MPEI expands cooperation with Kazakhstan at the Second Rectors' Forum

On March 29, 2024 Sergey Belousov, Vice-Rector on Digital Transformation, visited the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazGU) to speak at the Second Rectors’ Forum of Higher Education Institutions of Kazakhstan and Russia "Current Trends of Higher Education and Science".

The forum was attended by more than 100 people, including Sayasat Nurbek, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Konstantin Mogilevsky, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

The main goal of the event was to develop ties between the universities of the two countries and to form mutually beneficial relations between representatives of science and education.

After the plenary session, Sergey Belousov joined the discussion platform "Digitalization of Higher Education: Trends and Implementation Strategies" and spoke on the topic: "Turbo.University: MPEI's Experience in Digitalization of University Activities".

Further, Sergey Belousov discussed the prospects of cooperation with Bakhyt Zhautikov, Acting Rector of Karaganda State Industrial University (KSIU) and Maqsood Sazdykov, Rector of Almaty University of Power Engineering and Communications named after Gumarbek Daukeyev, (AUPEC). They discussed expansion of MPEI programs in the field of digital energy in KSIU and AUPEC, conducting joint scientific research and other strategically relevant issues.

Read more about the cooperation between MPEI and Kazakhstan here.