Ambassador of Portugal visited UrFU

15:47, November 18, 2014

Mario Godinho de Matos plans to assist in the establishing links between Ural Federal Universities and Portuguese universities

During his visit to Ural Federal University Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Portugal in the Russian Federation, Mario Godinho de Matos, met with UrFU rector Victor Koksharov.

The guest had learned about the merits of the leading Russian federal university, international programs and plans of the university to cooperate with the major Portuguese universities. In particular, in the near future it is planned to cooperate with the Technical University of Coimbra. The heads of universities had already signed a letter of intent for cooperation and academic exchange.

UrFU Rector underlined that these are only the first steps, Ural Federal University is interested in a much larger volume of cooperation. According to Victor Koksharov, one of the main goals now is to invite the Portuguese lecturer for a long period of time, as it is usually done with lecturers from other countries. University also plans to create collection of literature, video materials and audio courses.  Victor Koksharov said: “It will be a great idea to open a center of Portuguese language and Portuguese Studies. We look forward to the welcome foreign students from Portuguese-speaking countries. "

The Ambassador Mario Godinho de Matos promised to assist in this matter. He promised that the university can at least count on teaching materials.