BSU expanding its presence in global academic space

The results for the past year and the prospects for the development of international activities in 2022–2025 were discussed at the Council of the Belarusian State University – as reported by the university’s press service

According to Konstantin Kozadaev, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs and Internationalisation of Education of the Belarusian State University (BSU), the main achievement of the 2020-2021 academic year was the Belarusian State University’s joining 1 percent of the best universities in the world. The indicative achievements also include the opening of new English-language and joint programmes and growth of export of educational services, which this year reached $14.1m – 41 percent up compared to the planned figures. Moreover, in 2021, BSU was recognised as the best exporter of educational services in Belarus, and for the first time the Journal of the Belarusian State University. History humanitarian publication was included in the Scopus database. Meanwhile, entering the educational market of Uzbekistan is also an important event: co-operative agreements have been signed with key universities of this country, and roadmaps have been developed for subject interaction.

“The priority tasks of the university for the coming years are the formation of a stable positive image of BSU abroad, the expansion of the university’s presence in the global academic space and the development of the internal potential for the internationalisation of education,” informed the press service. “The meeting of the council tackled mechanisms and measures to achieve these goals. In particular, in the near future, it is planned to intensify work on creating grant support and additional discounts for gifted foreign students, to develop new educational tourism programmes and mass online training courses on global educational platforms, to update existing interuniversity agreements, to attract leading foreign scientists to lecture, and to increase the effectiveness of business trips of employees by introducing the results of academic mobility into the educational process.”