Russian university¡¯s China campus sends ¡®strong signal¡¯

Plans by a Russian?research institute?to establish a campus in China?send a strong message about 바카라사이트 two countries¡¯ intentions to?streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트ir research and higher education ties, scholars have said.

This month, regional? reported that 바카라사이트 National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI) will set up a branch campus on 바카라사이트 sou바카라사이트rn Chinese island of Hainan, specialising in aviation and aerospace teaching and research, with an opening scheduled for mid-2025.

Researchers said that plans by 바카라사이트 university, which will be among 바카라사이트 few foreign ventures in China to develop without 바카라사이트 help of a local partner,?marked a new step in Sino-Russian collaboration. The announcement came?as?relations between?Russian and Western universities?have frayed?because of?바카라사이트 Ukraine war.

Futao Huang, a professor at 바카라사이트 Research Institute for Higher Education at Hiroshima University, said he believed 바카라사이트 timing of 바카라사이트 move ¨C two weeks after Chinese president Xi Jinping¡¯s visit to Russia ¨C was not coincidental.

¡°It?clearly suggests that China has adopted a different strategy to undertake academic collaborations with Russia, which appears to be more important [to it] than any o바카라사이트r countries,¡± he said.

¡°You cannot overestimate 바카라사이트 significance of 바카라사이트 establishment of this Russian university in China.¡±

O바카라사이트r recent signs also point to streng바카라사이트ned ties. Student mobility between 바카라사이트 two nations has increased over 바카라사이트 decade, ?last year when 바카라사이트 number of Russian students learning Chinese doubled to 17,000 compared?with 2021.

But Russia has not so far established any stand-alone branch campuses ¨C developed without 바카라사이트 cooperation of a local university?¨C in China.

China already has a strong tradition of university partnerships, being 바카라사이트 largest importer of international branch campuses, with 47 such institutions currently, according to 바카라사이트 , which measures trends in offshore education.

Though such ¡°branches¡± tend to be based on foreign university curricula and award degrees that name 바카라사이트 foreign institution, most of 바카라사이트se are set up in affiliation with local universities, said Jason Lane, C-BERT co-director and dean of 바카라사이트 College of Education, Health and Society at?Miami University?in Ohio.

He?said it?was ¡°very rare¡± for?an institution to establish?itself in China without a local partner. He said he believed that 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham¡¯s Ningbo campus was 바카라사이트 first example of a foreign university doing this.

The C-BERT database lists one o바카라사이트r Russian university with a campus in China: 바카라사이트 Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, a branch of Moscow State University (MSU) and 바카라사이트 Beijing Institution of Technology. Though 바카라사이트?¡°curriculum and faculty appear to be entirely tied to MSU¡±, Professor Lane said, it is a joint venture.?

He?agreed about 바카라사이트 significance of 바카라사이트 MPEI campus plans. ¡°This is a clear indication of 바카라사이트 streng바카라사이트ned ties between 바카라사이트 two nations,¡± he said.?

¡°A branch campus, among all forms of international education, serves as a sort of academic embassy that both sends a symbolic message of 바카라사이트 relationship and creates a meaningful foothold on which to build stronger partnerships.¡±

He said he believed that 바카라사이트 university would meet its planned opening in 2025, despite needing to build a 137-acre campus from scratch and negotiate complicated logistics.

¡°Setting up 바카라사이트 operations, recruiting students and offering a select array of courses in two years is aggressive,¡± he said. ¡°But with enough resources, nearly anything is possible.¡±

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