The Rector of Minin University Alexander Fedorov was included in a Government delegation to Asian countries and has just returned from South Korea and Singapore. The aim of the visit was experience exchange and getting to know the best world practises in higher education. Mr Fedorov was one of three University representatives and the only one from regions of Russia. Other delegates represented the Department of science, high technologies and education at Government of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Education and Science, Federal service of control in the sphere of education and science and others.
The first part of the visit took place in Singapore. The members of the delegation held meetings with representatives of Singapore National University, the Ministry of Education, and the Science centre of Singapore. After Singapore the delegates headed for Seoul, where they had meetings organized with the Ministry of Education of South Korea, the Committee of education, culture, sports and tourism at the National Assembly, and Seoul National University. The delegation discussed the questions as follows:
- the system of innovative strategies and intellectual technologies;
- the system of creating high rating positions of University among world leading universities, inviting leading professors;
- the system of state and business partnership with University;
- a research platform in the sphere of education, scientific and research laboratories etc.
For the rector of Minin University the trip was of great use and benefit and gave a real chance for exchange experience with Asian colleagues. Singapore National University is the largest and the oldest university in the country. According to the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) rating University ranks the second among Asian universities in 2014. Seoul National University is the largest and the best-known university in South Korea and also ranks high among leading universities both in the world and in the country. It consists of 16 colleges and 5 professional schools. Minin University is already implementing some practises of University management that have proved effecient abroad. For instance, the University is creating and implementing modern scientific and research laboratories.
