Delegation of students and graduate students from MIT to meet with Russian students in St Petersburg, Moscow, and Kazan
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, a novel graduate research university that will train coming generations of Russian technology entrepreneurs and scientists, is pleased to announce the launch of recruiting for the inaugural Skolkovo Tech Student Fellows Program.
The unique three-year Skolkovo Tech Student Fellows Program will provide approximately 20 outstanding recent university graduates from Russia the opportunity to study for one year (2012-2013) at a world-class international research university, and then return to Russia to complete a Master’s Degree in science and engineering at Skolkovo Tech. Skolkovo Tech will select the 20 finalists of the program in an open, merit-based competition.
Skolkovo Tech’s primary institutional collaborator, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will send a delegation of undergraduate and graduate students to Russia for the week of January 15-21. The MIT delegation will visit with Russian students at the Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Science, Mechanics, and Optics (ITMO), the National University of Science and Technology (MISiS), and Kazan Federal University. MIT students will also have an opportunity to learn more about Russia’s innovation ecosystem, in meetings with venture capitalists in Saint Petersburg, Skolkovo clusters and resident companies in Moscow, and the Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan.
“Skolkovo Tech intends to have a transformative effect on the lives of its masters and doctoral students,” said Bram Caplan, Director of Students and Education at the new institute. “We want graduates of Skolkovo Tech to be global innovators who will attack the most daunting scientific and technological challenges facing Russia and the world today.”
A defining component of Skolkovo Tech will be its Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI), which will integrate education, research and practice in entrepreneurship and innovation, as applied to the scientific discoveries of the Skolkovo Tech research centers.
Skolkovo Tech aims to break new ground in bringing together Russian, US and global research and technology – and in integrating teaching, research, innovation and entrepreneurship.