RUDN signs a cooperation agreement with Toulouse II University (France)
25 September, the delegation of University Toulouse II headed by President Mr.Lacroix visited RUDN University.
The parties signed a bilateral cooperation agreement on exchanging bachelor and master students majoring in linguistics.
«The agreement will help develop scientific and academic cooperation between RUDN and Toulouse II in philosophy, history and engineering», said RUDN Rector Vladimir Filippov.
Already by the end of 2017, the parties are going to sign a working program that will allow RUDN and Toulouse II students doing a dual-degree Master program.
Toulouse II University was founded in 1229. It is famous for its very strong Law school. In 1896, it was divided into 7 structures, one of them is Toulouse II University, which is one of TOP-150 universities in archeology according to QSWU Ranking. There are more than 4,000 international students of bachelor and postdoc programs.
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.
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