Research and Innovations

Research and innovative activities are the most important spheres ones of our University. That is due to the fact of existence and combination of highly qualified scientists among the faculty and creative and talented youth representing students of the University.

According to international trends in higher education 4 research institutes have been founded at the University:

• Research Institute of Strategic Development
• Research Institute of Earth Measurement
• Device Making and Optics Engineering Research Institute
• Research Institute of Economics, Management and Social Studies

Within these institutes there are more than 40 scientific and educational laboratories and centers as well as 17 scientific schools, under the guidance of leading scientists. Dozens of perspective researches in more than 30 scientific directions of 5 scientific areas are carried out at the institutes. The main scientific schools of the University are focused on 6 priority directions of development in science, technologies and equipment; and 7 critical technologies of the Russian Federation.

Scientific researches are carried out by concentration of the University’s scientific capacity within existing scientific laboratories, integration into their structure undergraduate and graduate students, as well as student's scientific associations. The University implemented an efficient system of search, selection and training of scientific staff in the following chain: BS - MS (specialist) – PhD student. A constantly operating system of university participation in fundamental and applied researches carried out under grants, competitions, special purpose programs (international, Russian, etc.) is organized.