kazan federal university - overview (2014)
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Famous students: Vladimir Ulyanov - Lenin, Leo Tolstoy, etc. Pioneering world-changing research: 1826 – non-Euclidian geometry by Nikolay Lobachevsky 1844 – new chemical element Ruthenium by professor Karl Klaus 1861 – theory of structure of organic compounds by Alexander Butlerov 1929 – phenomena of oxidative phosphorylation Vladimir Engelhardt 1944 – phenomena of electronic paramagnetic resonance by Evgeny Zavoysky 1952 – theory of acoustic paramagnetic resonance which signified the basics of quantum acoustics by Semen Altshuler 1956 – first videotape recorder (AMPEX) by Alexander Poniatoff Outstanding Russian Nobel Prize laureates in Physics who worked at Kazan University: V.L. Ginzburg (Nobel Prize in Physics 2003), L.D. Landau (Nobel Prize in Physics 1962), I.M. Frank (NP in Physics 1958), I.Y.Tamm (NP in Physics 1958), P.A.Cherenkov (NP in Physics 1958), P.L.Kapitsa (NP in Physics 1978), N.N. Semenov (NP in Physics 1965). KFU TODAY: About 47 000 students; 1 330 PhD students; 419 Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degree programs; More than 3 000 faculty members (of them 2 171 hold doctoral degrees). KFU priority areas: Biomedicine& Pharmaceutics; Infocommunication & space technologies; Oil exploration, oil refining & petrochemistry; New Materials (Applied Materials). KFU research facilities: 370 laboratories with world class equipment in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, geology, etc. 362 000 sq. m. of training and laboratory facilities; 20 000 sq. m. of research facilities; 7,7 sq. m. is the average space of training and laboratory facilities as per student. Scientific LOBACHEVSKY LIBRARY with over 6 million works (one of the largest and oldest university library in Russia). 50 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCES annually. 132 partnership agreements with universities and organizations in 44 countries •Europe – 57 agreements (KULeuven (Belgium), Aarhus University (Denmark), University of Helsinki (Finland), BP, Sercel •Asia – 56 agreements (Kanazawa University, RIKEN (Japan), Istanbul University (Turkey), Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (China)), Samsung, Fujitsu •North America – 12 agreements (Indiana University, Texas A&M University, Arizona State University), Agilent Technologies, Microsoft, HP, etc. •Africa – 3 agreements •South America – 3 agreements •Australia – 1 agreement Cooperation with Industry&Business in Education •Classes and centers: Samsung, Microsoft, HP, •Fellowship programs: ВР, Sberbank, Ford •Student training: Kamaz, TatNeft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Fujitsu •Retraining of specialists: Agilent Technologies, Samsung, Sercel Cooperation with Industry&Business In R&D •Joint laboratories: Agilent Technologies, SAS •R&D projects: TNG Group, BP, HP, Enfer Scientific, Schlumberger Cooperation with Industry&Business in Consulting •TatNeft, NizhnekamskneftechimTRANSCRIPT
Kazan
Federal
University
2014
FAMOUS STUDENTS
Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin
• Lenin studied at the Faculty of Law of Kazan Emperor University for a short period of 3 months in 1887. It was the only university in his life.
• Lenin’s father Ilya Ulyanov is alumnus of Kazan University
FAMOUS STUDENTS Leo Tolstoy
• 3 brothers and sister of Leo Tolstoy are alumni of Kazan Emperor University
• 1843 – L. Tolstoy enters Kazan Emperor University to study Eastern languages and cultures
• A year later he is transferred to the Faculty of Law
• 1847 – L. Tolstoy quits the University
Pioneering WORLD-CHANGING Research at KFU
• 1826 – non-Euclidian geometry by Nikolay Lobachevsky
• 1844 – new chemical element Ruthenium by professor Karl Klaus
• 1861 – theory of structure of organic compounds by Alexander Butlerov
• 1929 – phenomena of oxidative phosphorylation Vladimir Engelhardt
• 1944 – phenomena of electronic paramagnetic resonance by Evgeny Zavoysky
• 1952 – theory of acoustic paramagnetic resonance which signified the basics of quantum acoustics by
Semen Altshuler
• 1956 – first videotape recorder (AMPEX) by Alexander Poniatoff
The Glory of the University
Outstanding Russian Nobel
Prize laureates in Physics who
worked at Kazan University
N.N. Semenov,
NP in Physics 1965 I.Y.Tamm
NP in Physics 1958
L.D. Landau
Nobel Prize in Physics 1962 V.L. Ginzburg
Nobel Prize in Physics 2003
P.A.Cherenkov
NP in Physics 1958 P.L.Kapitsa
NP in Physics 1978 I.M. Frank
NP in Physics 1958
KFU TODAY
About 47 000 students
1 330 PhD students
419 Bachelor, Master and Doctoral
degree programs
More than 3 000 faculty members
(of them 2 171 hold doctoral degrees)
• Institute of Physics
• Institute of Mathematics
and Mechanics
• Institute of Computing
Mathematics and IT
• Higher School of IT and
Information Systems
• IT-lyceum (boarding
school)
• Institute of Geology
and Petroleum
Technologies
• Alexandr Butlerov
Institute of Chemistry
• Institute of
Fundamental
Medicine and Biology
• Institute of Physical
Training, Sport and
Restorative Medicine
• Institute of Ecology
and Geography
PHYSICS AND
MATHEMATICS
KFU academic complexes
ENGINEERING
• Engineering Institute
HUMANITIES AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
NATURAL
SCIENCES
• Institute of Management,
Economics and Finance
• Institute for the
Comparative Studies of
Modernity of Societies
• Higher School of Banking
• Higher School of Public
and Municipal
Administration
• Institute of International
Relations, History and
Oriental Studies
• Institute of Philology and
Intercultural
Communication
• Institute of Psychology and
Education
• Institute of Languages
• Institute of Social Sciences,
Philosophy and Mass
Communications
• Faculty of Law
Biomedicine& Pharmaceutics
Infocommunication & space technologies
Oil exploration, oil refining &
petrochemistry
KFU PRIORITY AREAS
Oil Exploration, Oil Refining & Petrochemistry
KEY AREAS
petrophysics and 3D-models of reservoirs, geology and territorial sustainable development, Earth History reconstruction, catalysts for petrochemistry and oil refining
MAJOR ACTIVITIES • underground refining and refining of hardly extracted hydrocarbons - Tatneft, Lukoil JSC,
Universities of Calgary and Alberta (Canada)
• 3D Geo-center for modeling of oil and gas deposits and an oil-bearing rock exploration center - Schlumberger, GE Phoenix X-Ray, Agilent Technologies, Wille Geotechnic
• operating models of hydrocarbons deposits - 25 Russia and Kazakhstan oil companies
• shale oil and gas reserves - Tatneft JSC and Lukoil JSC
• paving bitumen production technology - Tatneft JSC
Biomedicine & Pharmaceutics
KEY AREAS
Medical biochemistry, neurobiology, nanobiotechnology, tissue engineering, personalized medicine, extreme biomedicine
• Center for Translation Medicine
• International Neurobiology Laboratory - with the Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology (France)
• Master-degree Program on Chemoinformatics and Molecular Modelling, jointly developed by KFU and University of Strasbourg (France) (1st in Russia, 3d in the world)
• Research and Educational Center Pharmaceuticals (PHARMA-2020)
• Innosphera Biopharmaceutical Technopark
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
Infocommunication & space technologies
KEY AREAS
Smart technologies, Scientific Visualization, Big Data,
Theoretical Informatics
MAJOR ACTIVITIES • Joint academic centers with leading companies: Microsoft, Samsung, HP, Fujitsu
• Self-engineered products:
– Synchronization of time scales and meteor cryptography
– Creation of NIMFA program system for hydrogeomechanical modeling and others
• Circumterrestrial and outer space diagnosis, monitoring of the atmosphere, ionosphere and of the meteoric matter inflow into the Earth atmosphere; complexes of the ground support of space projects in the sphere of high precision space navigation, geodesy and astrometry, climate changes
KEY AREAS
Computer Design of New Materials, Functional Materials, Materials for
Quantum Technologies, Composites, Materials for Engineering
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
• Center for Quantum Technologies
• International Center of Excellence in Magnetic Resonance
• Device-specific prototypes based on innovative materials (superconducting memory cells,
optical triggers and optical nano-antennas)
• Single-electron transistors in a system of electrons on the surface of quantum liquids
• Synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds and materials, biomaterials,
pharmaceuticals
• Synthesis of Testing of materials for biomedicine
Applied Materials
KFU RESEARCH FACILITIES
362 000 sq. m. of training and laboratory facilities;
20 000 sq. m. of research facilities;
7,7 sq. m. is the average space of training and laboratory facilities as per student
370 laboratories with world class
equipment in the fields of physics,
chemistry, biology, geology, etc.
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KFU RESEARCH FACILITIES
Scientific LOBACHEVSKY LIBRARY with over 6 million works (one of the largest and oldest university
library in Russia).
50 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCES annually
Partnerships
132 partnership agreements with universities and organizations in 44 countries
• Europe – 57 agreements (KULeuven (Belgium), Aarhus University (Denmark), University of Helsinki (Finland), BP, Sercel
• Asia – 56 agreements (Kanazawa University, RIKEN (Japan), Istanbul University (Turkey), Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (China)), Samsung, Fujitsu
• North America – 12 agreements (Indiana University, Texas A&M University, Arizona State University), Agilent Technologies, Microsoft, HP, etc.
• Africa – 3 agreements
• South America – 3 agreements
• Australia – 1 agreement
In Education • Classes and centers: Samsung, Microsoft, HP, • Fellowship programs: ВР, Sberbank, Ford • Student training: Kamaz, TatNeft,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Fujitsu • Retraining of specialists: Agilent Technologies,
Samsung, Sercel
In R&D • Joint laboratories: Agilent Technologies, SAS • R&D projects: TNG Group, BP, HP, Enfer Scientific,
Schlumberger
Consulting • TatNeft, Nizhnekamskneftechim
Cooperation with Industry&Business
Cooperation with international academia
Prof. Rustem Khazipov, Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology INMED (France)
Head of KFU – INMED Joint Laboratory of Neurophysiology
and neuropathology of the developing brain
Joint research project “Early activity in the developing brain”
Prof. Alexander Varnek, University of Strasbourg, France
Join-degree Master Program on Chemoinformatics
and molecular modeling
«Striving to cooperate with leading international laboratories we can not underestimate the importance of student exchange. In our Chemistry Institute there are studying several students from Kazan University, which are among the best in all respects. This is also one of the factors of KFU image».
Prof. John Ahern, De Paul University (USA)
World-famous expert in accounting and audit
Fulbright fellowship in KFU (1995, 2013)
Annually more than 300 international faculty members from 35 countries visit Kazan
University for conducting joint research and lecturing, participating in research
conference.
Cooperation with international academia
Prof. Rudolf Grimm, University of Innsbruck (Austria)
Joint projects at KFU Center for Quantum Technologies
Head of KFU-Innsbruck student training program
«Kazan has a vast potential to position itself as exclusive
scientific and economical link between Europe and Asia».
Prof. Ryoji Noyori - President of RIKEN Institute, Japan
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2001
Research advisor of 3 KFU – RIKEN Joint laboratories
Prof. Yuri Lvov, Louisiana Tech University (USA)
Humboldt laureate in Chemistry 2013
Joint research G8 project “Multiscale Smart Coatings
with Sustained Anticorrosive Action”
Guest lectures at KFU
• Ichak Kalderon Adizes – leading world expert in efficiency improvement of business operations and state activity
• Mikhail Rutkovsky – Head of the World Bank in Russia
• Paul Saltzman – Canadian Emmy Award-winning producer and film-maker
• Piet Wit – Chair of the Commission on Ecosystem Management, International Union for Conversation of Nature
• Jaures Alferov – Nobel laureate in Physics (2000)
KFU -2014 GRANT CONTEST
FOR GRADUATES & POSTGRADUATES
KFU launched an application call for graduates and postgraduates in:
- Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics;
- Oil Production, Oil Refining and Petrochemistry;
- Advanced Materials;
- Infocommunication and Space Technologies
The Grant includes:
• Tuition fee
• Accommodation in KFU dormitory
• Monthly stipend
• Russian language courses
• One-way ticket to Kazan Deadline for applications: 01 August, 2014
The list of documents and further information
is available at http://kpfu.ru/eng
Major Projects more than 40 international research projects annually
• Fluvial processes and sediment dynamics of slope channel systems: Impacts of socio economic-and
climate change on river system characteristics and related services – PIRSES (7 FP - 2013 – 2016) -
University of Tubingen (Germany), Stockholm University (Sweden)
• Evolving nanocarbon strategies in (bio) organic remits – ENSOR (7 FP - 2011 – 2015) - University of
Brighton (UK), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary), Toyo University (Japan)
• Multiscale Smart Coatings with Sustained Anticorrosive Action (G8 - 2012 – 2014) - Max-Planck
Institutes of Colloids and Interfaces (Germany), Texas A&M University (USA), National Institute for
Materials Science ( Japan)
• Computability and Models (NSF - 2006 – 2013) - University of Notre Dame Wisconsin University in
Madison, CUNY, Illinois University at Chicago, Washington University (USA)
• Cultural contact - and conflict zones in Eastern Europe (DAAD - 2013 – 2016) - University of Giessen
(Germany), University of Lodz (Poland), Babes-Bolvai University (Romania)
• Title VI Volga-Kama Research Initiative (U.S. Department of Education - 2011 – 2015) - Indiana
University (USA)
• Cosmological and Astrophysical Models in the Theory of Gravity with Non-Minimal Kinetic
Coupling (Fulbright Foundation - 2011 – 2012) - California State University (USA)
Publications
over 4,500 publications, more than 700 are published abroad.
Number of KFU articles indexed by Scopus 2008 – 2013 - 2757
30% with foreign partners
LIVING in Kind environment
sociAl-oriented infrastructure
amaZing city
comfortAble guest-house
cultural aNd sport capital
WELCOME TO
KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY