namely:

number of students and teachers; subjects of academic programs ; research fields;

o with experience of cooperation with KFU

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GAP ANALISYS

Indicators KFULeading foreign

universitiesGap explanations Strategic initiatives

Number of citations in indexed

publications500 5000-8000 Lack of world-level research

Possibility of growth of research infrastructure

Insufficient international cooperation Weak rankings in global information space Development of key personnel

Development of breakthrough directions

Portfolio of intellectual product Attraction of talented students Broadening of infrastructure and

services Development of University

management system Targeting informational space

Share of international

academic staff 1% 30%

Share of graduate and doctoral

students 10% 40-60%

Insufficient number of academic programs Lack of dual diploma programs and courses

taught in foreign languages

Share of international

students3% 20%

Share of non-budget income sources ~30% 50% and

more

Insufficient demand for R&D research outcomes

Insufficient offer/ low attractiveness of commercial programs of main/ supplementary education curriculum

Underdevelopment of endowment institutions and sponsorship

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THE PROGRAM FOR COMPETITIVE GROWTH OF KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY WAS DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THE GAPS

The Program for Competitive Growth of Kazan Federal University was developed with assistance of PricewaterhouseCoopers Russia B.V. company

At the present time a tree-year agreement of cooperation with QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited is at the conclusion stage

CONSULTING PARTNERS

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PRIORITY LINES OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Biomedicine, pharmaceutics

Information and communication technologies

Oil exploration, oil processing, petrochemistry

Society development, intercultural communications and modern educational technologies

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BIOMEDICINE, PHARMACEUTICS

Scope of specialization of KFU includes: medical biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, proteomics, cybernetics, pharmaceuticals, nanobiotechnology, biophysics and medical equipment engineering

Major promising projects: Center for translation medicine on the basis of the Republican clinical hospital -2 International neurobiology laboratory, established in collaboration with the

Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology (France) First Russian Master’s Degree program in the field of “Chemoinformatics and Molecular

Modelling”, jointly developed by KFU and the University of Strasbourg (France) Research and Educational Centre “Pharmaceuticals” and experimental production,

established in the framework of the federal target program PHARMA-2020 “Innosphera” Biopharmaceutical Technopark

More than 70% of current research at the global scientific arena are concentrated in biology and medicine

BIOMEDICINE, PHARMACEUTICALS

Chemistry (pharmaceuticals)

Physics (cryo and nuclear

medicine)Mathematics (bioinformatics and modeling)

IT (medical

cybernetics)

Engineering (medical

equipment and bioengineering)

Human sciences (evidentiary medicine)

Biomedicine

New cluster will enable University to:- increase the

number of publications in Scopus in 3 times due to the synergetic effect

- raise about 100 million US dollars per year (starting from 2015) for R&D due to the new Center for Research and Education and experimental production

Experimental production

Translational medicine

Republican clinical

hospital -2

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OIL EXPLORATION, OIL PROCESSING, PETROCHEMISTRY

Problem solving in the fields of: exploration, control over high-viscosity oil deposit development and high-viscosity oil deposit and natural bitumen development, effective catalysts for oil processing and petrochemistry

Major promising projects:Development of methods of underground refining and refining of hardly extracted hydrocarbons

jointly with Tatneft, JSC, Lukoil, JSC, Rosneft, JSC, the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta (Canada)

Establishment of a 3D Geo-center for modeling of oil and gas deposits and an oil-bearing rock exploration center in collaboration with Schlumberger, GE Phoenix X-Ray, Agilent Technologies, Wille Geotechnic

Forming and actualization of constantly operating models of hydrocarbons deposits in collaboration with 25 oil companies from Russia and Kazakhstan

Estimation of shale oil and shale gas reserves in collaboration with Tatneft, JSC and Lukoil, JSC; development of effective paving bitumen production technology together with Tatneft, JSC

Yearly during the period from 2013 to 2020:The number of publications in Scopus: 48, 60, 80, 120, 150, 200, 280, 350Revenues (million rub.): 200, 260, 340, 420, 520, 640, 800, 1000

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MACHINE BUILDING AND AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING

Major promising projects: Engineering Institute with objective to train specialists and to conduct scientific research for

automobile industryCenter of non-conventional materials in collaboration with the University of Maryland, USA

(academic adviser – R.Z. Sagdeev)Regional Engineering Centre in collaboration with the Republic of Tatarstan on a parity basis

Virtual automobile

Design ofpolution-free hybrid

engine

Operation modeling of motor car load-bearing element and

assembled elements

Virtual automobile

Intelligent control systems

Design of onboard intelligent information control systems for

motor cars, manufacturing process control systems

САМ-system

Design automation of specialized programs

Mechatronics and robotics

Supercomputer modeling of complex technical systems

Design ofmeasuring and control

system

Metrology and standardization

Logistics

Traffic flow modeling, GLONASS and JPS route optimisation

Development of new composite materials possessing a special

property package

New materials

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Comprehensive and substantial approachIT-School -> Higher Institute of Information Technologies and Information Systems, Institute of Computer Mathematics and Information Technologies (KFU) -> masters programs in economics, geology, energetics, chemistry and petrochemistry, biomedicine -> Industry -> University; Essential research directions: smart technologies,

visualization, Big Data, data protection and others; Interdisciplinarity: IT-education on the basis of the range

of academic departments Major promising projects: Joint research with leading companies: Microsoft, Samsung, HP, Fujitsu and others Self-engineered products: Synchronization of time scales and meteor cryptography; Creation of NIMFA program system for hydrogeomechanical modeling and

others Support at the regional level: 1 mln. dollars per year for invitation of the leading researchers;“Algarysh” program; “Innopolis” project. The number of publications in Scopus from 2013 to 2020: 50, 60, 80, 120, 150,

200, 250, 300Revenues (million rub.) from 2013 to 2020: 40, 50, 65, 85, 100, 200, 300

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SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT, INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS AND MODERN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

Major promising projects Establishment of the Center for EU Studies VOICES (one of the 35 EU centers around the world)

for the purposes of research of mega-events, cultural experience, immigration policies and practices on the post-Soviet territories; study of problems of European integration and relations between Russia and the EU;

Ethno-social, ethno-political, phenomenological and philological studies of social and religious practices in the context of unique multi-religious and multi-ethnic region;

Oriental and Turkic studies under the post -globalization conditions; Discourses of moderate Islam in "northern frontier“

Major partners: University of Portsmouth, UK University of Birmingham, UK European University at St. Petersburg Assembly of European Regions European Institute of Public Administration EU data center at Yoshkar Ola

Tolerant multicultural environment of interreligious reciprocal understanding and interethnic harmony, that was created and preserved during more

than 400 years in Tatarstan, is a valuable resource for effective international cooperation of the University

chemical and oil & gas industries

STRATEGICALLY PROMISING FIELDS OF EMERGING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Computer design, synthesis and research of “smart” materials with unique properties (composite material, materials for energy efficiency technology, components for nanoelectronics, nanophotonics and spintronics)Publications in SCOPUS, Web of Science; new materials and technologies of their production

Circumterrestrial and outer space diagnosis, monitoring of the atmosphere, ionosphere and of the meteoric matter inflow into the Earth atmosphere; complexes of the ground support of space projects in the sphere of high precision space navigation, geodesy and astrometry, climate changeWork is carried out in the interests of national security of the Russian Federation

Development of the magnetic resonance and tomography methods: biology, medicine, pharmaceuticals, ecology, chemical and oil & gas industries. New materials for biomedical purposes, targeted medication delivery system, methods of diagnosis and unique analytical instrumentsPublications in SCOPUS, Web of Science; diagnostic equipment; medical product 19

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ATTRACTION OF TALENTED UNIVERSITY ENTRANTS

It is planned to rearrange the admission structure so as to increase the share of international students in the University from 3% to 15-20% by 2020 owing to: University entrants from China, Central

Asia, Oriental and developed countries, No admission to Specialist Training

programs, Expansion of admission to Master’s

Degree and Post-Graduate Training programs.

Current projects: “Children’s University”, “Small University”, Lobachevsky lyceum, IT lyceum (with its own new campus), “Talent Development Laboratory”, “InteLLeto” intellectual camp, summer subject-oriented school – “Quant” camp

Admission quality is planned to be improved owing to: unique academic programs offered, introduction of modern academic programs and technologies, global upgrading of equipment and laboratory base, teaching in the English language, invitation of leading Russian and foreign professors to teach in KFU, comfortable conditions for: residing in the Universiade village, sports, high-quality medical

assistance, organization of cultural entertainment.

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KEY PARTNERS – EMPLOYERS

International and Russian research institutes and centers, universities

Ministries and agencies of the Russian Federation

corporations: ВР; Schlumberger; Lukoil, OJSC; Tatneft, OJSC; Rosneft, OJSC; TNG-Group, LLC; KamAZ, OJSC; Nizhnekamskneftekhim, OJSC; Novartis, Pfizer; Sollers, OJSC; ELAZ, OJSC; Ford; Daimler; Renault-Nissan; AVL ListGmbH; Samsung; Microsoft; HP; Cisco; Fujitsu, Oracle, IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Sberbank Rossii, OJSC

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KEY PARTNERS – LEADING RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTERS

University of Giessen, Germany

RIKEN, Japan

Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology, France

University of Leipzig, Germany

Max Planck University in Bad-Nauheim, Germany

Kanazawa University, Japan

Human Stem Cell Institute, OJSC, Russia

Free University of Berlin, Germany

University of Strasbourg, France

University of Helsinki, Finland

Carnegie Mellon University, USA

National Institute of Education, Singapore

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STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OF KFU 2020

Leading scientists and specialists

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NOVELTY CONCENTRATION BY 2020

30 constant mega-grants (world-class scientists)

100 invited high-class researchers

500 new postdoc positions

50% of research and production staff have experience in working abroad

100 world-class research laboratories

200 modern training workshops

Share of international students, post-graduate students and research and production staff – over 10%

Intramural stimulating programs for research and production staff, students and their mobility support

Enrollment reduction and optimization of the University’s organizational structure

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THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN SUPPORTS THE PROGRAM FOR COMPETITIVE GROWTH OF KFU

The President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, is the leader of one of the most rapidly developing regions of Russia, Chairman of the Council of Russian Innovation Regions Association, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Kazan Federal University

20 % of the Program for competitive growth of Kazan Federal University is co-financed by

the Republic of Tatarstan

The Republic of Tatarstan occupies the first place among territorial units of Russia by working efficiency estimate made for executive authorities of the RF territorial units

The Republic of Tatarstan has occupied the first place among the Russian regions by e-government introduction degree

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