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NNSTU and BNTU metallurgists signed cooperation agreements

Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University and the Belarusian National Technical University signed two agreements on constructive cooperation between NNSTU Department of Metallurgical Technologies and Equipment and BNTU Departments of Metallurgy of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Alloys and Machines and Technologies of Foundry Production.

Cooperation between the parties will be carried out through equal and mutually beneficial relations with the aim of implementing educational, methodological and scientific research work, joint projects and educational programs, as well as the most complete and effective use of intellectual and material-technical potentials of the universities in addressing their current challenges of innovative development and increasing competitiveness among the world's leading scientific and educational centers.

The Belarusian National Technical University is a long-standing partner of NNSTU since 2012. This cooperation covers a wide range of areas: the universities jointly conduct research, train students, provide pre-graduation internships and professional development for staff. The interdepartmental cooperation agreements mark a new stage in collaboration, it is becoming more specific and targeted and will therefore more effectively contribute to development of human resources of the Union State.