RUDN discusses prospects for expanding cooperation with Lebanese State University
During the working meetings, the parties noted the successful experience of joint work, especially more than 200 Lebanese students studying in the Center for Russian Language and Pre-University Training successfully operating at the Lebanese State University.
Another perspective direction is the promotion of student academic mobility programs. In 2017, more than 25 students from the University of Lebanon were trained in the program of the summer school of RUDN Agrarian and Technological Institute. In early 2018, a group of RUDN students studied Arabic at the University of Lebanon, and already in the near future 50 Lebanese students are supposed to come to RUDN summer schools.
During the visit, the delegation met with the administration of RUDN Philological Faculty, the Institute of Hospitality and Tourism and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences confirming their intention to further deepen cooperation, develop and implement joint projects and signing three working programs of cooperation envisaging opening dual-degrees programs.
RUDN Vice-Rector for International Affairs Larisa Efremova emphasized that cooperation with the Lebanese State University is of strategic importance for the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in the context of creating a regional educational cluster in the Middle East and North Africa.
The number of foreign ambassadors of Russian education and science has reached 47. In October 2026, 12 more teachers, scientists, and public figures received this honorary status - from Brazil, Israel, Kazakhstan, Cameroon, China, Lebanon, Moldova, Mongolia, Nigeria, Peru, Syria, and the Central African Republic. Five of them studied at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.
Last week, RUDN University welcomed a delegation led by Gao Song, President of Peking University. The visit marked his first international trip since assuming office as the rector of the university, which ranks 13th globally.
In RUDN’s main building, Russian speech has mixed with Arabic and strict business suits with national attire. The reason for this is the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The university hosted a large-scale event “The Century of Friendship, Cultural and Scientific Exchange between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Russian Federation”, which brought together diplomats, scientists, rectors of leading universities, and students.