Results of the first year of the national project "Youth and children"
The national Youth and Children project, launched in 2025, aims to create conditions for the comprehensive development of children and youth, provide new opportunities for education, creativity and self-realization, and foster a socially responsible and patriotic personality.
To do this, according to the national project in Russia in 2025:
2,560 projects have been implemented under the Priority 2030 program;
About 1,100 schools have been completely renovated and built;
123 clusters have been created under the Professionalism program, bringing together colleges, scientific organizations and employers;
1,671 students of advanced engineering schools completed an internship or internship at the expense of grants provided by high - tech companies;
, 24 youth centers have been opened;
, 25 large - scale festivals and forums for young people have been organized;
3,275 people have received grants for the implementation of projects.
A network of modern campuses is being created as part of the national project. Today, campuses with advanced infrastructure and modern equipment are available to students and young scientists all over the country – from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad. There are 25 student campuses at various stages of construction, and by 2036 there will be at least 40 of them. The Nizhny Novgorod IT campus "Neymark" has already commissioned 18 hotel buildings with 1,350 beds. The campus of Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg is equipped with sports infrastructure facilities and cultural and leisure space, multimedia classrooms, video conferencing rooms and a medical center. The Genome Center, a scientific and educational complex with research facilities for the study of genetics, has been opened at the Interuniversity Student Campus of the Eurasian Research Center (Ufa).
An ITMO Highpark construction project is being implemented in St. Petersburg in the Pushkin district. The project involves the creation of a new ITMO University campus and a new generation innovation center on a land plot of 86 hectares. The campus will include the main academic building of the University for 2,100 people, dormitories for students, research centers, business infrastructure, leisure and sports facilities with a total area of about 124 thousand square meters. meters.
Currently, ITMO Highpark is in the active stage of construction of the first stage and design of the second. As part of the second stage, the state expertise approved the design documentation for the construction of three research centers and dormitories No. 3 and No. 4.
The engineering infrastructure of the first stage of construction is fully ready: storm water treatment plants and utilities have been built — water supply, sanitation, gas supply, electricity, heat supply, communications. At the end of 2025, the first stage of technological connection of the territory to the main gas supply networks was completed.
Road networks and transport infrastructure — the construction of the first stage of the internal street and road network of the ITMO Highpark territory has been completed: builders have laid almost 2 km of roadway with sidewalks and bike paths, as well as two temporary turning rings.
The technological valley of the ITMO Highpark is designed to create innovation, production and business infrastructure facilities on a separate engineering-prepared territory
at the expense of private investments. The area of the Technological Valley is about 16 hectares.
The ITMO Highpark project will focus on the following
scientific and technological specializations:
1. Artificial intelligence and information technology
2. Quantum and photonic technologies
3. Robotics and sensors
4. Biochemical systems and materials.
In addition, advanced engineering schools (PISH), training centers for new generation engineers, are being formed as part of the national project. They have created a unique educational environment that combines the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills with the participation of students in real research projects. Today, 50 universities in 23 regions of the country train specialists in a wide range of fields, including: transport, instrumentation, architecture, chemistry, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, mechanical engineering, rocket and space technology, nuclear energy, medical and information technology. During the existence of advanced engineering schools, students have received 1.5 thousand grants for internships in leading high-tech companies, more than 11.4 thousand teachers and managers have completed advanced training courses, and about 11 thousand engineers have received additional education.
The ITMO Advanced Engineering School in St. Petersburg has several important developments. A biotechnological platform has been created for processing plant raw materials into useful products. There is a technology that converts carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals for industry. A digital twin of oil has also been created, capable of automatically predicting its properties and composition.
"For a long time, we have been learning how to train researchers, most of whom work on the frontier. The model of this training required urgent changes both within the processes and within the personalities who personify them. It turned out to be attractive for solving the problems of technological leadership, markets and business only where it was possible to "get down to earth", but at the same time maintain motivation for breakthrough developments. Of course, now it is applied, interdisciplinary, and, of course, comprehensive support from industrial partners and their managers, who are ready to jointly participate in adventures and sometimes solve global technological challenges," said Alexander Vinogradov, Director of ITMO University.
The school is also working on the construction of a transarctic underwater fiber-optic communication line from Murmansk to Vladivostok and on a genetic screening platform. All these projects are aimed at solving real business problems.