From Space to Energetics: UrFU Welcomes Rectors from Russia and China

11:46, July 11, 2018

The Summit of the Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities started in UrFU

Around 300 university representatives will participate in the Summit of the Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities, which started today in Ekaterinburg. The summit is hosted by Ural Federal University, a temporary co-chair of the Russian party of ASRTU for two years.

‘We hope that the event will contribute to the creation of new promising projects in science and education, considering our close interests in the field of materials science, engineering, space, energetics,’ noted UrFU Rector Victor Koksharov. 'The program includes the Rectors’ Forum, ASRTU Universities Coordinators Congress and the scientific conference on alternative energy’.

This year ASRTU Summit is a part of the V China-Russia Expo, which is held as a part of the international industrial trade fare “Innoprom”.

‘We highly appreciate the cooperation between the universities of two countries,’ said the Executive Director of the Chinese party of the ASRTU, Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice President of Harbin Institute of Technology Nan-Qi Ren. ‘The amount of work done by UrFU in hosting the summit is impressive. I hope the event will contribute to the strengthening of the Association’s global position and the improvement of the international competitiveness of both Russian and Chinese universities. The development of world-class universities is our common goal.’

Signing of the strategic agreement between the ASRTU and the Russian representative office of Huawei, which will allow the students of association partner universities to intern at the company, is scheduled for the tomorrow's opening ceremony of the summit.

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ASRTU was established in 2011 by Harbin Institute of Technology in association with Bauman Moscow State Technical University for the purpose of contributing to the development of Sino-Russian higher education and the empowerment of national innovation potential. The Association consists of 60 universities of both countries, 51 of them being member universities and 9 are observer universities. The Association activities are divided into 5 branches: human resource personnel training, scientific research, social conditions, cultural heritage, international cooperation and exchange.