Dear lecturers, staff, students, postgraduates, scientists and partners of Ulyanovsk State Technical University! My warmest congratulations on the upcoming New Year!

On New Year's Eve, we summarize the results, remember the achievements and victories, set new goals and make wishes. We were all concerned about common problems, together we tried to cope with them and, working with full dedication, we did a lot in 2022.

The outgoing year will be remembered, of course, by the celebration of the 65th anniversary of UlSTU. Many warm letters of congratulations were sent to the university, many wishes from friends and partners were said, anniversary events, meetings and Faculty Days were organized. Recognition of the merits of our university is very important, so we say with confidence that UlSTU has worked, is working and will always work on the basis of the most effective quality management system of education and in the best traditions of the national higher school.

In the year of the 65th anniversary, we have perpetuated the memory of those who have done a lot for the development of science and the university.

The growth of interest in technical and engineering specialties was confirmed by this year's admission campaign. The university has increased the number of budget places, primarily in the master's degree program in priority areas of the Russian economy. For the first time, UlSTU conducted a master's degree program in five of the latest programs in the field of artificial intelligence. In 2023, the university is waiting for the first bachelors for new specialties in the field of information technology in the profile of artificial intelligence. And the geography of applicants to the Polytechnic now looks very extensive: students from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Tambov regions, Krasnodar, Perm Krai, Komi Republic, Mordovia, Chuvashia, Lugansk and Donetsk Republics are enrolled in the university.

In 2022, there were many successful projects that allow us to look to the future with optimism. The Competence Center "Composite Technologies" was opened on the basis of the Institute of Aviation Technologies and Management. The implementation of the large-scale project "Development of applied mathematics methods for solving interdisciplinary problems of environmentally friendly energy production from municipal and industrial waste", the winner of the megagrant competition of the Ministry of Education and Science, continues. In collaboration with a professor at the Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) by Theodor Simos, who took the first place among mathematicians in Russia in the Web of Science ranking for 2022, a world-class laboratory was created at UlSTU. The main personnel of the laboratory are young scientists, postgraduates and students of UlSTU. Another world–renowned scientist works in the laboratory - Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Sheremet Mikhail Alexandrovich from Tomsk.

The digital environment of the university is being improved, new services and options have been launched for students and teachers: cloud data storage, media archive with photos, video materials and electronic versions of the corporate newspaper. In the personal account, students can find out the schedule and find the right audience on the map.

As always, students participating in international and All-Russian, creative, intellectual and sports competitions and forums: "Student Startup", "Your Turn", "Student of the Year", "iVolga" and others contribute to the achievements of the university. Our national teams adequately represented the region at the All-Russian Summer Universiade in sport orienteering, chess and taekwondo competitions.

The RoboLife robotics team improved the Gazelle Next and became the absolute winner of the annual All-Russian competitions of unmanned vehicles "Robocross". The team has grandiose plans ahead: the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant has transferred UlSTU "UAZ – Patriot", on the basis of which an unmanned vehicle will also be created.

A new stage of development will also begin at the scientific and educational center "Boiling Point", which won the competition for grants and the creation of "Entrepreneurial Boiling Points" this year. New "Points" in universities should become a powerful platform for the development of youth entrepreneurship, ensuring economic security and achieving technological sovereignty of the country.