TOMSK, Dec 9 – RIA Tomsk. International Week’2019
with the participation of universities’ representatives from Europe,
Asia and the USA began work at TPU; the main purpose of the event – is
to introduce foreign partners to the city and reveal for them the
possibilities of the Tomsk university environment, the acting rector of
TPU Victor Dyomin said at the opening ceremony.
Earlier it was reported that the International Week will be held for
the first time at Tomsk Polytechnic University on December 9-11. This is
a seminar for representatives of foreign universities, organized for
their acquaintance with higher education institutions of Tomsk and the
Russian education system. Among the participants – there are
representatives of universities from 11 countries (USA, Vietnam,
Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and others).
"The International Week at TPU – is by no means a "vanity fair" of
the Tomsk scientific and educational complex ... This is a constructive
multilateral dialogue that involves solving issues of organizing
scientific and educational cooperation at the level of the participating
countries, the birth of new forms of cooperation, establishing mutually
beneficial contacts and the beginning of new joint projects", – Dyomin
said.
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In search of new minds
According to the TPU Vice-Rector for External Affairs Liliya
Kiryanova, the format of the International Week - is one of the
mechanisms for solving the task set by the "Education" national project -
to double the number of foreign students. This task is solved jointly
by Tomsk universities.
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"The very idea of building an inter-university campus (on the left
bank of the Tom river) is aimed at attracting foreign students en masse.
Tomsk scientists also work at the world level today, and the projects
that they are implementing today are possible only in international
collaborations. Therefore, it became necessary to show international
offices of partner universities, what Tomsk is", – she said.
Kiryanova added that International Week – is a method of presenting
educational programs and scientific projects of all Tomsk universities.
The seminar, which began work at TPU, – is only the first cooperation
experience of all six Tomsk universities to jointly promote their
curricula and scientific developments on the international market, the
prototype of cooperation within the framework of the "Big University".
"The event will be annual for Tomsk, and not just for TPU or any
other university. Only today, there has been reached an agreement with a
number of foreign universities on holding joint summer and winter
schools, and by the end of the day we expect to sign an agreement with
several partner universities on double degree-programs both at the
bachelor's and master's levels", – she said.
An excursion for foreigners to the leading laboratories and design
teams of Tomsk universities is scheduled for Wednesday, December 11.
According to its results, the organizers are counting on the emergence
of new joint projects with foreign universities.
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View from the outside
Andreas Winkler, coordinator of the European CLUSTER association (it
includes 12 European universities and four associate partner
universities, including TPU), arrived in Tomsk for the International
Week to expand the association's contacts with Tomsk universities.
According to him, TPU – is one of the active participants in the
network, but the interest of Europeans in Tomsk is not exhausted by one
university.
"I plan to discuss with Tomsk citizens the issues of further
cooperation of Tomsk universities with European colleagues through our
network. We are aware of TPU scientific developments and training
programs. However, it is interesting to see Tomsk as a technological
hub, in which many areas, including IT, are actively developing. I would
like to find projects and areas in which we could launch joint
projects", – Winkler said.
As the first day of the International Week has already shown, the
prospects of cooperation with the Tomsk scientific community are of
interest not only to European, but also to Asian colleagues. Xu Jun, the
head of the international relations department at Chongqing University
(the leading national university in China), came to Tomsk to sign an
agreement on joint activities with TPU.
"We have heard about TPU, it has very strong positions in
international rankings, and Chongqing University has strong positions on
the same subject areas. Therefore, we came to Tomsk to establish
partnerships. We start by signing a general agreement on cooperation,
which will later lead to joint projects", – Xu Jun said.
According to him, the first joint project of the Chongqing University
with TPU will be a summer school, which will be held in 2020. In the
future, Chinese colleagues plan to expand cooperation with Tomsk
scientists.
According to him, the first joint project of Chuntsin University with
TPU will be a summer school, which will take place in 2020. In the
future, Chinese colleagues plan to expand cooperation with Tomsky
scientists.
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Earlier it was reported that the "Big University" project is being
implemented in Tomsk, which involves the unification of all universities
and research institutes of Tomsk into a single scientific and
educational consortium with the preservation of the legal autonomy of
all participants. The main objective of the project – is to obtain a
synergistic effect from the addition of scientific, educational and
infrastructural opportunities for full competition with world university
centers.
About the "Education" national project
Now the "Education" national project is being implemented in the
Russian Federation. Its key purposes - are to ensure global
competitiveness of Russian education, inclusion of the Russian
Federation into the number of 10 leading countries of the world on
quality of the general education, education of harmoniously developed
and socially responsible personality on the basis of spiritual and moral
values of the people of the Russian Federation, historical and national
and cultural traditions.
It includes ten projects: "Modern school", "Success of each child",
"Support of families with children", "Digital educational environment",
"Teacher of the future", "Young professionals", "New opportunities for
everyone", "Social activity", "Education export" and "Social elevators
for everyone".