3 August, RUDN hosts a meeting of the National Rectorate of SCO University where top officials will define plans for the academic year and distribute quotas for Russian students.

In 2017-2018, the RF Government has allocated 350 places for Master’s and postdoc students. The number of places for Bachelor studies will be defined later.

SCO University comprises 78 leading universities from 6 countries including 20 Russian  universities in Astrakhan, Barnaul, Belgorod, Ekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa and Chelyabinsk.

In 2010 – 2016, 1,066 Master’s and postdoc students studied in Russian universities in the frame of SCO University.

SCO universities priority directions:

• Regional studies
• IT
• Nano-technology
• Power engineering
• Ecology .
• Economics
• Teaching sciences

In the near future it is planned to prepare specialists in the sphere of technosphere security, electric and thermal engineering and biotechnology.

Reference:

16 August, 2007 – RF President Vladimir Putin came forward with an initiative to set up SCO University, the idea was supported by SCO members states: Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

28 October, 2008 – Ministers of education of SCO countries signed a Concept of SCO University creation and functioning (Astana).

31 October, 2016 - Dmitry Medvedev signed  an order “On signing an Agreement on setting up and functioning of Shanghai Cooperation Organization University”.

When:  10:00 am

Where: 6, Miklukho-Maklaya

Accreditation – +7(499) 936-85-12, press@rudn.ru till 5:00 pm, 02.08.17