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JSC Northern Oil Trunk Pipelines (JSC "SMN") in cooperation with Ukhta State Technical University and JSC Lukoil-Komi has created a training ground at Mining and Petroleum College. Its main purpose is to improve the quality of training of specialists for the oil and gas industry. At the new site, students will be able to apply their knowledge in practice while working with high-tech equipment.

The working visit of representatives of Serbia to USTU took place from 1 to 5 September. Dean of the "Mihajlo Pupin" Technical Faculty of University of Novi Sad, Dr. Milan Pavlovic, Managers for Cooperation with Universities of NIS-Gazpromneft, Snezhana Lakićević and Anna Simanik, as well as Assistant to the Mayor of the town of Zrenjanin, Dusko Radisic came to Ukhta to continue work on a joint educational project of the University of Novi Sad and USTU.

Back in June at the meeting of the Council of the Municipal Urban District “Ukhta” it was decided to present Ukhta State Technical University Rector, Professor Nikolay Tskhadaya with an Honorary Citizen of Ukhta Award for his outstanding achievements in the field of science and education.

On September, 1st a traditional celebratory assembly devoted to Knowledge Day and World Day took place at the Ukhta State Technical University

From 8 to 12 July the USTU Krokhal tourist camp hosted Interregional Youth Educational Forum called Innovation: Krokhal 2014.

July 9 is the second day of the Inter-Regional Youth Forum, “Innovation: Krokhal 2014”. After charging exercises and tasty breakfast, all the participants gathered to listen to the lecture on “Mobilization of federal funding for innovative projects, experience of the Promoting Innovations Fund”. Anton Sorokin, curator of “UMNIK” organization team from the Fund for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology (FASIE ST), came from Moscow to tell the participants of the forum about how to get the money for the project.

On July 8 the opening ceremony of the forum took place, where welcoming speeches to the participants and guests of the "Innovation" were delivered by the Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Komi I.N. Kovzel; Head of Administration Municipal Urban District "Ukhta", I.N. Michel; Head of Municipal Urban District "Ukhta" - Chairperson of the Council of Municipal Urban District "Ukhta", R.V. Melnik; USTU Rector, Professor N.D. Tskhadaya; Rector of the Komi Republican Academy of State Service and Administration N.A. Nesterova; SFI Rector V.V.

Ukhta State Technical University remotely participated in the annual international conference "Electronic Nakhichevan: Information and Communications Technology in Training." This conference covers various areas of Information Technologies. At the conference USTU was represented by Anton Grigoryev, Head of International Department, Daniil Yuriev, Head of Department for International Information Cooperation and Projects, and Maxim Barabanov, Director of the Information and Computing Center.

On Monday, June 30 the Finnougoriya Ethnocultural Park in Yb settlement hosted a roundtable discussion on preservation and reproduction of fish resources of the Komi Republic. Among the participants of the discussion were public figures, representatives of scientific community, representatives of the aquaculture companies, members of the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Ecology of the State Duma, and other people who are concerned with eco-component of the native republic and the country.

On June 25, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of Komi hosted a working meeting on improving the efficiency of the planning mechanism for training specialists in professional educational institutions in the Komi Republic in accordance with regional needs of the economy and social sphere.