Within the frameworks of the close cooperation between Russia and the People's Republic of China, a delegation from Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics has paid a visit to South Ural State University.
SUSU and Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics (ZUA) have been partners for a long period of time now. South Ural College, where about 1000 Chinese students learn Engineering and IT specialities, was created jointly with SUSU at the premises of the Chinese university. Studies at the College are organized in a network format, that is part of the disciplines are taught by SUSU as a participant-organization. Also, the best students of this joint College are selected to participate in the 2+2 project (2 years students study in China, and 2 years – at SUSU), and the 2+2+2 project (2 years students study in China, 2 years – at SUSU, and 2 more years they continue their studies in Master's degree programmes).
As part of the visit, the delegation from the Chinese university met with the SUSU leaders: SUSU Vice-Rector for Education Marina Potapova, Deputy Vice-Rector for Education Andrey Kocherov, and Head of the International Office Liudmila Lapina. Colleagues thanked each other for efficient cooperation and discussed the plans for the future joint activities in the field of education development.
"South Ural College functions in Zhengzhou and offers 4 specialities. Chinese students study there without the need to go to Russia, and our teaching staff members provide their guidance to students. But we still consider all of them as our students," shared Marina Potapova. "Currently, more than 800 students are studying at SUSU as part of the network interaction model, and about 30 have traveled here to study. Last year, the first Bachelor's degree students graduated within this network model. This visit of the ZUA staff members also implies the discussion of the possibility to extend the list of the academic programmes being offered."
In the course of the meeting, the representatives of the two universities discussed a new stage of the cooperation between SUSU and ZUA: creation of joint research laboratories. In order to do that, the universities will choose a topic of interest to them both, and then will open laboratories for joint research and publications. Such interaction will facilitate the solving of global tasks in the selected sphere.
The visit program is planned out for several days. The representatives of Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics will be taken on tour around our university and our city and will also meet the students of the South Ural College who are currently studying at SUSU. Besides that, an important part of the visit will be the meeting of our guests with the teaching and academic staff of our university for the discussion of our future cooperation.