Russia’s Diplomacy of Education, Contribution to Human Resource Development and the Third World
The Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) is an educational and research institution located in Moscow. It was established in 1960 primarily to provide higher education to Third World students. It became an integral part of the Soviet cultural offensive in nonaligned countries. Many students especially from developing countries still attend this university. It is Russia’s most multidisciplinary university, which boasts the largest number of foreign students. The university offers various academic programmes, has research infrastructure that comprises laboratories and interdisciplinary centers.
More than 13,000 international students study at Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba. We deeply value the continuous support and assistance provided to our students by embassies and diplomatic missions in Russia. In celebration of the University’s anniversary, and as a token of appreciation for this support, we are pleased to offer a special gift — a special online Russian language course for staff of diplomatic missions.
In honor of the 65th anniversary of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba, the Digital Pre-University Faculty gives a unique opportunity to RUDN foreign alumni to communicate in Russian and their family members to study Russian together with the best professors of RUDN.
The new list of federal innovation platforms (FIP) of the Russian Federation includes 30 new organisations. Among them is Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba. This became possible thanks to the development of the Digital Pre-University Faculty of RUDN.