Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs an executive order on assigning the status of national research institutes to a number of higher education institutions

In line with Article 9 of Federal Law on Higher and Post-Graduate Education, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an executive order № 812-r of May 20, 2010, assigning the status of national research institutes to the following state higher education institutions: Belgorod State University, Irkutsk State Technological University, Kazan State Technological University, Ogaryov Mordovia State University, Moscow State Institute of Electronic Equipment (technical university), Moscow State Construction University, Moscow Energy Institute (technical university), Perm State University, Russian State Medical University under the Federal Agency on Healthcare and Social Development, Gubkin Russian State Oil and Gas University, St Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Chenyshevsky Saratov State University, Tomsk State University, South UIrals State University, and the Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre at St Petersburg Academic University, Russian Academy of Sciences.