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On 28th November, 2017 a meeting, organized for the students of the preparatory department, who arrived in our university from the far abroad countries recently, was held in the international department of USTU.

The questions directly related to the future life of students from abroad and the rules of their stay in Russia were discussed during the meeting.

On 10th November, 2017, at a regular meeting of the English Club a farewell meeting with the intern of the international department, citizen of Finland Soyrinki Siiri Meri was held.

During the internship (from 16th August, 2017 to 10th November, 2017), Siiri performed the following functions at the international department:

Ukhta State Technical University is delighted to inform that recently we signed the cooperation agreement with the recruitment agency Flyborder, which will attract students from Nigeria to study at USTU. Over the years, Flyborder has been co-working and representing USTU in Nigeria. Now our organizations set up formal collaboration, which will last for at least 5 years.

From 31st October to 1st November, a meeting of the representatives of Norwegian and Russian universities participating in the Barents Plus international program was held in the city of Narvik (Norway), on the campus of the University of Tromsø - Arctic University of Norway. Ukhta State Technical University was represented at the meeting by the head of the international department Anton Grigoriev.

On 31st October, 2017 in the Finno-Ugric ethnopark in the village of Yb in the Syktyvdinsky district  a national ethno forum "We are Russians. The common destiny is a single union" was held. It gathered together about 200 people: members of national-cultural and patriotic associations, public figures, representatives of republican and municipal authorities, student youth.

In Russia we say that it is better to see once than hear a hundred times. Well, just watch how our exchange student Olga Akulova is spending one semester at University of Tromso in Norway.

Yesterday, on 26th October, 2017, at 11am  a video meeting between representatives of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Russian Federation, headed by Ambassador Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa,  with representatives of the USTU was held at the international department. Among participants from USTU there was Vice-Rector for External Affairs, Adviser of the rectorate G. V. Korshunov, Head of the International Department A. N. Grigoriev, Director of Institute of Geology, Oil and Gas Production and Pipeline Transportation N. P.

During the World Festival of Youth and Students, which took place in Sochi from 15th October to 22nd October, 2017, a number of working meetings were held. USTU met with diplomatic representatives, as well as youth and students of countries participating in the Festival.

On Monday, 16th October, Ecology and Natural Resource Management department organized a seminar with Finnish student Siiri Söyrinki, who currently works as an intern at the international department. Siiri studies in Environmental Change and Policy master program at University of Helsinki and is interested in solving environmental problems. The theme of seminar was mitigating climate change in Finnish energy sector as Siiri is looking forward to exploring the subject in her master thesis. Students and professors from ecology department took part in the seminar.

In the period from 5 to 7 October 2017, the First Secretary of the Embassy of Malaysia in Moscow Syed Saifuddin Bin Syd Ahmad visited USTU. The main purpose of the visit is acquaintance with the university complex, strengthening of friendly relations, discussion of directions of possible cooperation, including future study citizens of Malaysia at USTU.