The choice of priority areas for the
development of USU is determined by the objectives of socio-economic
development of the Ulyanovsk region, the Volga Federal District and the country
as a whole; state needs for the development of critical technologies and
promising areas of science; requirements of society, enterprises, institutions
and organizations of various forms of ownership in quality education;
opportunities for effective use of the existing scientific, educational and
innovative potential of the university; world development trends in the field
of economics, technology and social communications.
These objectives determined the formation of the
key areas of research and development in order to strengthen the position of USU
as a developer and manufacturer of innovative products for Russian and foreign
enterprises, attracting and retaining the most effective scientists and
engineers:
• “Digital production of high-tech products”;
• “Laser technologies and nanophotonics
technologies”;
• “Radiation technologies”;
• “Personified Nuclear Medicine”;
• “Robotics”;
• “Health-saving technologies. Ecology”.
Priority areas have become the key landmarks in
the processes of transforming science and innovation at USU. The main financial
resources are allocated to the implementation of these areas in a targeted way,
which has already enabled the university to achieve significant results in most
of these areas.
The development of USU in each of the priority
areas is carried out in a combination of two traditional areas of activity of
the classical university — multilevel education and scientific research.
Areas of research and development of
educational and scientific divisions of USU