BRICS countries create their own university

Last week the ministers of education Brazil, Russia, India, China and the Republic of South Africa, following a meeting in Moscow, signed a constituent document of the BRICS Network University. It will become a joint project of countries in the field of education, with the aim of forming highly qualified specialists with critical thinking skills and able to implement non-standard tasks in the fields of economic and social knowledge.

According toof the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Dmitry Livanov, this project will have a positive impact on the quality of higher education in Russia and strengthen international university ties with the BRICS countries. He also noted that the knowledge of the university's specialists will be directed to the development of the economies of the countries of the group.

It is assumed that at the first stage of the project, about 12 educational institutions from the state will take part in it, each of which will be active in one of the priorities established by the agreement - energy, computer science, information security, BRICS research, climate change technologies, water resources and economics with the subsequent expansion of the list of directions. The main activity of the Network University will be carried out through the organization of systematic master's and postgraduate exchange programs, upon completion of which the participant will receive an established certificate.

According to Dmitry Livanov, education at the BRICS University will be funded by the participating countries and, thus, will be free for students. The minister added that the project will involve thousands of students from each country, and this will create new opportunities for the development of joint scientific research and will become a great contribution to humanitarian cooperation between the BRICS countries.