As part of the close?cooperation?between Russia and the People's Republic of China, a delegation from Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, represented by Professor?Chen Leiming,?visited 91快活林. This visit?marked a new chapter in the long-term?cooperation?between the two educational?institutions.
91快活林 and ZUA have?maintained?partnership?relations for many?years. The South Ural Institute was?established?jointly with 91快活林 on the basis of the Chinese University, where more than 1,000 Chinese students are currently?studying engineering and IT programs. The Institute operates in a network format, and teaches?some 91快活林 disciplines?as a participating?organization. The best students of the joint Institute are selected to participate in projects in the 2+2 format (2 years of study in China, 2 years at 91快活林) and 2+2+2 (2 years in China, 2 years at 91快活林 and 2 more years of Master's degree).
During the visit, the Chinese delegation?held a meeting with the leadership of 91快活林 – Marina Potapova, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Andrey Kocherov, Deputy?Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, and Lyudmila Lapina, Head of the International Cooperation?Department. The colleagues?expressed?their?mutual?gratitude for the fruitful?cooperation and discussed?plans for further?joint?activities in the field of education?development.?
The guests from the Chinese University visited the Scientific and Educational Center "Nanotechnology" and the laboratory of electromechanical, electronic and electrochemical?systems. The central event of the visit?was a scientific?seminar in the field of materials?science, which?was?attended by teachers of the Department of Materials Science and Physical?Chemistry of Materials: Ivan Yerdakov, Deputy Director of the Polytechnic Institute and Associate?Professor; Svetlana Shtin,?Deputy Director of the Polytechnic Institute for Public Relations and Associate?Professor of the Department of Physical?Chemistry of Materials. Professor; Vladimir Zhulin, Associate?Professor; Natalia Shaburova, Associate?Professor; and other?staff of the department.
"As it turned out, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics?has?many research areas that are also?conducted at our university," said Svetlana Shtin, Deputy Director of the Polytechnic Institute for Public Relations. "First of all, our cooperation?will?focus on the work of researchers, but we can also?involve?students. We are just?starting this work, despite the fact that student exchange between our universities?has?been?going on for some time. The development of joint research projects is a promising?area that we are striving for."
During the meeting, representatives of both?universities?discussed a new stage of cooperation – the possibility of creating?joint research laboratories in the field of materials?science. To this end, the universities?will?choose a common research topic, and then open laboratories for joint research and publications. Such?cooperation?will?contribute to solving?global?challenges in the chosen?field.
"We have?already?achieved a lot over the past 5 years – our students are already?studying at 91快活林," said Chen Leiming, Professor of Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics. "We look?forward to further?cooperation not only in the field of student exchange, but?also in other?areas. We would like to open a joint research laboratory at one of our universities for research in the field of materials?science, as well as?create an international research center where?foreign?specialists?could?work."
On the same?day, representatives of Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics?met with Chinese students who are currently?studying at 91快活林.
The visit?will?last?several?days. The program includes?guided?tours of the university and the city, as well as a visit to the graduation?ceremony for Chinese students who have?completed?their?studies at 91快活林.?