RUDN develops cooperation with Uganda
During the conversation, the parties touched upon issues of cooperation in the field of training highly qualified national personnel at RUDN University, as well as organizing mutually beneficial cooperation between RUDN and Ugandan partners in creating and promoting innovative technologies in the field of engineering and pharmacology.
The Prime Minister highly appreciated the significance and role of RUDN in training national personnel not only for Uganda, but also for all African states, noting their significant contribution to the economic and humanitarian development of their countries.
The delegates presented information materials about the university, its programs and research projects for consideration and preparation of concrete proposals for cooperation with RUDN.
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.