RUDN and Porto University signed an agreement on cooperation in science and education
17 September, the delegation of the University of Porto headed by Professor Maria Ramus, Vice-Rector for research and development, came to RUDN University.
At a meeting with Rector Filippov an agreement on cooperation in science and education was signed. The parties agreed to elaborate dual-degree Master programs in chemistry and IT to be started September 1, 2018 and a dual-degree PhD program in chemistry.
In 2017, students’ exchange is done in the frame of Erasmus + program.
At the meeting the strategy of inviting researchers from Porto university to RUDN to the posts of leading researchers was discussed.
Another sphere of interest is joint work in space technologies, in particular using the results of space activities in various fields of economy – ecology, agronomy etc.
The agreement is concluded for 5 years with automatic prolongation.
In the frame of the visit the delegation came to the Faculty of Science where professor Fernandu Pereira delivered a lecture. The delegation also visited the Shared Knowledge Center and the Mission Control Center of RUDN IST.
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.