The second regional open STEAM festival for students of educational institutions of Gomel region was held in June. Educational directions were presented on S - science, T - technology, E - engineering, A - artistic creativity, M - mathematics.

The event was organized by EPAM Systems and the Educational Center of the High-Tech Park with the support of Stack, Belarusian Trade and Economic University of Consumer Cooperatives and about two dozen volunteers – students of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University.

The opening ceremony of the Olympics for students of the Union State, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders, was held on June 18 in the memorial complex “Brest Hero-Fortress”. The competition, which lasted until June 23, was attended by about 230 people. Russia was presented by about 100 students, participants of student sports clubs of 13 universities of the country.

A series of lectures for the teachers,   undergraduates and Master’s degree students of the Faculty of Physics and Information Technologies was delivered by Dumitru Luca, a well-known scientist, Professor Emeritus of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Iasi, Romania).

Agreement of the establishment of a joint scientific Belarusian and Chinese laboratory of electromagnetic metamaterials and technology of multifunctional plasma coatings was signed by Rectors Sergei Khakhomov and Zhang Jun during the visit of GSU delegation to China.

Meeting of Rector of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University Sergei Khakhomov with Hiroko Kawahara, coordinator of recreation programs for Japanese children in Belarus, Head of One Asia Foundation was held at the National center of artistic creativity of children and youth in Minsk on June 1, 2019. The meeting was devoted to discussion of cooperation within the frames of the project “European and Asian community: interaction aiming at peace and security provision”. 

Rector of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University Sergei Khakhomov and Rector of Nanjing University of science and technologies Fu Menguin opened a Center for Belarusian Studies within the frames of the official visit of GSU delegation to China.

Field practices in Poland, traineeships and dual degrees – these opportunities were offered to the students of the Faculty of Biology of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University.

Oleg Alexandrovich, Professor of the Institute of Biology and environmental protection (Slupsk, Poland), visited our University in May. He delivered several lectures on entomology for the students of the Faculty of Biology, came up with information on the principles of Bologna process applied in the system of education of Poland and special aspects of education in Pomeranian Academy in Slupsk.

Delegation of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University visited Xinpu Economic Development Zone of Lianyungang city – a start point of goods delivery from Chine to Europe within the frames of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Chinese and Belarusian scientific and technical seminar on creation of new materials and their application was held in Nanjing on May 27, 2019.

Researchers from Gomel State University and Nanjing University of science and technologies and representatives of the environmental scientific and technical community of Jiangsu.