ENU students took part in the Summer University in Kazan
Students of L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University took part in the Summer University of Kazan Federal (Volga Region) University, held from July 8 to 22 with the assistance of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. In total, more than 400 students from 15 countries participated in it. ENU acted as a partner university of the Summer University.
The Summer University program included 6 tracks for students and 1 track for accompanying persons. ENU was represented by 6 students from different specialties and studied in the “Language. Culture. Creativity” track where the participants were more than 100 students from 6 countries. For two weeks, students were immersed in the scientific field of KFU and consolidated their knowledge by developing their projects. The accompanying track included a program on project management in education and modern teaching methods were shown. Also excursions were organized to historical places of the city of Kazan and its outskirts, observatories and planetariums; visited the museums of KFU institutes, where rare instruments, materials and inventions that were discoveries in the scientific field are presented. On the first day, a Global Village was organized, where students and accompanying people presented their countries, universities, culture, national costumes and dishes.
During the Summer University, meetings were held with the leadership of KFU and several musical events in which ENU students took part.
The completion of the Summer University was the defense of projects by students. A group of students from Kazakhstan and Abkhazia defended a project called “Tibyz - translations of scientific research literature into Kazakh and Abkhaz languages”, the participants of which were our 3rd and 2nd year students in the specialties “Psychology” and “Sociology”, Esbergenova Dana and Rakhimzhanova Merey, who won first place in the three-track competition. The winners were awarded certificates that will give them a privilege when students enter KFU and are valid for 2 years.