Ural Federal University

UrFU is a federal university in Ekaterinburg, founded in 1920. This is one of the leading higher education institutions of Russia combining the entire spectrum of technical, natural science and humanitarian education. It is the center of scientific and educational life, and of social design and innovation activity as well. 35,000 students' study at UrFU. Training is carried out in 93 Bachelor programs, 88 Master programs and in 23 Specialist's programs. In 2020, the university offers applicants 6380 free government-funded scholarships. The university has 13 scientific laboratories supervised by leading foreign scientists. Currently, the university is ranked 364th in the overall QS World University Ranking 2019. Since 2013 Ural Federal University has been a participant of the Russian Academic Excellence Project 5-100. The key goal of the project is to maximize the competitive position of a group of leading Russian universities in the global research and education market. The University initiated the creation and implementation of the functions of the project office of the Ural Interregional Scientific and Educational Center of the world level "Advanced Industrial Technologies and New Materials".