Asian Turn - Ural Federal Builds up Cooperation with Chinese Universities

11:47, November 8, 2019

Ural Federal introduces joint programs and center on humanitarian collaboration with a Chinese university

Ural Federal University and the Hainan College of Economics and Business (海南经贸职业技术学院) agreed to launch 4 joint bachelor programs, as university heads Viktor Koksharov and Huang Jinggui signed a cooperation agreement.

The signing ceremony took place in the government building of Hainan Province in the presence of Vice-Governor Mao Chao Feng and staff members.

“China is the main strategic partner of Russia: both in the political and economic, as well as in the scientific, technical and humanitarian fields,” Viktor Koksharov recalled. - We consider cooperation with Chinese universities as one of the strategic tasks. Now more than 1,500 citizens of the PRC are studying at the university. In addition, URFU is an active member of the Association of Technical Universities of Russia and China, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization University and the BRICS Network University. ”

Koksharov emphasized that the university is interested in launching a new level of cooperation, a joint base with the Hainan Institute of Economics and Business - the Russian-Chinese Center for Humanitarian Cooperation in the territory of Hainan Province for conducting joint educational projects.

According to representatives of a Chinese university, where consultations with the Russian side, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Sergei Knyazev and the head of the Directorate for Academic Development Alena Nevolina, were held on the eve of the meeting, the geographical location of Hainan and the close cooperation between Russia and China allow us to be confident in the success of the interaction between the two universities in the fields of education and Sciences.

China and Ural Federal enjoy long-standing ties. For instance, the Ural Institute of the North China University of Water Resources and Hydropower, established by the university, operates in Zhengzhou, provides education for Chinese students in Russia and at home in five areas of undergraduate, specialty and master's degrees.