The International Conference «The Modern Paradigm of Scientific Knowledge: Relevance and Prospects»
April 4, 2018, young researchers and graduate students from China, Russia, Syria, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Haiti, Denmark, Ghana, Egypt, Yemen, India, Jordan, Iran, Cameroon, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Lebanon, Madagascar and other countries of the world met at RUDN at the VI annual International Scientific and Practical Conference «The Modern Paradigm of Scientific Knowledge: Relevance and Prospects», an event conducted by the Department of Foreign Languages of RUDN Agrarian and Technological Institute, where graduate students, young researchers from all over the world, senior students of various specialties and directions of RUDN Agrarian and Technological and Medical Institutes presented reports on the scientific topic of their dissertations, demonstrating an interdisciplinary approach to research in line with the modern paradigm of scientific knowledge. The working languages of the conference were English, Spanish, Chinese, German and French.
Based on the results of the event, a collection of articles is prepared for publication in the publishing house «Languages of the Peoples of the World» with the assignment of ISBN index. The conference collection is also indexed in the database of the RSCI.
In the last five years, academic staff of RUDN alongside the Chinese universities and research centers has achieved impressive results. More than 1,000 scientific publications were made jointly in a wide spectrum from engineering and technology to medicine and social sciences. 19 of these materials were published in top-rated journals which verifies that the works were world-class level.
RUDN University has been included among the leaders in the BRICS ESG University Ranking among 65 leading universities. They were assessed on 20 criteria, ranging from education and research to environmental and social agendas.
At a meeting of the new RUDN University Dissertation Council in the specialties of 2.1.12 “Architecture of Buildings and Structures. Creative Concepts of Architectural Activity” and 2.1.11 “Theory and History of Architecture, Restoration and Reconstruction of Historical and Architectural Heritage”, three postgraduate students — Natalia Kalinina, Evgeny Ogienko, and Yulia Loginova — were awarded PhD degrees in Architecture for the first time in the university's history.