Prospects of selecting talented students, priority training directions discussed at RUDN at the meeting with the delegation from Guatemala
Guatemala needs medical professionals, engineers and agrarians, humanitarian sphere being also of high interest, in particular international relations and political sciences. The parties expressed interest in increasing the number of state-funded places.
One of the potential cooperation areas is teaching Russian to Guatemalan school and university students by RUDN professors and refresher training of Guatemalan teachers at RUDN, which could help prepare Guatemalan students for studying in Russian universities.
RUDN is planning to actively cooperate with San Carlos University, which leads in the rankings of Central American universities.
RUDN representatives told schoolchildren and students of Kenya and Senegal about trends in nuclear energy, Russian technologies and education in Russia.
July 16, Oleg Yastrebov, RUDN University Rector and Riad Haddad, Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to Russia held talks. During the meeting, they discussed the study of Syrian students at RUDN University and validation of Russian diplomas. RUDN University Rector assured the meeting participants that the issue of diploma validation would be resolved in the near future.
More than 70 representatives of the embassies of foreign countries in Russia, representatives of the Federation Council, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation took part in the round table "The contribution of RUDN University to training national personnel for foreign countries." The event was held on February 5, in an online format and was timed to celebrate the 61st anniversary of RUDN University.