Siberian Federal University: SibFU and universities of Uzbekistan have agreed on cooperation

Siberian Federal University and two Uzbek universities — Tashkent Institute of Finance and Tashkent State University of Economics — have signed memorandums of cooperation.

“Siberian Federal University has quite a lot of Uzbek universities as partners. As of today, we have signed 14 agreements with 12 universities. We consider Uzbekistan as a promising vector of relations, given the course taken to strengthen ties between the CIS countries,” commented on the signing of memoranda the Rector of SibFU Maxim Rumiantsev. — The signed documents set the framework for further cooperation. Thus, we have already outlined the first steps — this year an International Summer University will be held on the basis of SibFU. Within the framework of this event, about 30 students from Uzbekistan will visit our city. The Summer University will be dedicated to the topic of entrepreneurship and economic development. In addition, professors from the universities who have signed memorandums of cooperation are scheduled to visit SibFU — the guests will hold a series of open lectures here.”

The signing of the agreement was preceded by a visit of the delegation of Siberian Federal University represented by the School of Business Management to Uzbekistan. According to the Deputy Director for International Work of the School of Business Management Evgenia Ershova, the partners managed to discuss the details of joint work in the field of improving the educational process, the exchange of students and lecturers, as well as the preparation of training materials and the writing of scientific papers and monographs.