Kazan Federal University has over 40,000 students and aims to become a leading international research university. It focuses on 4 research areas and has established centers of excellence in each area led by renowned international researchers. The university aims to increase its global rankings, attract more international students and researchers, and boost research productivity and innovation through partnerships with businesses.

2. Kazan Federal University at a glance
 Two most famous Russians
 Seven Nobel Prize winners
 Over 40, 000 students and 1330 PhD students
 419 academic programs for Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree and PhD
studies
 More than 3, 000 faculty members, including 2, 171 PhD holders
 19 Institutes, 2 Faculties, 30 Divisions, 292 Departments and 3 Higher Schools
4 RESEARCH PRIORITY AREAS:
Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics
Oil production, oil refining and petrochemistry
Advanced materials
Info-communication and space technologies

3. Dynamics in QS World University rankings
BRICS ranking 69
Among Russian universities 12
Among Federal universities 1
3
601-650
551-600
World ranking position 551-600
Among Russian universities 13
Among Federal universities 1
69
Subject ranking among Russian universities
Electrical and Electronic
Engineering
4
Medicine 2
Biology 4
Chemistry 3
Earth and Marine Sciences 4
Mathematics 5

4. Improved position in National
ranking (Interfax)
4
Overall ranking
In 2014 the University improved its ranking position and
became 11th among Russian and 1st among federal
universities
Category Rankings
13-14
Internationalization
5
Brand
19-22
8
35-36
Innovations and
entrepreneurship
5

5. University focus for 2020
16 Centers of Excellence
2013: 1 2014: 17
100 world-class research
laboratories
2013: 5 2014: 43
100 invited world-class researchers
2013: 2 2014: 50
5
150 new positions for postdocs
2013: 2 2014: 103
50% of academic staff with international
experience
2013: 10% 2014: 15%
5000 publications in Scopus and WoS per year
2013: 824 2014: 1200
250 degree programs with international partners
2013: 6 2014: 20
15% of international students
2013: 3,4% 2014: 7,8%

6. 6
Target indicators
Position in QS rankings, position
Number of articles in Web of Science and Scopus
databases per faculty (for 3 years), items
Average citation index in Web of Science and Scopus
databases per faculty (for 5 years), items
Average citation index in Web of Science and Scopus
databases per faculty (for 5 years), %
Share of international students on major academic
programs, %
Average USE scores of students (full-time studies, state-funded
payment), score
Share of revenues from non-budgetary sources
as percent of total revenues , %
Share of graduate and PhD students in the total
number of students, %
Share of academic staff with international experience in
world-class universities and academic centers, %
Amount of R&D revenues , bln of rubles
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2013 г. 2014 г. 2020г.
600
0,5

7. Development Model
7
8 Open lab Centers based on
Science Incubator Technology
5 centers in cooperation
with international
Centers of
excellence
14
Biomedicine
43 world-class
Open
Labs
9 Advanced
materials
4 Oil
production,
oil refining
10 Info-communicat
ion
technologies
Space
technologies
companies
4 centers in cooperation with
internationally recognized
scholars

8. Open Lab
8
Indepen-dent
budget World-class
Invited world-class
scholar
pursuing unique
research within
priority area
research
facilities,
Center for
Shared
Facilities
Postdocs
PhD and
graduate
students
Accommo-dation
Friendly
multicultural
and ethno-confessional
environment
First stage 2010-2014
Second stage 2014-2016

9. Centers of Excellence
Biomedicine and pharmaceutics
1.Genomics, proteomics and biotechnologies (Prof. M. Yusupov,
h-index 21)
2.Pharmaceutics (Prof. N. Zefirov, h- index 29; Prof. K. Balakin, h-index
21; Pfizer, Institute of Human Stem Cells)
3. Regenerative and translational medicine (Prof. Y. Hayashizaki,
h-index 71)
4.Neurobiology (Prof. R. Khazipov h-index 35)
Info-communication technologies
1.Autonomous systems and intellectual technologies (Cisco, HP,
Android Technics, National Instrument)
2.Computation technologies (Prof. S. Grinshpun, h-index 37)
3.Visualization, interface, digital media, game industry (DigiPen,
Epic Technologies, Unity 3D, Microsoft, Samsung)
4.Fundamental Informatics
Readiness stage
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10. Space Technologies
1.Center of astrophysics and cosmology (Prof. A. Starobinsky, h-index 60)
2.Center for studies of near space and space technologies (Prof. A. Kosovichev,
h-index 39)
Oil production, oil refining and petrochemistry
1.Oil and gas reservoir modeling (Prof. A. Immenhauser, h-index 22)
2.Underground processing of high viscosity oil and natural bitumen (Prof. S.
Veryovkin, h-index 30)
3.Study of complex collectors and hydrocarbon reserves (Prof. M. Winklhofer, h-index
22)
4.Petrochemistry and catalysis (Prof. M. Koch, h-index 25)
Advanced Materials
1.Center of quantum technologies (Prof. R. Grimm, h-index 42, Prof. K. Kono K,
h-index 24)
2.International Center of Magnetic Resonance (Prof. R. Sagdeev, h-index 24;
Prof. H. Alloul, h-index 26)
Interdisciplinary area
1. Center for archaeometry
Readiness stage
Centers of Excellence
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11. Funds allocation for priority areas
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1120 mln.rbl. 35 mln.rbl.
Oil production, oil
refining and
petrochemistry
Advanced
materials
PCG – 373 mln.rbl.
DP – 948 mln.rbl.
IT and
communication
technologies
PCG – 145 mln.rbl.
DP – 984 mln.rbl.
Biomedicine and
pharmaceutics
Program for Competitive
Growth (PCG)
1192 mln. rbl.
Development Program
(DP)
4131 mln.rbl.
Total – 1304 mln.rbl.
Total – 466 mln.rbl. Total – 2469 mln.rbl.
PCG – 63 mln.rbl.
DP – 403 mln.rbl.
PCG – 455 mln.rbl.
DP – 751 mln.rbl.
Complementary areas
140 mln.rbl.
«PHARMA – 2020»
893 mln.rbl.
PCG – 156 mln.rbl.
DP – 1145 mln.rbl
Federal Program «Research and
Innovations» 300 mln.rbl.
160 mln.rbl.
220 Governmental Order
210 mln.rbl.
218 Governmental
Order
1155 mln.rbl
Sponsors:
OJSC Tatneft 100 mln.rbl.
OJSC «TAIF» 300 mln.rbl.
Total – 2841 mln.rbl.
Total for 4 Priority
areas
7080 mln.rbl.

12. 12
Current infrastructure development
projects with business support
1. New lab campus of Alexander Butlerov
Institute of Chemistry
Project budget: 350 mln rbl Partner: «TAIF» Ltd.
Total area: 7500 м2 Number of labs: 38
Research area: Composites and Polymers , synthesis of analytical
reagents and new medicines
2. New lab campus of the Institute of Geology
and Petroleum Technologies
Project budget : 109 mln rbl. Partner: «Tatneft» Ltd.
Total area: 1633 м2
Number of labs: 10
Research area: unconventional collectors and hydrocarbons ,
in-situ combustion
3. Petrochemical catalyst-making plant
Project budget : 500 mln rbl.
Partner: “Nizhnekamskneftekhim” Ltd.
Total area: 7200 м2
Production capacity: 2 400 kilotons per annum
Production: basic catalysts for the synthesis of monomers
(isobutylene). 100% supply of “Nizhnekamskneftekhim’s by
catalysts previously purchased abroad.

13. Invited researchers
13
2014 target value – 40 2014 achieved value – 52
Info-communication and space
technologies
Total
Researcher
number
h-index
14
Odintsov S. 62
Starobinsky А. 60
Nojiri S. 56
Gilfanov М. 40
Kosovichev А. 39
Ambainis A. 33
Kurtanidze О. 30
Grinshpun S. 29
Matas J. 27
Hromkovic J. 25
Volkov М. 19
Eliseev А. 19
Susstrunk S. 17
Fabrika S. 15
Advanced materials
Total
number
Researcher h-index
9
Valiev R. 73
Volovik G. 45
Grimm R. 41
Gabitov I. 34
Tanaka K. 31
Kono K. 24
Eremin I. 24
Varnek A. 24
Vinogradov A. 23
Oil production, oil refining and
petrochemistry
Total
number
Researcher h-index
9
Veryovkin S. 30
Koch М. 25
Immenhauser A. 22
Winklhofer M. 22
Andreev A. 20
Babadagli T. 17
Emeliyanenko V. 16
Fabian K. 16
Oberhensli H. 15
Biomedicine and pharmaceutics
Total
number
Researcher h-index
20
Hayashizaki J.
Lvov Yu.
Preissner K.
Khazipov R.
Zefirov N.
Aragones J.
Krause J.
Rozov A.
Giniatullin R.
Boisvert W.
Yusupov М.
Erokhin V.
Serebriisky I.
Khalilov I.
Gabibov A.
Litvinov R.
Nikolsky E.
Astsaturov I.
Kiselyov S.
Govorun V.
71
55
49
35
29
28
25
24
24
21
21
20
19
18
17
17
17
15
15
15

14. Publications and citation index
in Scopus и WoS
TOTAL NUMBER CITATION INDEX
3rd quarter
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3rd quarter

15. Recruitment of international students
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Number of international students (non-CIS countries)
2014 target value – 330 2014 achieved value – 380
International students in total number of students, %
2014 target value – 3,4% 2014 achieved value– 7,8%
Dynamics of international student numbers , 2009-2015
216
323
380
676
820
1800
88
120 138 190
276
380
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
International students
(total)
International students
(non-CIS countries)

16. Strategy for international
students recruitment
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• Implementing Agreement with Rossotrudnichestvo;
• Conducting off-site entrance examinations in CIS
counties (2014: 111 budget students, 392 contract
students);
• Strengthening cooperation with recruiting agencies (29
companies);
• Establishing direct links with secondary schools abroad,
involving assignment of Russian language teachers
from KFU;
• Spreading information in international mass-media and
on-line educational portals (China, Cyprus and India);
• Participating in international education fairs (2014 – 19
fairs, including 11 in non-CIS countries, 8 in CIS
countries)

17. Strategy for international
students recruitment
17
Increasing the number of academic programs in English (12 programs):
• Medicine (Specialist’s Degree – 6 programs)
• Law (Master’s Degree – 2 programs),
• Philology (Master’s Degree – 2 programs)
• Chemistry (Master’s Degree – 1 program)
• Management (Master’s Degree – 1 program)
Launching Grant program for international students in KFU
priority areas
Results for 2014-2015:
Specialist’s Degree and Master’s Degree – 70 grants
PhD studies – 46 grants

18. Cooperation with world leading companies
18
2014 target value – 4 2014 achieved value – 10
Long-term cooperation
Agreements of 2013 -2014

19. International Academic Council evaluation of KFU
Roadmap implementation ( October 25, 2013)
Areas for assessment a.
Competitive
ness
b.
Feasibility
c.
Resource
endowment
1. Forecasting. Leadership in educational and research
activities: roadmap compliance with world-class research
and technological trends.
2. Human resources. Attracting and fostering world-class
performed more attention required 19
academic staff.
3. Marketing. World-wide KFU brand promotion,
increasing competitiveness of KFU academic programs
and research, attraction of talented students.
4. Structural changes. Administrative reform and
changes in University management.
5. Resources concentration. Focus on priority areas,
phasing out non-efficient divisions.
6. Other initiatives. Reforms in the sphere of education,
R&D, infrastructure, etc.: supplementary initiatives
enhancing international competitiveness.

20. Implementing recommendations
Structural change
Recently KFU organizational structure has undergone significant changes in order to adapt the management
system for the effective implementation of the Program for Competitive Growth.
There were set up:
 International Academic Council, PCG Directorate, Project Office;
 Recruiting Office; Sociological service; Publication support office; Marketing center; University brand
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Feasibility
building office; International student and staff support service
Human resources
In 2014 more than 100 post-docs and about 50 leading Russian and international researchers (24 having
very high level of science citation indexes) were recruited
Resource endowment
On June 9, 2014 the President of Tatarstan R.N.Minnikhanov signed the law «On government support to
Kazan Federal University academic development» (№48-ЗРТ). Major support to KFU and amounts of co-financing
allocated from Republic budget are presented in the Draft of the Republic State Program.
Estimated funds of the State Program for the implementation of KFU PCG activity will amount up to 5 155.6
mln rbl by 2020.

21. Major challenges in PCG implementation
Complicated procedure for launching
new fields of training
Restrictions in establishing subsidiary
academic and research subdivisions
Tax barriers for public-private
partnerships
and cooperation with
companies
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22. Goals for 2015 -2016
1. Unique scope of research within priority areas
2. Revision of the peer-reviewed group of universities; benchmarking analysis
and best practices implementation
3. Transfer to Key Account Management
4. Visibility enhancement in international academic arena
- redesigning English version of KFU web-site and its filling with science-driven content;
- developing KFU integrated communication strategy;
- active web-marketing, incl. social networks and blogs (YouTube, Vimeo, Slideshare,
LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+);
- using search engines (SEO) and other tools;
- expanding geography of participation in major international scientific events and
educational fairs.
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Consulting
Development and implementation of Program for
Competitive Growth
Support of Program for Competitive Growth
implementation
Sharing best practices through 5-100 networking
Strategy development for social and economic cluster
Audit of education and research
Training in scientometrics

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Annexes

25. World-class laboratories in priority areas
Biomedicine and pharmaceutics (18 units)
Research units Training units
1. Neurobiology
2. Bionanotechnologies
3. Combinatorial chemistry and neurobiology
4. Microbial biotechnologies
5. Molecular and biochemical bases of pathogenesis and
therapy of tumor diseases
6. Palaeoanthropology and palaeogenetics
7. Re-programming somatic cells
8. Extreme biology
9. Neuropharmacology
10.Omics technologies
11.Pathogenesis markers
12.Gene and cell technologies
13.Structural biology
14.Protein and cell interrelations
1. Academic center
of biomedical
microscopy
2. Academic
museum of anatomy
3. Phantom class for
training dentists
4. Simulation center
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26. World-class laboratories in priority areas
Oil extraction, oil refining and petrochemistry
(6 units)
Research laboratories Academic laboratories
1. Palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology and
palaeomagnetism
2. X-ray computer tomography
3. In-situ combustion
4. Studies of non-conventional oil and gas
collectors
1. Soil mechanics
2. 3D-geocenter
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27. World-class laboratories in priority areas
Advanced materials (16 units)
Research laboratories Academic laboratories
1. New materials for quantum
technologies
2. Quantum gases and quantum liquids
3. Spintronic technologies
4. NMR-structure
5. Magnetic superfluidity and nonlinear
magnetic resonance
6. EPR in biomedicine
7. Biofunctional chemistry
8. Chemoinformatics and molecular
modeling
9. Polymer composites
Training in General Physics:
1. Mechanics
2. Thermodynamics and
molecular physics
3. Electricity and magnetism
4. Optics
5. Atomic physics
6. Nuclear physics
7. Special training
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28. World-class laboratories in priority areas
Info-communication technologies (28 units)
Research units Academic units
1.Quantum informatics, project Classical
and quantum informatics
2.Center Theory of computability and
applied algebra
3.Computational technologies and computer
modeling
4.Search systems
5.Autonomous robotical systems
6.Quantitative linguistics
7.Android robotics
8.Innovations and media-communications
9.3D imaging
10.Information technologies and non-destructive
methods of cultural heritage
studies
1. GDC Workplace Lab
2. GDC Software testing
3. GDC Java Lab
4. GDC Retail Lab
5. GDC Infrastructure Services Lab
6. Information technologies in medicine
7. Digital-laboratory “SmartHead”
8. Samsung Android Lab
9. Digital Media Lab
10. JetBrains Lab
11.IOS
12.FlatStack
13.BARS Group
14.Vekstor
15.CryptoLab
16.Organization of corporate services and
strategic outsourcing
17. Machine understanding
18.Non-Conforming Programming
Languages Lab
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29. World-class laboratories in priority areas
Space technologies (12 units)
Research laboratories Academic laboratories
1. Cosmology
2. X-ray astronomy
3. Study of quick-changing Universe
processes
4. Study of near space and space
technologies
5. Microwave frequency simulation and
radio-telecommunications
6. Space geodesy
1. Electron geodesy
2. Observational astronomy
3. Statistical radiophysics and signal
processing
4. Radiotelecommunications and
information transmission systems
5. Technical means of information
security
6. Computer-aided design system in
high frequency/microwave frequency
ranges (KFU – Agilent Technologies).
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30. Developing laboratories
Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics (3 units)
1. Electronic synapse
2. Kinetic neurorehabilitation
3. Healthy nutrition
Oil production, oil refining and petrochemistry (11 units)
1. Stratigraphy of oil bearing reservoirs
2. Catalytic aquathermolysis
3. Geomaterials phase analysis
4. Oil and gas lithology
5. Model installations for heavy oil and natural bitumen preparation and refining,
research laboratory of polymer-bitumen organic binders development
6. New catalysts for petrochemistry
7. Geoenvironment simulation
8. Hydrogeochemical laboratory
9. Non-valent interactions and folding
10.Technology of extraction, transportation and refining of heavy oil
11.Biocontrol
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31. Developing laboratories
Advanced materials (13 units)
1. Mössbauer optics
2. Dielectric spectroscopy of complicated systems
3. X-ray structural studies
4. Unconventional superconductivity and magnetism
5. Functional programming materials of photonics for biomedical and info-communicative
applications
6. Plasmon microscopy
7. Thermoanalysis and material science
8. Physics and mechanics of multiphase environment
9. Archeotechnologies and archeological material science
10. DNA-sensors
11.Advanced materials development and research
12.Physics of advanced materials strength
13.Study environment 21+
Info-communication and space technologies (1 units)
1. Algorithmic methods, algebra and logic

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Target model
Research: focus on priority areas World-class research in priority areas
Number of highly cited scientists
(CI WoS >1000), pers.
Positioning in international academic
environment
Internationalization, quality
Number of international students
(non-CIS countries), pers.
Development of partnerships with employers
Relations with global corporations, demand on
the global labor market
Position in QS ranking by the
criteria of Employer reputation,
position
Modernization of Information systems World-wide visibility
Position in Webometrics ranking,
position
Development of human resources, including
managers and faculty
Personnel competence, internationalization
Academic and research staff with
PhD, %
Balancing student numbers Internationalization, quality Masters’ and PhD students, %
Development of Technology Transfer center,
R&D offices
Involvement into global innovation cooperation Number of foreign patents, units.
Advanced facilities for research and education
Global standards of research equipment and
workplaces
Number of world-class
laboratories, units.
Economic and financial model
Diversification and sustainable revenue growth
Volume of the budget revenue
part of the University, bln.rub.
Management and organizational changes
Optimization of organizational structure and
management system
Senior manages with international
experience, %
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Target model element Target KPI 2013 2014 2020

33. Joint degree programs
Priority area Program Partner University
Biomedicine and
pharmaceutics
Biotechnology (Master’s Degree) Institute of Organic Synthesis, Moscow and Biotechnological Center, Saransk
Bioinformatics (Master’s Degree) University of Strasbourg, France
Genetics and evolutionary biology (PhD studies) Hiroshima University, Japan
Cell biology (Master’s Degree) Okayama University, Japan
Neurobiology (Master’s Degree) University of Turku, Finland and INMED, France
Cell biology (Master’s Degree) University of Giessen, Germany
Advanced materials
Quantum technologies (Master’s Degree) University of Innsbruck, Austria
Gravitation, astrophysics and
Cosmology (PhD studies)
Nagoya University, Japan
Functional materials (PhD studies) University of Augsburg, Germany
Joint PhD degree on electron paramagnetic resonance
(PhD studies)
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Organic chemistry (PhD studies) RIKEN, Japan
Analytical chemistry (PhD studies) Comenius University, Slovak Republic
Chemistry of supramolecular nano and bio-systems
(Master’s Degree)
University of Strasbourg, France
Oil production, oil
refining and
petrochemistry
Oil and gas reserves modeling (Master’s Degree) École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie Université de Lorraine
(Nancy, France)
Oil geology (Master’s Degree) University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
Info-communication
and space
technologies
Software Engineering (Master’s Degree) Lappeenranta University, Finland
Accessible Computer Science (Master’s Degree) Czech Technical University, Prague
Accessible Computer Science (PhD studies) Czech Technical University, Prague
Social sciences and
humanities
Language in professional communication (Chinese language)
(Master’s Degree)
Hunan Normal University, China
Production management (Master’s Degree) Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Sustainable development management of non-urbanized territories
(Master’s Degree)
Birmingham City University, Great Britain
Land relations (Master’s Degree) Birmingham City University, Great Britain
Philology. Russian as a foreign language (Master’s Degree) Hunan Normal University, China
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34. International accreditation
of academic programs
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European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
(ENQA) and European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR):
01.04.02 Physics, Physics of condensed matter;
03.04.03 Radiophysics, Physics of magnetic phenomena;
04.04.01 Chemistry, Chemoinformatics and molecular modeling;
06.04.01 Biology, Neurobiology;
38.04.02 Management, General and strategic
management;
38.04.01 Economics, Regional economics and territorial
management
Association of MBA's (AMBA), London:
MBA program

35. Ilshat Gafurov – Rector, head of the Program for Competitive Growth Direction;
Marat Safiullin – manager of the project«5 Top 100», Vice-Rector for Economic
and Strategic Development;
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Project team
Danis Nurgaliev – head of the priority research direction «Oil extraction,
procession and petrochemistry», Vice-Rector for Research;
Andrey Kiiasov – head of the priority research direction «Biomedicine and
Pharmaceutics», Director of the Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology
Dmitry Tayursky – head of the priority research direction «Advanced Materials»,
Deputy Director of the Institute of Physics;
Ayrat Khasyanov – head of the priority research direction «Info-communication and
space technologies», Director of the Higher School of Information Technologies and
Information Systems;
Elena Smolnikova – supervisor of the project
«5 Top 100», Deputy Director of the Center for Prospective Development;
Vladimir Bulat – consulting leader of
PricewaterhouseCoopers

36. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
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