Under a public-private partnership arrangement, a state-of-the-art student campus designed to accommodate 17,500 people is planned for construction on Sirius’s federal territory. The project was announced by the Russian news agency TASS. The Sirius press service emphasized that the development is slated to unfold over seven years, spanning 2023 through 2030, with funding drawn through a PPP framework.
As part of the initiative, the campus will feature a student residential district, a university preparatory and outreach school, a health center, an academic building, rental housing for university staff, and additional facilities serving both Sirius residents and campus operations. The plan also includes various other buildings essential to campus life and academic enterprise, all positioned to create a comprehensive educational ecosystem on site.
In related remarks, Mikhail Mishustin, the former Prime Minister of Russia, highlighted that first-class university campuses are planned for nine additional regions beyond the Sirius project. The envisaged campuses are intended to strengthen regional higher education access and link research capacity with local industry and community needs.
Construction for the nine new campuses is scheduled to commence in 2023, with locations including Samara, Perm, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Ivanovo, Arkhangelsk, Tyumen, Khabarovsk, Veliky Novgorod, and Sirius itself. These projects will be carried out using a public-private partnership model, reflecting a broader strategy to expand high-quality higher education through joint investment and shared expertise.
Officials from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, including Minister Valery Falkov, stated that all nine facilities will be delivered through PPP arrangements. The approach aims to combine public oversight with private sector efficiency to accelerate development, ensure modern facilities, and foster a robust academic and research environment across regions.