On June 6th, a delegation from South Ural State University headed by Vice-Rector for Education Marina Potapova opened the Research, Education and Coordination Centre "Institute of Open Education in the Russian Language named after A.S. Pushkin" at Heihe University. These centres are being opened within the frameworks of the "One Belt, One Road" China-Russia initiative.
Any contest, and especially an international one, is a history of sorts, the very landmark that gives a start to new great events in the life of school pupils and students learning Russian as a foreign language.
On May 15th, an online meeting was held between representatives of the Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology of the SUSU School of Medical Biology and representatives and students of Shenyang University of Technology (SUT), China. SUT first-year students, who are taking training under a joint-with-SUSU academic programme in Bioengineering in Food Productions, presented their reports in Russian on the topics of geographic and natural specifics of Chinese provinces, as well as on national and cultural traditions of their country.
Representatives of South Ural State University have met with a delegation from Southwest Forestry University (Kunming, China). The parties have discussed the prospects of development of our long-term partnership.
South Ural State University is participating in the China-Russia Conference on Educational and Cultural Exchange at the China-Russia Centre for Education Development of the SCO Institute of Economy and Trade in Qingdao.
The SUSU delegation is headed by the Vice-Rector for Education Marina Potapova, who has presented the scientific and educational activity of our university, as well as our joint projects with universities from the People's Republic of China.
On October 23rd, a master class by Nitesh Kumar Upadhyay, Doctor of Sciences (Law), Associate Professor at the Law Department of Symbiosis University (India), consultant at the SUSU Institute of Law, was held at South Ural State University.
Nitesh Kumar Upadhyay has numerous fellowships and grants including from such institutions as GAJE (Turkey), ILEC (New York), and HAGUE Academy (the Netherlands). His presentation was devoted to the topic of developing research competencies and career opportunities.
The All-Russian forum Yugra International 2024 wrapped up at Nizhnevartovsk State University. The event brought together 100 students, including 70 international students obtaining their education at Russian universities.
South Ural State University, with the support of the International Office, was represented by 5 international students from Peru, India, Bangladesh, and China.
This year, Rossotrudnichestvo agency jointly with South Ural State University launch the implementation of a big-scale program on advanced training for Chinese teachers of the Russian Language as part of the grant on the “Innovative Methods of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language in China”.
Within the frameworks of close collaboration 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.
This visit by our colleagues from the partner university is aimed at continuing to strengthen the partnership links between the universities, as well as at learning about new projects that we could implement together.
Staff members of the Sociocultural Adaptation Centre of the International Office organized a tour to the Taganay National Park and Lake Turgoyak for SUSU international students on July 9th.
The tour started with visiting one of the most beautiful places in the South Ural region: Taganay National Park. International students walked along the Journey through Europe and Asia eco-trail and climbed to the Semibratka observation deck, from where they could admire beautiful views of the mountains. The students enjoyed the walk since everyone managed to cope with the 4-km route.
An international student construction brigade "Duna" ("Dune") was created at the construction site of El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Cairo. Among the participants of this labour project are 64 students from 15 regions of our country. They have set off for TITAN-2 Holding for the construction of El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.
In this project, the Chelyabinsk Region is represented by four members of the "Atrium" SUSU specialized student team, a first one created at the SUSU Institute of Architecture and Construction.
South Ural State University has awarded the best international students who have proven themselves in academic and extracurricular activities. In total, about 400 people have become them this year.
Members of 56 countries are studying at South Ural State University. Each year number of international students is increasing and for some of them adapting to other country turns out to be difficult. That is why for them the system of mentoring (tutoring) exists for.
On June 18th, a delegation from Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics visited South Ural State University. The purpose of this visit was to communicate with Chinese students and discuss plans for cooperation.
The Department of Economics and Finance of the SUSU School of Economics and Management has been training students in the Financial Literacy for International Students supplementary educational programme for the third year now.
The programme helps students better understand how to manage their finances in a new country to avoid financial difficulties.
For the first time, Chelyabinsk Institute of Culture has hosted an Art-dvizhenie (Art Movement) International Festival, where students from the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language and the Pre-University Division have successfully presented their performances.
As part of the visit of representatives of South Ural State University to China, a working meeting on issues of cooperation with Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics was held.
SUSU and Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics (ZUA) have been partners for a long period of time. South Ural Institute, where about 1000 Chinese students study Engineering and IT specialties, was created jointly with SUSU at the premises of the Chinese university. In addition, Chinese students are increasingly choosing to study at the venue of our university under the 2+2 programme.
The Chinese-Russian Forum of Small and Medium-sized Business Enterprises in Russia, organized by the all-Russian public organization "Opora Rossii" (“Pillar of Support for Russia”), took place in China. The event was attended by Deputy Vice-Rector for Education of South Ural State University Iliana Dovgaliuk.
During the forum, Iliana Dovgaliuk delivered a presentation on the key advantages of SUSU, shared her experience in implementing joint educational projects with other universities, and outlined the main vectors of collaboration with Chinese educational institutions.
On May 2nd, a Table Tennis Championship was held for international students at the Sports Palace of South Ural State University.
Among the championship participants were 20 students from various countries from around the world: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, Arab countries, African countries, and other countries as well.
An off-site team-building event for activists of South Ural Association of International Students and Alumni, organised by the International Office and AO SZ “Yuzhuralstroyservis”, was held at the Chebarkul recreation centre April 13th through April 14th.
SUSU international students, from such countries as Uzbekistan, China, Iran, Tajikistan, Iraq, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Kyrgyzstan, took part in the event. As part of the program, they learned about local attractions, tasted Arabic coffee, played sport games, and participated in a media contest.
Foreign guests, who are also participants in the festival, currently most talked about, arrived in Chelyabinsk and straight away went to get acquainted with South Ural State University.
The final stage of the meeting of guests who came from different parts of the world and had previously visited the World Youth Festival in Sochi was an acquaintance with the activities of the Association of International Students of South Ural State University.
The Executive Director of the Association Dilrabo Tozhikulova addressed the guests with a welcoming speech. She emphasized that the motto of both the festival and the SUSU Association of International Students is to support international and interethnic friendship.
Sociocultural Adaptation Centre has organized traditional tubing rides for international students of South Ural State University. This type of winter pastime is everyone's favourite and is very popular.
The 5th Shanghai Archaeology Forum dedicated to the issues of climate change and social sustainability brought together more than one hundred of the top archaeologists from 43 countries of the world. Doctor of Sciences (History) from South Ural State University, archaeologist Andrey Epimakhov, became the only speaker representing the Russian Federation at the event on the campus of Shanghai University.
