RUDN University – operator of the All-Russia secondary school students Olympics
Olympics started in Russia 300 years ago and today the urge to find and educate talented children is especially pressing. The All-Russia Olympics has been held since 1965, 6 million students from all over Russia taking part. It is traditionally held in 24 subjects from 1 September till 30 April, in 4 stages: local (school), municipal, regional and final.
In 2018, Peoples’ friendship university of Russia became the chief coordinator of this Olympics. RUDN academics will act as experts and independent examiners at the competitions. The final stage starts 20 March, in 15 Russian cities and towns. The winners of the Olympics will form teams of the RF to participate in international intellectual contests.
December 15, Minsk hosted the IX International Student Olympiad in Human Anatomy. It was attended by 9 teams from Russia and Belarus. Students of RUDN took two 3rd places in the theoretical and practical rounds.
The VI Firsova Readings conference “Modern languages and cultures: variability, functions, ideologies in the cognitive aspect”, held at the Faculty of Philology brought together speakers from Russia, England, Hungary, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, working in 9 thematic sessions. The conference featured a workshop, a round table and three seminars in Russian and English.
RUDN University will again become the most international platform for the Geographical Dictation, which will be held on November 19, in Russia and abroad. The dictation is held annually by the Russian Geographical Society on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The key goal of the project is to popularize geographical knowledge and increase interest in the geography of Russia. Test your geographic literacy!