The Government of the Russian Federation has summarized the results of the selection among research and education centres (REC), which competed for being granted the state support. The World-class Ural Interregional Research and Education Centre for Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials (UIREC) has been recognized among the best ones and been awarded the status of a federal centre along with additional financing for its projects. The total of 5 winners have been selected from among 20 participants by the Council for the World-class Research and Education Centres.
South Ural State University hosted a three-day 2020 Global Smart Industry Conference (GloSIC’2020). The Conference was held in cooperation with Emerson Corporation, the USA; International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO); International Research and Engineering Society of Instrument Engineers and Metrologists; and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
SUSU Rector, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor Aleksandr Shestakov spoke about the main results of the Conference and the main trends in the development of Industry 4.0 in Russia and in the world.
At the Department of Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities a traditional event the Day of Practice has been held in an online format. Academics and students discussed the results of the summer practice, which, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was organized online.
Emerson Corporation and the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science invite students and postgraduates interested in industrial automation to take advanced training courses.
The 2020-2021 advanced training program from Emerson company is aimed at developing the competencies necessary for professional activities in the design, implementation, and operation of modern automated process control systems.
The training will be held in a new laboratory utilizing innovative technologies by Emerson.
As part of the Telezachet competition, 6 categories were presented. In total, 77 teams from 37 universities (members of the Association of Technical Universities) took part in it. The aim of the competition is to develop a single scientific, technological and educational space, popularize Russian education, science and culture, foster pride and respect for the achievements of our country.
The residents of the South Ural region have been reminded of the importance of information security during an online press conference on cybersecurity “Cyber Threats: Opinion of South Urals Experts”. A SUSU employee, Head of the Research and Education Centre (REC), which was created jointly with Kaspersky Laboratory (leading information security company), took part in the conference. Thanks to such cooperation, SUSU graduates learn from real examples and receive the most relevant knowledge.
Tempus Public Foundation has announced the launching of a new course for Russian students willing to apply for a scholarship in Hungary under Stipendium Hungaricum program intended for studying in Hungary (academic mobility for 1-2 semesters). The languages of instruction are both English, and Hungarian.
The participants will be offered free-of-charge studying in one of the universities in Hungary, a monthly scholarship in the amount of 120 euro, free accommodation in a dormitory, and health insurance.
The Centre for Continuing Education of the Institute of Architecture and Construction of South Ural State University invites to the courses of Professional Retraining as a Master of Business Administration (МВА) in Construction.
The course is intended for: specialists with higher education; supervisors, top managers of construction organisations; entrepreneurs planning to start their own construction business.
The Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service of South Ural State University is holding the 5th International Conference on Innovations in Sport, Tourism and Education icISTIS-2020 December 3 through December 4, 2020.
Vice-Rector for International Relations of South Ural State University Olga Yaroshenko delivered a report at the International University Alliance of the Silk Road Presidents Forum, which was hosted online by the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Xi'an Jiaotong University in November this year.
The University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR) is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation aimed at openness and international cooperation in higher education. In 2019, South Ural State University joined the UASR and became the only Russian university at this Forum.
For the thirteenth time, the annual science-to-practice conference "Knauf in the World’s Construction Complex" was held at South Ural State University. The event was dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the Knauf Academy and was held online.
On December 1st, the selection round of the Zvezda (Star) Multidisciplinary Engineering Olympiad for School Students, which is being jointly organised by the Russian Engineering Union and South Ural State University since 2013, has begun in an online format. Every year more than 20000 school students from 76 regions of the Russian Federation take part in the event on the official website of the Olympiad zv.susu.ru.
On the first day of winter, the Chelyabinsk Centre for Public Health and Preventive Medicine and South Ural State University organized an interactive film screening and anonymous express HIV testing.
World AIDS Day has been celebrated on December 1st for over 30 years. The day was founded in order to stop the significant HIV infection spreads. In honour of this day, an event for university students and those wishing to take part was held at SUSU.
For many years now, a Laboratory of Literary Translation has been functioning at the Department of the Russian Language and Literature of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities (IMSSH). This laboratory is headed by Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor Denis Pelikhov, whose students have been frequently winning prizes in translation contests.
The Open House Day in an online format will be held at South Ural State University on December 6th at 12:00.
It is extremely important for applicants to choose the university where they can obtain prestigious education and unlock their potential. And the today’s students of the university are the ones, who know about the opportunities that SUSU opens up, the best. On the Open House Day it will be the students who will be telling applicants about the specifics of studying and student life.
November 26th through November 28th, the in-person stage of the All-Russian Olympiad for Students Majoring in Economic Security was held at the School of Economics and Management of South Ural State University.
The representatives of the universities of Irkutsk, Barnaul, Ufa, Kurgan, Moscow, Perm, Samara, Tyumen, Ekaterinburg, and Chelyabinsk took part in the Olympiad.
The Olympiad was divided into 2 key stages:
1. Qualifying stage was held November 15 through November 23, 2020, in an online format.
The Department of International Relations, Political Science and Regional Studies of South Ural State University invites to participate in the “Music of Translation” contest.
November 16th-27th, the first round of the Prometheus Olympiad on Linguistics took place at the Department of Linguistics and Translation Studies of the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications. Participation in the Olympiad has already become traditional for the first-year and second-year students of the Department of Linguistics and Translation Studies.
The Prometheus Olympiad on Linguistics is held in two rounds. The first round of the Olympiad was computer testing, in which all students registered on the Olympiad website could take part.
November 30th is the International Computer Security Day. Nowadays, the importance of this field related to data is clear to everyone, since data not provided with sufficient security is the main goal of cybercriminals using it for personal purposes. At SUSU, the Information Security Research and Education Centre, created with the support of Kaspersky Laboratory, works on the problem of data security.
October through November, the SUSU Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics has held a series of online meetings with employers, the representatives of such companies as CROC, Compass Plus, FUSE8, Everypixel, as well as the Chelyabinsk Regional Centre for Navigation and Information Technologies (i-Territory), Centre for Information and Technical Maintenance, and Centre for Development of Information Technologies.
On Friday, November 27th, an online meeting was held between the Rector of South Ural State University Aleksandr Shestakov and Sherzod Mastafakulov, the Rector of University of Kokand, Uzbekistan. The goal of the meeting was to discuss the collaboration between the two universities in the fields of education and science.
On November 26th, a ceremony of closing of the third labour semester took place at the Malachite Congress Hotel, where the results of the work done over the year were summed up. Within the framework of the event, 19 members of the Headquarters of Student Labour Unions of South Ural State University were noted by awards and letters of thanks.
A trend of our time–distance education–has proved to be a difficult challenge for some students. Psychologists believe that this is a matter of a lack of the social and psychological characteristics necessary for online work. What are these characteristics, and how can you improve them in yourself? We spoke with the Head of the Department of General Psychology, Psychodiagnostics, and Counselling of the SUSU School of Medical Biology, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology) Svetlana Morozova.
