Rector of the Peoples' Friendship University Vladimir Filippov nominated for the candidacy of the Head of the Committee on educational programs of UNESCO
Vladimir Filippov, Rector of RUDN University, member of the Council of Europe and UNESCO expert group on recognition of higher education documents in Europe, representative of the second electoral group of the Steering Committee of the UNESCO Education 2030 Program, was nominated Head of the Committee.
The UNESCO Educational Programs Committee was established to implement, coordinate and monitor the Sustainable Development Goal 4 - “Education 2030” (SDG 4, UNESCO) in the Russian Federation.
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SDG 4 aims to provide inclusive quality education and education for all, regardless of gender, citizenship and health opportunities. In addition, SDG 4 addresses issues of teacher training, lifelong learning, technical and vocational education, management, and quality of the educational process.
December 28, RUDN University Rector Oleg Yastrebov and QS World Merit Head of Partnerships Zoya Zaitseva signed an agreement on large-scale cooperation in achieving 17 sustainable development goals identified by the UN.
In a year, RUDN University rose from 43 to 31 place in the international QS University Rankings: Emerging Europe & Central Asia 2022. Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia showed the best results in international scientific relations, academic reputation and employer reputation categories.
RUDN has risen to the 28th position in the international ranking of environmentally friendly universities UI GreenMetric 2021 remaining the “greenest” university in Russia. This is the best result in the history of the university’s ranking participation since 2011. The list of the “greenest” universities was published on December 14. There are 956 universities from 80 countries, including 54 universities from Russia. The goal of the UI GreenMetric — assess universities according to campus development ecological sustainability and the energy-saving model of university management.