RUDN signs a Memorandum of cooperation with the Association of Brazilian private universities
The parties expressed readiness to do academic exchange, promote joint scientific guidance of Master’s and postgraduate theses, organize exhibitions, conferences and seminars in mutually interesting areas and do joint research.
The document was sighed during the working visit of RUDN delegation headed by Vice-rector Larisa Efremova to Brazil. ABMES representatives visited RUDN in September.
Head of the Association José Janguiê Bezerra Diniz said: «The Association unites more than 80 private universities of Brazil, where 300,000 people (more than 80% of all students of the country) study. It should be noted that only 17% of young people aged 18 – 24 have access to higher education. The task of ABMES is to increase this percentage and solve other challenging issues in education».
More than 70 representatives of the embassies of foreign countries in Russia, representatives of the Federation Council, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation took part in the round table "The contribution of RUDN University to training national personnel for foreign countries." The event was held on February 5, in an online format and was timed to celebrate the 61st anniversary of RUDN University.
December 15, on the basis of RUDN University, the first QS subject summit in the areas of “Modern Languages” and “Linguistics” started. The topic of the QS Subject Focus Summit is “Languages and Migration in the Context of Globalization”.
During the first hour of work, 1,000 schoolchildren from resource centers in Mongolia, Syria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Tajikistan, Moldova and Kyrgyzstan visited the online exhibition “Time to Study in Russia”. On December 17, the online opening of the exhibition took place at RUDN University site.