Annually, on May 24, our country celebrates the Day of Slavic Writing and Culture, which is a national holiday for our country. On this day, we turn to the origins of our cultural memory, paying tribute to the creators of the Slavic alphabet, to the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers Constantine and Methodius.
Participants in the Odyssey of the Mind international program for the development of creative thinking and team cohesion compete in the online format for the first time.
The Expert Analytical Centre has published the results of subject rankings of the research productivity of Russian universities. SUSU is in the top 20 for several fields of study.
The project “Research Productivity Ranking” was launched by the Expert Analytical Centre in 2016, to provide complex ratings of universities by fields of study (physics, mathematics, economics, chemistry, etc.). The results of this rating show which fields of study are prioritized in universities in the context of the development of their research activity.
South Ural State University welcomes foreign university applicants and hopes to register admissions applications submitted by citizens of different countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, Egypt, Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, and many other.
Head of the International Student Support at the International Office, Liudmila Lapina, noted that the interest of foreign university applicants to SUSU has significantly increased.
Young scientists of the South Ural State University are involved in the development of new research areas. Last year, the Russian Science Fund supported the projects of SUSU scientists within the framework of the competitions “Research by young scientists” and “Research by scientific groups led by young scientists”. Among them, a project to study the role of diplomacy in the Arctic and its contribution to international stability in the world. The study proved the presence of geopolitical ambitions in this region, even among countries that do not have Arctic territories.
Researchers at SUSU School of Economics and Management have analyzed the use of renewable energy sources for the economies of the G7 countries. The study revealed the relationship between the economic development of regions with a large share of the energy industry in the economic sector and the environmental situation in these countries. The positive impact of the use of renewable resources in the energy industry on the environmental situation was revealed.
Scientists at South Ural State University carry out systematic studies of organic antimony compounds, including their significant properties. The latest study focuses on the photocatalytic activity of antimony compounds, which can decompose persistent pollutants and can be used to treat wastewater.
Every year many students from around the world come to South Ural State University. Iraq, Iran, Bangladesh, Egypt, Sri Lanka, to mention just a few countries from the list.
This year, we expect more than 700 students from 56 countries; those are the enrolees who applied for studies in various levels of education: Bachelor’s, Master’s, postgraduate, Specialist programmes, and programmes of the Faculty of Pre-University Education. Many students come as part of the international exchange programmes.
Chaubey Mani Shanker from India completed his English-language Master’s studies at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science of South Ural State University in 2019. In his interview, this foreign citizen shared on why he one day had decided to obtain his education at SUSU, as well as on the process of his studies.
Currently, cold plasma is the most promising method of microbial inactivation of a broad spectrum of action and can be used for disinfection of food raw materials, any hard surfaces, and is equally successfully used in medicine, water purification, and processing of polymer surfaces.
Philology is one of the ancient sciences that shaped the bases for various fields of humanitarian activities. That is why a philologist is a profoundly educated polymath, who speaks several languages, knows the world literature and culture, and can create different types of texts and use them for a wide range of activities: from teaching to legal sphere.
In the context of the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic, students all over the world have switched to distance learning. For the successful implementation of educational programmes using e-learning, a working group was created at South Ural State University under the guidance of the SUSU Rector Aleksandr Shestakov, which included representatives of the Rector's Office, directors of schools and institutes, and heads of departments.
South Ural State University is a university of digital transformations where innovative research is being conducted on most of the priority areas for the development of science and technology. In accordance with the strategies of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation, the university is focused on the development of large scientific interdisciplinary projects in the field of IT, materials science and ecology. In the framework of these areas, metallurgy, engineering, energy, utilities, safe space and civil engineering are investigated.
The KSTATI annual science festival, organized by the network of Nuclear Energy Information Centres, is to be held online for the first time.
Lectures, workshops, meetings with scientists and experts, who will show that discussing science can be easy, fun and “delicious”, are to take place non-stop within the framework of the festival April 23rd through April 25th.
The SUSU University Boiling Point Co-working Space invites you to participate in online courses which will teach how to put together the documentation needed for the UMNIK contest. At this time, applications are open for the UMNIK — DIGITAL RUSSIA contest, which has a prize pool of 500 thousand roubles for two years; applications will be accepted until May 11, 2020 (https://umnik.fasie.ru/dataeconomy/).
In quarantine some people “lose their minds” because of idleness, but others tend to spend their time with benefit. Indeed, it is a great opportunity to do something what you have always wanted to, but never had the time for: self-education. Now, there are plenty of educational courses of all kinds! With the help of these courses you can improve your qualification and even change your whole career, and this is what the citizens of Chelyabinsk are making use of.
Even students have faced with the financial problems resulted from the coronavirus pandemic. In some families, the monthly income declined sharply, so students and their parents faced dire financial straits. South Ural State University monitors this situation online to provide social assistance to every student who qualifies to apply for it. The university also collects vacancies from city enterprises, so that everyone can find a job.
The development of the aviation, space, motor vehicle industries today is difficult to imagine without the use of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics. These composite materials are widely used due to their unique properties. However, in practice, the materials are inferior to other composites in crack resistance. A scientist from South Ural State University together with Belgian colleagues demonstrated a material that is crack resistant. The research represents a recent step in solving the problem of creating crack-resistant pseudo-plastic composites.
The Campus of South Ural State University is one of the university's subdivisions that keeps functioning in the context of the current difficult epidemiological situation. Among the university's priority tasks is to help the students and staff members living and working in the dormitories to stay healthy.
It is worth noting that sixty percent of students went home for the sake of safety. It is mostly international students who have stayed on Campus.
It seems that an unplanned vacation is a perfect opportunity to relax, get oneself together and try something new. In fact, self-isolation at home can be really depressing. But it is no time to worry! There are many simple and effective ways to distract oneself and to start doing something actually useful.
The South Ural Association of International Students at South Ural State University is active in social media. It helps to maintain friendly relations and corporate spirit in this difficult time for the whole world.
Scientists at the SUSU School of Economics and Management, together with foreign colleagues, have analyzed the roles of various groups of commodities in a traditional portfolio of equities. In their work, economists examined the hedging and diversification ability of 21 commodities for 49 international stock markets belonging to countries at different stages of economic development. The results of this work will help investors minimize risks in stock markets transactions. They were published in the highly ranked journal Resources Policy (Q1).
From the very first day of the quarantine related to the spread of the COVID-19 coronovirus infection South Ural State University has moved to the distant format of work. The SUSU electronic system as a digital twin of the university made it possible to restructure and organize the educational process on the Internet. Both teachers and students have their personal digital accounts and are able to work and study on a schedule while staying at home. At the same time, many of them have enough free time to read books, watch movies, get supplementary education, train, cook, and much more.
