SPbPU visited a major educational exhibition in Oman for the first time
SPbPU participated in one of the largest educational exhibitions among the Persian Gulf countries, EduTraC Oman, held in Muscat, Oman. The event served as a platform for universities and other institutions to communicate with applicants, students and their parents. SPbPU was represented by Hamuda Khaled, PhD, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Mechanical Engineering, and Albina Bakurina, Deputy Head of the Department for Work with International Students.
In addition to SPbPU, universities from different countries were represented at the exhibition: Oman, Iran, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, Japan, Malaysia. Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University became the first university from Russia to individually participate in the exhibition, which caused a stir among the participants and visitors of the event.
Oleg Levin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Sultanate of Oman, and his wife visited the SPbPU’s booth. In addition, the exhibition was marked by the opening of the booth of the partner Russian House in Oman. Negotiations were held with Anna Popova, head of the partner Russian House, on ways to cooperate with SPbPU to promote the brand of Russian education in Oman. The participation of the partner Russian House and SPbPU in the exhibition was published in the Times of Oman, a major newspaper of the Sultanate.
The event was marked by high activity of the participants, and education in Russia aroused the interest of the visitors. Omani applicants have become interested in English-language programs, engineering and IT programs implemented at SPbPU. The visitors were told in detail about the university admission trajectories, focusing on the International Olympiad of the Global Universities Association.
The trip allowed to assess the prospects of entering the Omani market and introduce local applicants to Russian education. The polytechnics held productive talks with universities from Iran and India that are ready to cooperate, and also agreed with the Omani school on joint career guidance activities.
It was nice to hear when some visitors said that they purposefully came to the exhibition to talk with representatives of Polytechnic University, which indicates the brand awareness of our university abroad. We hope that the results achieved at the exhibition will be developed in joint projects and will increase the number of international students from the region at SPbPU,
said Albina Bakurina.