Published on: 2026-10-30
Source: Government of the Russian Federation –
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As part of fulfilling the directive of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to create at least 40 university campuses by 2036, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia conducted the fourth selection of projects for inclusion in the federal project “Creation of a Network of Modern Campuses” within the national project “Youth and Children.”
32 applications from 25 subjects of the Russian Federation across 7 federal districts were submitted for consideration. The assessment was conducted according to an approved methodology, which involves a comprehensive analysis of the region’s potential and the direct impact of the campus on its scientific-technological and socio-economic development.
As a result of the selection, 19 projects were chosen in 17 cities: in Blagoveshchensk, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kirov, Konakovo (Tver region), Lipetsk, Moscow, Obninsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Rostov-on-Don, Rybinsk, Saint Petersburg, Tula, Cheboksary, Cherepovets, and Yalta.
The total area of the constructed facilities will be about 2 million square meters, with 29,000 places to accommodate students, researchers, and teachers. The total funding volume for the campuses proposed for inclusion in the federal project will amount to 474 billion rubles, including 224 billion rubles from the federal budget, 85 billion rubles from regional budgets, and 165 billion rubles from extrabudgetary sources.
Currently, 25 modern campus projects are at various stages of implementation in 23 regions and 7 federal districts. The construction and reconstruction of 123 capital construction facilities are planned, including academic buildings, research laboratories, student housing complexes, and social, sports, and engineering-transport infrastructure. The total area of the facilities being created is about 3 million square meters, with a total project cost of 896.93 billion rubles.
Since the start of the program’s implementation, 41 buildings of the campuses under construction (out of 123) with a total area of over 500 thousand square meters have been commissioned, providing nearly 12,000 additional places for student accommodation.
In particular, two campuses have been fully put into operation: Bauman Moscow State Technical University in Moscow and Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, where the International Youth Festival was held. By the end of this year, campuses in Kaliningrad and Novosibirsk will be fully operational, and a number of significant infrastructure facilities in Tyumen and Nizhny Novgorod will be completed.
The phased commissioning of campuses in Chelyabinsk, Ufa, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is planned for 2027, as well as the completion of construction and installation works at the MGSU campus in Moscow.
A large-scale program for the modernization of scientific and educational infrastructure in Sevastopol continues. Just during the period from 2021 to 2025, more than 1 billion rubles were allocated for the capital repair of 38 facilities. In 2026, the amount of allocated funds already reached 467 million rubles. A separate and the most capital-intensive block is the development of Sevastopol State University. As part of the program for repairing 800 dormitories, two facilities at Sevastopol State University are being revamped, with the total cost of work exceeding 550 million rubles. The renovated dormitories will accommodate 628 students.
Currently, 4 infrastructure facilities of SevGU with a total cost of over 7 billion rubles are under construction. The projects are planned to be completed in 2028–2029. About 8 billion rubles more are planned to be allocated for the further comprehensive development of the university’s infrastructure by 2032.
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