RUDN University is to increase the quota for students from Tanzania
“Currently, 37 Tanzanian citizens are studying at RUDN University. In the near future, we will allocate additional scholarships under RUDN Open Olympiad program for foreign citizens. In the future, when selecting candidates to study at our university, we will take into account the recommendations of the Tanzanian Embassy in Moscow and the country’s Ministry of Justice,” Oleg Yastrebov, Rector of RUDN University.
Dr. Pindi Hazara Chana, Minister of Justice of Tanzania, proposed considering cooperation in the field of research activities, as well as short-term exchange programs for students and teachers with leading universities in Tanzania in the fields of medicine, agriculture and law.
Tanzania is also interested in the volunteer activities of RUDN University, which has the largest volunteer center among all universities in Russia. Next year, the parties agreed to include joint volunteer activities in the work plan.
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.