Mikhail Shiryaev: "The university-business nexus is key to developing cutting-edge research"

Mikhail Shiryaev, UNN Vice Rector for Innovation, took part in the conference "Research and Education Centre. Linking Science and Business" which was held in Nizhny Novgorod on February 17. During the conference more than 50 representatives of companies, business organisations and the regional government learnt about the activities of the Nizhny Novgorod Research and Education Centre (REC) and its participants - universities and partners. Lobachevsky University was also represented by the heads of its faculties and research institutes.

Mikhail Shiryaev presented the structure of the Lobachevsky University and gave an overview of the university's innovation activities:

"Our university is the largest institution of higher education in the Nizhny Novgorod region, it consists of 13 faculties, 5 research institutes, and  4 branches. This year, as a winner of the research track of the Priority 2030 federal program, we received quite significant funding for the development of research. The University is constantly expanding its partnership base, and the "university - business" ties allow us to maintain a high level of training and also develop cutting-edge research, which is in demand on both the Russian and international markets".

The Nizhny Novgorod REC was one of the first five research and education centres established in Russia within the framework of the Science national project. As of today 37 organizations are members of the Nizhny Novgorod Research and Education Centre: 9 universities, 20 enterprises, a management company, 4 institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Corporate University of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Government, the Keldysh Research Centre and the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre.