The first final of the All-Russian competition “Student of the Year. Architects” was launched in Kazan. The competition is a special open track of the Russian national prize "Student of the Year". This is a joint project of the Russian Youth Union and the presidential platform "Russia - the country of opportunities", which is being implemented within the framework of the Year of Science and Technology. The competition is supported by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs. All-Russian competition “Student of the Year. Architects”- is aimed at identifying and supporting students receiving education in the field of architecture and urban planning. The finalists were students of the architectural and construction areas of Russian universities, who have outstanding achievements in the field of architecture. The finalists will compete for the victory in specialized nominations: “best student in architect-designer”, “best student in architect-urban planner”, “best student in architect-restorer”, “best student in urbanist”, “best student in architect-designer” and “young architect". The competition tasks for the final involve individual and collective work of participants in various formats: presentation of achievements, practical tasks for the development of project concepts, professional testing. In addition, the participants will receive profile discussions, lectures, master classes from experts. The organizers of the competition are the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering”, the Ministry of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, and the All-Russian Public Organization “Russian Youth Union”. The competition is supported by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs within the framework of the All-Russian competition of youth projects.