On June 18th, a delegation from Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics visited South Ural State University. The purpose of this visit was to communicate with Chinese students and discuss plans for cooperation.
A researcher at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Mostafa Abotaleb together with his co-authors from India, Syria, and Egypt, proposed a methodology for forecasting the growth of the world potato market based on time series analysis. The result was published in the famous international journal Potato Research, included in the first quartile of Scopus.
Students of the SUSU Department of Linguistics and Translation conducted a research on the image of the city of Chelyabinsk at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries using a corpus of local historical texts.
The research was conducted within the framework of a state order from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the topic of “Examining the Region in the Context of Global Historical Connections Using Methods of Digital Humanities”.
On June 8, 2024 representatives of the School of Economics and Management took part in the Youth Day within the frameworks the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre in St. Petersburg.
Various educational and entertainment events were held at South Ural State University.
The holiday started with a “Dialogue on Equal Terms”, at which the Chairman of the Student Union Fedor Borodin spoke with students on the youth policy of our country.
“We should hold a series of similar events so that young people know about the opportunities for their self-fulfilment in Russia. After all, there are a huge number of tools to support initiatives and development of competent professionals and personalities with skills in various fields,” said Fedor Borodin.
The TASS Press Centre in Yekaterinburg hosted a press conference dedicated to the work of the World-class Ural Interregional Research and Education Centre (UIREC) for Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials, which was attended by the Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation, Director of the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Aleksandr Gollai, acting as the regional coordinator of the UIREC for the Chelyabinsk Region.
Sergery Morozov, deputy of the State Duma, Deputy Head of the United Russia faction, visited South Ural State University on May 31st. During his visit, advanced developments and projects by our university were demonstrated to him.
On May 30th, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin conferred honorary awards and titles, as well as badges of merit to more than 30 distinguished citizens of Russia. The Hero of Russia Medal and the Honorary Title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation were awarded to five people, including to the alumnus of South Ural State University, cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin.
On May 30th, the opening of the third labour semester of student teams of the Chelyabinsk Region took place on the square in front of the monument to Kurchatov. More than 700 people took part in the ceremony. This opening is a symbolic start to the working life of students of the South Ural region.
Groups of Master's degree students СГ-116 and СГ-216 of the Department of Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations at the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities have summed up the results of project-based learning this academic year. As part of the Factcheck.RU project, Master's degree students worked on collective and individual fact-checking materials devoted to pressing, socially significant topics.
The first season of the SUSU Startup Club wrapped up on May 22nd. From January through May, the Startup Club had organized more than 20 events, such as trainings of entrepreneurial competencies, master classes by experts, consultations on filling out applications for participation in grant contests, participation in conferences and project pitches jointly with the My Business Centre and the Skolkovo IT-Park 74 Regional Operator.
In the course of the academic year and as part of the project-based learning, Master’s degree students of the Department of Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities study the specifics of VR journalism and create virtual media projects.
RAEX Rating is one of the most well-known university rankings, that takes into consideration scientific developments of a university, quality of education, as well as the level of demand for its alumni.
According to the results of 2023, SUSU took the 53rd position, being among the top 100 in the general RAEX rating.
There are also RAEX rankings by subject that determine the leadership of universities in specific areas. The results were summed up and published on the RAEX website in May. And here SUSU entered the top twenty in a number of categories.
Within the frameworks of the Heart of the Urals Advanced Engineering School of Engine Construction and Special-purpose Machinery students of the SUSU Department of Combustion Engines went on an introductory excursion to OOO Ural Diesel Motor Plant (Yekaterinburg) – one of the leading manufacturers of high-technology engines in Russia.
The following dissertations for the degree of Candidate of Psychological Sciences in specialty 5.3.1 "General Psychology, Personality Psychology, History of Psychology" were successfully defended at the SUSU Dissertation Council 99.2.016.02:
Dissertation by Anna Sanochkina on the topic "Peculiarities of Self-awareness of Mothers Who Use Violence Against Their Children."
Dissertation by Ekaterina Ishkova on the topic "Psychological Determinants of the Types of Personality Orientation toward Volunteer Activities."
On May 25th, the South Ural State University team took part in the "Accounting Reference System Plants an Alley" campaign with the support of the Glavbukh System company.
The event was organized by the Give a Tree as a Gift project, the goal of which is to restore forests damaged by fires and increase the number of green spaces in Russia.
One of the key problems of road traffic organization are the vehicle holdups, even in the periods between rush hours. The constant slowdown, braking and acceleration actions result in the decrease of the crossings efficiency and the increase of tailpipe pollution. Scientists from South Ural State University have become the first in Russia to develop a mathematical model, which can give hints to drivers as to at what speed they should drive for a free flow through crossings.
The Department of Economics and Finance of the SUSU School of Economics and Management has been training students in the Financial Literacy for International Students supplementary educational programme for the third year now.
The programme helps students better understand how to manage their finances in a new country to avoid financial difficulties.
The Chelyabinsk Arts Centre presents the “We Have Defended the Peace — We Will Preserve the Peace”, an exhibition for all those interested in history, culture and art. This is a unique event dedicated to celebration of the Victory Day, which comprises works of art by the participants of the Great Patriotic War and by representatives of the post-war generation.
Students from groups СТ-221 and СТ-241 were hugely fascinated to attend the lecture by the leading art historian Iuliia Leonycheva, who unveiled the secrets and subtleties of the exhibited works for them.
An Open Forum on Environmental Issues and the Conservation of Water Bodies will be held in Chelyabinsk. South Ural State University will act as one of the venues.
On May 24th, SUSU will host a plenary session and a science-to-practice conference, where work on 26 thematic platforms is planned. And on May 25th, all municipalities in the region will host events within the framework of international and all-Russian events − "Garden of Memory", "Water of Russia", "Green Spring", and regional campaigns ("Razdeliayka", "Battery Recycling", "All Technological Scrap – for Recycling!").
Grand opening of the exhibition of paintings and graphics "I Sing My Fatherland" took place in the Art Gallery at South Ural State University.
The "I Sing My Fatherland" exhibition is the result of plein-air seasons held in the Chelyabinsk Region over the past few years. The organization and holding of most creative events took place in collaboration with the public foundation for promoting the preservation of cultural heritage "South Ural Region". These had been outdoor plein-airs in different localities of the region.
For the first time, Chelyabinsk Institute of Culture has hosted an Art-dvizhenie (Art Movement) International Festival, where students from the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language and the Pre-University Division have successfully presented their performances.
A meeting between the management of Chelyabinsk Urban Electric Transport Plant (CUETP, part of the Sinara-Transport Machines Holding) and representatives of South Ural State University was held at the enterprise. The parties discussed the possibilities of introducing technologies developed by the educational institution into production.
A student and a postgraduate of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language of the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications took part in the “Information and Communication Culture of a Specialist in the Digital Era” International Student Project Session, held at the Institute of Russian Language of RUDN University.
On May 17th-19th, the Ural Federal District Hackathon of the "Digital Breakthrough. Season: Artificial Intelligence" project was held in Chelyabinsk at the premises of South Ural State University, organized by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Russia Is a Land of Opportunities non-profit organization.
