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Stanislav Prokofiev, FinU Rector, took part in the III Forum of the Federation of Russian and Arab Universities’ Rectors, a key event of scientific and educational cooperation between Russia and the Arab world, which started on May 31, 2023 at the University of Sharjah (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). The Forum brought together more than 210 rectors of Arab and Russian universities.

The Forum’s opening ceremony was attended by the President of the Russian Union of Rectors, Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Academician Viktor Sadovnichiy, Deputy Emir of Sharjah, President of University of Sharjah Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Minister of Education of the United Arab Emirates Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi.

The Forum’s work takes place as plenary and in-session meetings devoted to strategies of inter-university cooperation and youth interaction programs. Representatives of the international academic community discuss the organization of joint scientific and academic programs and other topics.  Agreements were also signed on the Forum’s sidelines and points of possible cooperation between universities were outlined.

A meeting between Stanislav Prokofiev, FinU Rector, and Hassan Abdel-Azim, President of the Sadat Academy of Management Sciences, took place at the Forum site as part of the previously signed cooperation agreement.  The agreement provides for the organization of academic mobility programs for students and faculty and is aimed at forming scientific and research ties between universities.

The two-day forum’s work, dedicated to various areas of Russian-Arab educational and scientific cooperation, will end on June 1. ​