Russian Education Minister arrives in Kazan

Russian Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko arrived yesterday April 23 in Tatarstan capital.

Andrei Fursenko will participate in Kazan Venture Fair, visit Kazan State Technical University named after Tupolev, Kazan State Technological University named after Kirov, hold a meeting with rectors of higher education institutions of the republic.

A.Fursenko will take part in the opening of the innovative-exhibition centre of Kazan State Technical University (KSTU) today. Information about 47 developments in aviation, energetic, instrument engineering, the press-service of the university informs.

One of the most powerful calculation clusters in the republic – the supercomputer will be demonstrated to Fursenko. The computer was purchased on the funds of the grant, KSTU won for realization of the innovative-educational programme as a apart of the national project “Education”.

At KSTU named after Tupolev the education minister will get familiarized with the research laboratory “Nanotechnologies in polymeric material science”, the centre of studying research methods of structure and characteristics of polymers of KSTU Institute of Polymers, the Department of Synthetic Caoutchouc Technology. He will also attend the exhibition of KSTU achievements and the university museum.