The mission of Kazan Federal University has been set forth as:

– Contributing to Russia’s innovation-driven development and enhancing the competitiveness of its human capital resources through ensuring high-quality academic process, research and technological developments in priority development areas of the Russian Federation;

– Contributing to the promotion of the City of Kazan as a hub of creativity and dynamic innovation and a world-class centre of higher learning, research and academic excellence, as well as to the preservation and development of the city’s unique cultural and educational heritage in line with its role as guardian of the distinctive historical and cultural legacy of the ethnically and religiously diverse region where Europe and Asia meet.

Project 5-100

Kazan Federal University was a member of 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project which aims at maximizing the competitive position of leading Russian universities in the global research and education market. The strategic objective of KFU is to enhance its standing and academic reputation in the field of research and development (R&D), as well as achieve international recognition for the high standards of its academic programs and global leadership in a range of priority research areas, thus enabling the University to secure a place among the world’s top universities.

The program ran from 2013 to 2020.

Priority 2030

Priority 2030 is a new strategic academic leadership program set for the decade 2021 – 2030. It aims to include over a hundred universities into territorial and nationwide development projects. Currently, there are two tiers of grant funding – general (100 million rubles) and special (up to 1 billion rubles, depending on the competition results).

The first disbursal session took place in 2021, and Kazan University successfully obtained both the general grant of 100 million rubles and the Territorial Leadership grant of 994 million rubles.

The participants’ progress will be re-evaluated each year, and institutions may be both added to or eliminated from the program.