A blog tour aimed at attracting students from Algeria and Indonesia to Russia has kicked off in Tomsk. Journalists and bloggers from these countries are visiting leading Russian universities. The program in Tomsk began with a visit to Tomsk State University. Participants got a glimpse of the modern university environment, met with students, and toured engineering laboratories—including those for chemistry, implant design, and BAS programming, among others.
“International students make up about 24% of our total student body. In numerical terms, that’s more than 3,500 people out of 15,000,” emphasized Artem Rykun, TSU’s Vice Rector for International Relations. “1,192 are students from countries outside the former Soviet Union, including 79 students from Indonesia, which is the largest diaspora in Russia.”
Journalists and bloggers from Indonesia and Algeria are visiting universities in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Tomsk as part of the tour. The blog tour program includes visits to campuses, laboratories, and research centers, as well as meetings with university representatives and international students studying in Russia.
At Tomsk State University, they visited the Research Library and the main building, as well as one of Russia’s largest closed-off testing grounds for unmanned aerial systems, the Engineering Chemical-Technological Center, and the “Aloiz” medical device manufacturing facility. The program concluded with a meeting with Artem Rykun, Vice Rector for International Relations, and the Indonesian student community, who recorded a video greeting for their families and friends.
Journalists and bloggers learned that TSU is one of Russia’s oldest universities and served as the starting point for the development of higher education beyond the Urals. In 2023, TSU was among the first to join a pilot project aimed at transforming Russia’s higher education system.
“I think Tomsk has a very good atmosphere for studying. There is a similar city in Indonesia—Yogyakarta. It’s a student city. And they are similar to Tomsk in terms of study culture,” shared Danang Giri Sadeva, a blogger from Indonesia.
Russian education has traditionally been in high demand in the fields of engineering, technology, medicine, and IT, thanks to its strong academic tradition, rigorous foundational training, and well-developed educational and research infrastructure. TSU currently has more than 3,500 international students from 69 countries. Among them, Kazakhstan, China, and Uzbekistan stand out in terms of student numbers. For many years, students from Indonesia and Vietnam have been coming to study at TSU. In recent years, the number of students from Pakistan and Mali has grown significantly; they are primarily enrolled in natural sciences and engineering and technical programs.
The blog tour was organized by the ANO “National Priorities” in collaboration with the Russian Ministry of Education and Science to promote Russian education and attract international students to Russian universities.
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