Rector Ilshat Gafurov and KFU team visited Saint-Petersburg on April 28th.
The co-signatory from the SPbSPU side was Rector Andrey Rudskoy.
The agreement encompasses educational programs, academic mobility, and innovation support. The key point is joint fundamental and applied research. Some of the areas of mutual interest are medicine, petroleum, automotive industry, and shipbuilding.
Colleagues from Saint-Petersburg are interested in KFU's experience of translational medicine and innovation transfer. Thus, almost all natural sciences and engineering institutes of KFU will be involved.
The meeting was a part of the official visit of a Tatarstani delegation headed by President Rustam Minnikhanov. The delegates, including Rector Gafurov, toured JSC Klimov and a number of other industrial enterprises.