KBSU 2022
In 2022, the inhabitants of our region celebrate significant dates — the 100th anniversary of the statehood of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and the 90th anniversary of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov.
The main day of events in honor of the anniversary of the university is October 12.
Rector of KBSU Yuri Altudov spoke about what the largest university in our region is today:
Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov is a dynamically developing classical university, one of the leading multidisciplinary scientific and educational centers of the North Caucasus and the country. The strategic guidelines of the university development program are correlated with the priorities of the Strategy for the socio-economic development of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.
High positions in Russian and international rankings
Since 2017, KBSU has been in the Top 100 best universities in the country in the Interfax National University Rankings — 55th place. The recognition of the quality of the university’s work abroad is evidenced by the inclusion of KBSU in international rankings.
In terms of implementing lifelong learning programs, KBSU occupies a leading position among classical universities in the North Caucasus Federal District.
According to the results of an independent assessment of the quality of the conditions for the implementation of educational activities, the indicator is 98.81%, with an average score of Russian universities of 95.7%.
Growth in the number of students
The university has over 18,000 students from 50 regions of Russia and 45 foreign countries. Education is conducted according to more than 360 educational programs of higher and secondary vocational education in full-time, part-time and part-time forms of education. Since 2015, the student population has grown by almost 50%. During the same period, the number of foreign students increased by 3.2 times and currently exceeds 2,000 people. The main contribution to the work on attracting foreign students from India, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and other countries is made by three educational units of KBSU, which carry out educational activities in medical areas of training (specialties).
In the total number of students, the share of residents of other regions of the country exceeds 15%, foreigners — 11%.
New educational unit
By the beginning of the 2022-2023 academic year, the structure of the university has 15 educational units — the Faculty of Medicine, 10 institutes and 4 colleges.
In accordance with the development program of KBSU in 2021, the Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies was created on the basis of two specialized departments. Graduates who have received education in the most demanded specialty now are involved in the development of specialized software, intelligent systems, analytical and management programs; in the field of corporate, banking, customs, insurance sector, administrative management and other areas.
The creation of an IT park in Kabardino-Balkaria will expand employment opportunities for our graduates and will allow the university to make a significant contribution to the development of the republic in this area.
Three missions of the university
Along with the traditional missions — educational and scientific — the modern university fulfills the third one, which is to interact with society in the social, cultural, scientific and educational dimensions. The boundaries of modern university projects go beyond the perimeter of the university.
In September 2022, KBSU was among 60 universities — the winners of the competition, which was held as part of the federal project «University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform». Universities with experience in the development of technological entrepreneurship took part in the selection, on the basis of which Boiling Points are already functioning. At the site of the entrepreneurial “Boiling Point”, student teams will receive skills for implementing business projects, methodological support and advice from specialists from ANO NTI Platform and other experts, and will be able to find investors for their projects.
Cross-Professional skills
University programs primarily involve the assimilation of professional knowledge, but employers need specialists with a set of other important competencies — the so-called soft skills. KBSU in the format of a continuing education system provides students with the opportunity to improve their professional skills — quickly adapt to changes, organize teamwork, think creatively, negotiate and negotiate with colleagues.
All of the above, as well as the expansion of the export area of education, the improvement of an effective system of continuous education, the protection of final qualification works as start-ups, are elements of the university development program and are on the agenda of anti-crisis measures in modern conditions.
Human resources
Scientific and educational activities at KBSU are carried out at 56 departments, 67 laboratories, 7 scientific and educational centers, 4 centers for collective use, as well as unique infrastructure units — the Elbrus Educational and Scientific Complex, the Botanical Garden REC, the cultural and educational center «Hermitage — Caucasus».
One of the competitive advantages of our university is human resources. The key function in the university is performed by the teacher — he conducts pedagogical, scientific and social work, shaping the active creative activity of students.
Personnel training is carried out by highly qualified specialists — in higher education units there are more than 600 scientific and pedagogical workers, in terms of the level of secondary vocational education, more than 200 pedagogical workers. Including 130 doctors of sciences (more than 70 professors), over 440 candidates of sciences (half of them with the title of associate professor).
At the forefront of scientific positions
Hundreds of specialists conduct research at KBSU, including two laureates of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology, five honored scientists of the Russian Federation, 30 honored scientists of the KBR.
As part of the research policy and policy in the field of innovation and commercialization of developments, several centers have been formed at KBSU — to create a pilot production of superstructural polymers and composites; environmental monitoring and «green» economy; new detector technologies for neutrino registration; digital crop production (carbon landfill); mountain medicine; digital dentistry.
Scientists, researchers of our university cooperate with leading business structures, including major corporations such as Roskosmos, Rosatom, in the development and implementation of new types of products, the use of nanotechnology. Under sanctions restrictions, they participate in projects for the import-substituting production of advanced polymers and composites, binders, materials for 3D printing, which are in high demand in aviation, space, and medicine. The university receives a large number of orders for these materials.
Also growth points are fundamental research in the field of physics and particle astrophysics; medicine, genetics, selection; information technologies and other areas of research, confirmed by backlogs and scientific schools.
The university has 6 dissertation councils, 5 scientific journals are published. At a new stage of development, the university plans to concentrate resources and efforts on the priority research agenda for the KBR, as well as transform the model of science and innovation management in order to ensure sustainable growth in scientific performance.
Priority
In 2021, KBSU, among the hundred best universities in the country, entered the Priority 2030 academic strategic leadership program, funded under the Science and Universities national project and the Human Resources for the Digital Economy federal project of the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation national program. This is a group of leaders in the creation of new scientific knowledge, technologies and developments for implementation in the Russian economy and social sphere. In this model, the component of success is the transformation of KBSU into a system integrator of sustainable development.
Within the framework of the Priority 2030 program, the university is implementing five strategic projects: «KBSU — an integrator of the development of polymer additive technologies», «Kabardino-Balkaria — the territory of resorts and tourism: a new paradigm of treatment, rehabilitation and medical tourism», «Water well-being and green economy», «Center for Support and Renewal of Competences for the Development of the Economy of Kabardino-Balkaria and the North Caucasus Macroregion», as well as the strategic project «Hermitage — Caucasus».
As a member of the Hydrogen Technological Valley consortium, the university created the first hydrogen technology center in the south of the country, which implements projects to create unique methods for producing, storing and transporting hydrogen.
Steady upward movement
The success of the university in various fields of activity strengthens its image in educational communities, improves its position in Russian university rankings.
The main vector of development of KBSU in the next decade will be aimed at building effective mechanisms for interaction between the main elements of the regional innovation system «university — business — state — society», at increasing the competitiveness of the region at the national and international levels, including through participation in the creation of regional clusters in priority sectors of the economy on the agenda of the National Technology Initiative. The stages of development of KBSU are synchronized with the development trends of the regional economy.