Meeting of the National Coordination Committee of the BRICS Network University at RUDN University
During the meeting, the main issues of the activities of the BRICS NU were discussed, and reports were heard from the coordinating universities on priority areas of training:
- power engineering;
- computer science and information security;
- research of BRICS countries;
- ecology and climate change;
- water resources and pollution neutralization;
- economy.
“It is important to develop multilateral interaction within the BRICS framework and joint educational programs, which are a tool for promoting Russian education abroad,” Natalya Syulkova, Deputy Vice-Rector for International Affairs of RUDN University.
Olga Molovtseva, Head of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation and International Organizations of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, noted that in connection with the expected expansion of the BRICS membership in 2024, and the entry of new universities into the BRICS NU from newly joined countries, it will be necessary to conduct a series of consultations and negotiations with new members of the association.
“The BRICS Network University is a tool for promoting the development of intercultural dialogue and mutual enrichment of cultures. In this regard, it is necessary to expand cooperation abroad by organizing educational exhibitions, conducting selection campaigns for education in Russia through quotas,” Anastasia Khokhlova, Acting Head of the Department of Education and Science of Rossotrudnichestvo.
At the meeting, the coordinating universities and co-coordinators of the BRICS NU discussed drafts of important regulatory documents and made adjustments to them: an agreement on joint educational programs, BRICS NU participant certificate, the concept of academic mobility of students and teaching staff.
At the end of the meeting, the coordinating universities NRU MPEI, NRU HSE, ITMO University, Ural Federal University and Tomsk Polytechnic University highlighted the results of the work of the BRICS NU international thematic groups this year.
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.