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As part of the implementation of the "Roadmap" of joint activities between SPbPU and KRSU for the development of engineering education at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B.N. Yeltsin, a scientific and educational internship was held for faculty and students from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Construction at the institutes and laboratories of the Polytechnic University.

Eight faculty members, a graduate student, and eleven students spent a week actively collaborating at four SPbPU institutes: Civil Engineering, Physics and Mechanics, Computer Science and Cybersecurity, and Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport. Each had their own, yet highly intensive, internship program. For the faculty, this included familiarizing themselves with the laboratories, studying teaching materials, and coordinating plans for joint work and projects. For the students, this included working in the laboratories, attending lectures and practical classes in their respective fields, and learning about the work of SPbPU's industrial partners.

Teachers and students from the "Construction", "Technosphere Safety", "Architecture" and "Architectural Environment Design" departments of the Federal Agency for Architecture and Construction of KRSU completed internships at the Civil Engineering Institute.

The internship began with an official meeting with the institute's leadership, which was attended by KRSU faculty members: Department of Ecology and Emergency Management (Head Erik Mambetov and Associate Professor Ermek Sharsheev); Department of Construction (Head Elmira Sardarbekova and Senior Lecturer Ivan Chernykh-Rashevsky); and Department of Architectural Environmental Design (Head Beisen Kariev).

The Civil Engineering Institute was represented by Marina Petrochenko, Director; Maxim Terekh, Deputy Director for Academic and Methodological Work; Asiyat Eliseeva, Deputy Director for Academic Process Organization and Student Affairs; Yuri Lazarev, Director of the Higher School of Public Administration and Design; Galina Kozinets, Director of the Higher School of Public Administration and Design; Andrey Andreev, Director of the Higher School of Technical and Architecture; Margarita Perkova, Director of the Higher School of Design and Architecture; and Mikhail Romanov, Responsible for International Affairs at the Institute of Civil Engineering. The guests were introduced to the infrastructure and key areas of educational and research activities at the Institute of Civil Engineering, exchanged information on research areas and educational opportunities for joint activities, and discussed organizational matters.

KRSU faculty held a series of meetings and joint working sessions with colleagues from relevant ISI Higher Schools. They discussed joint research, the implementation of educational programs within the framework of academic mobility, inter-university interdisciplinary final qualifying theses, and also worked on joint publication and project activities.

A meeting was organized for KRSU students majoring in Technosphere Safety with Mikhail Ryabukhin, head of the All-Russian Student Rescue Corps, and Oleg Savoshinsky, head of the SPbPU Civil Safety Department. The students also visited the St. Petersburg State University of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia named after Hero of the Russian Federation, General of the Army E. N. Zinichev.

A master class on modeling buildings and structures using construction information modeling technologies, a master class on laser scanning, and a master class on visualizing design concepts using neural networks were organized for students majoring in Construction and Architectural Environment Design. KRSU students began implementing the first project of the student design bureau, sponsored by the IRBIS engineering corporation.

Beishembek Ashirbaev, Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, completed an internship at the Institute of Physics and Mechanics at SPbPU. Over the course of a week, colleagues from KRSU visited the institute's laboratories and participated in scientific seminars at the Higher School of Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics.

A meeting was held with Maxim Frolov, Director of the Higher School of Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics, and Konstantin Kozlov, Head of the Applied Mathematics and Computer Science educational program. The partners discussed the program's implementation and the potential for KRSU undergraduate students to complete a semester-long internship within the program.

KRSU representatives visited the Mathematical Biology and Bioinformatics Research Laboratory. They were shown equipment used to extract plant and fungal DNA. They discussed technologies for obtaining experimental data and its mathematical processing using machine learning. They also visited laboratories at the Higher School of Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics, where they learned about the operating principles of wind tunnels and shock tunnels and were shown several experiments.

A seminar on current research topics was held with the participation of Maxim Frolov. Faculty from the Institute of Physics and Mechanics presented their priority research areas, tasks, and projects to their colleagues from Kyrgyzstan. Another seminar was led by Sergei Lupulyak, Head of the Virtual Simulation Research Laboratory at the Institute of Physics and Mechanics. The seminar discussed the development of software for modeling various physical processes in the petrochemical, gas, and aerospace industries.

"Transport Process Technologies" and "Software Engineering" are two other areas where KRSU students and faculty have completed internships.

The internship for third-year undergraduate students of the Faculty of Engineering and Materials Science of KRSU, Ariadna Aksenova and Yulia Klets, lasted two weeks and took place at the Higher School of Transport with the participation of specialists from the Laboratory of New Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (for the Aircraft, Shipbuilding, and Innovative Transport Industries) of the Institute of Metallurgy and Transport.

Students gained unique experience and new professional skills, actively engaged in building traffic models, which allowed them to gain a deeper understanding of traffic flow dynamics and the impact of various factors on their operation. The knowledge gained will form the basis for further study of complex transportation systems and the development of effective solutions for traffic optimization.

Furthermore, the students mastered geographic information systems, enabling them to visualize and analyze spatial data related to transport infrastructure. Introduction to transport macromodels was an important part of their training, as they enable higher-level traffic flow forecasting and informed decision-making in urban planning and transport management. The skills and knowledge they acquire will contribute to their professional development and prepare them for a successful career in transportation engineering.

The issue of adapting and aligning the curricula of SPbPU and KRSU in the areas of "Transport Process Technology" and "Transport Logistics" was also addressed. Dmitry Glazunov, Professor of the Department of Automobile Transport at KRSU's Faculty of Economics, held several meetings with Alexey Grachev, Director of the Higher School of Transport, and Dmitry Plotnikov, Associate Professor at the School. Glazunov learned about the infrastructure of the higher school, the course work plans for the educational areas, and discussed with colleagues options for aligning the curricula in the specialized areas to enable KRSU students to complete a semester of study at the Polytechnic University as part of the network educational program.

Tariel Jalalbekov and Eldin Nazhimidinov, two first-year undergraduate students from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering at KRSU, spent two weeks exploring the educational and scientific opportunities at the Polytechnic University. As part of the advanced IT education program "Development of System and Application Software for Modern Information Storage and Transmission Systems," implemented by the Higher School of Software Engineering at the Institute of Information Systems and Computer Science at SPbPU, the KRSU students attended lectures and workshops on algorithmization and programming, and participated in seminars organized by the program's industrial partners.

The students also learned about the Polytechnic's history, campus, and infrastructure. Following their first year at KRSU (2025/26 academic year), the possibility of organizing a semester-long course for these two students at the Polytechnic University in the same advanced IT education program will be considered.

In parallel with the student educational internship, Natalia Lychenko, Head of the Department of Information and Computational Technologies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering at KRSU, completed an internship at the Higher School of Software Engineering at the Institute of Software Engineering and Science. She studied the curricula and teaching materials for the Software Engineering program to more fully and seamlessly integrate the respective educational programs at SPbPU and KRSU. An agreement was reached to further develop a networked master's program and a joint undergraduate program in Software Engineering, with the potential launch of both programs in the 2026/27 academic year. The master's program will include lecturers from the Polytechnic University, while the undergraduate program will include one to two semesters of full-time study at SPbPU.

We highly value our partnership with the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University and are pleased with the successful completion of the internship. During this week, KRSU faculty not only exchanged professional experience but also began implementing research initiatives. It was especially valuable that the students immediately applied their acquired knowledge to a real-world project at IRBIS Engineering Corporation. I am confident that such educational projects make a significant contribution to strengthening international cooperation and training highly qualified specialists for the construction industry, noted Marina Petrochenko, Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering.

On the final day of the internship, a working meeting was held via videoconference between Yuri Fomin, Vice-Rector for Research at SPbPU, and Evgeny Shekunov, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation at KRSU. Representatives of SPbPU and KRSU research groups involved in joint research projects also participated in the meeting. The colleagues discussed the current results of the SPbPU-KRSU Roadmap activities related to research, agreed on work plans for the remainder of the year, and outlined promising activities for 2026.

All faculty and students of the B.N. Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University received certificates of completion of a scientific or educational internship at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

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The in-person training session for future mentors of the "Fundamentals of Project-Based Activities" course was held at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. This event marked the beginning of a significant project for the university to integrate student project-based learning into the curriculum.

During the course, students will learn the fundamentals of management and implement real-life projects for external and internal clients, applying their acquired knowledge in practice. Each team will be accompanied by a mentor from among KRSU faculty. The course is a proprietary development of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and has been offered to all second-year undergraduate students since 2017.

The pilot course at KRSU is planned to launch in the spring semester of 2026. In the meantime, future mentors will study the intricacies of this complex work and collect project topics.

The "Project Fundamentals" course is a cutting-edge practice that has long been implemented at the Polytechnic University, and now, for the first time in Kyrgyzstan, we will be introducing this course at KRSU. "This is an excellent opportunity for students to try their hand at real projects and even implement their own ideas," noted Marina Yurchenko, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at KRSU.

The mentor training was attended by staff from the Department of Information Computing Technologies, Economics and Management Systems, the Department of Physical Chemistry, the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, the Department of Physical Processes in Mining, the Department of Physics and Microelectronics, the Department of Advertising, the Department of Architecture and Construction, the Department of Technical and Methodological Analysis, and the Department of Advertising.

The mentor training is being conducted by Inna Seledtsova, a senior lecturer at the Higher School of Project Activity and Industrial Innovation, and Anton Ambrazhey, a senior research fellow at the International Academic Competence Center "Intelligent Enterprise Technologies" of the Advanced Engineering School "Digital Engineering."

Our team already has experience replicating the course at other universities. We provide not only mentor training but also full methodological support for the course implementation and pilot launch," said Anton Ambrazhey.

When implementing the course at KRSU, we paid close attention to localization: the mentoring model, the assessment system, and the specifics of the project topics. Our experience replicating the course at other universities, including the Russian-Armenian University, demonstrates the importance of localization tailored to the specifics of the country and university, Inna Seledtsova shared.

Ruzanna Ayrapetova, Head of the Department of Educational Policy and Quality Assurance at the Russian-Armenian University, spoke to KRSU faculty about her experience teaching the "Fundamentals of Project-Based Activities" course and the evolution of approaches to course organization.

Yulia Alekseeva, senior lecturer at the Higher School of Project Activity and Industrial Innovation and responsible for working with clients on the SPbPU project management course, shared her expertise in working with clients for student projects via a videoconference. Future KRSU mentors learned about the course's philosophy, the role of the instructor and their responsibilities, and the basic principles of project management. They also developed a course launch roadmap, which will be used for further preparation with the support of SPbPU.

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The 2nd Belarusian-Russian Media Forum, entitled "The Great Victory – Unity and Memory of Generations," concluded in Mogilev. It brought together over 100 students from 23 universities across the Union State. In his address, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Konstantin Mogilevsky emphasized that the memory of the Great Victory is the spiritual support of nations and a source of resilience. He urged the participants to delve deeply into historical materials to create reliable media content and expressed hope that the forum would provide them with an opportunity to gain new knowledge and make new friends.

Mikhail Lustenkov, Rector of the Belarusian-Russian University, noted: "The forum participants face several goals. To reconnect with the events that took place 80 years ago and to recognize the significance of Victory. After all, without it, we wouldn't exist."

A team from the Higher School of International Relations at the SPbPU Institute of Humanities, consisting of Daria Zemtsova, Kirill Grebenkov, and Mikhail Kornev, presented their project on preserving historical memory. Over the course of three days, they attended master classes and lectures, discussed with renowned experts, shared experiences, and collaborated on their own projects dedicated to preserving the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War. On the final day, the media forum participants presented their work to the jury. The project by the Higher School of International Relations students came in second.

Daria Zemtsova shared her impressions: "The media forum gave us the opportunity to prove ourselves in the media sphere. We worked on a media project dedicated to the sensitive topic of the Great Patriotic War, interacted with renowned speakers, and interviewed them. The new skills we acquired are invaluable in today's reality."

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Representatives from the Russian-Armenian University visited the Polytechnic University to discuss joint work on localizing the course "Fundamentals of Project Activities."

This academic year, with the support of SPbPU, the course is launching at RAU for the third time. In the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years, student project activities were implemented primarily according to the Polytechnic University model. However, following last year's results, RAU administration, faculty, and students expressed a desire for localization. With the methodological and instrumental support of SPbPU, changes will be made to both the theoretical and practical courses, as well as the mentoring model. According to representatives of RAU and SPbPU, the request for such changes is a positive signal for the full integration of the course into the core educational process, as well as a catalyst for further student engagement and the development of an attractive and understandable mentor model at the Russian-Armenian University.

Colleagues from RAU and SPbPU also discussed Polytechnic University's experience in developing a university technology entrepreneurship ecosystem, including through the "Boiling Point – Polytechnic" program, as well as the specifics of interaction with industrial partners and entrepreneurship support institutions. They agreed to jointly develop a program for developing technology entrepreneurship at RAU, building on the results of the course's implementation and the existing "Boiling Point – RAU – SPbPU" program.

They also discussed cooperation in developing RAU youth communities with the support of the SPbPU Youth Policy Department. The next planned event is a visit in November by representatives of Polytechnic University youth communities to RAU to discuss the Cooperation Roadmap for 2026.

The meeting was attended by mentors of the "Fundamentals of Project Activities" course from RAU: Ruzanna Ayrapetova, Head of the Department of Educational Policy and Quality Assurance; Ramela Simonyan, Head of the Career Center; Anush Karapetyan, First Assistant to the Rector and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Finance; Iveta Stepanyan, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Finance; and Liana Petrosyan, Associate Professor in the Department of Russian Language and Professional Communication.

The meeting was attended by SPbPU representatives: Sergey Redko, Director of the Higher School of Project Activity and Industrial Innovation; Anton Ambrazhey, Senior Research Fellow of the International Academic Competence Center "Intellectual Enterprise Technologies" of the Digital Engineering School; Sergey Salkutsan, Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Education of the Digital Engineering School; Ivan Khlamov, Head of the Youth Policy Department; Artur Kireyev, Acting Director of the Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship; Inna Seledtsova, Senior Lecturer of the Higher School of Project Activity and Industrial Innovation; Pavel Kozlovsky, Chief Engineer of the Scientific Laboratory "Strategic Development of Engineering Markets"; and representatives of the Polytechnic University youth communities.

During the visit, methodological and substantive changes to the course were approved, and RAU mentors participated in the filming of adapted videos for the "Fundamentals of Project Activities" course, which will be used in the RAU educational process in the spring of the 2025/26 academic year.

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Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University continues to actively develop international scientific partnerships. The Russian-Armenian University successfully hosted the international scientific and theoretical conference "Images of the Past: Representations, Historiography, and Historical Memory." The Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences and SPbPU co-organized this large-scale forum.

The conference brought together leading scholars—historians, cultural scientists, philosophers, and political scientists—to discuss pressing issues in contemporary scholarship. Participants focused on the role of historical memory and historical research in shaping national identity, the representation of the past in educational literature, and the fight against the falsification of history.

At the plenary session, Anastasia Lisenkova, Director of the Higher School of Social Sciences at SPbPU, delivered a keynote address, "Silence as a Cultural Choice, Algorithmic Bias, and Digital Commemoration." She touched on the complex aspects of the interaction between history, culture, and digital technologies in the modern world. She also moderated one of the conference's central sections, "Images of the Past in Historical Memory."

Participants were particularly interested in the specialized section "Sport as a Factor in the Formation of National Identity in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Spaces," organized as part of the Russian Science Foundation project #24-28-01790. The section was moderated by Svetlana Ulyanova, a professor at SPbPU's Higher School of Economics and Social Sciences. Researchers from Moscow, Tomsk, Petrozavodsk, Leeds, and Yerevan participated in the section. Presentations were given by Ilya Sidorchuk, a professor at SPbPU's Higher School of International Relations, and Anastasia Fisheva, a senior research fellow at SPbPU's Higher School of Economics and Social Sciences.

The visit of the delegation from the Higher School of Social Sciences at SPbPU to Yerevan yielded not only scientific but also important practical results. Following talks with the leadership of the Russian-Armenian University and the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, specific agreements were reached, strengthening and expanding the format of cooperation. SPbPU faculty are organizing advanced training courses for RAU faculty on the "History of Russia." A joint SPbPU-RAU-IWH RAS academic conference on "Civilization and Barbarism: From Antiquity to the Age of Artificial Intelligence" is planned for April 2026.

Furthermore, research teams from SPbPU's HSE and RAU have agreed to prepare and publish joint articles in Scopus-indexed journals. A new joint project to create a scientific electronic journal, Perspectiva Temporis, dedicated to history, sociology, and cultural studies, will begin in January 2026.

The conference and the agreements reached were a clear demonstration of the dynamically developing partnership between the Polytechnic University and the Russian-Armenian University. This collaboration not only strengthens academic ties but also makes a significant contribution to the development of the humanities internationally.

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A delegation from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, led by Professor Sergey Makarov, Scientific Director of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, paid an official visit to its strategic partner, the Russian-Armenian University.

The parties summarized the progress of the current SPbPU-RAU Roadmap, which expires in 2025, and began planning joint projects for the subsequent period. The key event was the signing of a memorandum, which marks a new stage in the partnership—the creation of a joint international research center, RAU-SPbPU. The center's activities will focus on cutting-edge research in telecommunications systems. The universities also agreed to launch a number of new projects in related promising fields: nanostructure physics and microwave electronics.

The visit included not only business negotiations but also an active educational program. Maxim Vinnichenko, Deputy Director of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications at SPbPU, gave an open lecture for RAU undergraduate and graduate students on the course "Optical Properties of Semiconductors and Nanostructures." The presentation, dedicated to the connection between fundamental research and practical applications in the development of modern photodetectors and sensors, sparked a lively discussion.

A separate meeting was held to organize the 27th All-Russian Youth Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors and Nanostructures, Semiconductor Opto- and Nanoelectronics, which will take place later this year. A working group and program committee have been formed to review the papers, and a list of invited experts has been agreed upon.

The partners discussed the successful experience of conducting dissertation defenses in a joint dissertation council and planned the next defense for the end of 2025.

Joint activities of the SPbPU and RAU research groups are being implemented, among other things, within the framework of the state project "Implementation of a set of measures to improve the efficiency of the Russian-Armenian and Belarusian-Russian universities in training professional personnel for the digital economy through the development of research programs, continuing education programs, and advanced training for students and young academic staff, including the use of modern distance learning technologies."

The project is funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and aims to develop cooperation between SPbPU and two Slavic universities.

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A large-scale media forum, bringing together 100 young professionals from Russia and Tajikistan, was successfully held in Dushanbe at the Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University. The key topic of this year's forum was artificial intelligence and its potential for the youth media community in both countries.

Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Konstantin Mogilevsky addressed the participants with a welcoming address: "Scientific and educational issues occupy a prominent place on the agenda of the Russian-Tajik bilateral dialogue. Suffice it to mention the Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University itself, where we have gathered today and which combines the best practices of both educational systems. RTSU is currently developing successfully and enjoys a vibrant university life. I would like to especially thank Rector Mashrab Kurbonali for his significant contribution to the preparation of our media forum today, which brought together over a hundred participants."

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University was represented at the forum by students from the Higher School of International Relations, Grigory Bushuev, Alisa Merkulova, and Ivan Tkachuk.

At the forum, my colleagues from Tajikistan and I practiced our professional skills and learned how to create high-quality content. For example, we learned about trends and how to shape them ourselves. Our impressions were excellent! The organization was top-notch, and the Tajik side demonstrated exceptional hospitality," Ivan Tkachuk shared.

Over the course of three days, participants enjoyed a rich educational program: lectures, workshops, and teamwork on creating content dedicated to artificial intelligence.

The media forum marked an important milestone in strengthening humanitarian ties between Russia and Tajikistan, providing young professionals with the opportunity for professional dialogue, exchange of experiences, and the implementation of joint projects.

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An intensive three-day project-analytical session concluded at the B.N. Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University (KRSU), culminating nearly a year of work by the KRSU development team with the support of SPbPU and other Russian universities. The session brought together KRSU leadership, leading faculty, the most active members of the student community, and experts from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The main objective of these three days was to translate KRSU's ambitious development strategy through 2030 (with a view to 2040) from concepts into concrete actions and measurable results.

The Polytechnic University expert group included Maria Vrublevskaya, Vice-Rector for Human Resources Policy; Maxim Pasholikov, Vice-Rector for Information, Youth Policy, and Security; Nikita Golovin, Head of the Slavic Universities Project Office and Deputy Head of the International Cooperation Office; Ivan Kurta, Head of the Directorate for Continuing Education and Industry Partnerships; and Anna Kondakova, Deputy Head of the Strategic Planning and Development Department. Polytechnic University experts have been working with the KRSU team for over a year to develop approaches to the qualitative transformation of the engineering education system at the Kyrgyz university and, more generally, to develop a development strategy. The process of developing a development program and a roadmap for its implementation through 2030 has now begun.

Work was conducted across five key project tracks, each responsible for a fundamental area of development: modern education and relevant educational programs, science and innovation, investment in human capital, progressive youth policy, and comprehensive pre- and postgraduate professional education. Additionally, attention was paid to issues of comprehensive infrastructure development, including the new KRSU campus, and effective financial management.

Over the course of three days, the KRSU development team, which included representatives of the university's administrative structures, as well as deans, faculty, and students from various faculties, consistently worked through the tasks of translating strategic goals into specific operational initiatives and activities. Implementation tools and performance indicators were developed for each initiative, and responsible individuals were selected. At each session, SPbPU experts supported the group work, actively engaging participants in discussion, sharing their own experiences and examples that could be considered when developing fundamental university policies and implementation mechanisms. Following each stage of the group work, the leaders of KRSU's thematic groups presented their findings in a plenary session, answered questions, and received suggestions that they incorporated. On the final day of the PAS, the groups presented summary reports outlining their proposals for KRSU's transformation and the achievement of strategic development goals. KRSU Rector Sergey Volkov actively participated in the final plenary session: he asked clarifying questions, commented, immediately provided feedback on the proposals put forward, and clarified what needed to be taken into account immediately after the project-analytical session.

But the main achievement was the birth of a new culture of interaction. As KRSU Rector Sergey Volkov noted, this session was a crucial step in building a modern managerial and academic culture at the university.

It's important for us not just to write a strategy, but to live by it. Strategizing means looking at the university from the outside, seeing its development and potential. Dream. Without a dream, there is no forward movement—either for the individual or for the university," he emphasized, setting the tone for a bold, ambitious vision of the future.

Experts' views only confirmed the positive changes taking place. Maria Vrublevskaya, SPbPU Vice Rector for Human Resources, noted the progress: "I see tremendous progress. Lively discussions, mutual respect, new ideas, and new faces have emerged. A culture of partnership and horizontal interaction is being developed at the university. This means that strategic thinking is already becoming the norm here."

These words are direct evidence that a new philosophy is being formed at KRSU, based on partnership and joint responsible movement towards a common goal.

It's important to understand that the session just concluded is not the final point, but rather a powerful start to extensive and systematic work. All the developed materials, initiatives, and projects will form the basis of a detailed KRSU Development Program for 2026–2030 and a corresponding roadmap. These documents will serve as a tangible management tool with clear indicators, deadlines, and designated implementers. Implementation of this program is expected to lead to tangible changes for everyone: updating educational programs and strengthening scientific potential, developing youth initiatives, creating a modern, comfortable infrastructure, and, ultimately, creating new, unique opportunities for every student and faculty member of the B.N. Yeltsin Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University.

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The 3rd Slavic Universities Summit "Slavic Horizon 2025" was held at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The event brought together representatives of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the heads and staff of four Slavic universities from Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, as well as RUDN University and the Russian State University for the Humanities. Participants not only summarized the results of long-standing collaboration but also outlined concrete steps for creating a deeply integrated consortium.

"For the Polytechnic University, this isn't just an international project, it's the largest and most systemically important one. Over the past few years, we've held over 200 joint events, implementing around 20 major research areas and dozens of network programs," noted Dmitry Arsenyev, Vice-Rector for International Affairs at SPbPU. "Our goal is to create synergistic projects that will unite all members of this community."

The practical part of the first day of the summit included a unique masterclass on the computer simulator "Lean Office at the University." The simulator is a powerful tool for training management teams. For three hours, summit participants experienced a glimpse of university life in a virtual environment, where every mistake is a realization, and every decision is a step toward development.

The summit participants placed special emphasis on working with young people. Maxim Pasholikov, SPbPU Vice-Rector for Information, Youth Policy, and Security, invited colleagues to a session at the historic Hydrotower: "My students and I 'took over' this building from the rector's office about seven years ago, and now it's our unified center. We'll be happy not only to present our practices but also to absorb yours."

Discussions on youth policy and student initiatives demonstrated that this block is a powerful tool for integration. It was proposed to go beyond one-time visits and organize summer and winter schools at Slavic universities, bringing together students from several institutions. Specific initiatives included creating a youth camp at one of the national universities and holding the Universiade at the Russian Agrarian University (RAU) with an invitation to all partners. It was also suggested developing student brigades, reviving the practice of organizing work semesters where students from different countries work together at Russian or national enterprises, similar to Soviet construction brigades. In the area of sports and creativity, the idea was voiced of holding regular joint Spartakiads and festivals, which would facilitate informal student bonding.

At the "Youth Policy" session in the Hydrotower, Maxim Pasholikov presented to his colleagues the system for organizing youth and student activities at the Polytechnic University. He discussed our university's approaches to creating an environment for developing student initiatives, supporting talent, and engaging young people in university life. Then, in the "Workshop of Practices" format, the participating universities presented their best systemic projects in the "Media," "Adaptation," "Creativity," and "Sports" tracks, exchanged experiences, and discussed the possibilities of implementing these practices at their universities. Maxim Susorov, Chairman of the Students' Union, also delivered a report on "The Structure of Student Self-Government at SPbPU." The session helped identify common challenges and promising areas for cooperation and served as a platform for developing a unified database of proven youth policy solutions.

We are currently working on a new methodology for creating a development program that will take into account the unique characteristics and maximize the strengths of each Slavic university, emphasized Anna Kalabina, Head of the International Cooperation Department in Higher Education at the Department of State Policy in Higher Education at the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

The "Education" session at the summit featured an exchange of best practices between representatives from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The focus was on transforming university educational policies in the face of modern challenges and the drive toward technological leadership. Participants discussed the need to restructure the higher education system, combining the best elements of the Soviet system with the positive experiences of the Bologna Process. Particular emphasis was placed on the transition to single-cycle education, which ensures self-sufficient training of specialists without the need for additional master's degree programs, which is especially relevant for engineering fields. Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Lyudmila Pankova presented examples of the launch of five-year programs developed by Polytechnic University in collaboration with industrial partners.

A key topic of discussion was the implementation of a system for individual student achievement in assessing educational outcomes. Participants shared their experiences in incorporating extracurricular activities, such as participation in Olympiads or completing projects for employers, into ongoing academic performance and state final certification. They discussed approaches to developing digital student portfolios, which will enable the recording and assessment of students' diverse achievements and competencies. Issues of increasing the flexibility of educational programs and their adaptation to rapidly changing labor market demands, including the integration of digital competencies and artificial intelligence, were also touched upon.

Furthermore, the summit focused on practice-oriented education and university networking. Colleagues from Slavic universities discussed the possibility of jointly developing and implementing educational modules to pool competencies and enhance synergies. They also considered strengthening the position of the Russian language and preserving a shared historical and cultural heritage through joint educational and outreach projects. Another area of discussion was the development of university teaching staff, including the introduction of new career paths for faculty and the organization of internships to enhance their practical experience. Participants expressed their willingness to further collaborate, replicate successful practices, and collaborate on projects aimed at modernizing the educational process.

An important initiative was the proposal to hold summits in turn at the sites of all Slavic universities.

The discussion participants agreed on the need to go beyond bilateral ties and implement multilateral network projects. Regarding network and joint programs, the problem of regulatory barriers to launching full-fledged network programs between international partners was highlighted. A proposed solution is to actively develop the format of joint modules, where a professor from one university teaches a course at another. The idea of creating a unified platform where industrial partners could post real-world problems, and students from participating universities would form inter-university teams to solve them and present their results online was also proposed.

Following the meeting, cooperation reached a new level. As Nikita Golovin, head of the Slavic Universities project office and deputy head of the SPbPU International Cooperation Office, aptly noted: "The true value of this summit lies in its working and informal nature, in the atmosphere of open and trusting dialogue. It is in this unconventional environment that the most breakthrough ideas are born. The summit becomes the place where not only the agenda is set, but also responsibility for its implementation is assigned, and a roadmap for future joint work is created."

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Today, the 2nd Russian-Kyrgyz Educational Forum opened in Bishkek. The forum focused on the contribution of Russian and Kyrgyz universities to the development of the economies and societies of both countries, as well as practical cooperation with industrial partners, primarily through Russian-Kyrgyz consortiums of technical, medical, and agricultural universities.

Today's meeting is an important step toward creating a common educational, scientific, and technical space. Modern challenges, economic transformation, and the development of new industries, medicine, agriculture, and geotechnology make our cooperation strategically essential, noted Baktiyar Orozov, Minister of Science, Higher Education, and Innovation of the Kyrgyz Republic, in his welcoming speech.

A delegation from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, led by Rector and RAS Academician Andrey Rudskoy, played a key role in the forum. The delegation included Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Lyudmila Pankova, Vice Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice Rector for International Affairs Dmitry Arsenyev, and Acting Director of the Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship Artur Kireev.

The first day of the forum, held at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, focused on developing specific mechanisms for integrating education and the economy.

Polytechnic University Rector Andrey Rudskoy participated in the central panel discussion "Economic Needs and Universities' Opportunities: How Universities and Industrial Partners Can Work Together," where he presented a concept for transforming engineering education that the university is implementing jointly with leading industrial corporations.

"We are purposefully moving away from the classic Bologna model toward a flexible architecture where interdisciplinarity, integration with industry, and a variety of qualifications become the core of training. Our projects with Gazprom, Rosatom, and Rostec demonstrate how the university is becoming a fully-fledged link in the education-research-implementation chain," noted Andrey Rudskoy.

Particular emphasis was placed on the successful strategic partnership with KRSU. A shared digital educational space has already been created, network programs have been launched, and applied projects are being developed with Kyrgyzstan's industrial partners, such as Alliance Altyn (mining) and Geoscan (unmanned systems).

Immediately after the discussion, the rector signed several agreements with partners.

Under an agreement with the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B.N. Yeltsin, an engineering track will be established under the supervision of the Polytechnic University at the International Institute of Continuing Education of KRSU. The main objective is to jointly develop modern continuing professional education programs for the market.

An agreement was also signed with KRSU and Irbis-Kurulush on joint projects in digital modeling in construction. A Student Design Bureau will be opened at KRSU.

Three agreements were signed with Salymbekov University to launch joint international double-degree bachelor's degree programs in the areas of "Digital Enterprise Economics," "International Logistics," and "International Business."

SPbPU Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs Lyudmila Pankova moderated the roundtable discussion "Training Personnel in Demand in the Modern Labor Market," which explored in detail the mechanisms for adapting educational programs to the rapidly changing economic needs of both countries.

Speakers at the session included heads of Russian and Kyrgyz universities and businesses. The discussion centered on the intersection of university objectives and industry interests. Universities generate knowledge and train personnel, a relatively time-consuming process. Industry, meanwhile, is addressing ongoing development and efficiency challenges and needs personnel "here and now."

How can these demands be reconciled? The answer, unanimously agreed upon by the discussion participants, is the introduction of new educational formats at universities and the active involvement of industry representatives in the educational process from the early stages of training.

Industrial partners can organize special career tracks that allow students to combine study with work, and young professionals to combine work with study.

Participants in the discussion expressed interest in continuing the dialogue at other venues and adopting each other's best practices.

Vice-Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education Dmitry Tikhonov participated in the roundtable discussion "Business as a Qualified Client: The Experience of Russia and Kyrgyzstan," presenting SPbPU's model for working with corporate clients.

Vice-Rector for International Affairs Dmitry Arsenyev spoke at the roundtable discussion "The Russian Language and Participation in Online Educational Programs as Tools for Successful Study and Career," emphasizing the role of Russian as a bridge for academic and professional mobility.

Acting Director of the Higher School of Technological Entrepreneurship, Artur Kireev, joined the jury and participated in the summing up of the results of the startup project competition of the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund and KRSU.

The 2nd Russian-Kyrgyz Educational Forum confirmed SPbPU's status as a strategic partner for leading Kyrgyz universities. The signed agreements are purely practical in nature and aim to create specific infrastructure—a Student Project Bureau, an engineering track for continuing education, and joint dual degree programs. The active participation of a broad group of SPbPU vice-rectors in the expert sessions demonstrated the university's comprehensive approach to developing international cooperation and its commitment to deep integration of education, science, and industry.

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