Delegation from the Russian State University of Geology Prospecting Visits Our School

On the afternoon of September 25th, Vice Director Alina Bisultanova of the International Cooperation Department of the Russian State University of Geology Prospecting, Secretary General Chen Qi of the China Center of the Georgian Academy of Sciences Eastern China Region, and others visited our school. Our vice president Wu Xiangpeng and the person in charge of the International Exchange and Cooperation Department received the visiting delegation.

Wu Xiangpeng welcomed the guests and introduced the basic development of our school in terms of history, advantageous disciplines, talent cultivation and other aspects. Wu Xiangpeng expressed that he hoped to strengthen communication and contact between the two schools on the basis of this meeting, provide strong support for the cooperation between the two schools in running schools jointly with China and other countries and student exchanges, and lay a solid foundation for cooperation between the two schools. Alina Bisultanova introduced the basic situation of the Russian State University of Geology Prospecting and expressed her wish to carry out exchanges and cooperation with our school in areas such as student exchanges and enrollment of Russian students in our school for studies.

The two sides had in-depth exchanges on setting up a Chinese Language and Culture Center at the Russian State University of Geology Prospecting, opening Chinese courses, recruiting Russian international students, and organizing winter camps in China, and reached cooperative intentions. 

It is known that the Russian State University of Geology Prospecting is the first higher institution specializing in geological prospecting disciplines in Russia. It was founded in 1918 under the name Moscow Mining College. In April 1930, the Moscow Mining Research Institute was divided into six independent universities, including the Moscow Institute of Geology and Prospecting. The Moscow Prospecting Institute helped the Moscow State (Lomonosov) University establish the Department of Geology (training experts in theoretical and applied basic research in land science fields). The department has several well-equipped bases for students' summer geological internships. In 2005, it was renamed the Russian State University of Geology Prospecting. It has 209 professors and associate professors, and more than 4,700 students in six departments - Department of Geology and Prospecting, Department of Geophysics, Department of Geological Hydrology, Department of Economic and Legal Support for Ore Deposits Development, Department of Prospecting and Development Technology, and Department of Ecology.