Director of the SUSU Eurasian Studies Research and Education Centre and specialist on the early Iron Age archaeology Aleksandr Tairov has shared at the “Ananyino World” Forum in Yelabuga on what mysteries of nomads’ routes they managed to unravel thanks to the finds in the S.M. Prokudin-Gorsky cavern and cave and in other caves in the South Ural region.
Master’s student from the SUSU Institute of Engineering and Technology Nikita Ponomarev together with scientists of the SUSU Department of Life Safety Saidzhon Tavarov and Aleksandr Sidorov, have received a patent for a hybrid system for monitoring and controlling an automatic aerosol fire extinguishing system.
Aerosol fire extinguishing systems are currently used at vehicle service stations, technical centres, and auto assembly plants. However, they are normally triggered by open flames. In such cases, fire can develop rapidly and unpredictably.
November 27, 2025 a panel discussion on "Creating a Network of Modern Campuses: Results of a Pilot Project to Develop Product Programmes" was held as part of the V Young Scientists Congress. This event united representatives of government authorities, scientific community, and higher education experts. Elena Konstantinova, an analyst from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Dmitriy Rozhin, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Arkhangelsk Region acted as the moderators.
Our university's delegation includes: Anna Paterova, Senior Research Fellow of the Quantum Engineering of Light Laboratory; Ekaterinan Shchurova, senior lecturer at the Department of Automation Engineering; Alena Zykova, Senior Research Fellow of the Research and Innovation Services; Petr Lonzinger, Associate Professor of the Department of Power Stations, Grids, and Electric Power Systems; Aleksey Erpalov, Deputy Director of the Centre of Vibration Testing and Monitoring of the State of Str
International students of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language of the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications of South Ural State University took part in the final event of the “IMAGE of Russia: Traditions of Many Nations as the Cultural Code of Each One of Us” project, implemented by the Chelyabinsk Region branch of the “Assembly of the Peoples of Russia” All-Russian Public-State Organization with the support from the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives.
The “Volatiles” team from the SUSU Digital Ural Centre for Training Top IT Specialists have won silver medals in a Hackathon on Information Security held as part of the “gIBChe” Conference. The contest brought together top competitors from across the Ural Federal District, and our students came off second best.
First-year students from the Department of Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities, majoring in Journalism, have won a competition of socially significant student media projects at the International Interreligious Youth Forum held at the "Russia" National Centre in Moscow.
Elizaveta Gromova, Deputy Director for International Affairs of the SUSU Institute of Law, attended a meeting of experts from the BRICS Cooperation Committee, operating within the BRICS Arbitration Court in Guangzhou, China.
This time, members of the expert committee were invited to a forum on the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, dedicated to investment, dispute resolution, and risk minimization for Chinese companies in international business along the Eurasian-African corridor.
Teaching staff members of the Department of International Relations, Political Science and Regional Studies, Doctor of Sciences (Philology) Nataliia Koshkarova and senior lecturer Maksim Dvoynenko represented the Chelyabinsk Region and South Ural State University in the finals of the “Knowledge.Lecturer” All-Russian Contest.
The contest consisted of two rounds and was held in several categories. The SUSU staff members became finalists in the “Best Teacher of the Fundamentals of the Russian Statehood Course” special category.
On November 28, 2025, South Ural State University invites pupils, students, and young professionals to participate in the 19th International Youth Cooking Festival.
This year's festival is dedicated to the Year of Defender of the Fatherland and the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
On November 24th, a press conference was held at the "Nash etazh" ("Our Floor") space of South Ural State University with the participation of expert, Director of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Head of the educational programme at the "VirtUm" Centre for Top-level Academic Programmes in the Field of Artificial Intelligence Alena Zamyshlyaeva, as part of the first stage of the "Step into the Future" grant program tournament by Viktor Khristenko.
A report on the implementation of the SUSU development program for 2025 as part of the Priority 2030 strategic academic leadership program was defended at the Moscow Aviation Institute in Moscow on November 19th.
Students of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities of South Ural State University have become winners in the social-cause works contest as part of the Passing the Media Torch “17 Values of Russia” all-Russian event, which has been held in Chelyabinsk and has been dedicated to the “Humanism” value.
On November 24th, the results of the selection process for the Priority 2030 program were announced in Moscow. 106 universities participating in the program will receive grants for their development programs. SUSU is among these universities.
Opening ceremony for this annual all-Russian science-to-practice conference has been held at South Ural State University. The main idea of the conference is the integration of science, education and industry. This event is timed to coincide with the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery and will last till November 21st.
The Interregional Student Ball, organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and SUSU, took place at South Ural State University.
Timed to coincide with the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery, this annual all-Russian science-to-practice conference was held November 20th through 21st. This event organized at South Ural State University united the members of our country’s scientific community, that deals with development of new types of armaments, military equipment and artillery. More than eighty participants presented about sixty relevant reports over the course of two days.
The “17 Values of Russia” two-day media forum, as part of which our university has become a platform for discussing the “Humanism” value, has wrapped up at South Ural State University. The event brought together students, young media professionals, public figures, and experts, uniting them to create socially significant content.
The Minister of Youth of the Chelyabinsk Region Yuriy Boldyrev noted the importance of the participants’ work and emphasized the significance of the forum in shaping the values agenda among young people:
The administrative and academic staff of the "Heart of the Urals" Advanced Engineering School took training at Moscow Polytechnic University in the Control Systems program, focusing on cutting-edge technologies and research in the automotive industry. The program included research and testing of driver assistance systems, virtual testing of highly automated and self-driving vehicles, and programming of such vehicles, as well as electric vehicles.
Vadim Erlikh, Director of the Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service (ISTIS), Doctor of Sciences (Biology) and Professor, has been named a laureate of the Russian Professorial Assembly's national award, "Professor of the Year 2025", in the Biological Sciences category. The Russian Professorial Assembly award recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in education and science.
Alena Zamyshlyaeva, Director of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Head of the “VirtUM” Centre for Top-level Academic Programmes in the Field of Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), has been named a laureate of the Russian Professorial Assembly's national award, "Dean of the Year 2025", in the Physics and Mathematics category. The Russian Professorial Assembly award recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in education and science.
South Ural State University is actively expanding its international cooperation in the field of humanities. Our university is developing student exchange programs and creating modern educational projects for international students. Among them is Master's degree student from China Li Shan.
International Recycling Day is celebrated on November 15th. Researchers from SUSU can also directly relate to this holiday since they have found a method to effectively use wheat grain sprouted in the ear. Bioethanol, obtained from such raw material at the university laboratory, after thorough distillation, can be used for technical, medical and even food-related purposes.
On the eve of Higher School Teachers’ Day, we spoke with Dariia Khabarova, Dean of the Faculty of Mechatronics and Robotics, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering), and Associate Professor.
– Do you remember your first class as a teacher, what did you feel?
