MIPT was represented during the webinar by Albert Baryshev, International students' department head.
MISIS was represented during the webinar by Esenia Poleva, a Pre-university education specialist.
The viewers got acquainted with the universities and their home cities, as well as educational and research programs they offer, detail of life on campus and helpful services offered to foreign students. University representatives also answered the viewers’ questions.
The webinar schedule can be found here. The webinars are only available in real time to registered Open Doors participants. For everybody else, the recorded versions are published the day after the webinar.
The Russian-Arabic Language and Culture Club has opened at the SPbPU Institute of Humanities. The new student initiative is aimed at developing intercultural dialogue, strengthening humanitarian ties and expanding international cooperation of the university.
The lists of winners in the doctoral and post-doctoral tracks have been published in the participants' personal accounts and on subject area pages.
Maxim Poletaev, representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in St. Petersburg, held a protocol meeting with Issa Togo, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Mali in St. Petersburg and the Ambassador of Russian Education and Science from SPbPU.
Milica Rakina, a young scientist from the Chemistry Department at Tomsk State University, is working with colleagues from Radan Intan University (Lampung, Indonesia) to test animal products for compliance with halal standards. The scientists have successfully developed DNA analysis protocols that allow them to detect traces of pork, alcohol, and other non-halal components with high accuracy.
On February 3, 2026, a meeting of the Russian-Brazilian Working Group on Educational, Scientific and Technical Cooperation was held in Rio de Janeiro, timed to coincide with the visit of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to Brazil.
