UrFU Delegation Showcases Educational Opportunities at Azerbaijan Exhibition
On September 20-21, the Russian House in Baku hosted the annual Grand Fair of Russian Universities, where more than 25 leading higher education institutions from different regions of Russia presented their potential. Ural Federal University was represented by Evgeniya Saburova, head of the International Marketing Office, and Yulia Popova, head of the Admissions Center.
The Fair was opened by the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Azerbaijan Mikhail Evdokimov, who emphasized the importance of strengthening Russian-Azerbaijani educational ties and the advantages of Russian education.
Diana Huseynzade, head of the Russian Studies Center Scientific-Research Laboratory of the Azerbaijan University of Languages, the main UrFU partner-university in Azerbaijan, stressed the importance of studying Russian culture for Azerbaijani students and strengthening friendly relations between the peoples of Russia and Azerbaijan.
During the 2 days of the Fair, the visitors represented by students and teachers of Azerbaijanian education institutions, pupils and their parents, got acquainted with Ural Federal University and the city of Ekaterinburg, got detailed information about UrFU programs and admissions requirements, learning and living conditions. The greatest interest was caused by a wide range of UrFU degree programs in English, the new world-class campus, and the big and active Association of Azerbaijani students at the university.
“Such interest can only please us. I think that we will work very productively during these two days in Baku. A lot of students came, students who were already oriented to a certain educational program. I am very glad that many of them were interested in engineering because it is a priority for us. We have been educating engineering specialists for more than a hundred years. We have admissions for full-time, part-time, and distance learning, and this year a new huge campus is waiting for students, which has many advantages. By the way, we have many students from Azerbaijan, we even have our student diaspora”, says Yulia Popova.
The exhibition became an excellent platform to get acquainted with Russian education and research potential and to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
Within the framework of the Fair, a round table of representatives of Russian and Azerbaijani universities on the organization of a Scientific Conference dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 in 2025 was held. Representatives of Russian universities – Ural Federal University, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow Pedagogical State University, etc. – and representatives of Azerbaijani universities – Azerbaijan University of Languages, Institute of History and Ethnology named after Abbasgulu Bakikhanov of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Guba Branch of Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University took part in the meeting.
During the discussion, the participants discussed the format of the conference, thematic areas of research, invited speakers, and mechanisms of interaction between the universities of the two countries to prepare the event. It was provisionally agreed to hold the Conference in Baku in April 2025.
In addition, within the framework of the Educational Fair, UrFU also organized an education master class in Artificial Intelligence in the Electric Power Industry Industry for students, pupils, and teachers. The Associate Professor of the Department of Electric Engineering and Electrotechnology Systems (Ural Power Engineering Institute) Stanislav Eroshenko told in an interactive form and simple language on opportunities and prospects of using AI in the Energy Industry. During the master class, the UrFU expert shared the experience of Ural Power Engineering Institute in the use of artificial intelligence in the power industry and talked about modern technologies and their application in solving current problems in real life. The participants of the master class also learned about the Master’s degree program in English “Artificial Intelligence for Power Industry Applications” and the advantages of UrFU.