Russian-German summer school finished in Dortmund

18:36, September 4, 2019

The educational project will continue in 2020 in Ekaterinburg

14 students of the Ural Federal University completed their training within the program of the Russian-German summer school on energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources in Dortmund.

 “The program included lectures on the problems of electric networks, urban transformation in the digital age, and the system integration of renewable energy sources. Apart from that, the participants visited seven laboratories and energy enterprises in Germany,” the School hosts shared.

The participants were given an opportunity to see the unique Smart Grid laboratory of the TUCampus University with its test centers and power plants. In addition to the educational and excursion programs, the summer school also involved joint project work.

The events program also included a meeting with the President of Germany, Honorary Doctor of UrFU, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In his welcome speech addressed to the participants of the School and representatives of the German energy industry, Dr. Steinmeier emphasized the importance of the event for the development of further cooperation between the two countries.

According to the Rector of UrFU, Viktor Koksharov, the topic of the Summer School was especially relevant in connection with the cross Year of Science in Russia and Germany. Moreover, the importance of joint activities and research projects in the field of renewable sources is one of the key priorities in the roadmap for scientific cooperation between the two countries.

In 2020, a joint summer school take place in Ekaterinburg at the Ural Federal University for the second time in its history. Students and academic staff from Russia and Germany will learn about innovative research projects of university scientists in the field of energy efficiency.

Summer schools are a joint project of Ural Federal University and the University of TUCampus EUREF. Annual schools are organized since 2015, attended by 84 students on both sides. Ekaterinburg was hosting the school once in 2016, it was then marked by the visit of Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at that time, the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov.