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Vasily Savvinov: "In five years the university became large corporation of serious scientific researches"

  • 23 October 2014
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Vasily Savvinov: "In five years the university became large corporation of serious scientific researches"

"The university is changing. Today it not only "factory" of receiving the higher education, but also large corporation where except training of students, serious scientific researches are conducted, created new goods and services". The vice rector for strategic development of NEFU Vasily Savvinov is convinced that change of system of the higher education of Russia in recent years can be seen on the example of North-Eastern Federal University.

According to the vice rector oppinion, today – in five years of establishment of federal higher education institution in Yakutsk city – the university reached much. "In NEFU students from 37 regions of Russia and 30 foreign countries are trained. About five years ago it would be unusual, and now – an ordinary thing, – he speaks. – I remember surprise of peruvian Hager on a question "Why he chose far Yakutia for training, but not somewhere in Latin America?" For him it is important to get quality education and where is already the second question.

The university became the center of large scientific researches. As a part of NEFU today 6 research universities, 17 schools of sciences, 92 new scientific laboratories, 19 scientific and educational centers. "Only for this summer the staff of institutes and faculties carried out more than 30 scientific expeditions: from search of minerals, studying of culture of indigenous people, before carrying out unique archeological excavations. The Genomic Medicine laboratory introduces biochip technologies of diagnosis of hereditary diseases, the Mechanochemical Biotechnologies laboratory approves new biocomplexes for training of athletes of national teams of teams for various competitions, the Technologies of Polymeric Nanocomposites laboratory creates the frost-resistant lubricants which aren't freezing at a temperature is lower minus 50 degrees. Also this list can be counitued", – he notes.

The vice rector told that are some lines of modern university, not characteristic for usual higher education institution. "The plant on production of autoclave cellular foam concrete is constructed of local raw materials, the second is planned to construct in vilyuysky group of uluses. The university issues magazines and newspapers, on NEFU electronic trading platform the auction for needs of higher education institutions, the enterprises and the organizations of all country is held, on the basis of the Arctic innovative center the student's business incubator "Orekh" which residents create innovative products is created; the enterprises create the "firm" audiences and laboratories", – Vasily Savvinov speaks.

Author: Варвара ЖИРКОВА, редакция новостей СВФУ

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