The Number of Chinese Students to Multiply by 2025

13:35, June 17, 2024

University opens new programs with China

At least 200 new Chinese students will enter the Ural Federal University by next year - only three programs with Dalian University will provide this number. In addition, about ten other educational initiatives are currently underway.

Bachelor's degrees in Management, Design, and Media Communications are based on the "2+2" formula: the first two years in China on the basic program and Russian language, then two more years in Ekaterinburg.

Cooperation between the universities is expanding. In Dalian, Victor Koksharov, rector of UrFU, signed four agreements on the opening of new English-language Master's programs, including sports and economics. The programs will begin this year.

The meeting with the management of the Chinese university was preceded by communication with 171 students. They were interested in the development of the new UrFU campus in the Novokoltsovsky district of the Urals capital.

In addition, the university plans to open a joint institute with the Northeast Electric Power University (NEEPU) in China. Among the areas identified during the negotiations are Energy, Artificial Intelligence, and Mechanical Engineering.

The agreements were reached during the visit of the UrFU management to Beijing. Sergey Knyazev, Director of Academic Affairs, said that three Master's programs and one Bachelor's program - all in English - will be created together with the partners.

The Master's program in Electrical and Power Engineering was launched two years ago by UrFU in cooperation with Taiyuan University of Technology - the first 52 students are expected to graduate in September.

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The university has 50 cooperation agreements with educational and scientific centers of the People's Republic of China. 1552 Chinese students study at UrFU. The Confucius Institute operates at the university, and the Chinese Alumni Association of UPI, USU and UrFU operates in Beijing.

Chinese universities and UrFU have a long history of cooperation. For example, the Ural Institute of the North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, established by the university, operates in Zhengzhou and trains Chinese students in Russia and China in five Bachelor's, Specialist, and Master's degree programs.

Dmitry Benemansky

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office.
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