Ural Federal University

Ural Federal University

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Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia with more than a century-long history. It is located in Ekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, one of the industrial, economic, scientific and cultural centers of Russia.

Ekaterinburg, one of the five largest and most developed cities in Russia, celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2023. Informally, Ekaterinburg is called the ‘Third Capital of Russia’. It is a unique city: it is here that one can simultaneously have one foot in Europe and the other in Asia.

According to one of the major international university rankings QS World University Rankings, UrFU ranks 335th in the world. UrFU has 41,000 students, including 4,400 international students from more than 100 countries.

UrFU successfully applies the best educational practices, creates new internationally oriented programs, introduces project-based learning and individual educational trajectories. The mission of the University is to increase the international competitiveness of the Urals region and ensure reindustrialization, to build up human and scientific and technical potential, to balance the renewal of traditional and development of post-industrial sectors of the Russian economy, primarily in the Ural Federal District.


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Summer University 2025 at UrFU

July 21 — August 3, 2025 the annual «Summer University» project will be held at the Ural Federal University with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Federal State Autonomous Institution «Sociocenter». The project will unite 400 students from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Serbia, Serb Republic, South Africa, South Ossetia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

You will visit the industrial «heart of Russia», the beautiful, youthful, dynamic city of Yekaterinburg. Yekaterinburg is considered the third city in Russia in terms of economic and industrial development.

Participation in the project is a unique opportunity to know more about one of the leading universities in Russia, which is also included in the world’s largest rankings. Established more than 100 years ago UrFU is rich in history and traditions, it keeps pace with the most advanced, innovative scientific, educational and technological developments in all fields: engineering, natural sciences, humanities, economics and, of course, in computer science. Today, more than 50,000 students from Russia and 110 countries study at UrFU.

UrFU has already hosted the Summer University participants twice in 2023 and 2024, and every year it makes the project better and more interesting for the participants.

During the program at UrFU, you will be able to plunge into the vibrant student life, full of new knowledge shared by the top teachers and experts, been exposed to cutting edge technologies and organizations, and no doubt, take part in fabulous events.

Education block

Some of the best Institutes represent this key and most important block as part of the large scientific and academic family of UrFU. It includes 7 main programs in Russian and English:

Nuclear energy and civil radiation technologies (in English)
Food biotechnology (in English)
Manage, lead, succeed! How to run effective business in the changing world (in English)
Digital Transformation of Business: New Solutions for Leaders (in Russian)
Information technologies & Artificial intelligence (in Russian)
Youth leadership: humanitarian initiatives, social design and legal support (in Russian)
Information technologies & Artificial intelligence (in English)

Project block

UrFU is one of Russia’s leaders in project-based learning, actively promoting successful employment opportunities for students through the development and implementation of projects. The University has implemented a «Project Workshop» system, which helps students implement projects, the results of which will be further developed in industry, IT or the socio-economic sphere. Customers are partner organizations. The projects are commissioned by partner organizations. In 2024, 75% of educational programs used project-based learning technologies. As a result, 4,158 projects were implemented, of which 2,090 were unique. The share of projects involving external customers was 41%.

We also implement project-based learning within the framework of the Summer University; the best projects in the areas will have the opportunity to show themselves in the finals. TOP 1 among Russian-language projects and TOP 1 among English-language projects will be selected by experts from business and industry and will be awarded prizes.

The industrial partners of the project in 2025 will be: Kontur, Ural Center for Security Systems, Sima-Land, Beloyarsk NPP, JSC Institute of Reactor Materials, Zdravmedtech-Ural LLC, Sverdlovsk Regional Oncology Dispensary, Alterna Furniture Factory, Tabletta LLC, Zoobioprom LLC, AminoVitaGroup LLC, Ural Bioengineering Company LLC. Software companies: ASCON, SprutCam, etc.

Culture and leisure activities

Participation in the project involves more than just studying and creating projects. Student years are the most memorable and full of impressions period of life. We have prepared interesting events and entertainment for you; you will definitely not be bored!

Sightseeing program

  • UrFU campus tour: Ural Federal University impresses with its scale — the university has 15 academic buildings. Many successful scientists, economists, designers, inventors, and public figures studied and worked in these classrooms and laboratories. We will visit the main academic building and its laboratories, UrFU Museum with our professional guide.
  • A tour of the New Campus of UrFU in Novokoltsovsky District: the new campus of the university has become the heart of student life: it is there that the atmosphere of collective creativity, everyday life and warm summer evenings in pleasant company reigns. Local students who currently accommodate and study in the new campus will guide you: you will see all sports facilities and the schedule of games available for students: volleyball, table tennis, or an open training session on the workout ground. You will see the amphitheater, where guitar evenings are often held, we will walk along the Alley of Flags of the International Student Sports Festival.
  • «Red line» walk around the Ekaterinburg — a guided tour of the Ural capital that dates back to the 18th century. Yekaterinburg has preserved many interesting architectural monuments, including being considered capital of constructivism, not only in Russia, but also in the world.
  • Industrial tours: participants of each track will have a unique opportunity to visit the largest enterprises and companies of the Sverdlovsk region and communicate with experts from various industries.
  • Trip to the «Park of Tales» in Aramil town: The Park of Tales is a real box of fairy tale characters. Here you can meet both well-known fairy tale characters, such as Baba Yaga, and the heroes of the Ural writer Bazhov. This is a unique place where reality meets fairytales.
  • Visit to the Yeltsin Center with a guided tour: This is not just a museum space, even if it is one of the most modern museums in Europe, the YC is a unique atmosphere, there is a media gallery, an educational center, and a film lecture hall. Yeltsin Center hosts concerts, festivals and exhibitions of contemporary artists.
  • A visit the Museum of military and Automobile equipment in Pyshma town: Currently, the Museum is considered to be one of the largest Russian exhibition sites of military-technical and automobile profile. There are more than 500 units of military equipment are collected on the territory of 9 hectares and the largest collection of retro cars, motorcycles and bicycles in Russia, which often become heroes movies and TV shows.
  • Excursion and visit to the stele «Border Europe-Asia».

Masterclasses-workshops

  • Mobile photography and videography from the UrFU photo club — the students’ team of UrFU photography club actively participates in all university events. These true professionals in their field and create visual content for the site and social networks. The photo club team will share the basic skills of mobile photography, talk about basic settings and hold a competition;
  • «Big race» masterclass, by professional athletes — is not just physical education class, it is a team drive, fun and a real celebration of sports;
  • UrFU flash mob — a dance masterclass from choreographers, that participants will perform at the closing ceremony of the «Summer University» project;
  • Public speaking masterclass «So the leaders say» — masterclasses with practical tasks, articulation and breathing exercises from professional speakers.

Evening of hospitality

Hospitality is welcomed by all nations, but nevertheless, the traditions of welcoming guests in each country are different. International and intercultural event for students, where participants can get acquainted with the traditions of the peoples of the world, as well as with national songs, poetry and dance.

Other events

  • Opening and closing ceremony of the «Summer University» project;
  • Visit to the International Street Art Festival «STENOGRAFFIA»;
  • Friendly competitions (football, basketball, volleyball);
  • Film club: we invite you to watch a film with English subtitles together, and then we suggest analyzing the film and discussing it with the moderator;
  • Morning workouts: before heading off to school, we like to start the day brightly and all together. · Morning exercises will be conducted by world-famous residents of Yekaterinburg. Also, no less interesting exercises will be conducted by the participants themselves: if you do yoga, dance, have a running technique, be sure to share your skills as part of the exercises with other project participants;
  • Board game night: this evening the dormitory building turns into a real game library. Find out the place and time of your favorite game and join in quickly;

Expenses in Summer University project, including tickets fee, accommodation, meals, and transfers within the program will be covered by the project organizers.

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