“The mission of the modern university is to train creative leaders who make the world a better place,” Rector of RUDN University at an educational forum in Paris
The program of the event included three blocks: opening of the forum with the participation of Mikhail Kotyukov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, panel discussion “International education in Russia. Modern strategies, methodology and results”, and TED style presentations.
The panel discussion ended with a question to all participants of the panel discussion: “Why should foreign students go to study in Russia?”
TED style presentations of RUDN Rector Vladimir Filippov and a graduate of the RUDN University Hamed Abu Zahr (President of the Arab-Peruvian Chamber of Commerce, President of the Association of Alumni and Friends of the Peoples' Friendship University in Peru) demonstrated the opportunities offered to foreign students.
Hamed told his success story: “I know several foreign languages, my native language is Arabic, but out of gratitude for Russian education, today I will speak Russian.” His performance was accompanied by a bright kaleidoscope of photographs of student life at RUDN, and his wife and children, who had also graduated the most international university of Russia, came to support Hamed.
Vladimir Filippov spoke about the challenges and opportunities for the leading universities in the world. One of the key points of his presentation was: “The leading universities have not just a quantitative task - to increase the number of international students, but the task of quality for attracting capable, best students.”
Recent trends in the scientific and educational activities of leading universities in the world have led RUDN to systematizing this activity based on the cluster approach. The idea is that a consortium of partners is created for a group of neighboring countries, which includes representatives of ministries, government organizations, business, industry, partner universities and Alumni associations. Collaboration of partners is aimed at targeted training for the needs of a particular region as well as implementation of joint programs, scientific and industrial projects.
Rector of RUDN emphasized that the mission of the modern university is to train creative leaders who make the world a better place.
“Once we conducted a sociological survey among students, and if a 1st-year international student answered - I will do what the government decides to bring the greatest benefit to the people, in her final year she already said: “I will stand for peace on Earth and take care of the future of our planet."
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.