University leaders from Mali are completing a training program at Polytechnic University

A Summer Multidisciplinary University (SMU) program for rectors and university leaders of the Republic of Mali is being held at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. The professional development program is being implemented as part of the activities of the “Russian-African Network University” (RAFU) consortium, coordinated by SPbPU.

Vice-Rector for International Affairs Dmitry Arseniev took part in the opening ceremony at the International Campus of Polytechnic University. He welcomed the Malian delegation and emphasized the importance of training management personnel for higher education.

This is the first program aimed at training leaders in higher education — leaders who will be able to develop universities and create conditions for training the specialists of the future. In addition, given your experience in construction and digital design, we plan to launch another professional development program — on the digitalization of the construction industry, noted Dmitry Arseniev.

The delegation included 11 representatives of Mali, including rectors of the University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako Koumare Mamadou, the University of Yambo Ouologuem Ouologuem Belko, the University of Technical Sciences and Technologies of Bamako Diakite Mahamadou, the Polytechnic University of Bandiagara Guindo Abdoulaye, as well as heads of national institutes and higher schools. The working communication is conducted in Russian and French.

Upon completion of the program, graduates will receive certificates of professional development. The documents will be presented by SPbPU Rector, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Rudskoi, in Moscow at the third Economic and Humanitarian Forum “Russia — Africa.”