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St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU) has opened a new representative office abroad. It appeared in Italy and began operating at the University of Siena for foreigners.
The opening ceremony was held online. Within its framework, leading scientists of the two universities delivered video lectures in Russian and Italian.
According to Pietro Cataldi, who holds the position of rector of the Italian university, the emergence of a representative office.
In addition, cooperation with the Russian university will help the exchange of accumulated experience, interesting practices and new ideas.
St Petersburg University Rector Nikolai Kropachev called Italy one of Russia's closest partners in Europe. Intensive and effective cooperation continues between states. The same words can be used to characterize the interaction between universities.
Around the world, there are about a hundred centers for testing foreign citizens in Russian as a foreign language. They were opened by St. Petersburg State University in almost 40 countries. There is such a center at the University of Siena for foreigners. Cooperation between Russian and Italian universities has been going on for many years.
Seminars, conferences, round tables, exhibitions, meetings of students and teachers will be held within the framework of the representative office project.
Russkiy Mir
