The construction of the second phase of the campus in Novokoltsovsky has started

09:07, July 13, 2023

In two years, a new building of GSEM UrFU and other infrastructure will appear

Construction of the second part of the campus of the Ural Federal University was launched in Novokoltsovsky. The ceremony was attended by Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev, Vladimir Yakushev, Ural Federal District Plenipotentiary, Alexander Fursenko, Presidential Aide, Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education and Viktor Koksharov, UrFU Rector.

“Ural Federal University today is one of the largest universities in Russia; in terms of the number of state-funded places it receives, it ranks first in Russia as a whole. This says a lot, and a significant part of the students who enter are not only from Yekaterinburg, from the region, from other regions, but also from foreign countries. Of course, everyone who comes to us from abroad appreciates not only a quality education, but would also like to live in comfortable conditions as a set. The city itself is comfortable, interesting, attractive, the appearance of dormitories for 8500 people, which have been built, they have already been commissioned, will be used for the academic year, will make UrFU even more attractive for students from abroad,” said Valery Falkov.

The guests of the solemn event laid the coins "Yekaterinburg - the city of labor prowess" in the foundation pile of one of the three future objects of the UrFU campus - the Engineering School of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Control Systems - and left their wishes to students and builders in a special capsule.

The second part of the UrFU campus includes the construction of three new facilities with a total area of 100.2 thousand square meters. m: educational building of the Engineering School of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Control Systems (40.30 thousand sq. m); academic building of the Graduate School of Economics and Management (35.8 thousand sq. m.); a complex of buildings and structures of a specialized educational and scientific center (24 thousand sq. m.). All preparatory work has been completed at the site, the planning of the territory and the installation of piles, foundation slabs for tower cranes are underway. The construction of the second stage will be completed in October 2025. By this time, the total area of campus facilities will be about 400 thousand square meters. m.

“Obtaining new modern and innovative sites for UrFU institutions is a great contribution to the future of the economy of the Urals and the country. We will be able to increase the number of students, as well as create new laboratories and involve more and more students in science,” Viktor Koksharov emphasized. “I am glad that a new building for the Specialized Educational and Scientific Center UrFU will appear - every year lyceum students show amazing results at olympiads and exams, and the new site will allow them to study and live with even greater comfort.”

The educational building of GSEM is designed for 3600 students. The building will include: classrooms, laboratories, transformable classrooms, a conference hall with a capacity of 500 people; computer classes; data processing center. By 2022, the School has become one of the thousand best business schools in the world according to all major international evaluation criteria. In 2025, the School will receive all the missing modern infrastructure, it is planned that the number of students will increase by 40% and amount to 8500 students.

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All objects of the first stage of the UrFU campus - dormitories for 8,500 people, a medical center, a community center, which is the first educational building, as well as a training field with athletics tracks and a street and road network - have been built and put into operation. State contracts were executed in full and on time.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to create a network of 25 modern campuses by 2030, 17 of which are already at various stages of implementation. This became possible thanks to the national project "Science and Universities", implemented by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.