Prospects of Kazan Federal University till 2020 discussed at session of University Guardian Council

On November 12 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov, Minister of Health Adel Vafin, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, rector of Kazan Federal University Ilshat Gafurov took part in a session of Guardian Council of Kazan Federal University.

The session was dedicated to implementation of the programme on increasing competitiveness of the University among leading research and educational centres for 2013-2020.

Rustam Minnikhanov told that participants of the session had visited new campus, academic and laboratory building of the Institute of fundamental medicine and biology, and the Institute of geology and petroleum technologies.

Opening the session, Ilshat Gafurov said that a final session of the Council on increasing competitiveness of Russian leading universities among world’s research and educational centres was held by Russian Minister of Education and Science Dmitry Levanov on October 26. Kazan Federal University was one of the universities approved by the Council. The agreement between federal ministry and Kazan Federal University is to be signed in the nearest future.

Ilshat Gafurov believes that the university may become a driver of economic and innovative growth of the republic.

Among priority areas of the university are biomedicine and pharmacy, non-conventional materials, oil production and processing, petrochemistry, information, communication and space technologies.

Two agreements, between Kazan Federal University, OAO “Alfa Bank” and Samsung were signed at the session.

Ilshat Gafurov also suggested including Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov, Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov and Minister of Health Adel Vafin in the Guardian Council.