Mar. 24, 2023 | International Office
On the afternoon of March 21st, the signing ceremony between SSPU and Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI), Russia, was held via video conference. SSPU President Xie Huaqing and SUAI Rector Yulia Antokhina signed a new round of Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the two universities.
During the meeting, President Xie Huaqing said SUAI has always been an important partner of SSPU. Starting the communication and exchange in 2014, the two sides signed the MOU in 2017 and officially launched the comprehensive cooperation in various aspects between the two sides. SSPU and SUAI established deep friendship upon constant communication and carried out in-depth collaborations in student exchange, foreign expert programs, teacher mobility, etc. Meanwhile, President Xie expressed gratitude to Rector Antokhina for her precious suggestions and advice to the development of SSPU as a council member of SSPU Council since 2016. He hoped that both universities could keep pushing forward the existing cooperation such as winter camps at SUAI, undergraduate exchange programs，teacher mobility, joint research, etc., and explore new collaborations like joint education of master and Ph.D. students, postgraduate exchange programs and so on.
Rector Antokhina expressed the honor to be the council member of SSPU Council and congratulated SSPU on its development and achievements in recent years. She said that the two universities have maintained close exchange and cooperation over the years. Taking the signing of MOU this time as an opportunity, it is hoped that the two sides could explore new cooperation such as in the field of AI while resuming offline communication. She also welcomed more SSPU teachers and students to visit SUAI.
Ms. Yulia Makarova, Head of International Cooperation Department of SUAI and heads of SSPU International Office and Graduate Affairs Office attended the meeting.
