Published on: 2026-10-05
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The State University of Management has developed and implemented an educational model that addresses the question of how to turn a student project into a practical solution, integrating the educational process with the completion of a real task for an enterprise or region. This was reported by the Vice-Rector of SUM, Dmitry Bryukhanov, during a presentation at the III Russian-Kyrgyz Educational Forum.
The value is not in the report, but in the implementation
One of the central events of the forum was the panel discussion “Bridge of Competencies: Implementing Innovative University Initiatives in the Interests of Economic and Regional Development,” at which Dmitry Bryukhanov gave a report titled “Learning through Implementation: From the Client’s Task to the Verified Effect.”
In his opinion, “the value of the model developed by GUU, which brings student projects to practice, is created not by the report, but by confirmed implementation: a solution makes sense only when the client acknowledges that it works in practice, delivers measurable results, and can be scaled.”
On this path, projects typically stumble over the same obstacles: overly broadly defined problem, lack of agreed outcome criteria, unavailability of data and testing platforms, and unclear responsibility for the pilot and implementation.
The response to these challenges was a unified project framework in which the task of an enterprise or region simultaneously becomes a training project, a subject of applied research, the basis of a product, and an object of pilot implementation.
The Vice-Rector also spoke about how this work is organized at the university. The project activities of GUU are supported by the project office, the project mentoring center, the business accelerator, and scientific departments, and the project lifecycle develops along two tracks – educational and product. Each project has a digital profile, undergoes intermediate certification, and concludes with testing. The outcome is not a presentation, but a prototype, software solution, model, or regulation—i.e., a tool that truly solves the client’s task.
According to Dmitry Bryukhanov, the path from a university idea to a pilot is ensured by five mechanisms: a team assembled around a real task that includes the customer; a two-track logic of “from task to prototype” and “from prototype to effect”; a responsible party on the customer’s side; prepared pilot sites; and phased project financing. The speaker particularly emphasized the role of joint laboratories and proposed adapting the GUU experience for universities in Kyrgyzstan.
Universities as an assembly point
The forum opened on October 1 at the KRSU venue. With a greeting to the participants, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic Ulan Mamatkanov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture Elena Pisareva, representative of the Kyrgyz Republic of the Jogorku Kenesh, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo Natalia Kiseleva, Chairwoman of the Coordinating Council of ANO “Eurasia”, State Duma Deputy Alyona Arshinova (by video message), and Rector of KRSU Sergey Volkov addressed the participants.
The tone of the business program was set by the plenary session “From Knowledge to Capital: Universities as an Assembly Point for Projects of Cooperation with the State and Industry.” Its moderator was Sergey Volkov, and among the speakers were Gulzat Isamatova, Minister of Science, Higher Education and Innovation of the Kyrgyz Republic; Artyom Novikov, Chairman of the Board of the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund; Andrey Rudskoy, Rector of the Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University of Peter the Great and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences; leaders of other universities and business representatives.
Other forum discussions were dedicated to the formation of new types of university teams, the development of career trajectories tailored to the requests of industrial partners, and joint projects of universities, volunteers, and NGOs. A separate conversation took place about the work of Russian-Kyrgyz consortia – agrarian, medical, and technical.
Second day: technology and future students
On October 2, work continued at the Kyrgyz State Technical University named after I. Razzakov, where the Forum of Technical Universities was held. Participants discussed joint R&D, educational programs, and the implementation of innovations in transport, energy, infrastructure, mining industry, and digitalization. Simultaneously, an exhibition of Russian higher education was held: schoolchildren, applicants, and their parents could get acquainted with the programs of Russian universities and learn about admission opportunities, including budget-funded places.
From memorandums – to projects
The forum took place on October 1–2, 2026, in Bishkek, bringing together representatives of leading universities, government bodies, businesses, and development institutions from both countries. It was organized by Rossotrudnichestvo, the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B. N. Yeltsin, and the Kostroma State Agricultural Academy, supported by the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. The strategic partner was the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund.
The main task of the forum is to move from general words to joint projects that will make universities in Russia and Kyrgyzstan reliable partners of the state, business, regions, and society. On the agenda are joint educational programs, scientific research and technological projects, training of in-demand specialists, and closer ties between universities and industry.
The practical outcome of the meeting was the development of a Roadmap for strategic partnership between universities and business and the signing of a number of agreements on joint research, personnel training, networked educational programs, and technology transfer.
The forum clearly demonstrated: cooperation between the universities of the two countries is reaching a new level – from declarations and memorandums to concrete projects in training in-demand personnel, technological development, and strengthening humanitarian ties. The participation of GUU confirmed the university’s role as one of the key partners in educational integration and personnel training for the economies of the EAEU countries, and the “learning through implementation” model – its potential as a tool that strengthens the “business – university – government” link in the Eurasian space.
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