On 1 September, more than 2,700 students from Rosneft classes in 20 regions of Russia started their studies at school. As part of its “School — College/University — Enterprise” corporate continuing education system, Rosneft collaborates with 203 educational institutions, including 56 schools, 65 colleges, and 82 Russian and international universities.

Rosneft classes offer specially designed programmes that provide in-depth study of mathematics, physics, chemistry and computer science, guided by the best teachers. Students of 10-11 grades demonstrate excellent knowledge, becoming winners and medalists of academic competitions at various levels.

As part of the project’s expansion, 10 additional specialised 9th grade classes will open in Samara, Novokuybyshevsk, Ryazan, Tyumen, Gubkinsky, Nefteyugansk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Votkinsk, Dudinka and Sorochinsk in the 2025 academic year.

In time for the start of the school year, Rosneft subsidiaries helped to refurbish schools and update equipment at colleges and universities in the regions where they operate.

Thanks to Samotlorneftegaz, the laboratories and classrooms at the Nizhnevartovsk Construction College and Urai Polytechnic College have been supplied with the necessary equipment.

Vostsibneftegaz provided the Krasnoyarsk Transport and Service Technical College with training and laboratory equipment, and renovated the conference hall at the Krasnoyarsk Technical College of Welding Technology and Energy. RN-Vankor has equipped laboratories, workshops and classrooms with modern equipment for training workers at educational institutions supervised by the enterprise. The Achinsk Oil Refinery renovated the living quarters at Achinsk Boarding School No. 3, which educates children with hearing impairments from various districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

With the support of Samaraneftegaz, the overhaul of schools in the villages of the Pokhvistnevsky District was completed, as was the technical re-equipment of seven classrooms in the Kinel-Cherkassky District of the Samara region. New sports grounds have been constructed at School No. 29 in Samara, interactive whiteboards have been purchased for School No. 41, and sound equipment has been acquired for School No. 16.

Udmurtneft helped to create a learning space at a school in Votkinsk, equipped with modern technology and software for working with information technology. Sports halls have also been renovated and refurbished.

RN-Nyaganneftegaz, the Tuapse Refinery, the Komsomolsk Refinery, the Ryazan Research and Production Centre, and other enterprises participated in equipping colleges with which cooperation agreements have been concluded as part of the Professionalitet federal project.

Yuganskneftegaz has helped to renovate eleven partner universities and five schools with Rosneft classes, as well as replacing furniture and buying laboratory equipment, computers, printers, interactive whiteboards, and other items. RN-Uvatneftegaz has created a multifunctional educational space at the Tyumen Technopark with infrastructure that allows to launch new educational programmes, to develop innovative technologies, and to exchange experiences.

Vostsibneftegaz, Udmurtenft, the Kuibyshev Refinery, and the Tuapse Refinery have purchased computers, multimedia equipment, laboratory equipment, and furniture for the universities under their supervision.

Furthermore, Rosneft and its subsidiaries organised festive events and congratulated schoolchildren on the start of the new academic year.

To mark Knowledge Day, for instance, over 1,300 Rosneft filling stations gave young visitors colourful timetables. At a number of Rosneft enterprises, parents of first-graders received additional financial support under collective agreements.

In Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District-Yugra, volunteers from RN-Yuganskneftegaz organised a festive event in Nefteyugansk for children who have been left without parental care and are currently living in the Solnyshko social shelter. The oil workers donated school supplies, clothing and other items necessary to the children in preparation for the new academic year.

As part of the Platform for Good Deeds corporate programme, employees of Rosneft’s central office in Moscow participated in the Let’s Get Children Ready for School campaign. The initiative provided more than 500 children from family centres in the Moscow, Krasnoyarsk and Kaluga regions with the necessary school supplies. The children were given backpacks, stationery, clothes and shoes.

As part of the Let’s Get Children Ready for School campaign, employees of RN-Nyaganneftegaz donated orthopaedic backpacks and art kits to children with disabilities. All kits are personalised to meet the individual needs of each child. Volunteers from SevKomNeftegaz and ROSPAN INTERNATIONAL also took part in this campaign, donating school supplies to children in need.

In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Tyumenneftegaz employees provided everything necessary to study for around 200 children with disabilities who are under the care of the Special Child public organisation in Tyumen. Employees of Kharampurneftegaz and the corporate research centre in Tyumen donated school backpacks, stationery and games to the Russian Children’s Fund and the Boomerang of Good charity fund.

As part of the Gift for School campaign, Bashneft volunteers organised festive events for children from social institutions under their patronage and presented them with gifts — school backpacks, stationery, school clothes, sports uniforms and shoes. In total, around 700 children from more than 20 institutions received school supplies.

As part of the Good Car Rally campaign, volunteers from RN-Vankor and Vostsibneftegaz presented art kits and school backpacks filled with stationery to children from low-income families and social organisations in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Employees of Samaraneftegaz, Orenburgneft, the Saratov Refinery, the Kuibyshev Refinery, the Tuapse Refinery, the Achinsk Refinery, the Komsomolsk Refinery, the Novokuibyshevsk Oil Company, the Angarsk Polymer Plant, and other enterprises also helped children from sponsored orphanages, social and educational institutions prepare for the new school year. Employees of Udmurtneft donated encyclopaedias and fiction books for extracurricular reading to children’s institutions. Volunteers from the Novokuybyshevsk Refinery organised a For A’s quiz for children from the I.E. Egorov boarding school in Novokuybyshevsk, and provided them with stationery.

Volunteers from RN-Severo-Zapad organised a festive sports event for children at the Vsevolozhsk Social Centre. They presented the children with school and sports clothing, stationery, educational books and fiction books, as well as sports gear.

Department of Information and Advertising
Rosneft
1 September 2025

Keywords: Social news 2025