Mexico ambassador Ruben Beltrán visits MGIMO
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MGIMO rector Anatoly Torkunov has warmly received the ambassador of Mexico in Russia Ruben Beltrán Guerrero to MGIMO, on June 11, to discuss bilateral cooperation and student exchanges.
Ambassador Ruben Beltrán spoke about the current projects of the embassy of Mexico in Russia, as well as on developments in Russian-Mexican relations, which he said Mexico was looking to expand and deepen at all levels. One proposal currently under consideration is the creation in Moscow of a "Viva, Mexico!" council for interested members of the business and social communities to help further relations between the two nations.
The XIII Mini-Soccer MGIMO Rector Cup
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The XIII mini-soccer MGIMO Rector Cup took place at the University football stadium on June 9 devoted to the Day of Russia. The competition which features teams from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the team of teachers and employees of MGIMO and a range of national embassy sides has become traditional since 2001.
This year about 300 players took part, with teams of twenty one embassies; Abkhazia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, Kazakhstan, the Red Hammer — Germany team, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Croatia, Montenegro, and Japan, in addition to teams from MGIMO, the Russian MFA, and a side from the XIII MGIMO Rector Cup general sponsor, the Snegiri Development company.
Russian and Visegrad Group Foreign Affairs Officials meet at MGIMO
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MGIMO hosted a meeting of political directors of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group on the subject of "Russia, EU and the countries of Visegrad Group: possibilities for cooperation" in conjunction with the Russian council on International Affairs (RSMD) on June 6.
Participants from Russia included MGIMO rector Anatoly Torkunov, RSMD director general Andrei Kortunov, MGIMO pro-rector Artyom Malgin, and experts from MGIMO, RSMD, the Russian Academy of Sciences, RISI, and INSOR.
MGIMO and National University of Singapore further cooperation
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MGIMO Professor Dmitry Streltsov, head of the Asian and African Studies Department, and associate professor Ekaterina Koldunova, deputy dean of the political science school, have discussed further cooperation prospects and directions during a visit to the National University of Singapore and a meeting with Professor Kanti Bajpai, vice dean at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Associate Director (Head of Graduate Programs) Kelvin Li, Peggy Kek, Director, External Affairs and Partnerships, and Rendall Ong, Associate Director, Office of the Vice-President (University and Global Relations).
MGIMO leading on internationalization and brand profile
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Respected Russian finance newspaper Vedomosti, in conjunction with Ekho Moskvy radio station and the Interfax news agency released the annual national University ratings results on June 5 with MGIMO leading in the fields of internationalization and brand profile.
In the «internationalization» category Universities are assessed through a range of criteria including the number of international students, the number of master and baccalaureate programs in foreign languages, and also the number of joint programs with international educational institutions, MGIMO took second place, with 92 points from a possible 100. Among the recognized strengths of the University were the numerous double and triple master programs MGIMO offers in conjunction with leading international higher education institutions — which includes Saint-Andrews University, Dundee University, Sciences-Po, Free University of Berlin, Bologna university, L.Bocconi University, and University of Reading — as well as the completely English-language programs MGIMO offers.
