On April 26-28 Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel together with other Belarusian universities participated in the educational exhibition “Market of Knowledge”  in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – an event that already has become a good tradition. The exhibition was organized within the general plan of the official visit of Belarusian delegation in Turkmenistan. The head of the delegation was the Vice Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Rudy.

Our University was represented by Dr. Aliaksandr Sychou – Vice Rector for Education and Instruction and Dr. Aliaksandr Shapavalau – Vice Dean of the Power Engineering Faculty.

The program of the visit was very informative – such events were included as the round table discussion in the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, also the Ministry of the Textile Industry, State Tourism Committee, Ministry of Construction and Architecture were visited. Our delegates also visited several prestigious secondary schools in Ashgabat, including the Pushkin Turkmenian-Russian Secondary School and 140th Secondary School. There it was possible to familiarize with the educational process in turkmenian schools and discuss important issues with schools’ administration.  More than that, our delegates also attended some technical universities in Ashgabat – International University of Oil and Gas and State Power Engineering Institute of Turkmenistan. During the meeting with the Universities’ administration the possible spheres of cooperation and signing the official documents on cooperation were discussed.

During the exhibition the University representatives also met a lot of  turkmenian school graduates and their parents. The graduates were interested in entering the University, got acquainted with the educational programs and the peculiarities of the future professions and specialties provided by our University.

It was a great joy to meet the GSTU students and graduates – Allayar Saparov, Venera Maksudova, Kamil Rasulkulov – who also attended the exhibition and assisted our representatives during the events. One of our students’ parents, Irina Bakhturova (mother of the chairman of the University international club “Friendship” Nastya Bakhturova), also attended the exhibition and met with our representatives. All the assistants were granted the notes of thanks from the University. Several other graduates of different academic years also came to the exhibition.

We are grateful to all the organizers of the exhibition for the possibility of participation in such a significant event and we are also grateful to all those people who attended the exhibition and expressed interest in studying at GSTU or in cooperation with us!

Those graduates who did not manage to visit the exhibition but are interested in studying at GSTU are welcome to contact the International Department of the University (phone +375232408867, e-mail interdep@gstu.by).

We will be glad to consult you on the matters of entering the University and welcome you as our students!

Photos by GSTU and R. Plyakin (BRU)