The National Research Institute Higher School of Economics (HSE) - St. Petersburg opens a representative office at the Indonesian Technological University ITS, the university's press service told TASS.
"The Higher School of Economics - St. Petersburg opens a representative office at the Technological University of Surabaya (ITS), Indonesia. The corresponding agreements were reached during the working visit of the delegation of the Higher School of Economics (HSE) headed by HSE Director Anna Tyshetskaya," the statement said.
"The opening of the representative office in one of Indonesia's leading universities is an important step to develop cooperation with the educational community of this country," said Tyshetskaya, whose words were quoted in the university's report. She explained that it would be a permanent center that provides information about HSE and education in Russia.
It is noted that ITS ranks the highest in the country and in the region and is consistently among the top universities in the country according to Times Higher Education, and at the end of 2022 is 277th in the QS ranking of "Engineering and Technology".
"In addition, Surabaya University of Technology is a key platform in Indonesia for implementing major educational initiatives that is close in spirit to the Higher School of Economics," the HSE noted.
As part of its tour across the Asia-Pacific region, the HSE delegation held a meeting at Mahidol University in Thailand. "The parties agreed on new forms of cooperation. In addition to scientific and student exchanges in sociology and political science, it was decided to develop cooperation in media communications, business and economics, applied mathematics and computer science," the university added.
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Based on materials from TASS