The day before, Yugra State University signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation with Almetyevsk State Technological University “Higher School of Oil”.
The parties agreed on mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of educational, scientific and other activities, including under the federal project “Advanced Engineering Schools” of the state program “Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation”, which is aimed at supporting the development programs of advanced engineering schools. Universities will provide practical training and internships, including work with mentors, for talented students of the best master's programs.
It should be noted that in 2019, on the initiative of PJSC TATNEFT, a large-scale construction of the Higher School of Petroleum Campus was launched. In 2022, ASTU in cooperation with ITMO University (St. Petersburg) and PJSC TATNEFT started to implement a federal project to create an Advanced Engineering School (AES) in the field of biotechnology to provide enterprises with high level engineering personnel with entrepreneurial thinking and skills. In the same year, the laboratory and research building of the Higher School of Petroleum Campus was launched.
The universities will also jointly improve qualifications and provide professional retraining, including in the form of internships based on high-tech companies, for the teaching personnel and management teams of advanced engineering schools, as well as educational organizations of higher education implementing engineering educational programs approved by the Russian Government.
In particular, the parties agreed to prepare and implement joint research programs, conferences, seminars, conduct research work on specific scientific directions, programs and projects with international participation, use unique scientific equipment as part of the collective use centers for joint research, provide academic exchange of specialists, students, master's and postgraduate students etc.
The agreement has a term of 5 years. At the end of the term of validity, if there are no objections, the agreement will be prolonged for the same period.