UrFU Cooperation with BRICS Universities

16:52, August 23, 2018

Students from the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power came to the university

The first group of students from China came to Ural Federal University, who had completed two years of training in their homeland and from September 1 will start studying special subjects at UrFU. A joint educational program is being implemented with the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power.

‘The popularity of educational programs offered by Ural Federal University for Chinese students is increasing every year,’ said the Head of the Directorate for Academic Development Alena Nevolina. ‘For example, the number of Chinese students passing the foundation program increased up to 167 people in the 2017-2018 academic year. The university is actively developing the process of creating joint educational programs with Chinese universities.’

Now students from China are acquainted with the city, settle in the dormitories of the university and undergo an additional intensive course of the Russian language. On Monday, the first introductory lecture with the head of the program "Construction" Oleg Mashkin was held at the Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

In 2018, UrFU opened a joint Ural Institute in collaboration with the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power. Ural Institute is the first educational institution created based on transnational cooperation within the "BRICS University Network", within which the bachelor programs "Heat Engineering", "Water supply and sanitation", "Geodesy and Remote Sensing” and "Architecture" will be implemented. The joint bachelor's program "Construction" started recruiting students in 2016; there are 135 Chinese citizens studying within the "BRICS University Network".

‘In total in 2018, a joint institution will recruit 240 Chinese citizens. Joint programs will be implemented in the double-degree format: two years in each university, followed by the defense of qualification work in two universities. The first two years, Chinese students study at the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power with intensive course of the Russian language and the Russian language for special purposes,’ said Alena Nevolina.

Specialists from the Russian Language School of Ural Federal University provide the Russian language course in the Chinese partner university. To this end, they are sent to the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power for a full academic year.

Recently, Chinese students are mostly interested in engineering and natural sciences. In previous years, the demand for humanities was higher.

Reference

There are two ways Chinese students can enter UrFU: receive a grant from the Russian Federation or enter apply for fee-based programs. Selection of candidates for grant is carried out by a specialized commission, which is created in the offices of Rossotrudnichestvo.

• Web-site russia.study