International Activities

Southwest State University is the only technical University of Russia which is a member of the National Committee of Economic Cooperation with the countries of Latin America. Southwest State University took an active part in the preparation of the Summit of Asian–Pacific Economic Cooperation in Peru. Within the framework of that event a meeting with the Vice-minister and other officials from Peru Ministry of Education took place. It was settled that Southwest State University would coordinate all scientific and technical relations between Russian and Peru Universities.

A month later the contract between Southwest State University and the largest higher school of Peru — National engineering university (UNI) was signed in the Russian embassy in Lima.

Moreover the leadership of National engineering university has become interested in the space program of Southwest State University and in launching a university mini-satellite into the space. The equipment for this space satellite has been designed by Southwest State University students of the faculty of the computer design and engineering.

Quite long might be the list of foreign Universities which have shown interest in partnership with Southwest State University: there have been concluded agreements and contracts with them. Besides Southwest State University maintains close collaborative links with embassies in the field of science, education and culture. Ambassadors whose students study at Southwest State University regularly visit the University.

In March, 2009 in Madrid, within the framework of the state visit of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, the first forum of rectors «Iberoameriсa — Russia — Spain» was held. A question of reapprochement of higher education systems, joint scientific research, the necessity of studying of the Russian language in Spanish-speaking  countries and Spanish — in Russia. Among the rectors of twenty five leading Russian universities invited to the forum was the rector of Southwest State  University Sergey Emelyanov.

In Havana as a part of delegation of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation which was headed by the stats-secretary, deputy minister Jury Sentjurin, in working out of intergovernmental agreements on a recognition and equivalence of documents on formation and scientific degrees, cooperation in the field of higher education the chief of the Iberoamerikansky countries department of Southwest State University  Nikolay Frolov  participated. He  was the only representative of the Russian high schools as our university is the leader in relations with the Latin American countries.

 Very often Southwest State University welcomes scientists from European and Asian Universities. This is a sign of the University integration into the world educational community.

Southwest State University has well-established links with the university in Cassino (Italy). For two months students of the faculty of theoretical mechanics and mechatronics of Southwest State University were doing research work in the field of robotics in the laboratories of the Cassino University. The Russian-Italian seminar on the problems of robotics was held in Kursk. It was  another step up in the integration of Southwest State University into the world educational community. Now the negofiations are in progress to make University qualification diplomas equally valid in both countries. Such practice is becoming popular, but among Universities beyond Moscow, Southwest State University will be the first to adopt it.

Groups of Southwest State University teachers work on a regular basis in Universities in Spain, Jordan and Myanmar. By the way, Southwest State University has long and friendly relations with Myanmar. Myanmar students usually get masters’ degree and then some of them take PhD course.

 Practically most of the engineers in Nepal graduated from Soviet or Russian Universities. An agreement on students’, post-graduate students’ and teachers’ exchange between two Universities, Southwest State University and Nepalese, has been recently signed.

The governmental delegation from Jordan came to Kursk on a business visit to sign an agreement with Southwest State University on joint scientific and practical work in the field of nuclear engineering. SWSU has proved that its potential is sufficient to meet all the scientific challenges.