The participants in the project of the ITMO Highpark Scientific, Educational and Innovation Center agreed to accelerate its implementation. The main building and hostels are planned to be commissioned in 2024. This was announced at a meeting of the board of directors of ITMO Highpark, held on June 5 at the SPIEF.
The construction of the engineering infrastructure for the campus will begin in July, and the first educational buildings and dormitories – in August 2021, the “DP” correspondent reports.
“We reviewed the current status of the implementation of the ITMO University infrastructure development program, made a decision on further financing of this project, which is very important for the city and the industry in terms of personnel training. , communications and mass communications of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadayev press service of Smolny.
“Since funding is provided from federal, city budgets and private funds, we exchanged views on how we can achieve building the main elements by 2024, and for the neighboring territory to develop so that ITMO can carry out its activities in this Highpark. As always, this is a conversation. about money, legal support. It seems that we have agreed on how to act, “Zakhar Smushkin, a member of the board of directors of ITMO Highpark JSC, told reporters.
In fact, we are talking about the construction of the second campus of ITMO University in a shorter time frame, which also coincides with the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation on the construction of five world-class campuses, noted the university's rector Vladimir Vasiliev.
“We believe that at the end of 2023, maximum at the end of 2024, the first undergraduates, graduate students and scientists will enter ITMO Highpark,” Vasiliev said.
All the design work of the first stage has already been completed, the conclusions of the state examination for the main buildings have been received. “We are starting to create networks on the territory and control the work of monopolists,” said Andrey Zakharov, General Director of ITMO Highpark. “.
Let us recall that the total amount of financing for the project is planned at 41 billion rubles. Of these, 21.8 billion rubles are from the federal budget. It is planned to allocate 4.8 billion rubles from the budget of St. Petersburg. Private investments will amount to RUB 14.4 billion. The city budget provides for the creation of engineering infrastructure and a street and road network.
ITMO Highpark will create 12,000 jobs. 3.6 thousand students will study here, 5 innovative industries will open, 50 international laboratories will work. The preparation of urban planning documentation for the first residential quarter of the satellite city Yuzhny is also being completed. Contracts are concluded with power supply organizations for the construction of engineering infrastructure.
