Joint Educational Programs of INRTU and UFE (Mongolia)

INRTU and the University of Finance and Economics (Mongolia) are launching in September-2022 two joint educational programs: Artificial Intelligence and Economics

The opening of Double Degree Programs was announced by the Rectors of both Universities Mikhail Kornyakov and Bambadash Munkhbayar during the visit of Mongolia by the INRTU delegation.

Rector of INRTU Mikhail Kornyakov noted that Irkutsk Polytechnic University is open to cooperation and is interested in implementing educational programs with Mongolian universities and business partners.

«Your university is interesting from the several points of view: it develops not only traditional financial and economic areas, but also information technologies, such as neural networks, blockchain. I hope that we will be able to join forces together in these specializations," Mikhail Kornyakov said, discussing the prospects for cooperation.

It should be noted that the IT-technologies Program assumes that two years of training will take place on the basis of a Mongolian university. Bachelors will have to study Information Systems, and they will master Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science in the third and fourth years of study at INRTU.

According to the Economics Program, Mongolian students will study at the FEU (Finance) for the first year, and the second, third and fourth years — at INRTU (Finance and Taxation). Starting from the third year of study, students are given the opportunity to choose the track of two diplomas in one of the partner universities. Both programs will be taught in English.

The opening of the programs was preceded by a lot of work to coordinate the curricula of the two universities. In June, the Mongolian University will be visited by Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, head of the educational and research laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning of INRTU Alexander Afanasyev, this unit will be engaged in the implementation of a new educational project.

The parties also agreed on a regular exchange of students and teachers.

Reference: The University of Finance and Economics was founded in 1924 as a customs school. In 2016, it acquired the status of a university. More than 6 thousand students study at the FEU in 9 specialties, 300 teachers and staff work. FEU cooperates with 50 universities from 14 countries. FEU is the first university in Mongolia to issue a diploma in Blockchain Technology.