At the Abaya Kazakh National Pedagogical University, a branch was officially opened at the University of Lorraine (France), reports Vecher.kz.

This significant event was part of the implementation of the tasks set by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kasym-Jomart Tokaev, to create branches of leading foreign universities in our country. The implementation of this project became possible thanks to the significant support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The University of Lorraine is one of the most prestigious universities in France, which unites 49 academic buildings located in 13 cities. This is a state research university (Université de Lorraine), which has been cooperating with Abaya University for a long time. Since 2018, the joint two-diploma program "International Law" has been successfully implemented between the two universities.

The chairman of the Higher and Postgraduate Education Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Gulzat Kobenova and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Kazakhstan Sylvain Guguet took part in the opening ceremony. They opened a memorial plaque.

Then the guests witnessed the opening of the first library in Central Asia with a fund in French. The honored guests, having met with the teaching staff and students, emphasized that the opening of a branch of the University of Lorraine will be a new stage in the development of science and education in Kazakhstan.

Among the participants of the event were the director of the Institute of Law, Economics and Management of the University of Lorraine Pierre Tiffen, the chairman of the Human Rights Commission under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Igor Rogov, the rector of KazNPU named after Abaya Bolat Tilep, the head of the representative office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty Zhanibek Abdrashov, the general director of the Kazakh-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry Munira Artykbekova and other honored guests. They wished the branch success and prosperity.

On this significant day, first-year students were awarded educational grants by the rector, and graduates of the double-diploma program "International Law" were solemnly awarded diplomas by the University of Lorraine. Five of the best students were awarded scholarships in the amount of 50 thousand tenge to the Sorbonne-Kazakhstan Institute, provided by the corporate fund "Freedom Shapagat".

At the end of the official part of the KazNPU, Abaya signed several agreements on cooperation with the Commission on Human Rights under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Institute of Law, Economics and Management of the University of Lorraine, as well as the Kazakh-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Within the framework of the memorandum, the parties agreed to actively develop cooperation in the field of education, science and human rights, to implement the Franco-Kazakhstan double-diploma program in the field of law, as well as to work together in the areas of professional training, employment and popularization of the French language.

Earlier it was reported that the international geoforum "UNESCO geoparks for sustainable development and cooperation" was held at Satbayev University under the auspices of the UN and UNESCO. The forum gathered experts from different countries working in the field of preservation of cultural and natural heritage, representatives of universities and national parks of Kazakhstan.

10.12.2024

Source: vecher.kz