Obtaining your higher education at South Ural State University has become even more affordable! For applicants enrolling in contract-based Bachelor's, Master's, and Specialist degree programmes, discounts are offered that help significantly reduce the tuition cost already starting from the first year of studies. The discount amount depends on the results of the Unified State Examination, grade point average of your diploma, or the selected payment method. In some cases the total amount saved could reach 12%.
Traditionally, Builder's Day is celebrated in Russia on the second Sunday of August. This is a holiday for those whose work becomes part of everyday life and leaves a mark in history. On the eve of this day, Aleksandr Kiianets, Director of the SUSU Institute of Architecture and Construction, spoke about the intricacies and importance of the profession.
– On Builder's Day, I would like to ask: what is the most important thing for you personally about the profession of a builder? Who is a modern builder?
Physical Culture Day is celebrated in Russia on the second Saturday in August every year. On August 8th, mass sports and festive events will be held all across our country. On the eve of the national sports day, we talk to Director of the SUSU Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service (ISTiS) Vadim Erlikh.
– Could you please share what most important lesson did sports teach you?
Every year, Russia celebrates Builder's Day on the second Sunday of August. This year, the holiday falls on August 9th. This date brings together those who design, construct, and improve buildings, roads, bridges, and infrastructure. In anticipation of this professional holiday, we have compiled five developments by scientists from the SUSU Institute of Architecture and Construction: from self-cleaning concrete to underwater construction technology without heavy equipment.
South Ural State University held a ceremony to sign the order for the enrolment of applicants to state-funded places as part of the 2026 Admissions Campaign. Starting September 1st, over 2000 first-year students will begin their studies in cutting-edge educational programmes in robotics, engineering, computer technology, and artificial intelligence, as well as in the humanities, natural sciences, and economics.
The 2026 Admissions Campaign has set a record: for the first time, SUSU has received more than 16000 applications.
In August 2025, SUSU won a grant to establish the Industrial Robotics Development Centre and became one of the satellite centres of INNOPOLIS University. Over the course of one year, with the support of the Governor and Government of the Chelyabinsk Region, in cooperation with the Chelyabinsk Forge and Press Plant and the Russian Robot Plant, the Centre has become a point of attraction for industrial enterprises in the Ural Region. They develop gripping devices, machine vision systems, training systems, and autonomous robots.
A team of scientists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Chelyabinsk, with the support of the Russian Science Foundation (grant No. 23-13-00318), developed a new series of fluorescent DNA probes based on pyridoindoles. The results were published in the Asian Journal of Chemistry (Chemistry. An Asian J.), a top-ranked scientific journal in Scopus.
SUSU was represented by Anastasiia Rybakova, Candidate of Sciences (Chemistry) and Associate Professor at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Chemistry.
South Ural State University is a place where people not only gain new knowledge or learn a profession, but also build families. The most solid relationships are born namely during student years.
Denis Shevchenko met his sweetheart Arina Pridon 5 years ago, at a rehearsal of the Victory Waltz patriotic flashmob, when they both were students of SUSU. As fate would have it, they were lined up as a dance pair, and they have been inseparable ever since.
Construction of eight world-class inter-university campus hotels has completed in the Chelyabinsk Region. The residential complex has a capacity of 3400 beds and is intended for undergraduates, postgraduates, and faculty members.
Check-in will begin very soon. For those who have already submitted an application through the official website, we recommend to carefully monitor the dates:
International Summer School "Territory of Opportunities: Region's Industrial, Scientific and Tourism Potential" for representatives of Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, People's Republic of China, has wrapped up at South Ural State University. As part of this program, the participants have learned about the educational system at SUSU, its scientific developments, as well as about the industrial potential of the South Ural region, and the culture of Russia.
A research team at SUSU, supported by a V.B. Khristenko Grant, is developing a software package aimed to simplify the engineering design process. In conventional computational fluid dynamics (CFD), solutions are obtained iteratively using computational meshes, which can result in complex simulations taking hours or even days to complete.
Maksim Lapshin, a lecturer at the Department of Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities (IMSSH) became a silver medallist at the International Qigong (Daoyin Yang Sheng Gong) Competition held in China July 18th through July 19th.
Qigong is a system of traditional Chinese practices that combines physical exercises, breathing techniques and meditation. It is part of the Chinese medicine system and is used for prevention and treatment of diseases, mind training and cultivating of inner force.
A researcher at South Ural State University has developed and patented a system for forecasting traffic congestion. The software analyses live video streams from cameras installed at road intersections, identifies five classes of vehicles, and accurately predicts when and where traffic congestion is likely to occur. To achieve this, the researcher has also patented two supporting software programs: one for video processing and another for expanding the dataset used to train the machine learning models.
Why do our eating habits change during the summer? How can we choose and store food safely in hot weather? What is the best way to quench your thirst? Anastasiia Rushchits, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering), Associate Professor of the Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology at the SUSU School of Medical Biology answers these and other questions.
– People often say that appetite naturally decreases in summer. Is this really true? Why does the body change its eating habits?
Did you know that students could travel across Russia free of charge or at highly affordable prices? StudTourism is a federal youth and student travel program designed to help students, postgraduate researchers, young scientists, and early-career professionals aged 18 to 35 travel across Russia and selected CIS countries conveniently and at a reasonable cost.
A ceremonial event marking the 80th graduation of the Military Training Centre named after twice Hero of the Soviet Union Guards Major Semyon Khokhriakov was held at South Ural State University.
The results of the seventh nationwide Student Startup grants competition for student and postgraduate startup projects have been announced in Moscow. The expert panel have selected more than 2200 winners, each of whom will receive a one-million-rouble grant to develop their project. Among them are students of South Ural State University, who have once again demonstrated a high level of expertise and competence in technological entrepreneurship.
Nataliia Shlemova, Associate Professor at the SUSU Department of Russian Language and Literature, shares her perspective on the role, interpretation, and potential risks of emojis in modern communication.
– Why are people increasingly replacing words with emojis?
The new academic year will begin pretty soon, and Chelyabinsk students will find a new point of attraction on our city's map! Comfortable rooms await residents of the stylish dormitories located in the midst of a modern architectural space.
This high praise is a result of a big-scale work on forming a portfolio of 83 products aimed at the scientific and technological development of our region. This event has confirmed the status of the South Ural region as one of the leaders of the pilot project by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.
As part of the V.B. Khristenko Grants Program, a team of students from the Department of Ecology and Chemical Engineering at the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics has proposed a concept for next-generation foliar nanofertilizers and zinc-oxide-based seed nanopriming. The project is led by Artem Ugaev, a student of group ET-282, jointly with Eva Petrova, Dariia Lipukhina, and Semyon Dyomin (group ET-432). Their development is based on the use of nanooxide systems, designed to help crops cope with soil salinity, drought, and heavy metal contamination.
The administration, faculty, staff, and students of our university congratulate Anastasiia Lapo, Vice-Rector for Student and Social Affairs and Chair of the Public Chamber of Chelyabinsk, on winning the Women Leaders of the Ural Region competition.
Researchers at South Ural State University have proposed combining two advanced concepts in materials science—high-entropy alloy design and self-healing—to create a new class of metallic materials. The project, led by Kseniia Rybalchenko, a lecturer and postgraduate researcher at the Department of Materials Science, Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials, has received support through the V.B. Khristenko grant program. The research aims to address the problem of wear and premature failure of engineering components.
On July 8th, representatives of South Ural State University took part in the 4th Family Parade held in Chelyabinsk on the occasion of the Day of Family, Love and Faithfulness.
Hundreds of our city’s residents walked in a festive procession from the monument to Igor Kurchatov, along the pedestrian passage of Lenin Prospekt and towards the central entrance to the park named after Yu.A. Gagarin. This parade brought together families of different generations, public organizations, educational institutions, and all those sharing the traditional family values.
