KBSU sums up the preliminary results of the implementation of the Priority 2030 program
On November 25, 2023, a meeting of the commission of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation was held to conduct the selection of Russian educational institutions of higher education for the purpose of participation in the strategic academic leadership program “Priority 2030”, where the universities participating in the program presented reports on the results of the implementation of the university development program. A report on the results of the implementation of the university development program was also presented by the team of Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after Kh.M. Berbekov, which included acting. Rector Yuri Altudov, acting vice-rector for Research Svetlana Khashirova, acting Head of the Department of Strategic Programs and Projects Aksan Popov, as well as Chairman of the Government of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Aliy Musukov and a representative of the university’s industrial partner — Head of the Department of Innovative Development and Intellectual Property of Gazprom Neft — Industrial Innovations LLC Andrey Kleimenov.
Today, 132 universities from 54 regions of the country participate in the Russian Ministry of Education and Science program “Priority 2030”: 110 universities receive a basic part of the grant of 100 million rubles per year; Of these, 48 universities additionally receive an increased special part of the grant for the development of science and technology; its size, together with the basic part of the grant, can amount to over 900 million rubles per university per year. Another 12 universities are participants in the Far Eastern track of the program and 9 universities participate in the program with “candidate” status.
Chairman of the commission, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov, noted the special attention of regional heads to the implementation of the program.
A special feature of this year was the active involvement of regional heads in the implementation of the program. This is a very correct trend. We see that Priority 2030 is becoming increasingly important both for the universities themselves and for the regions as a whole,
— emphasized Minister Valery Falkov.
In his report, acting rector of KBSU Yuri Altudov noted the institutional changes and the main results achieved during the implementation of strategic projects:
As part of the Priority 2030 program, the number of university students increased by 14.8%, with 18% being students from 50 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, 12% being foreign students from 45 states. Continuing education is developing dynamically — more than 6,500 students from 66 constituent entities of the Russian Federation have been trained in the basics of entrepreneurship and project activities.
The Institute of Management, Tourism and Hospitality Industry was created, which made it possible to concentrate infrastructural and administrative resources for training personnel for the tourism industry, to include the university campus in the cultural, historical and tourist environment of the city of Nalchik and the KBR.
Changes in educational and scientific activities have increased the attractiveness of the university for new partners and strengthened interaction with regional authorities. Together with the regional Government, work is underway to create an IT park with 450 jobs, which will expand employment opportunities for our graduates and allow the university to make a significant contribution to the development of the republic. A joint laboratory with the Institute of Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Physics” has been created, where research on neutrinos is being developed, and a network laboratory on polymer composites with Tula State University.
The report also noted that today Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after Kh.M. Berbekov has the status of not only a regional scientific, technological and innovation leader, but also carries out large-scale projects at the federal level. As part of the strategic project “KBSU – integrator of polymer additive technologies”, for the first time in Russia, a domestic medical brand of superstructural polymer has been developed. The engineering center “Advanced Materials and Technologies” created within the framework of this project in 2023 was among the best practices of the “Priority 2030” program. Industrial partners of the engineering center are JSC «Composite» of the State Corporation Roscosmos, PJSC «Gazpromneft», GC «Titan».
The method of conducting interval hypoxic therapy in the rehabilitation of persons who have suffered a new coronavirus infection COVID-19, developed and tested within the framework of the second strategic project “Kabardino-Balkaria — a territory of environmental well-being, innovative mountain and rehabilitation medicine”, allows to reduce the time to restore human health and reduce material costs. costs for rehabilitation of post-Covid complications. The titanium dental implant “Biplant” is at the testing stage. The use of this implant will reduce the cost of prosthetics by 60% and make this procedure more accessible to the population.
Under the Hermitage-Caucasus project, 3 expeditions were carried out to revive the Caucasian archaeological school, including jointly with the State Hermitage and so on. The project “Digital Encyclopedia of Caucasian Dolmens” is being implemented, digital twins have been created.
Among the important achievements in 2023, the KBSU team includes the conclusion of an agreement with PJSC Gazpromneft on the transfer of 3 know-how, the conclusion of a quadripartite agreement on the creation of a research consortium with JSC NPP Radiy, the State Budgetary Institution Institute of Agriculture of the ANA and the State Scientific Research Institute experimental pathology and therapy of the Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia, as well as joining a consortium with SamSMU for the development of artificial intelligence in medicine and the Health Engineering consortium with MISIS.”