1. Yugra State University Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

2. Yugra State University Tel: +7-34671-5-75-04 Fax: +7-34671-2-11-86 E-mail: ugrasu@ugrasu.ru Rector Prof. Dr. Yuriy I. Reutov

3. Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug ̶ Yugra Total territory: 534.8 ths. km 2 Population: 1478.2 ths. people 2005: Electric energy generation: 66.1 billion kW/h Oil production: 267.6 million tons Gas production: 27.5 billion m 3

4. Our Location Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk: Capital of the Yugra region 50 thousand people 61° northern latitude 69° eastern longitude

5. Our Location Khanty-Mansiysk

6. Yugra State University Total number of: regular students 3250 distance learning students 1680 academic staff 380 Was formed in October 2001 by initiative of the Governor and Okrug’s administration.

7. Natural Resources Management Civil Engineering Law Humanitarian Physical Training, Sport, and Tourism Economics and Finance Informatics and Applied Mathematics Art Distance Learning Yugra State University Institutes of: Language, History, and Culture of the Aboriginal Peoples Faculties of:

8. 17% of students are representatives of the aboriginal peoples of the North There are 555 students (300 Khanty, 236 Mansi, 19 Nents) and 43 listeners on pre-university training department of the aboriginal peoples of the North

9. Laboratory of chromatography Educational and Research Analytical Center Laboratory of spectral research methods Laboratory of drilling mud

10. Yugra State University Students’ dormitory 1700 students and 100 teachers live in dormitories

11. International Cooperation Signed memorandums of understanding and agreements on cooperation with:  Utrecht University  Delft University  University of Helsinki  University of Kuopio  GöttingenUniversity  Göttingen University  Max-Plank Institute of Biogeochemistry, Jena  Technology Transfer Center Bremerhaven  Technical University of Ostrava  Czech Technical University in Prague  University of Nebraska – Lincoln  Southern Illinois University – Carbondale  Villanova University  Missouri Southern State University - Joplin

12. Center of Environmental Dynamics and Global Climate Change is establishing now 2.6 million USD has been provided by the Government of the Yugra Region for state-of-the-art equipment for the International Field Research Station Environmental Dynamics and Global Climate Change

13. Using international experience in training architects and development of the Siberian Northern territories Architecture of the Northern Regions

14. Languages, Traditional Culture, Using the Natural Resources of the Aboriginal Peoples Developing systems to involve aboriginal young people in international education with regard to geographic, social, and economic peculiarities of the regional development

15. Study of healthy lifestyle and human organism adaptation to the conditions of high latitudes regions. Developing of scientific and ecological tourism in the Northern Region Sport and Tourism

16. Potential fields of scientific and educational cooperation Environmental dynamics and global climate change (degradation of permafrost, carbon balance, value of peatlands for biodiversity and climate change control) Languages, traditional culture, and nature resources using of indigenous people System of involving of the indigenous young people into international education with regard to geographic, social, and economic peculiarities of the regional development Architecture and civil engineering of the Northern Regions Study of experience in the field of general planning finance-economic justification of settlements Healthy lifestyle and human organism adaptation to the conditions of high latitudes regions Developing of scientific and ecological tourism in the North