Medvedev orders creation of Crimean Federal University

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has issued a directive about establishing a Crimean Federal University named after Vladimir Vernadsky. The directive was posted on the Russian government's website, reports ITAR-TASS.

A concept note attached to the directive points out that the Federal University is to be established on the basis of seven higher learning institutions and seven research organisations. The Russian Ministry of Education and Science has been assigned to work out a federal university development programme within six months and refer it to government for approval.

The ministry is also to prepare proposals within a three-month period and submit them to the government for the purpose of adjusting the ‘Education Development’ programme for the 2013-20 period with regard to financing and implementing the initiative.
Full report on the ITAR-TASS site