Events

Center for Liquid Hydrocarbons’ five-year results discussed in Moscow

Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev spoke in front of a panel of experts of the Coordination Center of the Government of Russia. The event was joined by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia Valery Falkov and chaired chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. Also present were Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Stepan Kalmykov, representatives...

KFU to open Low Tonnage Chemistry Technology Park

Big news were announced at a morning briefing on 24 February. “The department will manage and control continuing education and vocational training,” the Rector specified. “Considering that a new education development strategy is currently being discussed, where much attention is paid to the role of additional education and professional development, and where Kazan University is the...

Institute visited by Bashneftegeofizika delegation

A two-day meeting session was organized on 29 - 30 January. The delegation included: Denis Kolesnikov, Deputy General Director for HR – Director of the HR Department; Dmitry Smirnov, First Deputy Director for Production, Directional and Horizontal Drilling Directorate; Timur Adiev, Chief Specialist for Technological Development, Exploration Geophysics Directorate; Elena Erantseva, Head of the Personnel Assessment...

Meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education held on Russian Science Day

Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev, member of the current convocation of the Council, took part in the video conference. The meeting was dedicated to technology education and engineering training. President Vladimir Putin emphasized the importance of maintaining Russia's competitiveness in key technological areas. Council members voiced their proposal on additional professional education. Mikhail...

Rector Lenar Safin: “The University’s target model implies increasing industrial collaborations in priority areas of technological leadership”

A pitch session of strategic technology projects implemented by universities participating in the Priority 2030 program was held in Moscow. The event was organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia and Gazprombank. In addition to Minister Valery Falkov and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprombank Dmitry Zauers, representatives of federal agencies and industry experts took part...

Explorers of the Antarctica explain the importance of the southern continent

Four scientists met with students in the Media Show Room on 28 January on the 205th anniversary of the discovery of the Antarctica. They were Vice-Rector for Eartth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev (participant of the 67th Russian Antarctic expedition), and three participants of the Antarctica 100 project – Chairman of the Tatarstan Branch of the Russian Geographical Society Dmitry Shiller,...

Polar researcher Fyodor Shipulin told students about his work

This year marks the 205th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica. As part of the celebration of this significant date, Kazan Federal University hosted a meeting of with a participant in the 69th Russian Antarctic Expedition, Fyodor Shipulin. Vice-Rector for Earth Sciences Danis Nurgaliev, who himself has visited the southern continent, noted, “During his round-the-world voyage, Ivan Simonov, who...

Center for Advanced Training concludes another successful year

In 2024, 1,324 people from 273 oil and gas companies completed training, including Rosneft (and subsidiaries), Gazprom (and subsidiaries), Surgutneftegaz, LUKOIL (and subsidiaries), Gazprom Neft, and Tatneft. 1,091 students improved their qualifications, 136 underwent professional retraining, 209 certificates were issued, 60 students of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies (IGPT) were trained to become...

Presidential Council for Science and Education holds year-end meeting

Chair of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev joined the meeting as one of the members of the current convocation. On December 23, members of the Presidential Council for Science and Education discussed the issue of providing engineering personnel for priority areas of scientific and technological development to achieve technological leadership. "A number of problems require...

Irek Mukhamatdinov represents KFU at Kazan Digital Week 2024

From September 9 to 11, the Kazan Digital Week 2024 International Forum was held at the Kazan Expo. The forum included the exchange of scientific and technical information, consolidation of scientific and technological assets capable of effectively solving the problems of import substitution, ensuring technological sovereignty and data sovereignty as the basis for the leadership...