Building Partnerships – BrSU Signs a Cooperation Agreement with Oryol State University named after I.S.Turgenev

On September 11, Brest State A.S.Pushkin University hosted a delegation from Oryol State University named after I.S.Turgenev (Russia). Pavel Aleksandrovich Merkulov, Acting Rector of the Oryol University, and Sergei Petrovich Fedotov, Rector's Assistant, came to us on a visit.

The meeting was attended on our side by Rector Yury Petrovich Holubeu, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Sergei Andreevich Marzan, Vice-Rector for Ideological and Educational Work Elena Alekseevna Burik, Acting Vice-Rector for Research Tatyana Anatolyevna Shelest, deans, and heads of departments. Yury Petrovich presented the leading university of the Brest region, noting: we are proud that the university is a contemporary of the Great Victory, as well as of the percentage of faculty holding academic degrees and of its many specialties – for example, the specialty "Urbanology and City Management," which is taught in Belarus only at BrSU. The rector touched on the topic of the export of educational services and international partnership. He expressed confidence in the importance of the intentions of the two parties meeting today to sign a cooperation agreement.

Pavel Aleksandrovich Merkulov, Acting Rector of Oryol University, spoke about the history and infrastructure of his institution. Oryol State University named after I.S.Turgenev was originally, like our educational institution, a pedagogical institute. Over time, it was reorganized and expanded. After the merger with Oryol State Technical University in 2016, it became multidisciplinary and received the name of Turgenev.

The parties also visited the "Brest Hero-Fortress" Memorial Complex and the winter garden of BrSU. The result of the fruitful work was the signing of a cooperation agreement. This opens up new opportunities for the development of science and helps improve the quality of education and the exchange of experience.

Yulia Vovk
Photo by Viktoria Shvedovskaya