Far Eastern scientists and Skoltech launch collaboration

North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, in Russia?s Far East, and Skolkovo?s Skoltech Universioty have agreed to cooperate in education focused on energy, biomed, nanotech, ecology, and IT

North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) in Yakutia, Russia?s largest region in the Far East, and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) have agreed to collaborate in the field of education. Energy, biomed, nanotech, ecology and IT have been chosen as priority areas, the NEFU website announced. ?The agreement is aimed at coordinating interaction in the development of educational technologies to train the next generation of engineers, introduce CDIO standards and undertake joint scientific and engineering projects, with the overall goal of training world-class specialists,? said Vasily Savvinov, the director of NEFU?s Strategic Development Department...