Rafael Trotman, minister for natural resources, and David Paterson, minister for public infrastructure from Guyana arrived at RUDN on October 18.
The agenda of the meeting included the following issues:
The agenda of the meeting included the following issues:
-training of skilled workers for national economy of Guyana on strategic areas, such as: mining, oil and gas engineering, ecology and natural resource use.
-possibility to study in RUDN for target groups of students from Guyana;
- enhancement of cooperation between the Public University of Guyana and Agrarian Technological institute of RUDN University;
- joint effort with Ecological Faculty of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia on the international project “Days of ecology”. The main goal of the project is visiting partner –countries by head academics of RUDN to share experiences in the area of ecological safety and sending students to study ecology in RUDN.
The delegation from Guyana visited the laboratories of RUDN Agrarian-Technological Institute, the Shared Research and Educational Center and RUDN Institute of Space Technologies, learned about technical abilities and opportunities of the university and latest scientific developments.
The representatives from Guyana showed interest in presented academic programs and offers to cooperate, highlighting their willing to continue to strengthen their relationships with Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.
Andrey Kostin, Russian oncologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, became the first Vice-Rector, Vice-Rector for Research at RUDN University.
RUDN has retained its position in the top 150 leading universities in the world in the international ranking — Times Higher Education: Golden Age University Rankings 2020. This is a list of the best universities in the world that were founded between 1945 and 1967.