Rustam Minnikhanov meets Tatarstan students from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

On 16 April during his visit to Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with Tatarstan students of the university. 

Currently there are 350 students from the republic at the university and participants of the meeting asked about opportunities in Tatarstan for internship and work at scientific and research centers and enterprises. Rustam Minnikhanov stated that enterprises attach special attention to training qualified specialists and currently more than 5 500 students of universities of the republic receive contract on employer-sponsored education. Moreover, branches of university chairs are established at enterprises, he informed. 

“As far as engineers are concerned, they are among the most required specialists in the republic,” the Rais of the republic said and informed that on the Integrated Digital Employment Platform “Work in Russia” there are more than 1 100 vacancies for various engineers. 

Students and Rustam Minnikhanov also discussed cooperation of Tatarstan and St Petersburg University in particular the expansion of exchange of knowledge and projects. The Rais of the republic said that a number of universities of the republic, in particular Kazan National Research Technological University and the Kazan Federal University already have active joint work with SPbPU and informed that today the University of Innopolis and Almetyevsk State Technological University also signed cooperation agreements which will give broader opportunities for implementation of new projects and involvement of students in them.