Nikolay Volobuev, Deputy General Director of Rostec State Corporation, held the first meeting of the Supervisory Board of the advanced microwave electronics engineering School. The Microwave Electronics Laboratory was established on the basis of MIREA, the Russian University of Technology, as part of the federal project "Advanced Engineering Schools" with the support of Rostec State Corporation. The project is aimed at the formation of a national competence center engaged in the training of engineering personnel of a new formation, as well as conducting scientific research to achieve the technological sovereignty of the Russian Federation in the field of radio engineering and electronics.
"Rostec State Corporation already has extensive experience in implementing advanced engineering schools in partnership with leading universities. From the experience of implementing other projects, we learned the main thing – you should not be afraid to ask questions that the industry does not yet know the answers to, it is important to actively use knowledge from different industries with the participation of other advanced universities. The reform and creation of new ones in the education system should be based on critical engineering competencies, including interdisciplinary ones, taking into account modern technological development. Ultrahigh frequency electronics technologies are classified as critical – they significantly affect the appearance and technical characteristics of electronic devices. The production of radar, radio navigation and radio communication equipment in the civil and military spheres of space, aviation, medical, and telecommunications industries depends on them. Microwave electronics research projects can strengthen scientific schools in the field of radiophysics, electrodynamics, mathematical modeling, computer-aided design and technological processes for manufacturing microwave products," Nikolai Volobuev noted.
The training of future engineers in the field of microwave electronics is conducted with the participation of specialized industrial partners from the radioelectronic industry. Students' education is based on individual programs, taking into account the specifics of their work in research projects.
Stanislav Kudzh, Rector of the MIREA – Russian University of Technology, spoke in his speech about what competencies a graduate of the University should have. According to him, the set of competencies is formed taking into account the needs of the industrial partner and, in addition to professional ones, includes knowledge in the field of project management in accordance with the subject areas of the microwave electronics industry.
The rector of RTU-MIREA named the construction of new educational sites equipped taking into account the requests of partner enterprises as one of the priority directions for the development of the advanced microwave electronics engineering school. In particular, in 2024-2025, it is planned to put into operation a new building at the Moscow University campus, where microwave component laboratories will be opened, created in accordance with the tasks facing Rostec State Corporation.
In turn, Alexander Borisov, General Designer of the A.I. Shokin Istok NPP (Roselektronika Holding), presented a new educational space in the Moscow Region, in the Fryazino science city – the Istok-RTU MIREA Technopark. The training of future specialists here will be conducted starting from school through project activities according to programs developed by the university together with partner enterprises. It is planned to put it into operation as a key innovation site of the advanced microwave electronics engineering school this year.
Yulia Tsvetkova, Director of Personnel Management at Rostec State Corporation, and Deputy First Vice-Rector of RTU-MIREAa Rogova supported the idea of end-to-end personnel training, making a proposal to involve schoolchildren in the activities of an advanced engineering school, including within the framework of Rostec engineering classes. As the first steps, the meeting participants approved the need to synchronize the activities of the Rostec Classes, Rostec Code and Advanced engineering School projects, as well as the use of common approaches tested in the framework of Rostec Classes and the Altair Children's Technopark in working with schoolchildren. In addition, the participants decided to contact the Ministry of Education of the Moscow Region with a proposal to launch the Rostec Classes project in the region from 2024, and to identify schools of the Fryazino science city as pilot ones. The members of the Supervisory Board also approved the initiative to invite the Rosatom State Corporation and the Almaz–Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region to join the general concept of end-to-end personnel training.
In total, with the participation of the State Corporation and its organizations, advanced engineering schools have been launched on the basis of 15 specialized universities – the Moscow Aviation Institute, Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Samara National Research University named after Academician S.P. Korolev, Ufa University of Science and Technology, Novosibirsk National Research State University, St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University and Southern Federal University, RTU-MIREA, Omsk State Technical University, Stankin Moscow State Technical University, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev, Rybinsk State Aviation Technical University named after P.A. Solovyov and Tula State University. The project is planned to be funded at the level of 1 billion rubles, and investments in the organization of new educational spaces will exceed 500 million rubles.