TOMSK, May 3 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk State University (TSU) attracted six billion rubles on development of science and fundamental projects for the last five years, the rector of the university Eduard Galazhinsky reported on Thursday at the press conference in the RIA Tomsk media center.
"The university attracted more than 6 billion rubles in development of science and fundamental projects for the last five years. The new tool – Mendeleyev foundation was tested. Also it is possible to remember breakthrough projects on studying of climatic changes, creation of the new materials suitable in the conditions of the Arctic, the projects directed to improvement of quality of life and so on", – Galazhinsky told.
According to the rector of TSU, these means gave to scientists of the university the chance to experiment with different scientific approaches thanks to what the university "increased efficiency of scientific research and progressed in the 5-100 project".Earlier it was reported that two Tomsk universities – TSU and TPU participate in the program of increase in world competitiveness "5-100" since 2013 which is directed to that not less than five universities of the Russian Federation were included into one hundred of the best universities of the world by 2020. TSU and TPU were among the universities in 2015 which received the maximum financing – on 964 million rubles. In 2016 and 2017 they entered into the second group.
In March, 2017 participating universities of the 5-100 program also submitted "road maps" at the Council for increase in competitiveness of leading universities of the Russian Federation in Moscow. Results of their protection were announced in October of the same year: TPU entered the second group, and TSU became the only not capital university which was among leaders of the program. In 2018 TSU will receive 780 million rubles on increase in the international competitiveness.