TSU presented its strategy to the Council of the program "5-100"

TOMSK, Mar 21 – RIA Tomsk.Tomsk State University presented its strategy of development to the International council of the "5-100" program; the rector of the university Edward Galazhinsky and his team presented the "road map" of the university’s new educational model, the press-service of the university informed RIA Tomsk on Saturday.

According to the press-service, directors and leading scientists of TSU on Saturday spoke at the International council program to improve the competitiveness of Russian universities. TSU presented to the international experts the development plan for the next two years – the "road map" which will allow the university to take a more prominent position on the international scientific and educational space.

"Defence was held traditionally fast – 10 minutes are for presentation and 30 are – for discussion. This year we have decided to allow speaking to all members of our group to reflect as much as possible reached results and our ideas. <…> We managed to show that we move forward as united team, the council responded to our performance positively", – the press-service quoted Galazhinsky.

By his estimation, both performance, and discussion passed on a benevolent, constructive wave. "Results of the "road map"defence will be published in the near future", – the rector concluded.

It is specified that TSU "road map" in 2016 is based on a new educational model in which frameworks at the university are created the centres of the world level highly-skilled personnel training on the basis of the advanced scientific researches with the involvement of the world's leading companies. It will allow to reach a new level and to achieve the main goal of TSU – to become the university working on improvement of quality of life.

In total in TSU are to be created five strategic academic units: Institute of Biomedicine, Institute of the Human of the Digital Era, Institute of Smart Materials and Technology, TSSW: Siberian Institute of the Future and Institute of Innovation, Economics and Management.

Earlier it was informed that in 2015 the successful presentation of the results and prospects of the university work to the International council of the program "5-100" has allowed TSU to receive the maximum funding for the year. This has given to the university the opportunity to realise many plans, including attraction to Tomsk of foreign experts to guide the research teams of TSU, as well as increasing the number of students from abroad.