Andrey Bratsikhin graduated from the Stavropol State Technical University in 1998 with a degree in Machines and Apparatus for Food Production, and in 2015 - from the North Caucasus Federal University with a master’s degree in Linguistics. In 2002, defended his thesis for the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences, and in 2009 - thesis for the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences. Since July 2021, he has been appointed Rector of the Udmurt State Agrarian University. Winner of the START-2010 program under Foundation for Assistance to Innovations with the project «Modern Nanotechnologies in the Production of New Generation Balanced Food Products». Since September 2014 - accredited as an expert in the Federal Register of Experts in the Scientific and Technical Sphere. International expert of the 1st category in the system of international accreditation of universities. Graduate of the program «Rectors’ School 12: Rector’s Personnel Reserve». In 2024, he was elected Chairman of the Council of Rectors of Universities of the Udmurt Republic. Coordinator of the project dedicated to an inter-university campus design in the Udmurt Republic. Fluently speaks in English.