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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University received a representative delegation from Indonesia headed by Professor Mohammad Nuh, former Minister of Education and Culture of the country and now Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tenth of November Technological Institute. The visit was an important step in strengthening academic ties between our countries following the recent visit of the President of Indonesia to Russia.
The delegation included the heads of three prestigious Indonesian universities: Ainun Naim (Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Terbuka – Open University of Indonesia), Syafsir Ahlus (Chairman of the Academic Council of the Tenth of November Institute of Technology), Canif Nurcholis (Chairman of the Academic Council of the University of Terbuka), Muhammad Faishol Aminuddin (lecturer at the University of Brawijaya).
The negotiations, led by SPbPU Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs Lyudmila Pankova, focused on five key areas of cooperation. The parties discussed the launch of academic mobility programs for students and teachers, including the "1 1" (Master's) and "2 2" (Bachelor's) models, with special attention to teaching in English. Negotiations are underway to create joint double degree programs in engineering and IT specialties that correspond to the Polytechnic University's priorities: systems digital engineering, automation of production and new materials, artificial intelligence.
"Partnership with leading universities in Indonesia is extremely important to us," emphasized Lyudmila Pankova. "Of the 33,000 students at the Polytechnic, more than 5,000 are foreigners, but only 16 are Indonesians so far. We see huge potential for growth and integration of our educational models, especially in engineering and online learning. This visit sets the vector of interaction with several leading universities at once."
The topic of online education occupied a special place in the negotiations. Here, the key role was played by the exchange of experience between Terbuka University, a recognized leader in the field of open distance learning, holding prestigious accreditations from the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) and the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), and St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, awarded 5 QS stars for online education.
Director of the SPbPU Open Education Center Svetlana Kalmykova and the Indonesians agreed to cooperate in several strategic areas: joint development of methodologies for creating and analyzing the “digital footprint” of students, mutual placement of courses on leading international (Coursera, Open Education) and national platforms, pilot projects to create joint online courses in English on engineering disciplines.
This cooperation will allow SPbPU to integrate Terbook's unique experience in working with a mass audience (more than 500,000 students), and Indonesian partners will adopt Russian developments in the field of integrating online courses into formal educational programs and advanced EdTech solutions developed at the Polytechnic University's Open Education Center.
The guests visited the leading laboratories of SPbPU: the Robotics Center, the Additive Technologies Laboratory, the Lightweight Materials and Structures Laboratory. All Indonesian universities expressed interest in the earliest possible signing of framework agreements (memorandums of understanding) and individual mobility agreements with SPbPU.
"We are grateful for the hospitality," said Mohammad Nuh. "We are acting in line with the strategic course set by the recent visit of the President of Indonesia to Russia, and we see academic partnership as one of the key drivers of development of our countries. The technological power of the Polytechnic University, its advanced engineering schools and unique experience in digitalization of education are exactly the competencies that the Indonesian economy and higher education system urgently need."
The delegation also visited the Main Building of SPbPU and talked with Indonesian students of the university.
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