Russia presented an Olympic University project on Thursday in Vancouver.

The university is to become a center to train staff for future Olympic Games, including the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Russian southern resort city of Sochi.

It will be founded by the sport ministry, the Sochi 2014 organizational committee, Russia's Olympic Committee and the Interros company - the project's key investor.

The university is due to officially open February 25, 2013, a year before the Sochi Olympics. Its first students are to be accepted six months prior to the date.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as well as Interros head Vladimir Potanin will oversee the university's activities.

VANCOUVER, February 26 (RIA Novosti)