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Three startups from Central Asia have become part of one of the most innovative communities in the world—Stanford University. Among them is Kazakhstani Arlan Biotech, a startup by NU alumni Bolat Sultankulov and Dauken Seitkali, which has been successfully selected for the prestigious Stanford StartX Accelerator.
NU again is in the lead in Central Asia and Kazakhstan, surpassing all other universities by several hundred points. Earlier, NU for the first time entered the TOP 30% of research-intensive universities in the world according to THE, becoming a leader in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
On April 30-May 2, an NU delegation visited leading universities and schools in Uzbekistan to strengthen ties and build bridges of cooperation between the two countries. Over the three days, the delegation met with representatives of the Kazakh Embassy in Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Higher Education and Innovation of Uzbekistan, and the management of educational institutions, including the National University of Uzbekistan, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent Medical Academy, New Uzbekistan University, OXUS University, and others.
As part of the agreements, NU and Koç University will engage in student and staff exchange programs, facilitating the exchange of scientific, educational, and scholarly materials. Both universities have agreed to an annual exchange of two students from each institution, offering distinctive opportunities for students to immerse themselves in a different culture and academic environment, to engage in a world of intellectual exploration, creating a brighter and more interconnected future.
NU has joined a research consortium named “ValEUs” which aim is to better understand the foreign policy of the European Union and the EU’s future role in global governance. ValEUs, the Research and Education Network on Contestations to EU Foreign Policy, led by the Europa University Viadrina, brings together 18 higher education institutions in 17 countries across five continents.
The Yale School of Public Health is partnering with NU School of Medicine on an advanced research training program that will support promising scientists and clinicians interested in phylogeny of viruses and molecular epidemiology. The new program, called MoVE-Kaz for Molecular Virology/Epidemiology Training in Kazakhstan, is funded by a grant from the Fogarty International Center of the U.
Established in 1558, Friedrich Schiller University Jena is one of the oldest German universities boasting a prestigious alumni list that includes renowned figures such as Karl Marx, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Friedrich Schiller and Alexander von Humboldt. Today the university has about 18,000 full-time students, with 15% of international students from 120 different nations.
Under the framework of the newly established Agreement, both institutions agreed to provide student exchange and research internship opportunities in the fields of engineering and mining. The first step in this promising collaboration between NU and the UL was taken in July 2023 when two universities signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
This year, 165 universities were ranked for the first time and Asia now outnumbers Europe in terms of participation. According to experts, NU’s entry into the rankings, with such a strong placement at only 13 years old, is an exceptional achievement.
On December 2, in an impactful development at the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) NU and Khalifa University signed a momentous Joint Statement on Cooperation. This Statement underscores both institutions’ shared commitment to addressing the pressing global challenge of climate change and stipulates a signing subsequent cooperation agreement.
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