New stage of cooperation: SPbPU and RAU have agreed to establish an international scientific center

The delegation of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, headed by the Scientific director of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, Professor Sergey Makarov, paid an official visit to the strategic partner, the Russian-Armenian University (RAU).

During the meeting, the parties summed up the results of the implementation of the current SPbPU—RAU Roadmap, which expires in 2025, and began planning joint actions for the following period. The main event was the signing of the memorandum, which marks a new stage in the partnership — the creation of a joint international scientific center «RAU — SPbPU». The center’s activities will focus on advanced research in the field of telecommunications systems. The universities also agreed to launch a number of new projects in related promising fields: nanostructure physics and microwave electronics.

The visit included not only business negotiations, but also an active educational program. Maxim Vinnichenko, Deputy Director of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of SPbPU, gave an open lecture on the course «Optical Properties of Semiconductors and Nanostructures» for students and postgraduates of the RAU. The presentation, devoted to the connection between fundamental research and practical application in the development of modern photodetectors and sensors, caused a lively discussion.

A separate meeting was devoted to the organization of the 27th All-Russian Youth Conference on Semiconductor and Nanostructure Physics, Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanoelectronics, which will be held later this year. As a result, a working group and a program committee were established to review the reports, and a list of invited experts was agreed upon.

The parties also discussed the successful experience of conducting dissertation defenses in the joint dissertation council and scheduled the next defense for the end of 2025.