There are now 27 Open Doors organisers – Ufa University of Science and Technology (UUST) and Irkutsk National Technical University (IRNTU) have joined them.

UUST is the largest scientific and educational centre, where academic traditions are combined with innovation and technology.

The university comprises 10 institutes, 4 faculties and 6 branches in the cities of Birsk, Ishimbay, Kumertau, Neftekamsk, Sibay and Sterlitamak. There are also six secondary vocational education departments and the Institute of Secondary Vocational Education .

The university offers 150 bachelor’s, master’s and specialist degree programmes across more than 700 courses in the humanities, natural sciences and technical disciplines. UUST operates over 20 student exchange and dual-degree programmes with partner universities abroad.

IRNTU’s mission is to provide high-quality, accessible and modern education, transformed through the development of scientific and educational technologies, for a new generation of graduates capable of applying the knowledge they have acquired in science, industry and entrepreneurship.

The values and principles upheld by the university include:

- A high standard of graduate training that meets the requirements of society and the state

- Optimal conditions for free creativity, raising educational standards, professional development and self-expression amongst university staff

- The availability of infrastructure and material and technical resources ensuring the high quality of the university’s educational, scientific, cultural and social activities

- Integration into the global educational, scientific and cultural sphere

- High-quality development of the university’s human resources: an adequate level of qualification amongst managers and academic and teaching staff in all fields of knowledge covered by the university’s educational programmes; at least 66 per cent of academic and teaching staff holding an academic degree (including degrees awarded abroad and recognised in the Russian Federation); systematic professional development and retraining of academic and teaching staff, including placements at relevant, modern organisations in Russia and abroad; participation by academic staff in research (creative) projects relevant to the educational programmes delivered by the university, and annual publications on the results of research (creative) activities in leading domestic and international peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications; involving highly qualified industry specialists and staff from research and design organisations in the teaching process.