RUDN at the first All-African meeting of graduates of Russian and Soviet HEIs
28 November RF Minister of education Olga Vasilieva welcomed the meeting, Rector V.Filippov sent his video address to the participants, who discussed the Charter of the coming African Union of graduates’ associations and elected the Steering Committee.
29 November, experts of the Steering Committee talked about the prospects of the Union related to the role of Arab graduates in the integration and consolidation of the Arab nation.
RUDN University also signed an agreement with the leading Moroccan HEI –Mohammad V University.
RUDN University is to train 100 specialists in Agronomy and Ecology for Ghana at the request of its industrial partner, the Jospong Group, which unites 60 companies. The number of trained personnel will amount to over 600 within 5 years. The fields of study which are of interest to the partner include Agronomy, Information Technology, Applied Nature Management, Ecology. The company is ready to pay for travel, accommodation and scholarships for these students. RUDN University will accept students within preferential rights.
The delegation of the Republic of The Gambia led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mamadou Tangara visited the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Members of the delegation met with Rector Oleg Yastrebov and the staff of the Agricultural and Technological Institute of RUDN University, went on a tour of biotechnological laboratories and a laboratory for studying soils chemical composition and properties.
January 10–11, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia received a delegation from Ibn Haldun University (Turkey), the parties holding negotiations on expanding scientific and academic cooperation in the humanitarian areas.