Under the guidance and support of the School's International Cooperation Office, from April 11th to 12th, Vice Director of the International Cooperation Office of Northwestern Polytechnical University Xiang Dan, Party Secretary of the School of Electronic Information Hou Jun, Vice President Yao Rugui, and Gao Xiaoguang, head of the "NPU-MAI" project, went to Moscow Aviation Institute for investigation and exchange.
On April 11th, Vice President Alexander Chemia-Kokov, Vice Minister of Strategic Development, Alexei Zalie-Censky, Deputy Minister of International Affairs, AlNasta-Sia Kovaleva, Project Director of International Affairs, and relevant leaders had a discussion and exchange with the research team. At the meeting, Alexei Zalie Censky first extended a warm welcome to the delegation from Northwestern Polytechnical University and briefly introduced the basic situation of MAI. Xiang Dan expressed gratitude for the warm reception from MAI, gave a comprehensive introduction to the basic situation of the school, and put forward some suggestions for further deepening the cooperation between two schools. Hou Jun said that the cooperation between the NPU and MAI has a long history and close communication. In particular, he pointed out that since the implementation of the "NPU-MAI" master joint training program for four years, more than 40 students have been selected and trained, with fruitful results. He hope that the two sides can further expand exchanges and cooperation, expand personnel training at different levels, establish a smooth, lasting and stable cooperative relationship, and comprehensively promote the international personnel training and high-quality development of scientific research between the two universities. Subsequently, the two sides focused on personnel training, scientific research cooperation, summer schools and other issues for in-depth discussion, and reached a consensus on all-round, in-depth and lasting cooperation.
On April 12th, the Research team had a discussion and exchange with 11 students jointly trained by the master of 2021 "NPU-MAI". Hou Jun expressed cordial greetings to the students and inquired carefully about their learning progress and life adaptation. He said that the college attached great importance to the joint training of master's degree in MAI, and hoped that the students would aim high, make full use of the talent training platform jointly built by the schools and colleges of both sides, and make unremitting efforts to climb and strive for success in learning and application of what they have learned. At the meeting, the students expressed their gratitude to the schools and colleges for their care and support all the time, shared their gains and experiences of studying in Russia in turn, and put forward suggestions on course teaching, internship practice, study life and so on. Gao Xiaoguang affirmed the students' perseverance and spirit in overcoming many difficulties in the early stage, and gave detailed answers to the questions mentioned by the students. She hoped that the students would strengthen their confidence, make full use of the opportunities and resources during their study to MAI to continuously improve themselves, and strive to grow themselves into outstanding talents who are worthy of great responsibilities and can do great things.
This investigation and exchange activity in MAI is an important step to promote the process of international education, which not only promotes exchanges and cooperation between the two universities, but also lays a solid foundation for all-round international cooperation between the two universities in the post-epidemic era. We look forward to further in-depth exchanges between the two sides in the future, promoting each other and creating a new situation of international cooperation and exchanges between the two universities.