Established in 2019, the Sirius University of Science and Technology is dedicated to training highly qualified personnel, conducting scientific research, and developing technological solutions that contribute to the intellectual potential and technological leadership of the Russian Federation.
The University's core is comprised of Research Centers in genetics, life sciences, translational medicine, cognitive research, information technology and artificial intelligence, ecology and climate change.
Its structure also includes a Laboratory Complex, a College, a Center for Intellectual Property Protection and Technology Transfer, a Center for Urbanism and Environmental Design, administrative units, and a Center for Socio-Humanistic Education.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
In the 2024/25 academic year, the University implemented over 95 additional vocational and general education programs, alongside scientific schools and conferences. Those were conducted in partnership with such leading academic centers and high-tech companies as PJSC Gazprom Neft, GC Rosatom, VK, the Bank of Russia, Alfa-Bank, Rostelecom, Yandex, Russian Railways, T-Bank, JSC Pharmstandard, JSC R-Pharm, PhosAgro, and T1 Group. Over 4,000 people participated in those programs.
In the 2025 academic year, the University admitted 186 students in 17 full-time master's degree programs: Bioinformatics, Genetics and Biotechnology of Plants, Immunobiology and Biomedicine, Mathematical Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Medical Chemistry, Molecular Medicine, Financial Mathematics and Financial Technology, Genetics and Genetic Technology, Applied Robotics, and Development and Management of Critical Information Infrastructure, including such new programs as Geoecology, Neurotechnology with Fundamental Biomaterials Science, Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling in Industry, Molecular Cell Biology, Industrial Biotechnology, Education Leadership, and State Strategies for Preserving Historical Memory. In September 2024, the University launched Russia's first experimental higher education program for ninthgrade graduates, integrated with the secondary general education curriculum, titled ‘Design, Development, and Management of Complex Information Systems’. The program's first cohort consists of 50 students from 29 different regions of Russia. In 2025, 50 talented ninth-grade students from 26 regions across the country were admitted to the program. All graduates will receive the qualification of Research and Development Engineer.
In 2025, the University launched its first specialized undergraduate ‘Bioengineering’ program for 11th-grade graduates. This program integrates fundamental science, modern bioinformatics methods, and applied problems, preparing students to work at the intersection of biology, engineering, and digital technology. The first cohort consists of 40 students.
This year admission was also held for 6 secondary professional education specialties: Network and System Administration, Information Systems and Programming, Ensuring Information Security of Telecommunication Systems, Tourism and Hospitality, and two new programs — Elementary School Teaching and Early Childhood Education — with a total enrollment of 268 students. The key industrial partners for these programs include Gazprom Neft PJSC, Rosatom GC, Rostelecom PJSC, Russian Railways JSC, and resident companies of the Sirius Innovation Science and Technology Center. In the 2024/25 academic year, 585 students were enrolled at the University College. In June 2025, a total of 77 students graduated from the secondary vocational education programs, including the first-ever graduation of 37 students from the educational program 43.02.16 — Tourism and Hospitality. Furthermore, Sirius University, in collaboration with the APF, provides methodological support for the secondary vocational education programs in new regions.
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
The University’s scientific activity is founded on the principle of interdisciplinary research, with projects in genomics, immunobiology, biotechnology, neurobiology, gene therapy, plant genome editing, robotics, clinical psychology and mathematical modelling. Under the guidance of leading scientists, 17 scientific and educational programs are being developed to create technologies and knowledge-based solutions addressing the ‘Big Challenges’ outlined in Russia’s Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development. In 2025, the University is offering postgraduate programs in 20 scientific fields: mathematical modelling; numerical methods and software development; physical chemistry; medical chemistry; molecular biology; genetics; mathematical biology; bioinformatics; cell biology; neurobiology; immunology (biological sciences); general psychology; personality psychology; history of psychology; interdisciplinary brain research; and geoecology. Currently, 162 postgraduate students are studying and conducting research at the University, with additional 97 admitted to postgraduate programs in 2025. Instead of scholarships, they are employed as junior researchers at various University centers and receive salaries. Since 2024, the University has held the right to award academic degrees independently. Its dissertation councils are formed individually for each defense, ensuring a thorough examination of theses and upholding the principle of multidisciplinary research. In 2024, the University researchers published more than 1,000 scientific articles, 195 of which were in top quartile (Q1) journals indexed in Scopus or Web of Science. The university has also received 20 patents, organized 15 scientific conferences attended by over 2,000 participants.
The University also conducts analytical, scientific, methodological, and predictive research to create conditions for the sustainable socio-economic and spatial development of the Sirius federal territory, ensuring its environmental and climatic stability. On behalf of the territory’s Administration and Council, it is developing a scientifically grounded socio-economic development strategy, as well as approaches and models for a unified territorial planning scheme, and is forming a concept for the regional eco-tourism.
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN FIGURES
- 20 postgraduate specialties
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>20 patents
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17 scientific conferences
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245 postgraduate students
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>1,000 research papers in 2024
INFRASTRUCTURE
The Sirius Science and Technology Campus is currently under construction in the Sirius federal territory. Its infrastructure will include:
• The University building, the former Sirius Park of Science and Art, is planned to be reconstructed in stages, with completion scheduled for 2028.
• Quarter for Students is to be constructed from 2024 to 2030 by renovating the Sigma Sirius apartment complex (capacity: 5,450 people) and constructing a new building (capacity: 2,600 people).
• Main University building — a new 100,000 square-meter facility planned for completion in 2028.
• Industrial Pharmacy — a 3,200-square-meter pilot industrial production site to be established from 2024 to 2026 in collaboration with KFR, a resident company of the ISTC.
• Federal Multidisciplinary Scientific and Clinical Center — a 40,000 square-meter facility planned for construction between 2025 and 2028.
• Kiwi Gardens Quarter — a complex of laboratory buildings, lecture halls, and greenhouses dedicated to research in biodiversity, plant biotechnology, marine research, and marine robotics. The construction is scheduled from 2024 to 2026.
THE STATE PROGRAM OF SIRIUS’ SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
In February 2024, the state program for scientific and technological development of the Sirius federal territory was approved, with implementation scheduled until 2030.
OBJECTIVES OF THE ‘SCIENCE’ STATE PROGRAM:
• conducting research to establish a sustainable development system for the Sirius federal territory;
• performing fundamental and exploratory scientific research in priority areas of science, technology and innovation;
• popularizing the achievements of Sirius’s innovative development;
• carrying out applied scientific research, experimental design, and technological work in the areas of science, technology and innovation;
• developing human resources;
• creating infrastructure for the innovative development of the Sirius federal territory.
33.015 billion rubles was allocated for the implementation of the ‘Science’ State Program in Sirius from 2024 to 2030
In 2025, another annual competition concluded in order to attract new scientific teams to Sirius’ priority areas. Teams led by prominent scientists will receive 50 million rubles annually for three years (with a potential two-year extension), while teams led by promising young researchers will receive 30 million rubles annually.