Delegation of Palermo University in RUDN

March 9, RUDN Rector Vladimir Filippov received a delegation of Palermo University headed by Rector Fabrizio Micari. In the course of open discussion of cooperation between the two universities the parties agreed to give an impetus to joint strategically important scientific research that will result in joint publications in leading scientific journals. In 2016/2017 academic year “Ecology and nature management”, an English language joint Master’s program will start. The parties planned a considerable increase of student and teachers academic mobility. Considering the growing interest of Italians to the Russian language RUDN will send a teacher of Russian to Palermo while an Italian teacher will come to Moscow. The parties also discussed regular scientific interdisciplinary seminars in particular devoted to global and local problems of migration and attract representatives of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs so that the seminars contribute to the communities’ social development.