On May 26, during his working visit to Tatarstan, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev accompanied by Russian Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilieva, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and rector of Kazan Federal University Ilshat Gafurov visited IT lyceum at Kazan Federal University.
The lyceum opened on the initiative of Rustam Minnikhanov in 2012 and specializes in information technologies, robotics and programming. 288 talented children from Tatarstan and other Russian regions are studying there in 2016-2017.