Head on the East

Head on the EastAt the end of the March an agreement on cooperation between Kalashnikov ISTU and Harbin Institute of Technology (China) was signed.

Russian and China are long standing strategic partners. Recent years, the partnership between the two countries is growing and expanding. Russian-Chinese cooperation is charaterized by a wide range of coperation areas: science and education, trade and economic and humanitarian relations, joint participation in international and regional organizations.

Supporting the current trends of strengthening the relations with People’s rupiblic of China, Kalashnikov ISTU actively works on the creation of joint cooperation areas with Chinese side.

Supporting the current trends of strengthening the relations with People’s rupiblic of China, Kalashnikov ISTU actively works on the creation of joint partnership areas with Chinese side.

The first steps were made in 2011. March 06, 2011 Kalashnikov ISTU became the member of the Association of Technical Universities of Russia and China (ATURC). The Association combines efforts of elite technical universities of Russia and China in the training of the highly qualified personnel for innovation economy, and supports the academic exchange of students and lecturers, the development of scientific-technical cooperation between Russia and China. In June 2013 in Qingdao the First Russian-Chinese Scientific-Technical Innovation Forum of “Blue Silicon Valley” was held. In October 2013 the project “Friendship Train ATURC” was realized where the master students of Kalashniov ISTU participated. In 2012 in the framework of ATURC the Chinese government provided two scholarships for Russian student to study in Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT). In September 2014 it is planned to send to HIT two students of ISTU on the pprogram of joint training the graduates with the further defence of dissertations in HIT and ISTU. It should be noted that HIT is mulit-disciplinary university and research institute, and also the member of the C9 League of Universities.

From 9 to 12 April 2014, in Blagovoshchensk young scientists from ISTU and HIT have an opportunity to meet at the Russian-Chinese student research camp of small satellites of ATURC. Delegation from our unviersity is headed by B.V. Glushkov, the Associate professor of the Department of “Radio Electronic Design”

On March 25, 2014 Boris Yakimovich, the rector of Kalashnikov ISTU and Wang Shuguo, the rector of HIT signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of education, scientific research and academic exchanhe between universities.

Head on the EastOur delegation consists of B. Yakimovich, rector of Kalashnikov ISTU, A. Elensky, vice-rector for international relations and accreditation and R. Galiakhmetov, dean of the Faculty of Economics, law and Humanitarian Sciences. They met with the directors of the School of Economy and manegement, School of Civil Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, and School of Material Science and Engineering of HIT, and discussed the joint edycational programs. With the director of the School of Civil Engineering, professor Fang Feng we agreed to prepare the interdepartmental agreement and the program of ooperation for two years.

During the official visit the ISTU delegation met with Mr. Jianzhen Gu, the head of permanent direction of Association of technical universities of Russia and China (ATURC)

Now Kalashnikov ISTU is waiting for the visit of delegation of Harbin Institute of Technology, including the head of the permanent direction ATURC, who will come to our university on 22-23 April, 2014 to participate in the VI International Conference “Technical Universities: Integration with European and World Education Systems”

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