RESEARCH at Ural Federal University

2017

Location. International Activities

• Ekaterinburg is situated in the central part of the Eurasian continent, on thegeographical border between Europe and Asia

• Ekaterinburg is one of the largest and most dynamic Russian cities

• Every year, more than 300 conferences and congresses and more than 200exhibition events are hosted by Ekaterinburg. Among them, the followingare of the greatest importance:

The BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) andShanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, 2009

Russian-German summit attended by the heads of the two states,2003 and 2010

INNOPROM, an international industrial and innovation fair (organizedeach year since 2010)

The history of the Ural University started in 1920.

Later, it was divided into several separate institutions including

Ural State University (USU) and Ural State Technical University (USTU-UPI)

In 2011, both institutions merged again, formingUral Federal University (UrFU)

History

UrFU bears the name of Boris Yeltsin the first President of Russia

who graduated from the University in 1955

URFU Institutes

• Institute of Physics and Technology

• Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

• Institute of Chemical Engineering

• Institute of Radio-electronics and Information Technologies

• Institute of New Materials and Technologies (Metallurgy and Machine Building)

• Ural Power Engineering Institute

• Institute of Civil Engineering

• Ural Institute of Humanities

• Graduate School of Economics and Management

• Institute of Public Administration and Entrepreneurship

• Institute of Fundamental Education

• Institute of Physical Education, Sport and Youth Policy

• Institute of Open Educational Technologies

Facts and Figures

• UrFU is recognized as one of Russia’s leading federal universities(among 10 Federal Universities)

• 97-year history, more than 300,000 graduates

• According to Scopus indicators, UrFU is among the world leaders in52 research competencies, mainly in materials science,mathematics, physics and chemistry

• About 2,600 faculty members

• About 40,000 students in 13 UrFU Institutes, including 25,000 full-time students

• More than 1,000 PhD students, about 100 of them international

• URFU takes part in two federal programs:

The 10-year program of development of Federal Universities (2010–2019, 9 Federal Universities), €25m per year till 2014; 2015–2019 –without any financial support from the Federal Government

The Program on Competitiveness Enhancement of RussianUniversities “5-100” (2013–2020, initially – 14 universities, since 2016 –21 universities), €9-12m per year

• Internationalization of education and research became the main goal ofthe Ural Federal University’s development for the next decade

• Systematic efforts are undertaken in order to increase the scale ofcollaboration with international researchers and to recruit aconsiderable amount of international students to all degree programs ofthe University: Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD

Federal Programs. Internationalization

UrFU holds the 7th place among Russian universities by the number of articles published in international

scientific journals in the last 5 years

QS World University Rankings

Indicators

Domestic

Comparison

2016/2017

Change

Position in

the World

Weighted

Scores by

indicator in

2016

Weighted

Scores by

indicator in

2017

Overall 17 / 13 + 110-160 20,8 25,3

Academic Reputation 11 / 8 +19 6,6 6,9

Employer Reputation 15 / 17 +146 1,0 1,7

Faculty-Student 18 / 16 +69 11,6 14,7

Citations per Facultу 10 / 16 -62 0,4 0,3

International Faculty 5 / 6 -21 0,7 0,7

International Students 19 / 16 +126 0,5 1,0

UrFU in QS World Rankings by Subject 2017

UrFU is ranked in 3 subjects and scored in 21 subjects in 2017 as compared to 1 ranked and 14 scored in 2016

Mathematics: 251-300 among 400 ranked

Physics and Astronomy: 351-400 among 500 ranked

Electrical Engineering: 351-400 among 400 ranked

UrFU’s Priorities in QS World Rankings by Subject

№ Subject UrFU Priorities

1 Physics & Astronomy 1

2 Mathematics 1

3 Engineering - Electrical & Electronic 1

4 Chemistry 2

5 Computer Science 2

6 Economics & Econometrics 2

7 Engineering - Chemical 2

8 Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing 2

9 History 2

10 Materials Science 2

11 Agriculture & Forestry 3

12 Art & Design 3

13 Biological Sciences 3

14 Business & Management Studies 3

15 Earth & Marine Sciences 3

16 Engineering - Mineral & Mining 3

17 Environmental Sciences 3

18 Hospitality & Leisure Management 3

19 Linguistics 3

20 Performing Arts 3

21 Pharmacy & Pharmacology 3

22 Philosophy 3

23 Social Policy & Administration 3

1. Information Technologies and Human Being in the Information Society

2. Power Engineering, Resource Saving, and Environmental Management

3. Flexible Technologies and New Materials

4. Living Systems and Health

Ekaterinburg

The integration between Ural Federal University and the Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Science

is a driver for development of scientific projects

4 Priority Areas for Global Initiatives

Publications in Scopus by Subject Area

• Partner Universities with whom it is possible to have closescientific contacts at the level of structural divisions and professorsare of the most interest to us. We strongly believe thatcollaboration in research is the best ground for development ofjoint educational programs and for recruiting internationalstudents to Master’s and PhD programs

• We are promoting this type of collaboration for all networks weare active in:

The ASRTU Universities Network The Shanghai Cooperation Organization University The BRICS Universities League and others

International Collaboration in Research

Professor Manuel Bazquez Villalabeitia, Institute of Material Studies of the Spanish National Research Council, Spain

Laboratory of Magnetic Sensors

Professor Gunnar Thorvaldsen, University of Tromsø, Norway

Norwegian Historical Population Register Project

Professor Sergey Shabala, University of Tasmania, Australia

MIFE-laboratory for Membrane Transport and Stress Biology Studies

Professor Alexander Kinev, CEO of the independent research corporation Creative Scientist Inc. (USA)

Laboratory of Molecular mechanisms and Morphogenesis Ecology

Professor Martin Van Gelderen, University of Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany

Laboratory “Comparative Research of Tolerance and Recognition”

UrFU Laboratories Headed by the Leading International Researchers

Professor Jean Jouzel , Nobel prize co-

winner, France

Climate and Environmental Physics

Laboratory

Professor Marie-Pierre.Rey, Sorbonne,

France

Laboratory for Studying Primary Sources

in History

Professor A. Kholkin, University of

Aveiro, Portugal

NANOFER – Laboratory of Nano-sized

ferroelectric materials

Professor Lars Hultman, Linköping

University, Sweden, CEO of The

Swedish Foundation for Strategic

Research

Laboratory of Non-conventional Low-size

Materials

Professor Bernard Raveau, University of

Caen, Caen, France

Laboratory “Chemical Design of

Advanced Multifunctional Oxide

Materials”

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India

Japan

Austria

Ukraine

China

United Kingdom

France

Spain

USA

Germany

SCOPUS

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Japan

Ukraine

Austria

China

France

Spain

USA

Germany

WoS CC

Sources: SCOPUS - Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V.; Web of Science - Copyright©2016 THOMSON REUTERS

Top-10 Countries UrFU Researchers Collaborate with (number of publications in WoS and SCOPUS, 2012–2016)

Top-15 Countries UrFU Researchers Collaborate with (number of publications in SCOPUS, 2016)

Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities

Russia

China

Practice-oriented collaboration between 50 Universities – members of ASRTU

The purpose of ASRTU is to promote Sino-Russian talents’ communication and

scientific cooperation

• In 2014–2016, the International Center of Russian History signed agreements on cooperation and student exchange with leading European universities:

Paris -1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne, France), Lorand Eotvos University (Budapest, Hungary), Roma Tre University (Italy), Gratz University (Austria)

• Since 2015, Ural Federal University and Lorand Eotvos University (Budapest, Hungary) have been implementing a joint Master’s programs “Russian History” and “European Historical and Cultural Studies” with courses taught in English

• A system of joint seminars and conferences has been introduced: - “Russian Elites and European Innovations” (Paris -1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon), University of Strasbourg);- On the history of Russian industrial city “Krasnyi Gorod” (Paris-1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne))- “Confessional Identity in the Eastern and Western Europe” ((Paris - 4 (Sorbonne), Roma Tre University).

• International Center of Russian History submitted applications for several contests together with partner universities

Examples of International Collaboration in Humanities

• As one of the forms of cluster collaboration, on October 27-28, 2015, at theMeeting of the BRICS Ministers of science, technology and innovations inMoscow, Ural Federal University suggested establishing the Network BRICSCenter for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, which would also includethe centers for collective use of modern scientific and technologicalequipment

• The Center was included in the BRICS Work Plan for 2015-2018

• On October 7-8, 2016, in Jaipur (India), the BRICS Ministers of science,technology and innovations decided to hold a constituent meeting of fiveuniversities active in the area of materials science and nanotechnologies (oneof each country, selected by the ministries of the countries) at Ural FederalUniversity, for the purpose discussion and adoption of necessary documentsof the Center. The meeting is planned to be held in October, 2017 inEkaterinburg

10/28/2015: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION WORK PLAN 2015-2018:

‘’Cooperation on Material science including Nanotechnology

(India and Russia as coordinating countries)’’

BRICS Center for Materials Science and Nanotechnology

The university has become a reputable platform for

international events

In 2014, the Championship was attended by 122 participating teams from 41 countries (1,000 people including visitors and participants)

On June 22-25, 2014, UrFU hosted the 38th

ACM ICPC World Programing

Championship

• transportation with 39 vehicles• 250 volunteers with fluent English

• visas for everybody, • accommodation in 7 hotels

International Events in Ural Federal University

ACM ICPC, USA, 2017

Place Name Country Solved

1 St. Petersburg ITMO University Russia 10

2 University of Warsaw Poland 10

3 Seoul Yftional University Korea 10

4 St. Petersburg State University Russia 10

5 Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology Russia 10

6 Tsinghua University China 9

7 Peking University China 9

8 Fudan University China 8

9 KAIST Korea 8

10 Ural Federal University Russia 8

11 KTH – Royal Institute of Technology Sweden 8

12 University of Tokyo Japan 8

UrFU team was the bronze prize-winner of the 41st ACM International Collegiate Programming Championship (Rapid City, the USA), which took place on May 20-25, 2017.

More than 46,000 students from 2,948 universities of 103 countries participated in the Championship. Only 133 best teams received the right to take part in the finals.

Implementation of the Information Analytical System “PURE”

For the first time in Russia, the research portal “PURE” was brought into operation

http://science.urfu.ru

IAS Pure is a source of verified data on UrFU’s research activity

Structure of data submitted:• Information on urgent organizational structure• Information on employees• Information on publications in Scopus, Web of Science since 2012 • Information on Doctoral and Master theses• Information on UrFU’s research activities• Information on UrFU’s Centers of Competences• Information on UrFU’s PhD councils’ activities• Information on applications for competitions and grants submitted by UrFU scientists• Information on publications in media

To be added in 2017:• Scientific monographs• Information on research projects / financing of research projects • Information on scientific awards / prizes

In June, 2017, the IAS PURE portal was viewed by 7.9 thousand visitors (monthly growth by 30%)

UrFU’s Doctoral programs in English

In 2015, UrFU started PhD programs in English

UrFU’s Doctoral programs (in English or Russian):

Engineering: Chemical Engineering, Physics and Chemical Technologies, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technologies and CAD systems, Electrical Energy and Thermal Power Energy, Machine-Building Technology, Welding Technologies, Lifting Appliances and Robots, Material Technology, Materials Science

Natural Sciences: Physics and Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Ecology

Mathematics and Computer Science: Mathematics and Mechanics, Computer and Information Sciences, Computer Science and Engineering

Humanities: Russian Literature, History of Arts and Culture, Theory of Language, Media Studies

In 2016, 40 international PhD students entered our university

In 2017, about 50 foreigners will become new PhD students of UrFU. The total number of international PhD students will reach 120

The geography of international PhD students at UrFU includes 15 countries: China, Vietnam, Iran, Palestine, Pakistan, Thailand, Egypt, Ghana, Syria, Rwanda, Uganda, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

We offer:

• 3-4 year Doctoral Programs• Accommodation in a dormitory• Possibility to be employed as a researcher in scientific advisor’s group• Free Russian language courses• Possibility to defend the candidate’s thesis* or receive the UrFU PhD

*first doctoral degree in Russia (Kandidat Nauk)

More than 40 English-speaking

PhD students are studying at UrFU

UrFU’s Doctoral Programs

UrFU, Ekaterinburg

For more information, please contact:

Vice-Rector for Research

Vladimir Kruzhaev

Tel. +7 (343) 375-48-90

e-mail: v.v.kruzhaev@urfu.ru

Department of International

Research Projects

Victoria Polyakova

Tel. +7 (343) 389-95-40

e-mail: vika.polyakova@urfu.ru