RUDN and new standards of international higher education. Press-conference by Vladimir Filippov on the 8th of February

RUDN University presents new approaches to university positioning, a new brand and results of strategic initiatives realization. The main aim – transition from a classic international university to a research university. International cooperation is still the main feature of RUDN University – 1st place in internationalization in Russia, 154 countries, more than 250 agreements with foreign universities. RUDN is one of the most multiprofile universities in Russia having almost all majors and lines of study. The university leads 7 strategic initiatives to enhance competitiveness in the international education market. Priority directions are Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Biotechnologies and Pharmaceutics and Comparative socio-humanitarian research.

Who sets world educational standards? Why do Russian universities need branding? Which research projects will make the world better? What kind of academic exchange strengthen world economy? The answers to these questions will be given by RUDN Rector Vladimir Filippov.  

Peoples’ friendship university of Russia (RUDN, RUDN University) was founded 5 February, 1960. The first Russian university with 5 QS Stars in 5 categories (2016). RUDN – participant of «5-100» Academic Excellence project (since 2016), enters Times High Education international ranking (since 2016), the «greenest» Russian university according to UI Green Metric ranking (2016). In July 2017, RUDN will have conferred 100,000 degrees.

 

Participants of the event: — RUDN Rector, professor Vladimir M. FILIPPOV; Moderator – Head of PR Department Elena Apasova. Working languages – Russian and English. On-line broadcast.

 

08 February, 2017 11:00 am, «Russia Today» info agency, Glass Hall

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e-mail: press@rudn.ru