A meeting of the Council for the Review and Coordination of Advanced Engineering Schools (AES) was held. The Council’s work was chaired by its co-chairs: Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Nikolaevich Falkov and Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Andreevich Alikhanov. Twenty teams from Russian universities reported on their results in 2025. Based on the reports, a ranking will be compiled to determine subsequent subsidy allocations.
Results of the “Russian Electronics, Infocommunications, and Radiocommunications” Primary School
The interests of the Voronezh Region were represented at the meeting by:
• Artem Yuryevich Verkhovtsev, Deputy Chairman of the Voronezh Region Government;
• Azret Yusupovich Bekkiev, Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of JSC United Instrument-Making Corporation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
• Pavel Pavlovich Kutsko, General Director of JSC NIIET (part of Element Group, MOEX: ELMT);
• Yuri Nikolaevich Starilov, Acting Rector of VSU;
• Grigory Konstantinovich Uskov, Head of the Advanced Engineering School of Voronezh State University;
• Dmitry Vladimirovich Kostin, Acting Vice-Rector for Science, Innovation, and Digitalization.
Voronezh State University’s “Russian Electronics, Infocommunications, and Radiocommunications” School successfully met all key performance indicators for 2025, demonstrating its readiness for effective program implementation in 2026.
The work at VSU’s School focuses on the end-to-end design of electronic systems based on domestic electronic components. In 2025, the team succeeded in import substitution of electronic components, navigation systems, and communications systems, as well as creating a new generation of devices for energy-efficient microwave electronics.
Performance indicators of the Voronezh State University’s “Russian Electronics, Infocommunications, and Radiocommunications” School of Advanced Studies:
• Research and development funding raised for industrial partners exceeded 166 million rubles;
• Research results increased by 35 percent compared to 2024;
• The foundation has been laid for program implementation in 2026 and the school’s long-term development in close collaboration with industrial partners until 2030.
The role of the Advanced Engineering School in industry cooperation.
The goal of the federal project “Advanced Engineering Schools” is to train a new generation of engineers capable of solving complex technical problems and implementing innovations in the real sector of the economy. Deputy Chairman of the Regional Government Artem Verkhovtsev emphasized: “The leadership of our industrial partners confirmed that VSU’s Advanced Engineering School allowed us to implement these developments significantly faster by consolidating the university’s scientific potential and the capabilities of enterprises. In a region with a high concentration of radio and microelectronics industries, the Advanced Engineering School has become a platform for building cooperation between industry participants. It is thanks to the school that JSC NIIET began supplying electronic components to JSC Concern Sozvezdie. We see enormous potential in this collaboration.”
Representatives of the Advanced Engineering School Council noted that the participation of universities and businesses in the program contributes to sustainable changes in the engineering training system, the development of applied research, and the strengthening of direct interactions between universities and industry.
