Acting Rector Dmitry Tayursky presented KFU’s plans in engineering education

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with participants of Leading Engineering Schools program on 24 March.

He was joined by Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Chairman of the Association of Assistance to Digital Development Rifkat Minnikhanov, and others.

The Leading Engineering Schools initiative includes plans to establish 30 engineering schools in high-tech industries across Russia. The schools will be formed as partnerships between universities and private investors.

Kazan University presented its initiative called CyberAutoTech. As the Acting Rector noted, the schools will be based at the Kama industrial cluster, which includes the largest Russian truck maker KAMAZ and Alabuga Special Economic Zone. Every year, the cluster needs 5 thousand new engineers, and the demand is projected to increase twofold by 2030.

At KFU, the engineering school currently comprises 7 departments and over 100 educators and researchers at the Naberezhnye Chelny Institute. The three main priorities are driverless vehicles, alternative fuels, and AI for the Internet of Things.

The University plans to open three new excellence centers – Center for PLM/PDM/MES System, Center for Prototyping, and VeHIL Testing Polygon, as well as 17 other polygons, labs, and technological units.