Innovations

Innovative activities of the University are aimed at attracting hi-tech companies for joint operations. Kazan University implements three large scale projects funded jointly by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and enterprises of real economy sector:

• OJSC “Nizhnekamskneftekhim” – developing catalytic processes for petrochemical technologies;
• “TNG-Group” Ltd Co – development of technologies and production of equipment and software in the field of geophysical services on the stage of search, exploration and development;
• “Tasma” Ltd Co – nanotechnology for new very high sensitive films producing for space and environmental research.

Kazan University is presently involved in activities related to the development of innovative infrastructure within the framework of the project funded by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science in consort with venture funds and enterprises.

Several research and academic centers have been recently created with a view to further improvement of quality of education, integration of research and education:

• Quantum optics, nanophotonics and laser physics (Prof. Myakzyum Salakhov);
• Resonance properties of condensed matter (Prof. Dmitry Tayurskiy);
• Extremal problems of complex analysis and mathematical physics (Prof. Farid Avkhadiev);
• Biomedical radiospectroscopy and optics (Prof. Albert Aganov);
• Linguistics Center named after Baudouin de Courtney (Prof. Valery Solovyov);
• Regulation of cell response to stress factors (Prof. Olga Ilynskaya).