TOMSK, May 22 – RIA Tomsk. Universities of Tomsk will join a single online graduation for Russian students, which is tentatively scheduled for July 4, representatives of universities confirmed to RIA Tomsk.
On Friday, May 22, the federal media with reference to the head of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov reported that the All-Russian graduation will be held online in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus and can take place on July 4.
"Tomsk State University (TSU) will participate (in the All-Russian online graduation). In addition, we will conduct our individual graduation", – the TSU vice-rector for social services Sergey Kulizhskiy told RIA Tomsk.
The press service of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR) also confirmed that the university will connect to the All-Russian online graduation and hold it on July 4 with everyone. Holiday details are currently under development.
"There are almost 2,3 thousand graduates this year at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU). We hope that the vast majority of the university has a feeling of engineering fraternity. Therefore, in my opinion, it is impossible not to mark the completion of their studies. We made a fundamental decision that graduation for polytechnics will be held at least online", – the first vice-rector of TPU Andrey Yakovlev commented.
According to the press services of Tomsk State Pedagogical University (TSPU) and Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building (TSUAB), their universities will also support the All-Russian online graduation.