INRTU is planning to train the specialists from the Republic of Bangladesh and develop scientific cooperation with universities

The Ambassador was accompanied by First Secretary of the Embassy, Head of Labor Department Sarker MD Mazedur Rahman and personal assistant Rosalia Kosaya.

INRTU was represented by Stepan Bykov, vice-rector for International Affairs of INRTU, Alexander Kononov, vice-rector for Research, Assia Kontrimovich, director of the Center for International Services, and Anna Melentieva, acting head of International affairs department. Irkutsk region Deputy Minister of Education Elena Apanovich was also a participant of the meeting.

Stepan Bykov, vice-rector for International Affairs of INRTU, gave a presentation of the university. He marked out that INRTU is one of the Russian universities which participate in the federal Program of Strategic Academic Leadership "Priority 2030". The university's international rankings continue to grow every year. In 2021, the university rose from 389th to 225th place in the GreenMetric ranking. Polytech strengthened its position from 600+ to 400+ in THE Impact Ranking, the university ranks 351-400 in the QS EECA ranking. In 2021, INRTU entered the Top 100 Higher Education Institutions of Russia for the second time (63rd place).

The university consists of 12 schools with almost 18,000 students. There are 1,300 foreign students from 51 countries who receive higher education at INRTU.

IRNITU provides training in 200 educational programs, 16 of which are in English, and five double degree programs.

According to Alexander Kononov, vice-rector for Research, cooperation between INRTU and universities in the Republic of Bangladesh can be organized in the field of subsoil studies, as well as in advanced production technologies, including the creation of new materials, additive technologies, etc. In addition, Alexander Kononov drew attention to a very important mechanism of international interaction in the format of the Russian Science Foundation, which seeks to integrate into the global scientific space and successfully interacts with foreign partners. Russian Science Foundation contests are held several times a year and, thanks to the financial participation of the parties involved, allow scientists to obtain additional funds for research.

Kamrul Ahsan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in the Russian Federation, also visited the "High Performance Mechanical Processing Technology" laboratory, headed by Andrei Savilov, Associate Professor at the Institute of Aircraft and Transport construction. The laboratory conducts research and develops processes of blade machining of machine parts on high-performance equipment. As Andrei Savilov emphasized, the laboratory complex is unique in its composition and has no analogues in Russia. He showed Kamrul Ahsan the parts and cutters created by university professors and Irkutsk Aviation Plant specialists, which are used to produce the MS-21 aircraft.

"We are interested in educational services, in studying of our young people at universities in the Irkutsk region," Kamrul Ahsan said.

Deputy Minister of Education of the Irkutsk region Elena Apanovich noted that currently there is only one student from the Republic of Bangladesh in the region. He is studying at the Medical University.

The results of the meeting were summarized by Stepan Bykov, Vice-Rector for International Affairs of INRTU: 

"Bangladesh is the most populous country in the world. There are perspectives for us in the field of training for this developing country. The candidates from Bangladesh are looking for opportunities to study, including abroad, but in a cost-effective way. We can offer programs in Russian and English. Russian education is highly rated in the world. The cost of education in Irkutsk against the background of Russian universities is much lower. In this regard, INRTU has an advantage, and we plan to enter the educational services market of the Republic of Bangladesh next year. I hope that soon we will have students from this country".

Stepan Bykov noted that the optimal time intervals for visiting cities with a presentation of Irkutsk Polytechnic University and Russian universities in general were discussed with Mr. Ambassador. They also talked about what areas of training might be interesting for Bangladeshis.

Employees of INRTU intend to visit Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, by the end of the year to discuss with the Russian Cultural Center opportunities for promoting the educational programs of Irkutsk Polytechnic University. The university is also planning partners who will help recruit students from Bangladesh.

It should be pointed out that earlier opportunities of holding educational fairs, youth exchanges and business missions in Bangladesh were discussed during the visit of Kamrul Ahsan at the level of the governor of Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev.