17/03/2021

In 2021 the famous Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal! This award is the most significant in the field of architecture and is awarded for contributions to the development of architecture in general, it is an Oscar in architecture, awarded once a year and to only one studio or architect.

This prize is awarded annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture" (quote from the Pritzker Architecture Prize official website).

As a reminder, in 2018 the KSUAE student Karina Ashrapova after a face-to-face interview with architects made an internship at the “Lacaton & Vassal” in Paris. Upon returning home Karina shared her experience with our students. She admired the friendly atmosphere at the “Lacaton & Vassal” practice, where every employee, regardless of age and status, is an equal member of the team. During her internship Karina worked on a theatre restoration project.

In addition, some our students have previously been and are now interns of the laureates of this most prestigious architectural award: in London at “Zaha Hadid Architects” and at the architectural studio of Richard Rogers; in Paris at Jean Nouvel architectural studio and currently Ruslan Mannapov is taking an internship at the Swiss architecture studio “Herzog & de Meuron Architekten”  by the Pritzker Architecture Prize winners Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.

Anna Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal are architects whose work we have long admired. We are proud that our university has contributed to the creative work of these excellent architects. 

16/03/2021

On 15th of March at one of the city's culture and leisure centres in terms of the Student Art Festival “Freshman’s Day of KSUAE” a charity consort in support of public organization «Just other» and autonomous non-profit organization «School for all» was held. These organizations are focused on advocacy and support for children with Autism and their families.

The concert was organized by the student council of our Institute of Building Technology, Engineering and Ecology Systems in close cooperation with students of other KSUAE institutes.

A variety of concert acts was accompanied by a video tour of charities of the Republic of Tatarstan. All this was aimed to find an answer to the main question of the event “What is kindness?”.

The funds received from the sale of tickets to the charity concert and during the fair were transferred to the funds of the organizations «Just other» and «School for all».

09/03/2021

On the 5^th of March at Kazan National Research Technological University a working meeting of the Coordination Board of the Research and Education Consortium was held. On behalf of our University the meeting was attended by the Rector Rashit Nizamov, Vice-rector for Research Yevgeniy Vdovin, Vice rector for Education Ilfak Vildanov and Director of the Institute of Architecture and Design Anna Romanova.

The participants discussed the organization of a Centre in the field of industrial and environmental safety, energy supervision and building supervision; approval of the Centre’s road map for 2021 and entry of new members into the consortium.

As a reminder, the idea of creating the Consortium was supported by our President Rustam Minnikhanov in September 2020. The issue was discussed both in participating universities and in large industrial enterprises such as  «Nizhnekamskneftekhim», “Tatneft”, as well as in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan and some other federal  administrative entities, connected with the environmental safety.

06/03/2021

On March 6, 2021 our Rector Prof. Rashit Nizamov participated in the working meeting "Personnel for the Future" that was held in Innopolis city.The meeting headliner was Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov, President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergey Kravtsov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Kislyakov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Oksana Tarasenko, as well as rectors of more than 200 Russian universities, representatives of large companies - Yandex, Mail.ru, Sberbank, X5 Retail Group, Russian Railways, Aeroflot and Rosatom, representatives of the expert community.

The meeting was dedicated to the tasks of updating educational programs of higher and secondary vocational education in order to train personnel for sectors of the economy, as well as mechanisms for eliminating the shortage of IT personnel with the help of state programs, including the federal project "Personnel for the Digital Economy". As a reminder, Russian President Vladimir Putin has identified digital transformation as a national development goal until 2030. Within the framework of the national goal, it is necessary to achieve the fulfillment of four indicators: the "digital maturity" of key sectors of the economy and the social sphere, including healthcare and education, as well as public administration; to increase the share of mass socially significant services available in electronic form to 95%; 97% share of households that are provided with the possibility of broadband Internet access, as well as quadruple their investments in domestic IT solutions. A highly skilled IT workforce is required to accomplish these tasks.