As part of the IX Eastern Economic Forum, Rosneft’s Competence Centre was inaugurated at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU).

Rosneft is an important partner of the FEFU. In September 2022, the Company and the University signed an agreement to establish a Competence Centre. Its main tasks include training of highly qualified engineering personnel for Rosneft enterprises, including design engineers and shipbuilding technologists, as well as advanced training of employees of shipbuilding enterprises, primarily Zvezda Shipyard.

Boris Korobets, Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University, Sergey Dubovitsky, Minister of Vocational Education and Employment of the Primorsky Territory, Irina Bushmanova, First Deputy Minister of Education of the Primorsky Territory, representatives of PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, and Zvezda Shipyard, as well as teachers and students attended the opening ceremony of the Centre.

The structure of the Competence Centre envisages four thematic modules: Engineering Development (commissioned in 2023), Engineering Rosneft-Classes, Hull Structures and Materials, Ship Engineering Systems. Each module includes subject-specific laboratories, classrooms and departments equipped with the necessary teaching equipment and demonstration models.

The opening of the centre was marked by the presentation of a module for Rosneft’s shipbuilding engineering classes. Participants in the ceremony were shown the laser optics, marine robotics and ship modelling laboratories, as well as computer modelling and design. Classes for students of the Rosneft classes of the FEFU University School and other Rosneft classes in the Primorsky Territory are already being held here. In the future, career guidance groups will also be organised for grades 5-9.

In 2025, the Centre plans to open the Hull Structures and Materials and Ship Engineering Systems modules. The Centre’s infrastructure will include 18 classrooms, 3 co-working areas, 12 laboratories and 2 specail departments.

In 2025, when the Centre reaches full capacity, the number of Rosneft students will be 3,500 a year. This year, about 1,700 people are studying in various training programmes.

The Centre’s educational environment uses various modern learning formats, including networking between FEFU and other partner universities, including St Petersburg State Marine Technical University and Admiral G.I. Nevelsky Maritime State University, among others.

Rosneft
Information Division
September 5, 2024