Ural Federal University

❤️ UrFU Rector Participated in the Live Call-in Show 📹 On March 25, the rector of UrFU Ilya Obabkov took part in a live call-in show organised by "OTV" (ОТВ) TV channel in the atrium of a recently inaugurated Specialized Educational and Research Center (SERC) of the Novokoltsovsky campus. He answered dozens of students' questions during a 2-hour session that covered the following topics: 1️⃣International Festival of Youth. All information on the relocation period for students living in the Novo...

🥳 UrFU International Tourist Club Invites You to the Potter’s House - Nevyansk City 🗓 March 29 (Already this Sunday!) ⏱️10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Unique chance to visit 3 places in 1 day: 🏡 Kunara village — fairytale house of blacksmith Kirillov 🗼Nevyansk city — see the legendary Leaning Tower (Ural Pisa) 🏺Tavolgi village — pottery workshop and clay master class - take a souvenir home and try potter’s wheel 🍲 Slavic café - tasty Russian lunch 🏭 All this in the places where the Demidovs' metallur...

🤩 Minister of Science and Higher Education Visited UrFU 🇷🇺 Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, paid a visit to Ural Federal University. Key highlights of the visit: ➖Minister introduced Ilya Obabkov, a distinguished university graduate, as the new Rector of UrFU to the Academic Council. ⏺️Falkov stressed that Obabkov would give a new impetus to the development of one of the largest universities in the country. ➖Valery Falkov and Academic Counci d...

🔼🏆UrFU Reached New Heights in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026! 🤩 Ural Federal University has significantly improved its position, ascending in several key areas. 🌍 Key improvements in global rankings include: ⏺️Chemistry: 258 (⬆️68) ⏺️ Physics & Astronomy: 268 (⬆️61) ⏺️ Mathematics: 241 (⬆️28) ⏺️Materials Science: 231 (⬆️3) 🏛 The university also secured strong positions in Hospitality & Leisure Management (63), Petroleum Engineering (98), History (top 200), and Philosophy (top ...

🌾 Ural Bacteria Will Help Wheat Survive on Devastated Lands ❤️ UrFU biologists have discovered new strains of bacteria that help plants survive in unsuitable saline soils. The treatment of wheat seeds with these bacteria increases plant survival and its growth in conditions where it is inhibited. 🦠 Two bacterial strains – AP9 and AP12 – that were isolated from spear-leaved orache and soils near saline lakes Atavly and Kurgan showed good results in saline and highly saline conditions. "Wheat's ...

👌 Participate in the Forum on Nuclear Energy by Rosatom 🇷🇺🌍 Rosatom and Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN) organize a youth forum "Russia – Latin America: Dialogue of Future Leaders of the Nuclear Industry of the Region" on April 28. 👌 Young students and alumni that specialise in the field of energy and non-energy use of nuclear technologies are invited to participate in the forum as speakers in a hybrid format. Working languages: ⏺️Russian, English,...