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Annual Report Annual Report Contents PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD 004 SKOLTECH IN BRIEF 006 01 / FOCUS AND GOVERNANCE 012 Human Capital 014 Institutional Development 030 Strategic Communication 040 02 / ACADEMIC & TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE 048 Teaching & Learning 053 Research Excellence 061 Integrating Innovation 104 03 / VALUE GENERATION 112 Industry Funded Research 114 New Enterprises & Technology Licensing 118 Professional Training 122 Advisory Services 124 04 / CAMPUS 126 05 / OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT 132 GLOSSARY 135 3 I am pleased to introduce the Annual are used in the aerospace industry, was Report 2018, the third year of my successfully developed and delivered to Presidency. ISS Reshetnev, allowing for the production The speed and scale of development of materials that were previously imported during 2015 – 2018 required commitment to Russia. The Enhanced Oil Recovery and efforts from our faculty, researchers, Lab is secured with R&D contracts engineers, students, alumni, management by largest companies such as Lukoil, and Trustees – all of whom who made Gazpromneft, Zarubezhneft, Rosneft, Total, Skoltech what it is today. and Schlumberger for a year ahead. The We are a fully operational international specialists of the Center for Energy Science university, attracting for permanent jobs and Technology have set-up a production line specialists with multi-year experience at of cathode materials based on lithium-iron- the world leading universities and high- phosphate сompounds, outdoing the world’s tech companies. We have established best counterparts by 8-10 %. The materials multidisciplinary teams working in the areas will serve for advanced batteries of medium of global science & technology agenda – and large-scale capacities. The first prototypes artificial intelligence, life sciences and of lithium-ion batteries of small capacity health, agrotechnologies, photonics & (for smartphones) have been designed. quantum materials, cutting-edge Joint research in genome editing (CRISPR- engineering and advanced materials. technologies) with Rutgers, MIT and Harvard Our reputation for academic & technology led to cutting-edge results protected with excellence was advanced by a number of three joint patents. The agreement on the remarkable results. Let me give you some joint usage of inventions has already allowed examples. the commercialization of results. An equipment complex for the production Our publication output is on the level of of aluminum honeycomb packs, which international young universities, holding top 4 ANNUAL REPORT // SKOLTECH President’s foreword positions in the world university rankings – as speakers on the top-international KAIST, Nanyang, HKUST – which is conferences; during the year more than a clear evidence of high qualification of 160 high-profile official delegations, our academic personnel and students. representing foreign ministries, diplomatic I am proud to say that this year we have missions, international universities and seen the highest amount of sponsored global high tech companies visited our research funding – a remarkable 1.1 billion state-of-the-art Campus, located in Skolkovo was raised via contracts with leading national Innovation Center with unique infrastructure and international companies and grant for life and work in the high-tech sector funding – Airbus, Bosch, Bitfury, Huawei, of the Russian economy. LG Electronics, Phillips, Total, Volkswagen, Very recently, Zhores Alferov, a man AM Munich Research Institute, Horizon of great mind and bright personality, 2020, RSF, RFBR and others. 2 billion rubles passed away. Fueled by earnest love for has been secured for the next three years. his motherland, he lived a long life full In 2018, Skoltech graduated its fourth of accomplishments, but above all, he class. About 50% are employed in Russian was an outstanding scholar fully devoted high-tech companies (Sberbank, Yandex, to science. He made world-changing Biocad and others), R&D divisions of discoveries, founded scientific schools international companies (Huawei, Cisco), and nurtured new talents. He was not only research institutions (Kurchatov, Russian a co-Chair of Skolkovo Scientific Advisory Quantum Center, institutes of the Russian Council, but a true believer of Skolkovo Academy of Sciences). 8% of graduates project. This is irreparable loss for all established their own startups, 38% are our community. pursuing PhDs, mostly at Skoltech. In the following pages you will read more We are visible in Russia and abroad. about our inspiring results, achieved by Skoltech scholars are regularly invited individuals and teams – Skoltech community. Alexander Kuleshov Skoltech President 5 Skoltech In Brief Mission Skoltech was founded in 2011 with Skoltech forms a part of the Skolkovo the vision of being a world-leading academic community which creates a new, self- institute of science and technology. sustaining innovation ecosystem providing As an academic institution, Skoltech an engine for Russian high-tech industry primary mission is academic & technology and attracting foreign investments. In this excellence in target domains. This includes paradigm, Skoltech acts as a catalyst performing cutting-edge basic and applied to foster cutting-edge research in research and educating next generation the advanced areas of crucial importance of science, technology and business leaders. for Russia, promote entrepreneurial activity Also, as a leading academic institution, and train internationally competitive Skoltech generates value in form of industry- specialists capable of working in the rapidly funded research and results implementation, changing research and technology landscape. new enterprises established by scholars, Further, Skoltech adopts advanced engineers, students and alumni, technology international practices in research, licensing, services of shared facilities, education, innovation & entrepreneurship, professional training, advisory services. and disseminates them to Russian Therefore, Skoltech reinforces Russia’s universities and academic institutions. technology excellence in target domains Therefore, in addition to direct monetary and bridges the gap between applied return, Skoltech creates significant indirect research and industry. long-term economic and social impact. DMITRY MEDVEDEV, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation: “Most of all, I was impressed not even by state-of-the-art equipment or outstanding Campus architecture, but Skoltech spirit and atmosphere, it is unique.” 6 ANNUAL REPORT // SKOLTECH Snapshot & Trends Focus Academic Excellence Target Domains 6 MSc and PhD 17 degree programs Centers for Research, 9 Education & Innovation papers in Scopus, 5.8 WoS per faculty Center for Entrepreneurship 1 & Innovation papers in Nature Index journals per faculty 0.5 headcount grants of Horizon 2020, 68 RSF, RFBR Human Capital growth in grant funding 65% compared to 2017 129 Faculty Postdocs & 229 researchers Value Generation Engineers & 134 technical staff 43 Enterprises Students from 1000 45 countries 26 are Sk residents Alumni 400 108 R&D contracts growth in R&D contracts funding 99% compared to 2017 Funding secured secured under Facilities R&D contracts of state- Rub and grants for 2 bln of-the-art 2019 – 2022 136,000 sq.m Campus Human Capital: data is provided as of the end of 2018. Academic Excellence: data on publication output is extracted from Nature Index,WoS, Scopus as of March 1,2019. Also see page 28 (Annotation of Institutional KPIs)”. Value Generation: Enterprises established by Skoltech faculty, researchers, students, alumni (cumulative from 2013). Data on enterprises and R&D contracts as of the end of 2018. Funding secured: data as of March 1, 2019. 7 Trends in Figures Academic & engineering personnel MSc and PhD intake, cohort 600 977 500 129 400 481 514 300 104 229 200 86 219 180 196 60 100 51 112 92 28 74 13 4 20 9 20 67 77 0 3 7 25 27 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Engineers & Technicians Intake Cohort Posdocs & Researchers Faculty Graduates (cumulative) Attracted funding (mln, Rub) 400 1112 224 569 132 389 265 51 61 80 2015 2016 2017 2018 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 *2015 – Skoltech first graduation Attracted funding includes R&D contracts, grants, consulting services, professional training 8 ANNUAL REPORT // SKOLTECH Papers in Nature Index journals Scopus Field-weighted Citation Impact2 by faculty headcount1 (2018) 2015 – 2018 Caltech 2.7 MIT 2.38 Skoltech 1.51 United States 1.42 MIT 1.6 Germany 1.41 France 1.34 Skoltech World 1.00 Nanyang 0.5 KAIST HKUST 0.3 0.5 BRICS 0.90 0.3 Russian Federation 0.73 Establishment: MIT (1861), Caltech (1891), KAIST (1971), Nanyang (1991), HKUST (1991), Skoltech (2011) New enterprises (cumulative) 26 19 12 4 17 1 9 6 7 1 1 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Non-SK residents SK residents Sources of financing (mln Rub) 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 SK Grant Contracts & grants Endowment income distributed Other sources 1 Data is provided as of March 1, 2019. Sources: Nature Index, university web pages. 2 Indicates how the number of citations received by papers compares the average number of citations received by all other similar papers index in Scopus (data as of March 1, 2019. SciVal source) 9 Skoltech Academic Network Univ. of Calgary (CAN)2 (Joint Hydrocarbon Recovery Lab) Polytechnique Montréal (CAN) MIT2 Key: Stage of relationship Co-Founder/partner 1 Active operational1 31 Formal Interest (MoU) 52 Contact established 77 Faculty collaborators 972
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