Presentation - University of the Arctic

Saint Petersburg State University
is hosting
The UArctic Congress
in September 2016.
We cordially invite you to
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Saint Petersburg
State University
A brief overview
Ulan-Ude, June 13, 2015
THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN RUSSIA
Founded by Peter the Great in 1724,
SPbU has been preserving the traditions of
a comprehensive research university for
290 years of its history.
Since 1724
THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN RUSSIA
Saint Petersburg State University today:
• 24 faculties and 2 colleges
• over 25 000 students
• over 1 500 international students from 68
countries
• over 2 000 Ph.D. students
• 521 educational programs
• 13 000 employees
• number of Academic Staff – 6,000 (including
4,500 holders of doctoral degrees)
THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN RUSSIA
Faculties and Colleges
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Faculty of Biology and Soil Science
Faculty of Asian and African Studies
Graduate School of Management
Institute of Earth Sciences
Faculty of Journalism and public
communications
Faculty of Arts
Institute of History
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of International Relations
Faculty of Political Science
Faculty of Applied Mathematics and
Control Processes
Medical College
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Faculty of Psychology
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Sociology
Faculty of Dental Medicine and
Medical Technologies
Faculty of Physics
Faculty of Philology
Institute of Philosophy
Institute of Chemistry
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Military Training
College for Physical Training and
Sports, Economy and Technology
THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN RUSSIA
Educational Programmes
Over 520 Degree programmes in 183 Major
subjects
29 Degree Programmes
are presented in English
Applied Polar and Marine Sciences (POMOR)
Information Technology and Innovation
Management (MITIM)
International Relations
Biodiversity and Nature Protection
Mathematical Methods for Economic Analysis
International Trade System
etc.
THE FIRST UNIVERSITY IN RUSSIA
has attained the right to develop its own
educational standards
and issue to its graduates University-customised
diplomas in Russian and English.
revived the tradition of conferring its own academic
degrees, including PhD.
UNIVERSITY WITHOUT BORDERS
St. Petersburg State University is a member of
13 international associations
and has partnership agreements with over 300
universities from 70 countries.
Together with some of them, SPbU offers double
Master’s degree programs and joint degree
programs.
UNIVERSITY WITHOUT BORDERS
Academic Mobility, International Grants and Projects
•Campus Europae;
•ERANET-PLUS;
•Erasmus Mundus Triple I;
•Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University
(CBU);
•Santander Universities;
•Finnish-Russian Student and Teacher
Exchange Program (FIRST);
•ERANET-MUNDUS etc
•Endeavour Scholarship and Fellowship;
•Abbe School of Photonics (ASP);
•Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit
Foundation;
•POSCO Russia Fellowship
•etc
Mission
Based on the traditions and innovations
St. Petersburg State University
is a highest quality education and
research institution.
«Development 2020 Program»
Top-priorities
• Nanotechnology &
Materials Science
•Ecology & Environmental
Management
• Biomedicine & Human
Health
•Human Resource Management
•Social Technologies
• Information Technology
Research Park
of Saint-Petersburg State University provides modern infrastructure
for research and education
5.5 billion RUR, 120 million Euro
Research Park
Ecology & Environmental
Management
SPbU Open Calls for research projects
Each year SPbU announces Open Calls for research
projects, which are open for any researchers from any
part of the world.
 Funding of interdisciplinary research in the priority
areas of the SPbU Development Program.
 Funding of mono-disciplinary basic research.
 Funding of applied research projects.
 University funding of post-doc program on a
competitive basis
Open Call for Novel Research Laboratories
(SPbU Mega-Grants)
 prof. Valentin Ananikov, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian
Academy of Science (biomedicine)
 prof. Alexander Knysh, University of Michigan, USA (sociology)
 prof. Nikolai Skrynnikov, Purdue University, USA (biomedicine)
 prof. Yury Chernov, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (biomedicine)
 Prof. Pavel Pevzner, University of California San Diego, USA
(bioinformatics)
 prof. Peter Kivisto, Augustina College, USA (sociology)
 prof. Frederick van der Ploeg, University of Oxford, UK (economics)
 prof. Lilak Nachum, City University of New York, USA (management)
Institute of Translational Biomedicine
RSF institutional grant of 750 million RUR
Raul Gainetdinov
Director of the Institute of Translational Biomedicine,
SPBU, St Petersburg, Russia
Professor, Skoltech, Moscow, Russia
Consultant, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy,
Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke University, NC, USA
Prior to SPBU, Raul was Senior Researcher at the Italian
Institute of Technology in Genova, Italy and an Associate
Research Professor at Duke University, NC, USA where he is
currently an Adjunct Associate Professor. H-index is 59.
Other PIs:
1. Professor of SPBU and Georgia Tech
University, Atlanta, USA, Yury Chernov –
Biobanking, Alzheimer’s disease
2. Professor of SPBU and UCSD, Pavel Pevzner
– Algorithmic Bioinformatics
3. Professor of SPBU Mikhail Krasavin – Drug
Development
4. Professor of SPBU Tatyana Tennikova –
Nanotechnology, Drug Delivery
ARCTIC STUDIES
SPbSU takes part in UArctic's Thematic Network
ARCTIC GEOLOGY
Overall Goal
 Studies of geological resources in the Arctic of North America,
Greenland, and the arctic parts of Europe and Asia,
 Shearing knowledge between partner universities and UArctic members
on exploitation of mineral and hydrocarbon resources in Arctic Region
and its significant environmental, economic and cultural impact on
Indigenous people living in the region.
Partner Organizations
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North-Eastern Federal University
Saint Petersburg State University
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
University of Manitoba
SPbSU CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
related to Arctic Region
1. Geological evolution of the Kara sea and Laptev Sea Arctic
region
2. Arctic islands natural environment Pleistocene and Holocene
age changes and forecast of modern climate changes
3. Integrated research of the natural environment and
landscapes of Frantz Josef Archipelago and Arctic islands.
4. Ecological landscapes integrity of the Russian Arctic zone
5. Integrated research of the Arctic aquatic ecosystems
6. Conception of the Arctic Policy
7. Integrated studies of Indigenous small-numbered peoples of
the North
And many others!
The Master Program for Marine and Polar Sciences
POMOR
 POMOR is a joint master program of the Saint Petersburg State
University and the University of Hamburg in cooperation with Russian
and German universities, institutes and research centers.
The Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research (OSL):
SPbSU and Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute collaboration
 The Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research (OSL)
provides a basis for coordination and development of the research
projects carried out within the framework of the Bilateral Agreement on
Cooperation in Polar and Marine Research between the Russian
Federation and Germany. Its main objective is to support young
scientists through the OSL Fellowship Program "Climate Change in
the Arctic".
SPbSU Laboratory for Paleographic and
Geomorphological Research of Polar Countries
Leading scientist – prof. Jörn Thiede (IFMGEOMAR), the famous German specialist in
marine geology
 The first Geomorphologic Atlases of Antarctica
 Geomorphologic maps of the Arctic.
 Geochronological and paleomorphologic studies of the Lena river
and Arctic seas.
OPEN UNIVERSITY
Rector of St. Petersburg
University,
Professor Nikolay M.
Kropachev
Welcome to St.
Petersburg in
September 2016
to discover new
opportunities in UArctic
collaboration!