46 students of the Vienna University of Economics - participants of the Summer School of RUDN Philological faculty
The program included the study of aspects of intercultural communication, linguocultural processes, communication in English and German and at least 4 hours a day to learn Russian. Students were divided into groups depending on the initial level of language proficiency - from A1 to B1. Classes were held in the form of lectures, seminars, roundtables and games. It was not easy for students to memorize a large number of new words, conjugation and types of verbs, and declination. But the support of teachers and curators helped to cope with the difficulties.
In addition to extensive training for the participants of the summer school, an excursion program was prepared. They visited the Kremlin, Sergiev Posad, Novodevichy Convent and Ostankino TV Center, strolled along the Gorky Park and the Hermitage Garden.
Throughout the stay, the Viennese students were accompanied by 15 linguistic students of the Department of Foreign Languages of the Philological Faculty, who showed them their student life, helped them settle in and cheerfully supported a friendly conversation. The participants of the school were happy about attentive teachers, concentrated training, as well as RUDN vast territory. They were especially impressed by the campus - there are no hostels for students at the Vienna University of Economics. The atmosphere of friendliness and hospitality also did not leave students indifferent, because it completely breaks the stereotype that in Russia people are gloomy and impolite.
Students of the Vienna University of Economics believe that the program of RUDN Philological faculty helped them to discover modern Russia, get acquainted with one of the leading Russian universities, plunge into its international student environment and make new friends.
The new list of federal innovation sites (FIS) of the Russian Federation includes 30 new organizations. Among them is the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. This became possible thanks to the development of the Digital Preparatory Faculty of RUDN University.
RUDN rose to the 26th position in the UI GreenMetric 2022 ranking and confirmed the status of the “greenest” university in Russia. The ranking includes 1,050 world universities, of which 52 are Russian.
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia is represented in all 16 subject rankings and in five out of six subject profiles of the Expert Analytical Center ranking. RUDN University showed the best results in the following areas: “Ecology” and “Agriculture and Biological Sciences” — 1st place. “Mathematics”, “Chemistry”, “Artificial Intelligence”, “Renewable Energy” are in the TOP — 5 subject ranking. In total, 152 universities were ranked in 2022 (137 in 2021).