Doors Open Day at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies KFU

On March 3  Doors Open Day was held  at the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of  Kazan Federal University. The event attracted schoolchildren from different regions of  Russia -.  Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Chuvash Republic, Mari El, Nizhny Novgorod, Ulyanovsk, Smolensk and Moscow regions, and even from  far away  Komi Republic.. This day appeared to be a real “test-drive” for  the future applicants: everyone received a student card, a record book, they  also attended lectures and tutorials on general geology, paleontology, geophysics, geo-information systems, petroleum geology and oil and gas engineering. The schoolchildren  had a good chance to explore the unique laboratories of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies  and  A.A. Stukenberg  geological museum. In addition, the guys took part in the interactive contest “How well do you know the history of the Earth?”, and in the prize drawing  with the symbols of KFU and IGPT in  social networks.

A welcome speech was made by Danis Nurgaliyev, the Vice-rector for Research of  KFU and the Director of IGPT, who told his story of choosing a profession and the qualities that a geologist should have: “A geologist is different from all others in that he sees crystals of  mica , quartz, feldspar   in ordinary mud. This is a man who loves our Earth, he is not indifferent to what lies under his feet.”

Andrei Terekhin, Deputy Director for Practices and Interaction with Employers of  IGPT, spoke about career choice  and “School of  Young Geologists”,  as well as graduates’ job placement “.

Ildus Chukmarov, Deputy Director for Marketing of the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of  KFU and  Director of the Center for Advanced Training, Quality Management and Marketing, said that  the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies  provides training of  the multi-profile specialists  who are in demand on the labor market,