The document was signed by Rector of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University Sergei Khakhomov and Vice Rector of Beijing Institute of Technology, an honorary doctor of GSU Dr Wang Xiaofeng during the visit of Chinese delegation to our University.
The document indicates more than 10 positions on which the interaction will be carried out. Particular attention will be paid to the expansion of scientific cooperation. The priority areas are focused on metamaterials, vacuum methods for forming coatings of various functional purposes, sol-gel and nanotechnologies, microelectronics, etc.
Gomel scientists will get an opportunity to conduct research on the basis of the laboratories at Beijing Institute, increase the economic efficiency of their developments, and promote them to the PRC market. In addition, the parties are interested in joint scientific and technical projects, creation of high-tech industries, the mutual exchange of research results, innovative developments that they can present on such large-scale sites as the Great Stone industrial park, etc.
The document provides for an academic exchange of students and graduate students, organization of bilateral internships for the administration staff and specialists, professional development of teachers and researchers at both institutions, participation in summer schools. In the future, it is planned to develop programs for obtaining double diplomas for bachelors, and the possibility of creating joint graduate schools and a scientific laboratory is being discussed.
