17.12.2024
The event was attended by the rectors of 225 universities subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science.
Valery Falkov drew attention to the fact that in 2024, the President of Russia signed three documents that are already influencing qualitative changes in the field of higher education and science. Those are the Decrees "On the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation", "On the National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the Period up to 2030 and up to 2036" and "On the Approval of Priority Areas of Scientific and Technological Development and the List of the Most Important Science-Intensive Technologies".
The main points from the Minister's report:
More than 1 trillion 474 million rubles will be allocated from the federal budget in 2025 for the implementation of the state program "Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation", which is 7% more than in the current year.
"Having secured the support of the President, the State Duma, and the Government of the Russian Federation, it is very important to use every budget ruble effectively, to make every effort to develop higher education and science in your regions, involving other universities and representatives of the real economy as partners in this activity," said the Minister.
In 2025, compared to 2024, the number of budget spots allocated to universities for priority areas, which train engineering, technical, pedagogical and medical personnel, is maintained and even increased. The year 2025 will be devoted to transitioning to a new model of higher education.
"This is an evolutionary process associated with improving the system. Among the principles of work that will be laid down in the new model are the strengthening of the fundamental principles and high-quality practice orientation," said the Minister.
Systemic measures to support universities that affect their development have been preserved. The existing programs of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia are being transformed to meet the tasks of technological leadership. Thus, starting in 2025, new criteria for assessing participants in the Priority-2030 program will be introduced.
By the end of this year, a competition for grant support for student design bureaus will be announced. The competition will be held in the first months of 2025. Currently, the SDBs consist of more than 107.5 thousand students, and 71% or 481 bureaus work with partner companies. After the completion of the 2024-2025 academic year, the results of the project will be analyzed in 50 universities, where a pilot project to improve the quality of teaching fundamental disciplines is being carried out. In the future, the successful experience of these universities is planned to be extended to other institutions.
