Published on: 2026-10-01
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The III Russian-Kyrgyz Educational Forum has concluded in Bishkek, bringing together representatives from universities, government bodies, and businesses of both countries. The delegation of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, led by the rector, RAS academician Andrey Rudskoy, actively participated in the business program. Among the key outcomes were the development of joint master’s programs, the opening of a joint laboratory, and the awarding of the honorary doctorate of KRSU to the rector of SPbPU.
The event began with the opening of the M. M. Botvinnik Chess Club. SPbPU, a member of the board of trustees of the Kyrgyz university, donated sets of chess and chess clocks to the university. In honor of the opening, a “Blitz with the Champion” tournament took place between the world chess champion and senator Sergey Karjakin and schoolchildren from Kyrgyzstan.
At the opening ceremony of the III Russian-Kyrgyz Educational Forum, the participants were welcomed by the rector of KRSU, Sergey Volkov. He emphasized that over three years the forum had shifted to a practical agenda: Today, it is especially important that university partnerships are not limited to agreements but materialize in joint educational programs, scientific research, academic exchanges, personnel training, and projects demanded by the economy and regions.
Welcoming remarks were made to the participants by Gulzat Isamatova, Minister of Science, Higher Education and Innovations of the Kyrgyz Republic, Natalia Kiseleva, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Sergey Vakunov, Ambassador of Russia to Kyrgyzstan, and Konstantin Mogilevsky, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. In his address, Konstantin Mogilevsky noted that cooperation in the field of science and higher education remains one of the key areas of Russian-Kyrgyz strategic partnership. Among the priorities for further interaction, he mentioned personnel training, development of engineering, agricultural and medical education, academic mobility, and partnership of universities with industry.
During the opening ceremony of the forum, the rector of SPbPU Andrey Rudskoy was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of KRSU, which became recognition of his contribution to the development of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University and Russian-Kyrgyz educational and scientific partnership.
The central event of the business program was the plenary session dedicated to the interaction between universities, the state, and industry. The session was attended by leaders of leading universities and enterprises from Russia and Kyrgyzstan. Andrey Rudskoy gave a report on the requirements of modern industry for engineering personnel.
Today, the problem is no longer just the quantity of engineering personnel. An equally important question is what kind of engineer we are training. Technologies are changing so rapidly that the model, in which a university provides a student with a certain amount of knowledge and expects this baggage to last for years of professional life, no longer works, — believes the rector of Polytech. He also emphasized the need to move from individual educational exchanges to joint design of engineering trajectories, including network programs, project semesters, and joint laboratories.
Andrey Rudskoy and Sergey Volkov concluded two agreements on the network form of implementation of master’s programs in the fields of “Construction” and “Software Engineering.” Another tripartite agreement — involving the company “Nanosoft Development” — provides for the creation of an information modeling laboratory based on BIM technologies at KRSU.
The Vice-Rectors for Educational Activities of SPbPU and KRSU, Lyudmila Pankova and Elena Averkina, signed six agreements on semester academic mobility for undergraduate students of the two universities.
During the forum, Andrey Rudskoy held negotiations with the leadership of Salymbekov University. The participants of the meeting noted the successful implementation of the joint educational program, the agreement on which was signed at the last forum. This year, more than 20 students have already started studying under it. The conversation also touched upon expanding cooperation and new training directions.
At negotiations with the Kyrgyz State Technical University named after I. Razzakov, further cooperation on joint postgraduate programs and the development of joint dissertation councils were discussed.
As part of the forum, a special closed session titled “A New Type of University Team: How to Turn an External Request into a Joint Project” was held. Rectors and vice-rectors of Russian and Kyrgyz universities discussed the functions of the university when working with an external client, the organization of interaction between the rectorate, faculties, and industrial partners, as well as issues related to designing network programs and project semesters.
The business program continued with a panel discussion titled “Educational Navigator: Aligning Career Paths with the Demands of Industrial Partners and Regional Development,” moderated by Andrey Rudskoy. Participants discussed the collaboration between universities, employers, and regions: forecasting workforce needs, updating educational programs, project-based learning, mentorship, industrial internships, and targeted training. Special attention was given to network programs of Russian and Kyrgyz universities, as well as incorporating real production and regional challenges into the educational process.
Lyudmila Pankova, Vice-Rector for Educational Activities at SPbPU, spoke about practical formats of the university’s collaboration with industrial partners. Students undergo full internships directly at enterprises. The university also develops corporate educational programs, which are designed jointly with employers to meet specific staffing needs. About 40% of the classes within these programs are conducted by industry representatives, and SPbPU instructors undergo internships at enterprises before the programs are launched. This format allows building a continuous trajectory from education to employment.
The first day of the forum ended with the opening of the Network Laboratory of Applied Engineering Competencies for Technological Leadership at the International Institute of Continuing Education and Human Resource Engineering of KRSU. Lyudmila Pankova and Elena Averkova participated in the ceremony. The laboratory will serve as a joint platform for the two universities to develop educational projects focused on Kyrgyzstan’s technological challenges.
Lyudmila Pankova and Elena Averkova also presented certificates of advanced training to 472 participants who completed training under the joint programs “Artificial Intelligence: From Basics to Practical Application in Industry Sectors” and “Modern Neural Networks: Exploring Capabilities and Applications.”
On the second day of the forum, Polytech participated in the educational exhibition of Russian universities, where it presented its programs for student education.
During the visit to Bishkek, the SPbPU delegation led by Andrey Rudsky paid tribute to the victims of the Great Patriotic War by laying flowers at the memorial to the Leningrad blockade survivors in the D. Asanov Victory Park. Additionally, the polytechnicians visited the monument to writer Chingiz Aitmatov and his grave at the historical memorial complex “Ata-Beyit.”
The III Russian-Kyrgyz Educational Forum became an important platform for further developing the interaction between SPbPU and universities in Kyrgyzstan. Joint educational and engineering projects, academic mobility, and practical cooperation with partners create conditions for expanding collaboration and training specialists in demand by the economies of both countries.
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