The rating of advanced engineering schools reflects the quality of educational programs, scientific research, the degree of sophistication of the development program and management system. It is a guideline for school teams and their technology partners in which areas to improve and develop their activities.

Advanced engineering schools are new–format educational centers that are being created on the basis of leading universities with the participation of high-tech companies. They are designed to train qualified engineers for modern industries.

"Together with the universities of the Ministry of Education and Science, the universities of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Finance joined the first wave of the project, which already at the start of the project made it possible to cover key sectors of the economy in a more comprehensive manner. Advanced engineering schools and their technology partners have focused on strategically important areas, including automation and artificial intelligence, digital twins and new materials, process optimization, and unmanned aircraft systems. It is important that business is very interested in working with advanced engineering schools, so if the volume of state funding for first–wave schools in three years amounted to 25.1 billion rubles, then extra-budgetary investments amounted to 33.3 billion rubles," said Valery Falkov, head of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

Recall that this year, first–wave companies are moving to a new stage of financing - now they will continue to develop at the expense of industrial partners.

According to the results of the Council's work, the advanced engineering schools of the first wave were divided into three groups. Southern Federal University took the 7th place in the first group.

The SFedU's medium–term goal is to ensure the leadership of the Russian Federation in technologies for creating autonomous RTK groups as the main unit of combat operations and the technological future of unmanned vehicles by 2028.

The advanced engineering school of the Southern Federal University implements a wide range of relevant and sought-after engineering training programs. It takes into account the interests of industrial partners and contributes to the transformation of the engineering education system. The School was designed as a holding company: partner companies initiate the creation of divisions that are extensions of these companies.

"We are working with Element Group and OPK JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) to develop electronics projects, with Kronshtadt Group of Companies and UZGA JSC to develop control systems, and with JSC concern in the field of Devices, Complexes and communication systems.KRET" (part of Rostec State Corporation).

Initially, we designed four divisions: "Artificial Intelligence", "Electronics", "Cyberphysical platforms" and "Devices, complexes and systems". Starting in 2023, at the initiative of the Okeanpribor Concern, a new division, Hydroacoustic Systems and Complexes, has been established at the SFedU, which allows us to work in the field of underwater robotics," said Alexander Fedotov, Director of the SFedU Advanced Engineering School.

In order to maintain and strengthen the positive dynamics of the implementation of their projects, advanced engineering schools will deepen cooperation with the industry, jointly develop an action plan for the development of innovation, taking into account the demands of the economy. An important part of the partnership will remain the launch of new projects, the commercialization of developments, the introduction of new jointly developed programs, the deepening of interregional cooperation, and the formation of interdisciplinary research teams.

For three years, each school has been building long-term relationships with industrial partners. At the start in 2022, the schools had about 80 partner companies. In 2023, the project will include 20 more advanced engineering schools of the second wave. Currently 280 partners cooperate with us, among them such large enterprises and corporations as Rosatom, Roscosmos, Rostec, Sibur Holding, Gazprom Neft and others.

There are currently 50 offices in 23 regions. According to the President's instructions, the number of applications should double by 2030.

It should also be recalled that the Advanced Engineering Schools project is being implemented as part of the national Youth and Children project.

Read more about the key results of the work at SFedU on the website.

You can get acquainted with the ranked list of the first wave of publications on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation