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10 profile officers of the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly from the city of Accra (Ghana) are being trained at the school "Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy" of the Institute of Environmental Engineering of RUDN University.

RUDN University is to train 100 specialists in Agronomy and Ecology for Ghana at the request of its industrial partner, the Jospong Group, which unites 60 companies. The number of trained personnel will amount to over 600 within 5 years. The fields of study which are of interest to the partner include Agronomy, Information Technology, Applied Nature Management, Ecology. The company is ready to pay for travel, accommodation and scholarships for these students. RUDN University will accept students within preferential rights.

The delegation of the Republic of The Gambia led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mamadou Tangara visited the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Members of the delegation met with Rector Oleg Yastrebov and the staff of the Agricultural and Technological Institute of RUDN University, went on a tour of biotechnological laboratories and a laboratory for studying soils chemical composition and properties.

January 10–11, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia received a delegation from Ibn Haldun University (Turkey), the parties holding negotiations on expanding scientific and academic cooperation in the humanitarian areas.

The winners of the Open Olympiad will have an opportunity to study in their chosen major on a tuition-free basis; the awardees will have a discount on the cost of tuition.

RUDN University held a presentation of the Russian stage of the International and interregional socio-cultural program “BRICS Peoples Choose Life”. It is held with the aim of developing cooperation between the youth of the BRICS member countries in the cultural, educational and business spheres.

The annual meeting of the National Coordination Committee of the BRICS Network University with representatives of universities participating in the educational consortium was held at RUDN University. The participants discussed the results of the work of international thematic groups and outlined prospects for further work.

For the first time, medical students went on exchange studies to Cuba, for two weeks undergoing training with practical skills at the University of Medical Sciences of Havana.

Oleg Yastrebov, Rector of RUDN University, stated this at a meeting with Dr. Pindi Hazara Chana, Minister of Justice of the United Republic of Tanzania.

December 13, RUDN Institute of the Russian Language opened the Center for Russian Language and Culture “Russian Space” at the University of Arts and Humanities of Bamako (Republic of Mali).

November 22, the RUDN delegation participated in the project “Education in Russia. Your key to success”, uniting 47 leading universities in Russia. The project was organized by the Representative Office of Rossotrudnichestvo in the Republic of Belarus.

November 20, RUDN hosted the annual meeting of the Coordination Council of the CIS Network University. Participants assessed the results of the admissions campaign for joint educational programs, outlining the prospects for future collaborations. It was also proposed to establish an association for the CIS Network University graduates.