Siberian Federal University

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One can hardly find a place in Russia with such an impressive number of implemented national projects as in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Our most focused “development points” have been determined in industry, power engineering and energy, research and education. Siberian Federal University, as a response to regional developmental challenges, was established in 2006 to train highly qualified s...pecialists capable of working in any region of our country, including severe conditions of the Northern areas. The University was founded by merging 5 major Krasnoyarsk institutions of higher education. Among the members of the University Board of Trustees there are representatives of large companies, politicians and scientists. The Chairman of the Board is Dmitry Medvedev, the Prime Minister of Russia.

• The mission of the University is to create an advanced education, research and innovation infrastructure and to promote new knowledge and technologies to meet the challenges of social and economic development of the Siberian Federal District, as well as to form the human resources potential — competitive experts in the priority areas of the Siberian and Russian Federation development, corresponding to the modern intellectual requirements and meeting international standards.
• To contribute to major national economic projects (located in Eastern Siberia, Russia"s Far East) as well as to the economic development of the Asian-Pacific region; to create a skilled labour force;
• To raise the university"s international profile in terms of teaching and research;
• To integrate university research into Russian economic development, to create new hi-tech industries in the region;
• To work together with businesses and local government to prepare a flexible workforce capable of adapting to changing labour markets;
• To make investment to enhance staff career opportunities and improve academic buildings, libraries, equipment and IT infrastructure.

Siberian Federal University is dedicated to establish itself as a world-class, competitive university that undertakes to make a research and contribution to the international distinction for Siberia"s benefit. Siberian Federal University is committed to create many thousands of skilled and qualified workers for a range of industries and public services. Its primary purpose is to enable leading industries in Russia and Siberia to compete internationally and to strengthen the Russian contribution to the economic development of the Asian-Pacific region. Siberian Federal University has aligned all its vision and activities to improve the development of local industry — a great return for the university"s many stakeholders. In addition to these economic benefits and the increased recognition and opportunities for Siberian Federal District and Krasnoyarsk on the international stage, the mission of SibFU is to produce teaching and learning benefits and strengthen public services in Siberia by the development of professional skills.
Within several years SibFU has become one of the leading universities in Russia evolving from a merger of 5 regional universities. Siberian Federal District and the Krasnoyarsk region are of strategic importance for the development of the economy and the "new industrialization" of Russia. With SibFU competitiveness improvement programme planned to achieve 351-400 position in QS university rankings by 2016 and 201-250 position by 2020. To improve the SibFU competitiveness a detailed action plan to achieve the target results will be developed. The implementation of the programme activities will significantly improve the quality of university management, qualification of faculty members and educational programmes portfolio. The programme will also increase the number of publications and citations as well as the region overall competitiveness. A set of activities will focus on the active involvement of students from abroad and from other regions of Russia.
SibFU provides unique opportunities for both research and education. Since the university foundation its material and equipment base has been enlarged 5 times due to special-purpose investments.The SibFU research analytic Common use center “Knowledge-intensive research and analytic methods of new mineral raw and and nano-materials”, which is the infrastructure element of the university innovative system, allows to handle massive cross-disciplinary problems in the field of hi-tech.
The university annually hosts more than 200 cultural events. One of the biggest is the Day of Knowledge in the SibFU, the event which aim is to welcome all freshmen. The best artistic teams from the SibFU and invited world-class stars perform on the stage of the main university building during this event. It has become a tradition in the university to organize a show-competition "Proshu Slova" (Let me speak), in which freshmen from all the SibFU’s schools take part. The task of each team is to present performances consisting of creative and comical rounds. The winners get the chance to represent the SibFU at the city’s competition "Proshu slova" between the universities of Krasnoyarsk. Another annual festival of the SibFU "Novaya Vesna" allows students to express themselves in all genres of performing arts. The competitions take place between presenters, reciters, bands, singers and dance groups. There are also nominations for art songs, solo musicians and student’s theatres. KVN (Club of cheerful and quick-witted) League of the SibFU is the biggest university league in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. There are about 25-30 teams participating in it every season. The graduates of the League represent the city in many regional and central leagues of the KVN.
The SibFU sports infrastructure includes 3 fitness centers, 2 sports complexes equipped with swimming pool, 3 stadiums and football pitch with artificial turf, 3 ski bases, 13 sports halls, 4 stadiums, as well as 10 sports rooms in the residence halls. During their study, students of all Schools take a mandatory physical training course at the School of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism. The students are free to choose any sport if they pass a pre-test on the chosen course. In addition, students are engaged in sport sections with 31 types of sports to choose from. Every year the university hosts over 250 sporting events.