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Alumni
18 Aug 2023
“Bargaining with Arabs at the market is pure pleasure”, Anna Lashina, the best regional studies graduate, speaks about Arabic poetry, nuclear research and ballroom dancing

Why Arabs talk loudly, how science helped find love, what is the connection between quickstep, patience and the Arabic language – read an interview with Anna Lashina, the best graduate of “Foreign Regional Studies: Middle East”.

Alumni
19 Jul 2023
“I came to Russia to study and return home to develop Cameroon,” Tatiana Dense Koussi, graduate of RUDN Academy of Engineering

In 2019, Tatiana founded the Youths Make a Difference (YMD) International Youth Organization. It's been over a year since the last interview. She graduated from the university with a degree in Technical Systems Management, returned to Cameroon and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Youth Affairs. Read the iterview to find out what has changed.

Alumni
10 Jul 2023
“The Russian language turned out to be more difficult than I expected. Prefixes are a real nightmare”: Anton Borodin, the best financier graduate from Finland

How finances and furniture are connected, why Russian prefixes terrify a foreigner and where they cook the most delicious shawarma – read an interview with Anton Borodin, the best graduate of the Finance and Credit program from Finland.

Alumni
03 Jul 2023
“I dream of developing a drug against blood cancer” — Yulia Romanchuk, the best pharmaceutical graduate from Belarus

Read about how to fall in love with chemistry and not get out of the laboratory, eat berries during practice and survive classes in physics in an interview with Yulia Romanchuk, the best graduate at Pharmacy.

Alumni
28 Jun 2023
Writer, teacher, playwright, historian and painter — Ana Jusid, graduate of Peoples’ friendship university

Ana Jusid is a graduate of the Peoples' friendship university from Argentina. She graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology (now the Faculty of Philology) with a degree in History in 1971.

Alumni
01 Jun 2023
"Scientific research should be practical and solve real problems faced by society" – Yousef Naserzade and Nilufar Mahmoudi, graduates of RUDN Institute of Agrarian Technology from Iran

There was chemistry between Yusef Naserzadeh and Nilufar Mahmoudi... in the literal sense. Together they flew to Russia, enrolled in the postgraduate programme "Agriculture" and are now working on the project "Self-Regulating Bioorganic Packaging from Nanofertilizers". Yousef and Nilufar graduated from RUDN last year, but they continue to surprise us with their achievements.

Alumni
15 Apr 2023
“Scientific interests are very successfully intertwined with professional and even commercial ones”: Timur Imomnazarov, RUDN University graduate

Timur Imomnazarov is a graduate of RUDN Engineering Academy. Today he has his own business in the field of construction - "The First Composite Company". In our interview Timur talks about the first scientific article, love for skiing and his daughter.

Alumni
10 Mar 2023
Student, Graduate, Prime minister: César Verduga Vélez, RUDN graduate from Ecuador

We are introducing interesting heroes of the university. César Verduga Vélez is a RUDN graduate’71 from Ecuador.

Alumni
10 Oct 2022
“I clearly followed the instruction of our teachers — to be a source of knowledge for people,” — Ngan Tony Francois Pierre, RUDN University graduate from Cameroon

RUDN University has trained graduated about 200 thousand students, including specialists from all over the world. One of them is Francois, a graduate of the RUDN Faculty of Economics, a major Cameroonian entrepreneur and author of 9 books on economics and business. In 2010, Francois completed his postgraduate studies and defended his Ph.D. at RUDN.

Alumni
25 Aug 2022
“For 2 years now, I have been helping every first-year student from Yemen take their first steps into student life,” Al-Rahabi Mohammed Abdulkarim Mohammed, graduate of RUDN University

The trip of Mohammed to Russia is a part of his dream of becoming a diplomat. The young man studied international relations for 4 years, and after that he decided to change the track and broaden his horizons. This year he is graduating from RUDN University master’s program “Arts and Humanities”. Read the 7 years’ story and plans for the future in an interview.

Alumni
22 Jul 2022
“People read Viktor Pelevin in China — there are many Chinese elements in his works that can resonate” — Tian Yang (China)

Why do people read Viktor Pelevin in China? Who are the New Historicists and what is their theory about? How can an author create new frontiers for a story? Read an interview with Tian Yang, graduate of RUDN Philological faculty.

Alumni
27 Jun 2022
“I liked walking around snowy Moscow, especially after buying a warm jacket and gloves,” says Jorge Marco Calderon Verduga, RUDN Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences graduate

Marco Calderon Verduga came to Russia from Ecuador. He graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Political Science from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. Read an interview about the choice of university and adaptation in Moscow.