The Ambassador of Turkey has visited UrFU

13:31, November 12, 2015

Ümit Yardım suggest to speed up the development of cooperation between Ural Federal University and Turkish universities in all directions

The importance of intensive development of relations between the leading university in the Urals and Turkish universities has become a key topic during a visit of the delegation headed by the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey Ümit Yardım. The Turkish delegation also included the first secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Moscow Cevdet Yilmaz and the Honorary Consul of the Turkish Republic in Yekaterinburg Sergey Trofimov.

At the moment Ural Federal University has 12 students from Turkey, majoring in philology, linguistics, economics, nanotechnology and microsystems technology, management, international relations, biology, energy and resource saving processes in chemical engineering, petrochemistry and biotechnology. In addition, the annual summer courses accepts 5-6 people, and in the framework of the research program UrFU annually sends 2-3 representatives annually. The project "Mevlana" includes UrFU and 5 Turkish universities and is aimed at exchange of students and academic staff. Each year, about 50 students are studying Turkish language At UrFU Department of Oriental Studies.

In addition to the importance of academic exchange, the rector of Ural Federal University Victor Koksharov also noted the necessity to develop joint research. For example, there are projects implemented today by the Russian Science Foundation in cooperation with a series of public funds abroad. There is already a successful experience in the development of such projects with other countries, and Turkey could be a very promising partner. Co-financing would allow the universities of the two countries form the largest research projects in the field of materials science, natural sciences, information technology, the humanities, etc.

The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey Ümit Yardım confirmed that the Turkish embassy is ready to provide full support for the development of relations between Turkey and Ural Federal University, from information support to the teaching materials for the students studying the Turkish language and culture.

"I was very pleased to visit Ural Federal University and meet with its leaders and lecturers, - said Ümit Yardım. - There were very valuable suggestions for the development of existing cooperation agreements in the field of academic exchange and scientific cooperation. The Embassy of Turkey is interested in exchange of experience between our researchers, and possibility to develop the science together, and in increasing the number of students studying Turkish at UrFU, both in Ekaterinburg and during their internships in Turkey. I consider it is extremely important to continue our close cooperation."