USUE is a partner of Lomonosov Moscow State University

Viktor Kovalev, USUE Vice-Rector for Research, participated in the plenary session of the Moscow Strategic Universitarium held at Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 2026, the Universitarium, supported by MSU rector Viktor Sadovnichy, for the first time is held at the MSU Medical Research and Educational Institute, headed by Maria Vorontsova. Opening the plenary session, Maria Vladimirovna emphasized the role of strategizing in the development of medical science and practice in Russia and noted the need for consistent implementation of strategic management tools in the scientific and educational system for training personnel for the country's healthcare system.

Among the participants of the Moscow Strategic Universitarium - 2026 there are Alexander Nekipelov, director of the MSU Moscow School of Economics, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladimir Kvint, head of the Department of Economic and Financial Strategy at the MSU Moscow School of Economics, director of the MSU Center for Strategic Studies at the Institute for Mathematical Studies of Complex Systems,  Sergei Bodrunov, president of the VEO of Russia, director of S. Y. Witte Institute for New Industrial Developmentt, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Albert Bakhtizin, director of the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute under the Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladimir Ivanov, director of the N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry under the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and many other authoritative scientists and experts.

Speaking at the plenary session of the Moscow Strategic Universitarium, Viktor Kovalev, USUE Vice-Rector for Research, shared his experience of hosting the first Ural Universitarium, which brought together authoritative experts in strategizing at USUE in October 2025. He emphasized the importance of the partnership between USUE and Lomonosov Moscow State University in scientific and educational collaboration on industrial strategizing. For many years, the Urals have been perceived as the heart of Russian industry, the main driver of economic growth for this vast country. Despite its harsh natural environment, it has also endowed the region with abundant natural resources, which have become the foundation for the emergence of large enterprises of ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, machinery plants, chemical and power industries. The region supplies metals, military equipment, and machinery that play a key role in the country's survival. Therefore, industrial strategizing is particularly in demand in the Urals, Yekaterinburg, and enterprises in the Sverdlovsk region. Strategic thinking and sound planning act as a compass, enabling successful navigation through the turbulent sea of global change and crises. They help rationally utilize region's available resources, improve the efficiency of production facilities, and ensure the sustainability of key sectors of the regional economy.

Following Viktor Kovalev's presentation, colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University unanimously supported the continuation of further scientific and educational cooperation between the two universities in industrial strategizing, approving USUE's status as the venue for the next Ural Strategic Universitarium.

USUE Vice-Rector for Research, Viktor Kovalev, took part in the plenary session of the Moscow Strategic Universitarium held at Lomonosov Moscow State University.