Skoltech is an international graduate research-focused university that was founded by the group of world-renowned scientists in 2011. Skoltech's curriculum focuses on technology and innovation, offering Master's programs in 11 technological disciplines. Students receive rigorous theoretical and practical training, design their own research projects, participate in internships and gain entrepreneurial skills in English. The faculty is comprised of current researchers with international accreditation and achievements.

Dignitaries of Helmholtz Association to visit Skoltech

On February 8 Skoltech is hosting a delegation from Germany – representatives of one of the largest German scientific organizations – Helmholtz Association, featuring its President Dr. Otmar Wiestler and heads of the Association’s leading research centers, operating all over Germany.

Edward Crawley. Skoltech Presient, and Keith Stevenson, Provost, Director of the Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage will tell German scientists about Skoltech and discuss potential collaboration in areas such as Space, Energy, IT and Biomedical technologies. By the end of the visit guests will view the latest Concurrent Engineering Design Laboratory (CEDL) led by Prof. Alessandro Golkar.

Media contacts – Alexander Zolotarev, +7 916 686 73 34, https://www.skoltech.ru

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The Helmholtz Association is dedicated to pursuing the long-term research goals of state and society, and to maintaining and improving the livelihoods of the population. In order to do this, the Helmholtz Association carries out top-level research to identify and explore the major challenges facing society, science and the economy. Its work is divided into six strategic research fields: Energy; Earth and Environment; Health; Key Technologies; Matter; and Aeronautics, Space and Transport. The Helmholtz Association brings together 18 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centres. With more than 38,000 employees and an annual budget of more than €4 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest scientific organisation. Its work follows in the tradition of the great natural scientist Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894). http://www.helmholtz.de/en/

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About Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology:

The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Skoltech will educate global leaders in innovation, advance scientific knowledge, and foster new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation. https://www.skoltech.ru

 

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