Three new universities join the CIS Network University Consortium
The meeting was attended by representatives of the CIS Executive Committee, the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation, the Presidential Administration, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Rossotrudnichestvo. The participants noted the importance of developing CIS management systems as a successful educational project in the Commonwealth space, which allows for the training of highly qualified specialists for the economies of the partner countries. 1,100 graduates is not only a solid figure, it is also human capital for the development of the scientific, educational, industrial and social sphere of the new independent states, it is a network of professionals ready to compete in the international labor market.
At the meeting of the Coordination Council, the main results and problems of the functioning of the CIS Network University was traditionally discussed nad the results of the 2018/2019 academic year were summed up.
Vice-Rector for International Affairs Larisa Efremova spoke about the main results of the meeting of the Council for Cooperation in the Field of Education of the CIS countries, held April 18-19, 2019, in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), and where the draft Agreement on the establishment and functioning of the CIS Network University was approved.
Particular attention was paid to the admission of foreign citizens for training in the framework of joint educational programs of the CIS NU in the 2019/2020 academic year and the search for solutions to enroll the best trained applicants.
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.