Education and student life

Institute hosts welcome ceremony for freshmen

On 2 September, the Institute leadership spoke with new students via video link - face-to-face teaching has been postponed until 1 November due to preparations for the 2024 BRICS Summit. Vice-Rector Danis Nurgaliev took the floor to address the young people. “Dear friends, I congratulate you, as you have become students of Kazan Federal University - one...

Students return from field studies in Zelenodolsk District

A group of 26 students of engineering geology and hydrogeology interned at the Sobakinskiye Yamy (lit. Dog Pits) polygon in Ulitino settlement near Kazan. All the field work was supported by the cloud application SoilBox.app and supervised by associate professors of the Department of General Geology and Hydrogeology Airat Latypov and Anastasiya Garayeva. "'Zoomers, or the Internet...

Institute expanding links with TNG-AlGIS

Deputy Director of TNG-AlGIS for Strategic Development Dinar Zamalov visited IGPT on 26 February. Since 2021, TNG-AlGIS has been part of Tatneft, specializing in geographic information, geological survey, navigation, and other related issues. "Our company has long been in collaboration with KFU in various areas. As part of such cooperation, we regularly hold meetings with students and...

Director for Geological Prospecting of Petrogeko LLC holds seminar for Institute and Tatneft employees

Alexander Sokolov, who also holds the position of the Chief Editor of Georesursy journal, shared his experience at the Institute on 19 - 21 February. "During the lectures we considered the mineral resource base of the Russian Federation and the influence of global oil and gas production trends on its development. The practical experience of reviewing...

Students and employees receive fraud prevention training

On 24 October, IGPT students met with experts of the University's Section of Crime Prevention of the Department of Comprehensive Security. The visitors spoke about extremism and terrorism prevention among students and popular phone fraud techniques. In his turn, Vice-Rector for Comprehensive Security Rishat Guzeirov met with the employees. He presented popular cybercrime schemes and instructed the...

Institute team GeoBars wins geological competition in Ufa

1st International Geological Contest GeoChallenge was held in Ufa, Bashkortostan, on 16 - 22 September 2023. Vocational school students and higher school freshmen and sophomores were eligible. "The championship included many competitions, the most interesting of which for me was the Excursion Geological Trail. For it, it was necessary to make a project of an excursion...

Students visit LUKOIL facilities as part of More Than a Job project

The project is supervised by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and its partners. During the trip, 15 students of geology and petroleum engineering toured Polazna oil field in Perm Krai, visited a field treatment installation in Kamenny Log, and went to the company’s labs and centers. A meeting at the Government of Perm Krai then...

Freshmen welcomed by Institute leadership

On September 1, the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of Kazan Federal University hosted a meeting of freshmen. This year, 405 students enrolled here, with 240 of them for bachelor's degree and 165 for master's degree. Danis Nurgaliev, Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences and Institute Director, greeted the young people, "It is nice to see young...

New estimations of karst collapses near Kazan made during summer field practice

Engineering geology and hydrogeology students visited Sobakinskie Yamy, a chain of lakes in Zelenodolsk Municipal District. The students were supervised by Associate Professor Airat Latypov and Senior Lecturer Anastasia Garaeva. Dr Latypov comments, “Thanks to the studies conducted during the practice period, it was possible to understand more deeply the mechanism of karst sinkhole formation in this part of Tatarstan....