I. Metshin: "Kazan should be a magnet for students from the Urals and the Volga region"

(Kazan City KZN.RU, September 9, Zilya Gayfi). In the campus of Kazan State Power Engineering University at st. Yarullin of the Moskovsky district of the city a new 19-storey hostel for 560 places opened. Mayor Ilsur Metshin congratulated nonresident students with housewarming today. With the head of the city head of administration of the Kirovsky and Moskovsky districts Damir Fattakhov and chairman of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs of the Executive Committee Sergey Mironov visited the hostel.

Ilsur Metshin visited the Student Council of the hostel, where activists take important decisions for the life of the university. The Mayor asked the students, from what cities they came from. As it turned out, KSPEU is popular among graduates of Tatarstan and neighboring regions - Bashkortostan, Samarskaya area, Mari El, but there are also students from the distant Sakhalin. "15-20% of non-resident students come from Bashkiria, it's quite a lot. Interestingly, that almost all of them continue to live in our city,"- said the rector of KSPEU Edward Abdullazyanov. According Ilsur Metshin, it is not surprising, because Kazan has always been famous for its education far beyond the republic. "Our policy lies in the fact that we attract young people to receive education in our republic. We set ourselves the task of making Kazan a magnet for students from all over the Urals and the Volga region "- said the Mayor.

New building on st. Yarullin, construction of which began in September 2013, is the third hostel of Kazan State Power Engineering University - the other two are located in walking distance – at st. 2^nd Yugozapadnaya. Opening of a new hostel is a welcome event for the university. 9597 students study at KSPEU, 6959 of them are non-residents and 264 are foreign. In total 1410 people live in three hostels.

Thanks to international cooperation 264 foreign undergraduate and graduate students from 27 CIS and foreign countries: Bangladesh, Burundi, Vietnam, Egypt, Zambia, Yemen, Iraq, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Palestine, Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan also study at KSPEU.

For non-residents and foreign students the new hostel at st. Yarullin provides a comfortable environment for living, learning and recreation. 19-storey building resembling a skyscraper is markedly different from the others, especially by the fact that it is apartment type. 110 one-, two- and three-bedroom residential units with total area of ​​7651, 41 sq.m. are located in the hostel. Each has a balcony, bathroom, kitchen room with appliances, bedroom furniture, and spacious hallway. Also the building has two elevators. Ilsur Metshin drew attention to the quality of housing, noting that the units are equipped for students with maximum comfort.

Finally, the Mayor congratulated the students with settling into a new hostel and wished them success in their studies.