RUDN delegation holds talks on cooperation with University of Mauritius
The parties are planning student exchange, included training, joint master's and PhD programs, cooperation in engineering, natural sciences, agronomy, linguistics, journalism.
The meeting was held within the framework of solemn events on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Mauritius.
RUDN is the first Russian university, whose representatives have visited the country with the purpose of establishing scientific and educational contacts during the last several decades.
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RUDN has been training highly qualified specialists for the Republic of Mauritius since 1960, over 150 specialists in the field of medicine, construction and veterinary have been trained over the past period. As of today, 2 citizens of Mauritius study at RUDN.
The University of Mauritius was founded in 1966, to provide quality education, creation and dissemination of knowledge through research and innovative approaches in the interests of the country and its national economy. More than 10 thousand students study at the university.
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.