ONE YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL ENGINEERING DEGREE PROGRAMS EXPORT TO RUSSIAN ELITE UNIVERSITY - Partner University of Magdeburg Congratulates German-Russian Institute with Famous Hemisphere Experiment
5,000 spectators watched the famous Magdeburg hemisphere experiment in Kazan, the capital of the autonomous Russian republic of Tatarstan. The occasion was the first anniversary of the German-Russian Institute of Advanced Technologies GRIAT, jointly run by the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg and the Technical University of Ilmenau and funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Republic of Tatarstan.
The goal of this institute, opened in September 2014 at the Kazan State Technical Research University KNRTU-Kai, is to establish engineering degree programs according to German standards.
KNTRU-KAI–known also as the "Tupolev University", named after the Russian aircraft manufacturer Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev - is one of the most prestigious research universities throughout Russia and is considered an elite university. At its affiliated GRIAT ,the first four exported master’s degree programs began with the 2014/15 academic year, among others Chemical and Energy Engineering. In a few weeks the first Russian students will come to Magdeburg to study electrical engineering and process engineering.
In the future, engineering know-how made in Magdeburg through GRIAT will contribute to training Russian engineers.
(Source: OVGU press release)
The president of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Strackeljan (3.v.re.) and the president of the Tupolev Kazan University, Prof. Dr. Albert Gilmutdinov (4.v.re) prepare the hemisphere experiment on the Kazan University Campus with Otto von Guericke, who is portrayed by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Palis from Magdeburg, and representatives of the Otto-von-Guericke Society. The horses came from different regions of Tatarstan.
Photo: Peter Scharff, TU Ilmenau