International Activity
International partnership is one of the priorities of BSTU. The number of international students is growing every year. In the 2016–2017 academic years, there were more than 1,900-hundred foreign citizens from 67 countries. Lately university focused on English-language programs, where more than 200 students are taught.
Academic mobility is successfully developing. Cooperation in academic, scientific and cultural programs with Serbia, Morocco, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Egypt is introduced. In general, more than 300 people took part in the program of academic mobility this year.
BSTU is actively developing partnership with European universities. We successfully work with universities in China. Over the past three years, 135 students from China have studied in the exchange training program.
At the moment, there are more than 115 international agreements.
BSTU became the venue for international forums for graduates of Soviet and Russian universities. Special guests from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Duma, the Federation Council, Ambassadors and Attaches on Culture of Foreign Countries, as well as presidents and representatives of the Associations of Graduates of Soviet and Russian universities became participants in the forums. In March, a forum of people's diplomacy "The role of graduates of Russian and Soviet universities in the development of Russian education and culture in the world" was held. Representatives of 25 countries came to Belgorod to take part in this event. In total, 50 guests visited university that day.
Annual international art and architectural plein-airs was held in BSTU. Artists and sculptors from different countries took part in this event.
Today there are:
- 1900 foreign students from 67 countries;
- 5 English-language programs in English;
- more than 200 courses are taught in English;
- 3 centers of pre-university training for international students (China, Serbia, Morocco).
In 2017, 11 people graduated with distinction from centers of pre-university training for international students.
488 international students took Foundation Course for foreign citizens in various programs, including pre-university training, summer language school, as well as Russian language courses.
Y.V. Kapustin, Director of the Center for International Education and Partnership set a record in Russia during the motorcycle rally "Reveal the beauty of Russia."