Delegation from South Ural State University carried out a number of events in the countries of Central Asia. Vice-Rector for International Activity Olga Yaroshenko, Deputy Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Yulia Bolotina and an Analyst of International Affairs Office Mikhail Rukhtin. SUSU representatives visited 6 educational establishments of Tadzhikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in order to establish contacts and to promote the University in these countries.
At South Ural State University, much attention is paid to broadening the horizons of international partnership and the promotion of the Russian language and culture among foreign citizens. One of the most important divisions at the university which works on this task is the Pushkin Institute center.
The academic mobility program is one of the most attractive forms of education for students. Its participants can gain unique experience and learn the basics of their future profession in a different language and cultural space.
One of these programs is being fulfilled jointly with L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University in Astana (Kazakhstan). Students of the journalism field will study at the foreign university for a semester, after which credits for the subjects they passed will be transferred to SUSU.
68 Chinese students who completed their second year of education at the Huanghe Professional Hydroengineering University have arrived at the SUSU Institute of Architecture and Construction. During two months, the students will be studying subjects of their field and improving their knowledge of the Russian language.
It is an often case that one’s health and life depend on as quick a disease is found. That is why today the ways of quick and effective revealing of a disease is one of the most important directions in medicine. At present one of the unique SUSU projects in this field is being carried out.
“Non-invasive diagnostics of different forms of health problems” is a project that will allow health professionals to discover traces of any disease without a blood test. Human hair will become the material for investigation.
Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Dean of the Faculty of Journalism, Head of the SUSU Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, famous journalist Lyudmila Shesterkina tells us about how many applicants enrolled in the Faculty of Journalism, and where graduates go to work after completing their degrees.
– Tell us please, have you had more or less applicants this year in the journalism group compared to last year?
In the Russian Federation, the paved road network is growing 7 times less per million people than in the developed countries of Europe and in the USA. Because of the large and frequent defects of the road surface, the average speed of auto transport on Russian roads is 2-3 times slower than in the developed countries. Researchers from South Ural State University have created a new concrete paving machine which principally changes the techniques of building roads and increases the quality of the road surfaces.
One of the most important fields of development at South Ural State University is broadening international partnership, for which SUSU is actively working on creating and strengthening contacts with international academic organisations. A large number of SUSU’s partner universities are located in China. This year, the quality of the interaction with them can rise to a new level thanks to the university creating its own partner network of Pushkin Institute centers.
Qualitative education and preceptors among teachers can play an important role in a student’s professional becoming. A graduate in the field of social studies of SUSU Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Director of Marketing and Sociology (MarS) Investigation Center Ivan Polukarov told on the role of South Ural State University in his career progression.
— Why did you choose SUSU for obtaining higher education?
Machine Workshop of Nyazepetrovsk Crane Building Plant, being an architectural and town planning monument, has become the main object of studying for a group of nine freshmen students and their lecturer Maria Fedorova.
Around 2,000 international students from 28 countries around the world study at South Ural State University. Each of them is trying to gain quality knowledge in various fields of study, however, the main goal is to master Russian at a high level. At SUSU, this field is given special attention.
The Campus of South Ural State University is preparing for the new academic year. In nine student dormitories repairs are being performed in rooms, public places, roof, and overhaul is being performed for engineering networks, and pressure testing of the heating system. On September 1st the refurbished buildings will welcome freshmen and students who will be back from summer vacations, and the vivid “dorm” life will spring to life again. Director of the SUSU Campus Lyudmila Zadorina shares on good traditions and interesting novelties.
Students of the Department of Linguistics and Translation of the SUSU Institute of Linguistics and International Communications for many years have been participating in the Dictionaries without Borders international project. The researchers’ work was dedicated to the legendary Italian Florence. The result was an encyclopedic associative dictionary which can be of interest to guides, tourists, students, teachers, philologists, art historians, biographers, and all fans of Italian culture.
Dictionary Titled Florence in the Works of World Famous People
For the eighth time at a run students of Journalism and Communication Management Department of Kostanay State University named after A. Baitursynov undertook an educational training at the Faculty of Journalism at SUSU in the frames of academic mobility program. Here they are attracted by the possibility of taking a practice in the conditions of digital integration of university mass media on the basis of world-class media laboratory – 360-degree multimedia newsroom of SUSU.
In spite of high level of modern medicine development many problems of this sphere are not solved till the present. For example, post-traumatic stress disorder syndrome (PTSD) which is a consequence of experienced psychological injury after military actions, bodily injuries, industrial or natural catastrophes poorly responds to drug therapy. Though, scientists of South Ural State University found an alternative method of syndrome treatment.
An exhibit by South Ural State University presented innovative developments at he main space for leaders of the industry sector – INNOPROM exhibition.
In 2018, INNOPROM exhibition became the main market for industrial technology, equipment, and services for four days. This year, INNOPROM, the main theme of which was digital industry, significantly increased its professional audience. 107 countries took part in the exhibition as exhibitors, delegates, honored guests, and business representatives.
The international summits for SCO and BRICS will be held in Chelyabinsk in 2020. South Ural State University will become the main location for volunteer training.
Deputy Head of the Extracurricular Activities Department Veronika Livonchik speaks to us about volunteer training and what benefits people can receive by working at the summits.
“Right now, we are preparing a number of international events in which students are actively participating. There are many who wish to join. I think that in the future, they will become volunteers in 2020.”
South Ural State University, which is in the Top 1000 among universities around the world according to the leading consulting company QS, is actively expanding its scientific connections and strengthening international partnership with universities of other countries. The university offers opportunities to students, researchers, and teachers to obtain quality academic and research training in major universities in Europe within academic mobility programs.
The FIFA 2018 World Cup has wrapped up in Russia. A few thousand volunteers came to help hold this large-scale event. Among them were SUSU students. Zlata Ponomareva graduated from the Faculty of Journalism this year. Immediately after defending her final project, she set off for Saint Petersburg to work in the “Assisting the Work of the Media” category of volunteers.
— How were volunteers chosen? Was it easy to become part of such an important sporting event?
On July 13th at South Ural State University 11 graduates of professional re-training program on Anti-crisis Management and Training of Court-appointed Managers were awarded diplomas.
The SUSU’s program on training court-appointed managers is being fulfilled since 2000. Over that time more than 700 managers and specialists involved in this field have undergone re-training. On the relevance of this re-training program shares Director of the SUSU MBA Center Irina Dergaleva:
Researchers from South Ural State University, as part of an international team of archaeologists and paleontologists, are studying illnesses, the traces of which were detected when analyzing DNA of people from the Bronze Age. They were able to establish that among the bones of ancient men, teeth most clearly show the picture of human diseases.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018. The 64 matches were played in 12 venues across 11 host cities: Moscow, Kaliningrad, Saint-Petersburg, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi, and Yekaterinburg. The event has profoundly affected Russia’s social and cultural life and reached all countries and all nations in the world. More than 2 million people visited Russia to watch the World Cup. Experts of South Ural State University shared their views on the 2018 FIFA World Cup and its role for Russia.
On July 12th, the first session at Olimp Sports and Recreation Camp, which brought together many active and talented students, completed.
Olimp Sports and Recreation Camp has accumulated many good traditions over the years of its existence. One of these is that students who come to the camp once, return to it again and again. The Deputy Head of the Extracurricular Activities Department and Head of Olimp SRC Veronika Livonchik speaks about how the first session went and who became pioneers of the summer season.
Applicants are continuing to get to know South Ural State University at foresight sessions. Excursions to the laboratories, seminars, quests, and other events are held for future students for them to receive detailed information about the possible fields of study, so that they can make the right choice.
