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Techno-optimists vs techno-skeptics: the International Open Innovations Forum will take place in Skolkovo

VIII International Forum for Innovative Development «Open Innovations» will take place at Skolkovo Technopark on October 21 - 23, 2019 and will bring together world-class researchers, business representatives and officials.

LSTU and University of Science and Technology Liaoning have signed a new cooperation agreement

During the International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research, and Application, held in China, a new cooperation agreement was signed between Lipetsk State Technical University and University of Science and Technology Liaoning.

X International Russian Higher Education Conference will take place at Higher School of Economics

Higher School of Economics will hold the X International Russian Higher Education Conference "Contributions of Higher Education to Society and Economy: Global, National and Local Perspectives" on October 23-25, 2019.

Moscow State University holds top spot in Round University Ranking (Russian version)

RUR Ranking Agency has published the Russian Universities Ranking 2019 with Lomonosov Moscow State University, MEPhI, and National Research Tomsk State University in Top 3.

Finland wants to abandon school subjects by 2020

Finnish officials want to remove individual school subjects from the curriculum: there will no longer be any classes in physics, math, literature, history, and geography.

Russia and Turkey have signed an agreement on cooperation in quality assurance of higher education

The National Centre for Public Accreditation (Russia) and the Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (Turkey) have signed an agreement on bilateral cooperation in evaluation and accreditation of study programs and HEIs.

BRICS countries are stepping up technology transfer and transformation

BRICS countries are stepping up technology transfer and transformation according to the conference held by the BRICS Technology Transfer Center in Kunming, China.

India and Russia are reaching new heights of cooperation

As part of the 5th Eastern Economic Forum the 20th India – Russia Annual Summit was held in Vladivostok. Following the summit, India and Russia adopted the joint statement ”Reaching new heights of cooperation through trust and partnership“.

The 'Study UK: Discover You' Exhibition will take place in Moscow and Saint Petersburg in October, 2019

The representatives of leading universities and colleges, the best boarding schools, language and summer schools in Britain will tell you about study abroad opportunities and prospects.

Belarusian universities offer English-taught programs

Representatives of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus reported that 27 Belarusian universities were ready to offer English-taught undergraduate programs (181 majors).

The first foreign branch of MEPhI opened in Uzbekistan

The first foreign branch of National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in Tashkent will train personnel for the nuclear industry in Uzbekistan.

Novosibirsk expands geography of international cooperation

The authorities of Novosibirsk State Agrarian University met with the representatives of Cambodia and Mongolia as part of the international forum “Asian Meetings”.

Uzbekistan and the United States intend to develop cooperation in the field of higher education

Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Inomjon Majidov and US Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum discussed the development of cooperation in higher education.

Russia and the United Arab Emirates develop cooperation in higher education and science

The Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kotyukov met with the delegation of the Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates headed by Minister Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi.