Victor Koksharov Held Meeting with Students from China

13:14, May 16, 2019

Representatives of Ural Federal University’s Chinese students community had an opportunity to ask the Rector and the PRC’s Consul General any questions

UrFU Rector Victor Koksharov, together with the Consul General of the People's Republic of China, Geng Liping, held a meeting with students who came to study at UrFU from China. The meeting was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the PRC.

‘We maintain relations with 46 universities in China, with which we have concluded relevant agreements. We feel and see a great interest on the part of the PRC to the development of mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of education and science,’ Viсtor Koksharov said.

According to the Rector, the number of scientific papers and grants implemented in cooperation with China is growing every year. Over the period from 2013 to 2018 alone, we published 266 joint articles and papers with more than 100 universities.

Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Ekaterinburg Alexander Kharlov, the Human Rights Commissioner in the Sverdlovsk Region Tatiana Merzlyakova, Minister of International and Foreign Economic Relations of the Sverdlovsk Region Vasily Kozlov also took part in the meeting.

At the end of the meeting, representatives of the Chinese community asked the university administration questions.

Note that 3,800 foreign students from 84 countries study at Ural Federal University, 1248 of them are from China. Besides that, 71 employees from China currently work at the university.