The First Russian Education Fair in Latin America. Russian House in Chile

The Russian House in Chile continues its active efforts to promote Russian education among the citizens of the country. The editorial team of the HED magazine previously wrote about its role for Chilean applicants seeking to get a high-quality education and develop their career prospects in Russia.

As part of its activities, the Russian House in Santiago organizes various events aimed at familiarizing Chileans with educational opportunities in Russia. For example, Latin America held the first large-scale Russian education fair entitled "Russia: Education without Borders." This unique event brought together 30 top Russian universities and attracted more than 500 participants, including school students, applicants and representatives of Chilean educational institutions.

The guests met with the representatives of the universities in person, found out about their educational programs and special aspects of student life in Russia and asked about everything they wanted to know. In her speech, the Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo representative office in Chile Nina Milovidova emphasized the importance of friendly relations between Russia and Chile. Today these relations are maintained by the Russian House that creates opportunities to get a high-quality higher education.

One of the bright moments of the fair was a demonstration lesson in the format of standup show from the famous Russian linguist and TV host Dmitry Petrov, the author of the unique methodology of intensive language training.

Space Greeting

There was a surprise for all guests – they were greeted by the polar explorers from the Bellingsgausen Russian Antarctic Station and the Cosmonaut Training Center.

Anna Kikina, the only female cosmonaut in the Roscosmos team, met with the participants of the fair and emphasized the importance of studying the Russian language for future cosmonauts. “…I can safely say that Russian is a language spoken in space,” she noted.

Santiago Memorandum: a step towards cooperation

The education fair included a working session organized by the Russian House in cooperation with the Center for Research and Development of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Santiago, Chile represented by Dante Castillo. It brought together the representatives of state Russian and Chilean universities. During the meeting, the Santiago Memorandum was signed.

The main aim of the meeting was to unite academicians and researchers from the universities in both countries to share experience, collaborate and conclude cooperation agreements. For example, Higher School of Economics and the University of Santiago, Chile agreed to sign a cooperation agreement in the near future.

The fair “Russia: Education without Borders” has become not only a platform for acquainting oneself with study opportunities in Russia but also an important step towards strengthening relations between educational institutions in the two countries.

Russian House in Chile