Russian Federation
Education
Within the framework of the FASI project on hydrogen education, a number of scientific and education centers have been established to train specialists in hydrogen energy technologies. These education centers are functioning on the basis of the leading Russian universities and research institutes (the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, the RRC Kurchatov Institute, the Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Moscow High Technical University, Novosibirsk State University, the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Voronezh Polytechnical University, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Tomsk Technical University, and St. Petersburg State University). Also, several textbooks and method guides on hydrogen technologies and fuel cells have been published for high school students).
At the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, a new department specializing in electrochemical and hydrogen energy technologies has been founded to train specialists and post-graduate students. Additionally, several colleges have been established to educate elementary school children. These colleges function under the auspices of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute; the Moscow Institute of Radio Technology, Electronics and Automatics (MIREA); the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute (St. Petersburg); Novosibirsk State University; and others.
The MIREA has also prepared a number of relevant textbooks for school children. Further, some schools have initiated “hydrogen clubs,” and a scientific and education center, “Sokolinaya Gora,” has been established with the assistance of Moscow State University and MIREA.