TOMSK, Sep 11 –
RIA Tomsk. Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), following
its participation in the Priority 2030 program of the Minobrnauki, is set to
become a global center for developing and translating promising models of
education, science and innovation; the university's team, headed by Acting
Rector Dmitry Sednev, defended its application, the TPU Telegram channel said.
It was reported
earlier that the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian
Federation will launch the Priority 2030 program to support universities in
2021. In the first stage, 120 universities will be selected to receive
additional funding to improve their competitiveness. TPU's application includes
initiatives to develop technologies for hydrogen, nuclear and thermonuclear
energy, renewable energy sources and improving the efficiency of hydrocarbon
management.
"Today in
Moscow, TPU's team defended the university's development program. <...>
TPU's strategic goal: to become a globally recognized multimodel center for the
formation, practice and translation of promising models of education, science
and innovation in order to transform the country's scientific, technological
and educational landscape," the statement said.
TPU's
application includes three strategic projects: "Energy of the
Future", which includes hydrogen, nuclear and traditional industries;
"Health Engineering", dedicated to reducing mortality from neoplasms
and circulatory diseases; and "New Engineering Education", which will
form a system for creating and verifying new models of engineering education
and technological entrepreneurship.
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"If we
implement strategic projects, we can increase our consolidated budget by
alienating the results of the projects <...> By increasing the
university's development budget, we can guarantee stable growth and no
stagnation," Acting Rector Sednev, who defended the university's
application to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, is quoted in the
statement.
It was also
reported that besides TPU, four more Tomsk universities applied for
participation in the program: Classical University (TSU), State University of
Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR), Siberian State Medical University
(SSMU) and State University of Architecture and Building (TSUAB). Their
applications include 17 key areas, in the development of which the universities
intend to use each other's potential.