13/02/2025

Professors and architects from Brazil, South Africa, Ethiopia and Thailand visited KSUAE

On February 6-8, 2025, the Kazan International Architecture and Construction Forum "Kazanysh" was held in Kazan. The participants and speakers included 400 architects and urbanists from 25 countries, including the BRICS countries, rectors and teachers of the world's leading universities. The Forum program included strategic sessions and educational events, where participants exchanged international cooperation practices, shared experiences in improving the urban environment, the most interesting world projects for organizing territories near water, restoring the historical environment and bioclimatic architecture.

KSUAE was one of the main participants in this Forum. Students and teachers of the university took an active part in the events together with the Rector of KSUAE R.K. Nizamov, Director of the Institute of Architecture and Design A.I. Romanova. During multilateral meetings, representatives of several foreign universities from Brazil, South Africa, Ethiopia, as well as architects from Brazil and Thailand expressed a great desire to visit KSUAE.

During the visit, the foreign guests got acquainted with the scientific and educational centers of the university, learned about the areas and forms of training architects at the university, about the participation and victories of student architects in many international architectural competitions, and also actively communicated with students of the Institute of Architecture and Design. The guests were very impressed by the opportunities and high level of training and teaching at KSUAE, the well-equipped infrastructure and practical workshops in all areas of training, putting them at least on the same level or even higher than foreign ones.

Professors from Ethiopia and South Africa were impressed by the quality of hand graphics and drawings of our students, their creation of models and even decided to implement in practice some of our methods of working with materials when training architects in their universities.

Professors from Brazil highly appreciated the long-term foreign internship in world architectural bureaus and studios by our students in the last year of study.

The architect from Thailand noted the quality and high potential of the teamwork of the KSUAE "TiArch" studio architecture students, in which they work on projects in mixed teams of just starting their studies and experienced senior students, including master's students. Everyone shares their experience and knowledge, which has a positive effect on the final result of the project. As a token of gratitude for the visit, she contributed her book on architecture, From Manufacture to Architecture, to the university library collection.

All foreign guests thanked the KSUAE management, teachers and students for the warm welcome and promised to share their vivid impressions of our university with their colleagues around the world. The meeting participants agreed to develop very close academic and scientific cooperation between the universities through academic mobility, organizing joint thematic master classes, conferences, lecturing, exchanging literature and publications.

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12/02/2025

KSUAE Professor A.M. Suleimanov became the winner of the Scientific Breakthrough award in the Perspective nomination

On February 11, 2025, scientists of the republic celebrated the Day of Russian Science. This year, 21 scientists from Tatarstan became nominees for the Scientific Breakthrough award. Their scientific discoveries, breakthrough ideas and daily contribution to the development of knowledge not only ensure the scientific and technological sovereignty and development of Russia. These scientists show children and young people by their own example how interesting and important it is to engage in scientific research.

Head of the Department of Construction Materials of KSUAE, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Alfred Suleimanov became the winner of the Republican Science Award "Scientific Breakthrough. Science" in the "Perspective" nomination. Our scientist presented to the participants the scientific works of the "Mechanics, Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering" department of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan on the topic "Digital Modeling of Complex Technical Systems and Processes".

Congratulatioins!

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11/02/2025

KSUAE and the Center for Contemporary Architecture of Amazonia in Brazil agreed on cooperation

Deans and professors from 8 universities of the BRICS Plus countries — India, China, Brazil, South Africa, Ethiopia, Iran, Malaysia and Russia — met in Kazan as part of the Kazanysh International Architecture Forum.

Following the meeting, the rectors of KSUAE and the Center for Contemporary Architecture of Amazonia at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) in Brazil signed a memorandum of cooperation.

“Cooperation between architectural universities of different countries on different continents will provide synergy to the educational process and will become a new milestone in the training of young professionals. It will significantly expand the horizons of students and improve the level of training. Young people will have the opportunity to absorb the best in different architectural schools around the world, improve their visual acuity, which is extremely important for architects, and expand their thinking. Ultimately, I am sure that this will have the most positive impact on the quality of architecture in our cities and make them even more attractive and comfortable for residents. Today’s decision will affect the next decades,” commented Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin.

"Today, the measure of an architect's training is how you look in the international field. That's why it's good that all of this (Kazanysh - editor's note) is organized. Because until professors and deans see our university, they won't know how wonderful we are," said Rector of KSUAE Rashit Nizamov. The rector also noted that KSUAE is one of the few universities in the country that represents Russia at international competitions. "Our school has its own specifics, which are based on a combination of engineering and creativity. Our students put everything through their hearts, they are not craftsmen. That's why we win international competitions, because other specialists often lack this creative part." KSUAE students who compete in competitions are often invited to work in the world's leading architectural firms.

Representatives of international universities also discussed prospects for cooperation and joint development of education. For deans and professors of architectural universities, this was the first practical step in the work of the Committee on Architecture and Urban Development of the Association of Cities and Municipalities of the BRICS Plus Countries. The participants exchanged experiences and learned about the organization of the educational process and research in other countries. The discussion was attended by professors  from Tsinghua University (China), the Center for Contemporary Architecture of Amazonia (Brazil), World University of Design (India), Tehran University (Iran), the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and Urban Planning (Ethiopia), as well as representatives of Russian universities, including MARCHI, MARCH School of Architecture, HSE, SPbGASU and NSUADI.

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11/02/2025

Professor of the Brazilian University gave a lecture to KSUAE students

On February 6-8, 2025, the international architectural and construction forum "Kazanysh" was held in Kazan, with representatives of the BRICS countries and professors from leading universities of the world participating and speaking.

As part of the "Kazanysh" forum, KSUAE was visited by Professor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, architect Pedro Morais (Brazil). The professor gave a presentation to the students about his university, areas of training and educational programs in the field of architecture, and projects currently being implemented by Brazilian architects. After the lecture, Pedro Morais talked to KSUAE architecture students, answering their numerous questions about the architecture of Brazil, how a professional career of a Brazilian architect is built, and the possibilities of student exchange between universities.

The meeting between the professor and the students took place in the architectural and educational space "BFFT.space". During the meeting, KSUAE and the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC MG) agreed to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation in the near future, which will launch an academic exchange of students, teachers, holding joint educational and scientific events, as well as organizing internships.

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