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TOMSK, Jul 27 –
RIA Tomsk. Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) in 2019 will
continue cooperation with leading universities of Africa and will open a
master's program which will train personnel for the power industry in Africa,
the TPU Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Alexander R. Wagner told journalists
on Friday.
He specified
that in 2017 in TPU was opened a specialist programme within the framework of
the agreement with Egyptian Russian University (ERU), which involves the
training of personnel for the power industry of Egypt, where the construction
of a nuclear power plant (NPP) is planned. In 2017 the university enlisted 20
Egyptian students on a quota, in the current year - 17 students, and expects
three more on a paid education.
"Another
new program will be launched in TPU from next year - within the framework of
the "Nuclear Physics and Technology" direction. It will be created
jointly with a number of leading African universities, including Egyptian
universities. But, unlike the previous program, it will be a master's program,
but not a specialist programme", - said Wagner at a press conference in
the media center of RIA Tomsk.
According to
him, the interest of African universities in Russian education in the field of
power is not accidental. "There are no such competences (in the field of
power energy) in these countries, but there are energy resources - they are
everywhere: we have a cold - we need to warm up, they are hot - they need to be
cooled. They see the prospect of developing this issue through nuclear power
plants. But to build them, to design or at least to operate, personnel are
necessary", - he said.
According to
him, the new educational program is being created jointly with Rosatom. It will
be a master's degree because of certain criteria of Russian education and Rosatom's
policy. It is about the development of a certain track of master's and
post-graduate training. Most of the time students will study at TPU, and
eventually the program will be "installed in partner universities".