The Institute of Linguistics and International Communications jointly with Kazan Federal University will hold the All-Russian Dictation Quiz on Foreign Languages. It will simultaneously take place in more than 500 organizations of general, secondary vocational and higher education. All those willing are welcome to participate.
In 2024, among the Dictation Quiz participants were more than 34000 students from 67 regions of Russia, as well as from Belarus, Argentine, Cuba, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Hungary, and Uzbekistan.
Governor Alexey Texler has examined the progress of the construction of the world-class Inter-university Campus in Chelyabinsk and has called it one of the most major-scale projects in our region.
“Currently, we have focused our efforts on the second stage, the construction of six hotel buildings. The work is in full swing: hundreds of specialists work hard on site, and the facilities are more than 65% ready,” said the head of our region.
On October 17th, the 18th All-Russian Science-to-Practice Conference "Innovations in Construction. KNAUF Technologies" wrapped up at the Sigma Academic Complex of South Ural State University.
For nearly two decades now, the conference has been the result of collaboration between the SUSU Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering and the KNAUF group of companies.
On November 28, 2025, South Ural State University invites pupils, students, and young professionals to participate in the 19th International Youth Cooking Festival.
This year's festival is dedicated to the Year of Defender of the Fatherland and the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
The 10th International Scientific Conference on Innovations in Sport, Tourism and Education –icISTIS-2025 will be held at South Ural State University December 4 through December 5, 2025. It will be organized by the Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service.
The conference will be held in an online/offline format, bringing together participants from different regions of Russia and abroad.
An international team of researchers from the CSIR-CDRI (Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics of the Central Drug Research Institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), India, and South Ural State University investigated the mechanisms by which flavonoids found in papaya (Carica papaya L.) influence platelet levels in the blood of patients with dengue fever. SUSU was represented by Irina Potoroko, Director of the School of Medical Biology and Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), and Varisha Anjum, Senior Research Fellow at the School of Medical Biology.
Anatoliy Kostiuk is a graphic artist. He was born in Kemerovo in 1971, and he is a member of the Union of Russian Artists All-Russian Creative Public Organization, and of the International Association of Art AIAP UNESCO (2002).
Head of the Department of Theology, Culture, and Arts Natalya Parfentyeva explains how important such exhibitions held at SUSU are:
A night of sophisticated music has been organized at South Ural State University. As part of the 8th International Music Festival, a concert by Yuri Bashmet jointly with the Moscow Soloists chamber orchestra was held at our university with the support from the Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region. The musicians presented a program of compositions by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and won the hearts of the audience.
The 18th All-Russian Science-to-Practice Conference “Innovations in Construction. KNAUF Technologies” opened at the Sigma Academic Complex of South Ural State University on October 17th.
The conference is traditionally organized by South Ural State University and OOO KNAUF GIPS.
The conference brings together students, postgraduates, scientists, and representatives of the construction industry from Moscow, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, and Chelyabinsk. The morning session was opened by the SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner.
The 7th (23rd) All-Russian Archaeological Congress is a tradition revived since pre-revolutionary times. The event takes place every four years, travelling to major scientific centres across our country. This year, the congress has been held at the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk.
The congress's work covered 17 topics: from the "Formation and Development of Cultural Traditions in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Periods" to "Computer Technologies and Non-destructive Methods in Archaeological Research".
On October 15th, a quiz on “South Urals: Learn about the Land Where You Live” was held at the Russia – My History historical multimedia park. Five teams of 10 people each from different universities of Chelyabinsk took part in this game. South Ural State University was represented by students of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language of the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications.
On October 17th, South Ural State University hosted the 18th All-Russian Science-to-Practice Conference "Innovations in Construction. KNAUF Technologies." During the event, we spoke with Aleksandr Kiianets, Director of the SUSU Institute of Architecture and Construction.
– How is AI used in the construction industry today?
On October 15th, the final day of the 3rd All-Russian Children's Environmental Forum took place at the Taganay Congress Hall in Chelyabinsk. South Ural State University is one of its active organizers.
At the opening of the plenary session, the Chelyabinsk Region Governor Alexey Texler read a greeting from the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
On October 15th, “Startup Guide: Bascis of Technological Entrepreneurship” training course on entrepreneurship competences was held at South Ural State University as part of the “Technologies” federal project and with the support from the University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform.
The regional round of the "Student of the Year" Russian National Award has been held. Students of South Ural State University have become prize winners in this contest!
Winners:
Vasiliy Koziyanchuk in the "Social Activist of the Year" category;
Alisa Istomina in the "Athlete of the Year" category;
Lilit Grigorian in the "Media of the Year" category;
On October 14th, the 3rd All-Russian Children's Environmental Forum started in the assembly hall of South Ural State University, bringing together middle and high school students from 51 regions of our country.
Igor Gilev, Minister of Ecology of the Chelyabinsk Region, delivered a welcoming speech at the forum's opening ceremony:
Scientists from South Ural State University have developed a unique solution for improving the reliability of vehicles used in extreme conditions. The new backup drive allows vehicles to continue moving even if the main engine is damaged. This technology could become indispensable for the military and special forces, increasing the effectiveness of combat missions and protecting the lives of crews.
The idea for the development appeared spontaneously when one of the authors of the project was watching a report on the work of a maintenance battalion.
South Ural State University has taken its place in the 801-900 positions group and has become one of 1000 world’s top universities. In the ranking of the leading Russian universities, SUSU holds a place in the 30-34 positions group.
Athletes of the “Check and Round” SUSU Student Chessboxing Centre have won medals at an international chessboxing tournament as part of the 2nd World National Combat Sports Games. The competition was held in the Chuvash Republic, October 5th – 12th, 2025.
In Russia, the Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers' Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of October every year. In 2025, this professional holiday is celebrated on October 12th and not only by agricultural workers, specialists and top managers of agricultural enterprises, workers of the food processing sector and food manufacturers, but also by the SUSU researchers, who study biotechnology and make a serious contribution to solving of relevant problems of the agroindustrial complex.
On October 10th, a gala show of the SUSU Talent 2025 festival was held in the Assembly Hall of South Ural State University. Among the performers were the contest winners from various categories. The SUSU Talent 2025 festival is not only a traditional event that helps identify talented first-year students, but it is also a great opportunity for students to begin their career in creativity.
Vice-Rector for Student and Social Affairs Anastasiia Lapo offered the welcome speech:
On October 8, 2025, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of metal-organic frameworks” was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa (Australia), Richard Robson (Australia), and Omar M. Yaghi (USA).
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a construction kit in which metal units (iron, zinc, and zirconium ions) are connected via organic linkers, resulting in a "superporous" material.
A research study by an international team of scientists from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, India, and Russia on new capabilities of flow meters, has been published in the Scientific Reports journal. The team of scientists also included our fellow citizen Deputy Head of the SUSU Laboratory for Self-Validating Sensors, Systems, and Advanced Instrumentation Vladimir Sinitsin.
The scientists’ research focuses on the use of machine learning for modelling heat transfer in nanofluids.
On October 8th, Anton Korzhov, First Vice-Rector, Vice-Rector for Research at South Ural State University and Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), participated in a meeting of the Council of the National Research and Education Network for Machine Tool Engineering Consortium, held at the Crocus Expo IEC in Moscow.
The main topic of the meeting was uniting the industry's strengths: developing a common scientific and technical program, building human resources, and exploring growth opportunities for machine tool engineering in Russia.
