Department of International Educational Programs plans Cooperation with old and new partners for 2020

12:18, January 21, 2020

UrFU welcomed two Delegations from Indian and Chinese partner universities

Last week the Department of International Educational Programs welcomed two delegations at Ural Federal University.

The first Delegation from Sanjivani Group of Institutes (India) arrived on Monday, January 13. In the morning the Delegation had a meeting with the Head of the Department of International Educational Programs Mrs. Iana Vysotskaia and Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Sergey Knyazev. Both sides signed MOU and discussed further steps of cooperation. On the following day the Delegation had a meeting with Prof. Zoya Belyaeva, Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Head of the Civil Engineering track of “Summer University” Program. Under the guidance of Prof. Belyaeva Indian colleagues visited several laboratories in the Department of Civil Engineering. Indian partners always had a high interest in Civil Engineering Programs: for the past 6 years the Department of International Educational Programs has been successfully realizing short-term programs in Civil Engineering within “Summer University” Program and welcomed hundreds of Indian students. The number of industry partners has also increased: students from Civil Engineering track of “Summer University” visited “Uralmash” Plant, Gas-concrete blocks production plant “Teplit” and “Akademicheskaya” Thermal power station.

The Representatives of Sanjivani Group of Institutes and the Department of International Educational Programs discussed the projects of “Summer University 2020”, opportunities for joint degree programs and participation in the joint conferences.

The Department also took care of cultural activities and organized city tour for the colleagues from India to experience life in Ekaterinburg.

“The weather in Ekaterinburg is very cold, but people are very warm. So you have the right balance”, says Mr. Imran Shaik, Head of Corporate Relations, Sanjivani Group of Institutes.

On Thursday, January 16, the Delegation from Heilongjiang University (China) was welcomed at UrFU. Heilongjiang University has been a partner of Ural Federal University for years, many of Heilongjiang University graduate students come to study at UrFU for Masters. This visit aimed to revive the cooperation between universities and discuss upcoming event in summer 2020.

In July 2020 Ekaterinburg will host annual China Russia Expo, and one of the main exhibitors will be Heilongjiang Province. In the light of this Event, Heilongjiang University and Ural Federal University want to sign an agreement to create 1+1 Master Program in Regional Studies. Also, Heilongjiang University is ready to provide training for UrFU staff, who teach in the Confucius Institute and willing to send students to UrFU for short-term programs in Russian Language. Thereto, the Delegation a meeting with Nadezhda Ivashova, Head of Preparatory Department of Russian Language and Maria Guzikova, Head of the Confucius Institute UrFU.