INRTU was one of 13 Russian universities included in the Digital Universities Consortium, which is aimed at building market for higher education IT solutions. Toliatti State University initiated the creation of the consortium.

The consortium members agreed to create a shared information model of the university, unified registers of processes, digital services and basic IT services, and a package of standards for the interaction of university services and software products on the basis of the existing practices.

In the Digital Universities Consortium INRTU with rights of voting is represented by Vladimir Smirnov, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs. In his opinion, joining the consortium will help to form common approaches to the informatization of universities and share experience with colleagues in implementation of various processes and services.