Siberian Federal University

Osamu Shimomura, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, will receive SibFU's Honorary Professor Diploma on 24 September 2012.

Siberian Federal University is among the institutions ranked by SIR (Scimago Institutions Ranking) to evaluate international research-focused institutions. SibFU has moved up by 200 points n the rating.

SibFU's Folk Dance Group visited China from 1 to 6 September 2012. The group was invited to perform at the week of North Eastern Asia's arts and culture. The week was an event of North Eastern Asia trade fair in Changchun near Harbin.

Siberian Federal University attended the IV international congress and exhibition 'Non-Ferrous Metals' 2012 from 5 to7 September 2012. Distinguished researchers gave public lectures at SibFU's Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals and Materials Science before the congress.

Minister of Education and Research Dmitry Livanov visited the formal event of opening the student campus of Southern Federal University. He said: «Federal universities will remain to be supported by the government».

SibFU web site is among top web sites to present helpful information for prospective students. The rating is based on the research results for monitoring the transparency of Russian tertiary educational institutions in 2012. The short list included 11 universities selected among 507 Russian tertiary educational institutions.

RF Prime Minister and the Chair to SibFU Trustee Board Dmitry Medvedev sent a message to wish the university's faculty, students and staff a happy new academic year.

SibFU's and Aichi Prefectural University's senior management have signed an agreement on Inter-University collaboration. Aichi Prefectural University is among the best municipal universities in Japan. The meeting was attended by SibFU's President Alexander Uss, SibFU's Rector Eugene Vaganov, the Rector of Aichi Prefectural University Tadayoshi Takashima, Professor Shiro Cato, President of Krasnoyarsk Union of Producers and Entrepreneurs Valery Sergienko.

On August 22nd, a Workshop “Environment and Global Climate Change” within the joint German-Russian Project “Central Siberian Laboratory on Global Climate Change - Sib-Lab” was held at the Center for Grant-Oriented Activity, Siberian Federal University (SibFU).

SibFU's site took the 18th place among the web sites of Russian tertiary institutions, according to 4 International Colleges & Universities (4ICU). The web poratal ranked 398 web sites of Russian universities.