In this paper the place and a role of university in regional social and economic development reveal. External functions, the purposes and problems of regional university, and also the requirement to an orientation of its development are certain. The role of university is considered at its occurrence in segments. As the form of interaction the method of «joint projects», assuming definition of crossing of interests of the given group of partners and structures is offered.

The article is dedicated to the theoretical-methodological questions of the influence of mineral resources on social and economic development of regions in view of positions of supporters of the economic growth theory on the base of natural resource abundance and critics of the resource curse. The differentiated approach to an estimation of influence depending on some factors is proved. The role of a mineral-raw complex in various state spheres is analyzed. The correlation between state policy in sphere of development of mineral resources and other kinds of state policy is illustrated in the article.

The article is dedicated to the analysis of security by natural resources as factor of economic safety of the countries and areas. There is determined the place of Russia and its regions in modern geopolitic space. Methodological questions of an estimation of system of national mineral security are considered. The modern doctrine of Russia in the field of national mineral-raw security is illustrated in this article.