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Anonymous review 15:07 01/16/2020Low level of teachers. In FT algebra, complex variables are simply terrible. Complex variables are impossible to attend - the teacher makes mistakes in every letter and number, does not hold attention - it sucks.
I studied at a good school, my classmates went to other universities, but I made a mistake.
If you want to be bullied by stupid losers, then go to Physicotechnical Institute. They won’t teach you anything, since they themselves don’t know anything, but believe me, they will mock you to the fullest extent. a nightmare.
Anonymous review 11:11 04/25/2019
I’m a 3rd year student at the Higher School of Economics and Management – I like everything. Teachers explain the material they are studying well and help them write scientific articles that can then be published - this is valuable practice for students. The time schedule for couples is convenient - you can combine it with work or part-time work. The downside is that sometimes couples are placed in the building at a different address; it is not always convenient to travel to different places. The dean's office is always ready to help with any questions students may have. You can study in your free time...
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Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin"
UrFU branches
Colleges of UrFU
- College Ural Federal University named after. B.N. Yeltsin - in Nizhny Tagil
License
No. 02214 valid indefinitely from 06/21/2016
Accreditation
No. 03017 valid from 03/14/2019
Monitoring results of the Ministry of Education and Science for UrFU
| Index | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Performance indicator (out of 5 points) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Average Unified State Examination score for all specialties and forms of study | 69.85 | 69.07 | 69.61 | 70.38 | 66.54 | 67.12 |
| Average Unified State Examination score of those enrolled on the budget | 75.65 | 73.75 | 72.46 | 71.57 | 72.46 | 73.47 |
| Average Unified State Examination score of those enrolled on a commercial basis | 63.63 | 64.17 | 66.13 | 69.12 | 60.30 | 62.15 |
| Average minimum Unified State Exam score for all specialties for full-time students enrolled | 51.32 | 54.34 | 53.20 | 59.80 | 48.44 | 44.7 |
| Number of students | 33458 | 32932 | 32835 | 32720 | 34326 | 34717 |
| Full-time department | 26350 | 25381 | 24632 | 23182 | 22760 | 23230 |
| Part-time department | 410 | 412 | 388 | 425 | 583 | 716 |
| Extramural | 6698 | 7139 | 7815 | 9113 | 10983 | 10771 |
| All data |
Current problems of the technological process of production and transmission of electricity
The master's program "Current problems of the technological process of production and transmission of electricity" is implemented by the department of "Automated Electrical Systems" of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. 6 professors, Doctor of Technical Sciences, are involved in conducting training sessions. One professor of the department is a state prize laureate. To ensure the educational process, qualified teachers from specialized departments of Ural Federal University, leading specialists from electric power industry enterprises, researchers from institutes of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation, employees of industry institutes and industrial enterprises are involved. The department has modern educational and scientific laboratories corresponding to the profiles of master's programs. Master's students carry out research in the following main areas: 1. Information and algorithmic support for control tasks of electric power systems and power quality management. 2. Development of industry management principles related to the introduction of market competitive relations both in the field of generation and transportation of electricity, and in electricity consumption, taking into account foreign experience, the specifics of the Russian economy and existing management technology. 3. Study of the energy security of territories, the safety of the functioning of the energy system, identifying methods of analysis and ways to ensure the quality and reliability of electric power systems and power supply systems to consumers. Qualified training of masters in the stated field is ensured by the extensive experience of the department’s staff in current scientific areas, the availability of postgraduate and doctoral studies, and holding international scientific conferences.
General theory of electromechanical energy conversion
Design and operation of electrical power systems
The master's program "Design and Operation of Electric Power Systems" is implemented by the Department of "Automated Electrical Systems" of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. 6 professors, Doctor of Technical Sciences, are involved in conducting training sessions. One professor of the department is a state prize laureate. To ensure the educational process, qualified teachers from specialized departments of Ural Federal University, leading specialists from electric power industry enterprises, researchers from institutes of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation, employees of industry institutes and industrial enterprises are involved. The department has modern educational and scientific laboratories corresponding to the profiles of master's programs. Master's students carry out research in the following main areas: 1. Assessing the level of electricity consumption, planning, designing and designing electric power facilities, modeling normal and transient modes in EPS. 2. Calculation of balances and energy losses in electrical networks, determination of the reliability of electrical energy metering data, development of economically sound organizational and technical energy-saving measures aimed at reducing electricity losses. 3. Design and operation of modern control systems for operating modes of sources, power distribution systems, voltage and reactive power regulation. 4. Development of a concept for the development of power supply systems for large consumption centers and design of power supply systems. Qualified training of masters in the stated area is ensured by the extensive experience of the department’s staff in current scientific areas, the availability of postgraduate and doctoral studies, and the holding of International scientific conferences.
Electric drive and automation of technological complexes
Master's training includes the study of modern highly efficient AC electric drives of various classes with digital control, an in-depth study of the mathematical theory of AC machines, the development of software products for the analysis and synthesis of control systems for these types of electric drives, familiarization with energy-saving technologies based on adjustable electric drives, mathematical simulation modeling and research physical models of electromechanical AC systems. The topics of master's theses are formed within the framework of scientific research and development of the department, as well as the partners of the department, leading research, design and commissioning organizations in the Ural region. The master's curriculum provides in-depth physico-mathematical training, knowledge of modern control theory, a high level of education in the field of automated electric drives, and research skills. High-quality training of masters in this area is ensured by many years of experience of the department’s staff in the field of development and research of AC electric drives. The department has highly qualified scientific and pedagogical personnel to carry out master's training in this area; the department successfully runs postgraduate and doctoral studies in the specialty 09/05/03 “Electrical complexes and systems”. Teachers of the department constantly participate in presentations at All-Russian and international conferences on automated electric drives. The department has a modern laboratory base, including industrial DC and AC converters from leading manufacturers of electrical equipment, process automation systems, data exchange systems, microcontroller systems, which allows for experimental studies of electric drives of various classes. Scientific research of the department is carried out within the framework of the scientific direction “Development of scientific foundations and modeling of energy-saving induction electrotechnological and electromechanical systems.” The purpose of the work is to create a scientific basis for the creation of electric drives with microprocessor control systems and provide
Electrotechnological processes and installations with power and control systems
Electric power systems, networks, their modes, stability, reliability
Energy installations, power plants and complexes based on non-traditional and renewable energy sources
The mission is to prepare a qualified graduate capable of intellectual creative professional activity in the field of electrical power and electrical engineering with a deep knowledge of non-traditional and renewable energy sources. The objects of professional activity of graduates are:
- energy installations, power plants and complexes based on non-traditional and renewable energy sources;
- research stands and installations of non-renewable energy sources;
- production and technological processes at small and medium-sized energy facilities;
- automation equipment for power plants and complexes;
- training in the profile is carried out on the basis of the department “Nuclear Power Plants and Renewable Energy Sources” with a rich tradition of producing specialists for the nuclear industry and innovative developments in the field of renewable energy sources.
- The Sverdlovsk region has enormous industrial potential, but is provided with only 5% of its own energy potential (analogous to Japan);
- in addition to classical renewable energy sources (wind, hydro, solar energy), bioenergy technologies, heat pumps, the use of household and industrial waste, the production of alcohol-gasoline mixtures, the use of radioisotope products and fuel cells are studied in depth.
Named after Yeltsin (modern UrFU, former USTU, UPI) is a large educational institution in Russia, located in Yekaterinburg. Today there are about 40 thousand students and 2 thousand teachers. The university has a rich history. It started in 1920. Let's take a closer look at what events the current university has experienced.
At the origins of creation
The need for qualified mining specialists arose in the Urals in the 18th century before the abolition of serfdom in the country. Industry was concentrated in this area. Some of the workers working here included foreigners. To eliminate the shortage of personnel, towards the end of the 18th century, a mining school was opened in St. Petersburg. It trained engineers for factories and mines in the Urals. The problem with specialists was resolved, but they noticed one drawback - the personnel were trained in isolation from production practice.
In the 19th century, several mining schools were opened in the Urals, and at the end of the century, proposals to open a technical university began to be discussed. Several projects were put forward, but none of them were implemented. At the beginning of the 20th century, the mining industry of the Urals was negatively affected by the economic crisis. Due to the difficult situation, factories were closed and new construction was stopped.
The economic boom came in 1910. Industry began to recover, and the number of proposals to create a technical university in the Urals increased. The event associated with the founding of the educational institution occurred in 1920. An educational organization began to function, from which the Ural State Technical University (UPI) was to grow in the future.
Formation of the university in the period from 1920 to 1940
The first years of school were quite difficult. One of the main problems was financial difficulties. The Soviet government did not have the funds to develop higher education. In the 1920s, measures were taken to rationalize the network of educational institutions. As a result, only technical specialties and faculties remained at the university. For this reason, the university was renamed the Ural Technical Institute in 1925.
In 1930, the educational institution was divided into 10 small, highly specialized institutes, close to certain enterprises. This was done with the aim of improving personnel training, but this plan was unsuccessful. Colleges (as these educational institutions were called at that time) had a weak material base. In 1934, some of them were united into an industrial institute. It became a multidisciplinary educational institution, which had 7 faculties and 31 specialties.
War years
The future Ural State Technical University (UPI), called an industrial institute in the pre-war years, built the main buildings and equipped laboratories in the 30s. In the early 40s, the institution was already considered one of the largest technical educational organizations in the country, a forge of engineering personnel for Siberia and the Urals. All this was crossed out in an instant by the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War. The university found itself in difficult conditions. First, the institute created units for general military training and organized courses for the training of nurses and sanitary assistants.
In the future, the university set itself the goal of implementing high-quality and accelerated training of specialists needed by the rear, factories producing ammunition and tanks. The studies were difficult:
- four-shift classes were introduced, which were held in poorly heated buildings;
- vacation periods were shortened;
- Correspondence and evening education was abolished.
End of the war and post-war period
The Ural State Technical University (UPI, Yekaterinburg), called an industrial institute, coped with all the tests. In 1945, the Great Patriotic War ended with the victory of the USSR. The news of the defeat of the enemy burst into the educational institution with an explosion of joy. This event served as the starting point for a new period in the history of the institution.
In the post-war years, the country began to rise from ruin. The restoration and construction of enterprises began, and the demand for qualified specialists increased. In 1948, the Ural Industrial Institute was renamed the Polytechnic University named after. Kirov. This event determined the profile of the existing institution. In subsequent years, the university developed, new faculties, departments, and specialties were opened.
Entry into the number of leading universities in the country
Around the 60s of the previous century, the Ural Polytechnic Institute became one of the leading higher educational institutions in the country. The number of people wanting to study here has increased. Several people competed for 1st place. Enrollment in graduate schools has also increased. In connection with the changes taking place in life, disciplines and the educational process were improved, and technical teaching aids and programmed control began to be introduced.
In 1969, the Ural Polytechnic Institute formed a workers' department. Preparatory courses have opened at the institute. Correspondence courses and a correspondence physics and mathematics school on a voluntary basis were also created. Educational television has also begun to be introduced. It has become one of the main forms of teaching in the first three courses of correspondence and evening studies.
New period in development
An important event that marked the beginning of a new period in the history of the university occurred in 1992. The educational institution has changed its status and name. The institute became known as the State Technical University (USTU). A variety of specialties opened up. Such as “World Economy”, “Technology of Artistic Processing of Materials”, “Rational Use of Natural Resources and Protection of the Environment”, etc. appeared.
Since the change of status, the Ural State Technical University (UPI) began a gradual transition to a multi-stage education system. This means that some faculties have begun to train bachelors and masters. Several other important events date back to 2008 and 2010. In 2008, the educational organization was named after the first President of the Russian Federation. In 2010, the Ural State Technical University (UPI) named after B. N. Yeltsin merged with the university named after. A. M. Gorky. As a result, UrFU was formed.
Modern period
UrFU, which currently exists, is one of the best universities in our country. The educational organization occupies high positions in national rankings. A huge number of Russian and foreign students study there. There are about 400 educational programs, and over 7 thousand budget places.
UrFU does not plan to stop there. In the future, he plans to create a scientific, educational and innovation center in the Ural Federal District. The core of all this will be the university. This will allow us to gain leadership in many areas and become one of the leading educational centers in the world.
Specialties at the university
UrFU (formerly Ural State Technical University, UPI), in accordance with the current certificate of state accreditation, operates in 37 enlarged groups of professions and areas of undergraduate training. Here are some of them:
- mechanics and mathematics;
- information and computer sciences;
- astronomy and physics;
- architecture;
- radio engineering, electronics and communication systems;
- chemical technologies;
- nanomaterials and nanotechnologies;
- management and economics;
- psychological sciences, etc.
In conclusion, it is worth noting that UrFU (formerly USTU, UPI) is now a university that the Urals and all of Russia can be proud of. The educational organization has several branches in different Russian cities that implement higher education programs. The university also includes the Nizhny Tagil Mechanical Engineering College. It trains students in secondary vocational education programs.
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| Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin (Ural Federal University) |
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| original name | Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin |
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| International name | Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin |
| Former names | USU named after A. M. Gorky |
| Motto | “Think, do, achieve!” |
| Year of foundation | in 1920 as the Ural State University and within its structure (later separated) |
| Reorganized | The accession of USU to the Ural Federal University created on the basis of USTU-UPI |
| Year of reorganization | - accession of USU to UrFU |
| Type | federal university |
| Target capital | 64 million ₽ (2016) |
| Target capital | 64 million ₽ (2016) |
| Rector | Viktor Anatolyevich Koksharov |
| The president | |
| Students | 57 000 |
| Foreign students | 1 290 |
| Master's degree | 3 534 |
| Postgraduate studies | 1 767 |
| The doctors | 650 |
| Teachers | 5 640 |
| Location | Russia, Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk region |
| Metro | Square 1905 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Legal address | 620002, Russia, Ekaterinburg, st. Mira, 19 |
| Website | urfu.ru |
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| Ural Federal University on Wikimedia Commons | |
Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin- Federal University in Yekaterinburg, created on the basis of the Ural State Technical University - UPI named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev No. 1172 of October 21, 2009, the Ural State University named after A. M. Gorky was annexed to it by order of the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation A. A. Fursenko No. 155 of February 2 2011.
Short description
Ural Federal University is the largest university in the Urals, a leading scientific and educational center in the region and one of the largest universities in the Russian Federation. About 35,000 "https://urfu.ru/ru/about/today/" students study there, including about 32,000 full-time students (according to this indicator, UrFU is comparable only with Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University and Southern Federal University). Educational process provide more than 4,000 teachers, among them more than 650 doctors of science and about 2,100 candidates of science, more than 30 members of state academies.Training is carried out in 64 undergraduate areas, 26 master's areas, 126 postgraduate specialties and 42 doctoral specialties.The university has 30 dissertation councils.
In July 2013, UrFU became one of 15 universities in the Russian Federation that received the right to additional funding as part of the competition for entry into world university rankings. .
Until the beginning of 2013, there was a post of president of the university; since the establishment of the post, the duties of the president were performed by Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Stanislav Stepanovich Naboychenko, former rector of USTU-UPI.
History of creation
Creation of a state university
In subsequent years, the following faculties were created (or restored) at the institute: geological exploration, mining, forestry, and mechanical engineering. In 1929, the Faculty of Construction was created, and the Chemical and Metallurgical Faculty was divided into chemical and metallurgical faculties. In 1930, during the reform of higher education (Resolution of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR of July 23, 1930 “On the reorganization of universities, technical schools and workers' faculties”), UPI was divided into 10 institutes (universities). [ ]
UPI and Ural State University
In 1931, Sverdlovsk State University was restored as an independent university (in 1936 it was named after A. M. Gorky, who took an active part in organizing the Ural University in 1920). On June 22, 1934, UPI was recreated on the basis of 7 out of 10 universities, and then it became known as the Ural Industrial Institute (UII) (in 1934 the institute was named after S. M. Kirov).
Thus, starting from the mid-1930s, there were two independent large universities in Sverdlovsk. In 1945, Sverdlovsk State University was renamed the Ural State University named after A. M. Gorky. In turn, in 1948, the Ural Industrial University was again renamed the Ural Polytechnic Institute (UPI). On December 24, 1992, UPI was transformed into the Ural State Technical University (USTU) (order of the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Technical Policy of the Russian Federation dated December 24, 1992 No. 1133). On April 23, 2008, the Ural State Technical University was named after its graduate Boris Yeltsin [ ] .
Big Eurasian University
In the early 2000s, the administration of the Sverdlovsk region and the leadership of the two largest universities in Yekaterinburg - USTU-UPI and USU - had the idea of creating the Big Eurasian State University (BEGU) by combining technical and classical universities, as well as a number of other universities. The university project included the construction of a university campus on the site of a forest behind Maly Shartash Lake and was included in the master plan for the development of Yekaterinburg. Despite the support of the regional leadership (E. E. Rossel), the construction of BEGU was viewed with skepticism at the state university; supporters of integration were defeated in the rector elections in 2007. In December 2008, the closure of the BEGU project was announced and the formation of the Ural Federal University on the basis of the developments made (Ural Federal University). The new concept is less ambitious, but is supported by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. [ ]
Creation of the Federal University
Subsequently (in light of the organization of federal universities in Russia), it was decided to petition for the creation of a federal university on the basis of two universities.
The Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin was founded by decree of the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev No. 1172 of October 21, 2009. According to the Presidential Decree, UrFU was created on the basis of the state educational institution of higher professional education “Ural State Technical University - UPI named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin."
On April 8, 2010, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in Novosibirsk (at a meeting on the modernization of higher professional education in Russia) announced the appointment of the former head of the government of the Sverdlovsk region, candidate of historical sciences Viktor Koksharov to the post of rector of the Ural Federal University. The order was signed on April 9.
University structure
Institutes and faculties
Institutions of secondary complete general education
Lyceum No. 130 (Lyceum USTU-UPI)
Specialized Educational and Scientific Center of UrFU (SSC UrFU)
A specialized educational and scientific center was created as part of the Ural State University named after A. M. Gorky in 1990.
At the origins of the USU Scientific Research Center were famous scientists in Russia and the world: Academician N. N. Krasovsky, Academician S. V. Vonsovsky, Professor P. E. Suetin, Professor R. A. Pikhoya, Professor Z. I. Uritsky, Professor A G. Gein.
SUSC USU became the fourth in the country (after Moscow, Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg Academic Gymnasium) federal center for the education of gifted high school students.
11 professors, doctors of science, 30 associate professors, candidates of science, 14 Soros teachers teach at the UrFU SUSC [ ] .
Branches and representative offices
- Nizhny Tagil Technological Institute
- Polytechnic Institute in Kamensk-Uralsky
UrFU also has branches in the following cities: Alapaevsk, Verkhnyaya Salda, Irbit, Krasnoturinsk, Krasnouralsk, Nevyansk, Novouralsk, Noyabrsk, Pervouralsk, Serov, Sredneuralsk, Chusovoy.
Representative offices are located in the cities: Artyomovsky, Asbest, Bogdanovich, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Verkhoturye, Ivdel, Karakol, Kachkanar, Kirovgrad, Kostanay, Krasnoufimsk, Kushva, Lesnoy, Lysva, Mednogorsk, Novokuznetsk, Ozersk, Polevskoy, Revda, Sukhoi Log, Sukhum , Sysert .
Abolished units
Scientific research
The UrFU research team is represented by researchers (670 positions at the end of 2015), teaching staff and graduate students. Scientific activities brought the university 582.5 million rubles in 2015. . For 2015, it was planned to recruit 225 doctoral students on a contract basis, but it was not possible to recruit a single one.
UrFU employs highly qualified teams of scientists, among them more than 650 doctors of science and about 2,100 candidates of science, 30 members of state academies. Research work is carried out, in addition to the departments, in two research institutes: the Institute of Physics and Applied Mathematics and the Institute of Russian Culture. The university includes: an astronomical observatory, a botanical garden, a biological station, several dozen industrial and university-academic laboratories, as well as two zonal libraries, the total library fund of which is about 3,200,000 items.
Fundamental and applied research is conducted in the most important areas of science and technology. UrFU is a participant in five Federal Target Programs (FTP), in particular “Development of the infrastructure of the nanoindustry of the Russian Federation for 2008–2012”, “Research and development in priority areas for the development of the scientific and technological complex of Russia for 2007-2012”, “Scientific and scientific- teaching staff of innovative Russia" for 2009-2013. etc. Scientific research is carried out at the expense of the state budget allocated for fundamental and exploratory research in the most important areas of science and technology, state and departmental scientific and technical programs, grant competitions, at the expense of industry ministries, departments, associations, as well as enterprises and organizations - on a contractual basis [ ] .
The main directions of scientific research, the results of which have received widespread [ ] confession:
- Physics and Astronomy: condensed matter physics; physics of magnetic materials; optics and laser physics; radiophysics, electronics, acoustics; quantum theory of solids; spectroscopy of activated crystals; fundamental research into the properties of substances and materials under extreme conditions; physics of low-temperature and non-ideal plasma and its application in energy and environmentally friendly technologies; theoretical and experimental thermophysics, physical gas kinetics and surface physics; physical and chemical mechanics of heterogeneous and multiphase media; stellar astronomy.
- Energy: development of scientific foundations of energy policy and mechanisms for its implementation in a market economy; fundamental problems of creating safe and environmentally friendly energy (including nuclear and thermonuclear energy), non-traditional energy conversion processes; fundamental problems of energy saving and efficient use of fuel.
- Metallurgy: development of resource-saving and environmentally friendly processes for the integrated processing of ore raw materials and their waste; creation of new metal materials with specified properties.
- Connection: integrated information and telecommunication networks and systems; mathematical theory of pattern recognition.
- Mathematics and mechanics: theory of control and differential games; theory of algebraic systems and its applications to computer science; theory of functions and operators; fundamental problems of constructing automatic design systems, mathematical methods for studying nonlinear control systems and processes; mathematical modeling in medicine.
- Chemistry and materials science: chemical bond theory; kinetics and mechanisms of chemical reactions; solid state chemistry; chemistry of radioactive elements; physico-chemistry of polymers; development of methods for targeted synthesis of complex organic molecules in order to obtain physiologically active substances with selective action; development of the fundamental principles of catalysis and the creation of highly efficient and selective heterogeneous, homogeneous and enzymatic catalysts and catalytic systems; creation of chemical current sources; creation of structural ceramics and silicate materials with sufficient plasticity, including those based on oxides, nitrides, carbides, oxycarbonitrides.
- Biology: population and evolutionary ecology; animal ecology; environmental forecasting and expertise; plant physiology and the study of photosynthesis problems; industrial botany; ornithology.
- Philosophy and sociology: history of philosophy; philosophical anthropology; theory of knowledge; aesthetics; social philosophy; sociology of personality.
- History and ethnography: source studies, archeology and social history of Byzantium (See Ural School of Byzantine Studies); Ural and Siberian archeology and ethnography; Siberian and Ural archaeography; social history of the Urals and Siberia; theory and history of international relations.
- Philology: onomastics, dialect lexicology and lexicography; lexical semantics; linguoculturology and stylistics; folkloristics; literature of the Urals and Siberia; Russian classical and modern literature; literary stylistics; theory and history of journalism.
- Economy: regional economy; competition and institutional aspects of economic growth; foreign investments and international technology transfer; corporate governance; economic history and history of economic thought; mathematical methods of economics [ ] .
UrFU trains highly qualified scientific personnel within the framework of postgraduate education through internships, full-time and part-time postgraduate studies, competition and doctoral studies in more than 100 specialties of the Higher Attestation Commission. UrFU has 30 dissertation councils in physical and mathematical, chemical, technical, economic, political, sociological, philosophical, psychological, philological, historical sciences, cultural studies and art history. In August 2017, a decision of the Government of the Russian Federation was published, which allowed the Ural Federal University to independently award academic degrees from September 1, 2017.
UrFU and UMMC Technical University
The Ural Federal University played a significant role in the creation of the only private technical university in Russia - the UMMC Technical University. In the summer of 2013, at the Innoprom-2013 exhibition, an agreement was concluded between UMMC and UrFU on the creation of a special department “Metallurgy” for the new university. In addition, the Ural Federal University allocated 176 million rubles for the creation of this university, which opened in September of the same year. On September 2, 2014, a Research Center was opened at the UMMC Technical University. The close connection between the two universities is expressed in the fact that the functioning of the center is supported by the UrFU Department of Metallurgy, created in 2013 (it is headed by the director of the Institute of Materials Science and Metallurgy of UrFU, Doctor of Technical Sciences V. A. Maltsev) and the Uralelectromed Joint Stock Company, which is part of the UMMC. UrFU purchased special scientific equipment, spending 171 million rubles on it, and UMMC allocated 200 million rubles. for the construction and equipment of a 4-story building.
Position in ratings
Currently, in many rankings of UrFU (USTU-UPI) and USU named after. Gorky are still counted as separate universities. The exception is, in particular, the world ranking QS World University Rankings. In 2011, in the QS ranking, the Ural Federal University ranks 451-500, that is, it is included in the Top 500 (in total, the positions of 712 universities in the world are taken into account). This same group includes, for example, Shanghai University, University of Salamanca, University of Vermont, Belarusian State University, etc. Among all Russian universities, UrFU was sixth, ahead only of Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State Technical University, MGIMO and NSU. In 2012, UrFU retained its 451-500th place, bypassing, for example, universities such as RUDN University (537th place), Higher School of Economics (542nd place), Tomsk State University (580th place), Kazan Federal University (663rd place). At the same time, in the QS ranking, UrFU is the leader in the ranking among all Russian federal universities. In 2013, in the QS ranking, UrFU was in the 501-550 group, although it remained the leader among federal universities in Russia and the second non-metropolitan university in the top ten.
The Republican Research Scientific Consulting Center for Expertise (FGU SRI RINCCE) included UrFU among the five Russian universities that most effectively develop their innovative activities. According to relevant key indicators, UrFU took fourth place after Moscow State University, Tomsk State University and Moscow State Technical University. According to the Research Institute RINCCE, in 2010 UrFU produced work and services worth 14.6 million rubles and products worth 17.7 million rubles. At Moscow State University the same figures amounted to 1.04 million and 5 billion, respectively, at TSU - 1.08 billion and 214 million rubles, at MSTU - 1.8 billion and 1.7 million rubles. At the same time, in terms of the number of projects being implemented (101 and 134, respectively), UrFU came close to TSU and surpassed MSU and MSTU (96 and 3, respectively). At the same time, UrFU received 34.3 million rubles from the state budget in 2010 for the development of innovative infrastructure, while Moscow and Tomsk universities received 42.9 million rubles each.
In 2015, the university lost its position in the QS World University Ranking. UrFU shares the 601-650 position with other universities, while a year earlier it was in 551 position. In addition to the QS ranking, there is a Shanghai ranking, in which the Ural Federal University ranks 901st. In the ranking of universities in the BRICS countries, the educational institution is on line 77, and in the ranking of higher educational institutions in Russia it is on line 13 [ ] .
UrFU and FSB
In 2016, the Ural Federal University published documents from which it follows that the university has departments whose heads are appointed to positions only in agreement with the FSB. According to media reports, as of 2016, many current and former FSB employees and their relatives held positions in the rector’s office of UrFU: Vice-Rector for General Affairs V. Kozlov, Advisor to the Rector V. Ilyinykh, Deputy Vice-Rector K. Polovnev.
Video surveillance at lectures
As of 2017, the university maintained “security” video surveillance in 100 of its 500 classrooms. This practice has existed (according to data reported by the university press secretary in May 2017) for about three years. Since 2017, broadcasting of lecture recordings from these cameras has begun.
Awards
University problems
As of March 2016, the rectorate of UrFU included: 1 rector, 2 first vice-rectors, 3 deputy first vice-rectors, 7 vice-rectors and 10 deputy vice-rectors. Such strange positions as deputy vice-rector (essentially deputy deputy rector) arose as a result of the merger of two universities, when new managerial positions had to be created for former vice-rectors. For example, the USU Vice-Rector for Research A. O. Ivanov became the Deputy Vice-Rector for Science at UrFU. At the end of 2015, out of 9,187 employee rates in UrFU, 1,292 rates were for administrative and managerial personnel. Thus, the administrative apparatus made up about 14% of the university’s employees. There were almost half as many researchers at the university - 670 positions at the end of 2015.
At the beginning of 2015, the salary for a teacher with an academic degree was set at about 14.5 thousand rubles. At the same time, the real salaries of professors with all allowances were almost no different from low salaries. In September 2015, for half the rate of a professor with a Doctor of Science degree, the university pays only 12 thousand rubles per month. In September 2015, it was decided to reduce these salaries by transferring some teachers to one-eighth of the rate (a professor with such a workload receives about 3 thousand rubles), for which teachers were asked to change their employment contracts. At the same time, the university used a methodology for calculating workload, where 159 hours of teaching load per year for a professor is one-eighth of the teaching load at the post (900 hours per year). Young associate professor, candidate of sciences A.V. Ladygin earned 232.5 thousand rubles from UrFU in 2015, that is, on average less than 20 thousand rubles. per month . The rector of UrFU earned 11.845 million rubles in 2014. In 2015, the rector’s income already exceeded 12.8 million rubles.
In 2015, an assistant professor at UrFU was sentenced to 3.5 years in a general regime colony with a fine for taking bribes in the period from 2012 to 2013, which she took for taking tests without testing knowledge. According to the court decision, one of the vice-rectors for academic affairs of UrFU filed a complaint against her to law enforcement agencies. On appeal, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court reduced the punishment to a fine and reclassified her actions as fraud.
In October 2017, the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Olga Vasilyeva, stated that the Ural Federal University does not meet ministerial ideas about efficiency.
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