ASU is going to join the BRICS Network University

17 September 2015 Public Relations Department

ASU intends to join the BRICS Network University, which is now at the stage of establishment, in order to attract talented students from Asian countries.

“We exploit all the opportunities to draw talented students’ attention to our University. We are ready to enter the BRICS Network University. It is on the primary stage at the moment and the leading universities that are chosen for the project are just working out the concept”, - says Roman Raikin, Vice-Rector for International Affairs Development.

In Vice-Rector’s opinion, the first students’ recruitment for the Network University is unlikely this year, but ASU is certainly eager to join the project.

At the moment, ASU has representative offices in some Central Asian countries, but no education processes are held there.

“We have already established several representative offices in Central Asia. They mostly seek and select talented prospective student to apply to ASU. We are very interested in them and want more students to come and study in Altai State University”, - elaborates R. Raikin.

At the beginning of September ASU took part in the Second Asian Student Forum on Issyk Kul Lake in Kirghizia. ASU was not only a participant but also an organizer in cooperation with Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin.

The Forum participants were from 8 different countries: Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, China, Mongolia, Tajikistan, India.

“The essential part of the Forum was a teleconference which connected the Russian Student Forum in Rostov-on-Don with Russian Language Council in Vladivostok. The Asian Forum has fit in well with the Russian Forum as part of “Russian Language Ambassadors in the world” topic”, - says R. Raikin.

Whereas, Director of Department of Extracurricular and Educational Work Anton Tselevich said that 8 universal platforms in different areas had been working on the Forum. There were platforms connected with culture, sports, and professional topics like social standadts of education, educational systems of different countries comparison.

“Students were working with experts on education and international affairs. It was pleasant to see that students are acting like real professionals”, - notices A. Tselevich.

The Forum lasted 8 hours in total and there were more than 100 reports (the number of participants was 200 people).

According to R. Raikin, ASU is now receiving requests from the universitites which are willing to participate in the Third Forum. The event time has not been set yet. It will probably be conducted twice a year.

“The Forum is becoming a symbol of intergration, tolerance, humanitarian collaboration, high academic and creative potential of both Russian and Central Asian students”, - says Larisa Nekhvyadovitch, Dean of Faculty of Arts, who also took part in teleconference.

Asian Student Forum is a main event of Asian Universities Association that was formed by ASU in 2013 and unites 40 universities of 8 Asian countries.
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