Negotiations held with leadership of Synergy Corporation

President of Synergy Corporation Vadim Lobov and Vice-Rector for Talent Management of Synergy University Roman Sultanov visited KFU on 8 September.

They were met by Rector Ilshat Gafurov, Vice-Rector for Education Timirkhan Alishev, Vice-Rector for Strategic and Economic Management Marat Safiullin, and others.

The sides discussed joint projects. In particular, Synergy University offered to join its programs in animation, visual effects, and motion design. As an extension of this initiative, a faculty of animation may be opened at KFU’s Institute of Design and Spatial Arts with participation from the famous Soyuzmultflim, a storied animation studio.

Apart from that, the two institutions plan to co-create a course in technological entrepreneurship. Rector Gafurov noted that KFU has already launched such a program.

Mutual interest is also targeted at MBA programs.

Vadim Lobov offered to give KFU students access to Synergy.Online, a learning platform with over 1,000 units of original content.

Synergy Corporation unites over a dozen education institutions including Synergy University, Russia’s largest private university, and over 30 companies in IT, PR, communications, advertising, video, and design.

 

Source text: Leisan Zakirova

Photos: Alexander Kuznetsov

Translation: Yury Nurmeev