2. Russian Silicon Valley
Innopolis city
• A federal level project
• High technologies as the key specialization
• Prospective population of 150 thousand people, 60 thousand
of them are to be represented by highly skilled professionals
• Territory of more than 1,200 Ha
• A special economic zone of technology development type and technology
parks offering preferences for investors and residents
• Comfortable and affordable housing, modern educational, medical,
sports and entertainment infrastructure – implementation
of the “Live, learn, work and play” concept
• Picturesque, ecologically clean area
It took 3 years to build from scratch a
world class university that became the
«anchor tenant» for Innopolis
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3. Innopolis University key strengths
• Focus on Computer Science and its applications and synergy of best
Russian and international practices in education and research
• Platform for efficient interaction between science, education,
and business created owing to the initial orientation of the university
towards the needs of the IT industry
• Non-state autonomous institution financed solely by endowments
and contributions from sponsors rather than by the state budget
• 130 mln US$ state-of-the-art infrastructure
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4. Innopolis University direction
Functions
• Conducting break-through fundamental and applied research
• Promoting entrepreneurship and innovation
• Training of highly qualified industry-ready IT specialists
• Further professional development
• Promoting Information Technology among children and youth
4000 bachelors
1500 masters
500 professors
in 2022
Master’s degree
programs
• Software Engineering
• Information and Network
Security
• Data Science
• Robotics
Bachelor’s degree
program
Computer Science, tracks:
• Software Engineering
• Big data
• Robotics
• Artificial intelligence
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5. Innopolis University 2015 at a glance
20,000+ applicants from Russia and other countries registered to enroll
Bachelor’s degree education
• 235 students currently study at IU
• 21 students have already graduated this year
Master’s degree education
• 86 master students currently study at IU
• 31 students have already graduated from
the Software Engineering program ran jointly
with Carnegie Mellon University
Innopolis STEM – Robotics
• 3 350 schoolchildren participated in the program
• We are a WRO National Operator: schoolchildren from
45 Russian regions participated in robotics
competition in Innopolis
Research
• 30 world-class professors signed contracts
with the university
3 institutes with 11 Labs:
• Institute of Technologies and Software Development
• Institute of Information Systems
• Institute of Robotics
Research is supported by governmental grants in the total
amount of 8 mln US$
Academics are motivated by the opportunities provided by
Innopolis for developing labs and conducting break-through
research, and by the chance to be at the outset of a
significant project
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