1 Fund for overseas studies A total of 24 students from the Shenzhen MSU-BIT University won the funding support from the China Scholarship Council for postgraduate studies at the Moscow University under the Russian, Ukraine and Belarus Professionals Cultivation Program. So far, 40 Chinese graduates of the year 2021 of the university had received subsidies from the State funds, accounting for 41.6% of the graduates of the year 2021. 2 Education exchanges The Shenzhen MSU-BIT University signed a memorandum of understanding with the St Petersburg Academy of Arts on June 30 over short-term exchanges, joint education and researches. The two sides will organize masters’ classes, seminars to complement each other and share quality education resources. 3 Aptitude tests On June 13, the Shenzhen MSU-BIT University organized aptitude test for the students from 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China who had passed qualification checks. The test, which includes basic ability test and foreign language test, was conducted online with three invigilation sites set up in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Xi’an. 4 Education exchange deal The Shenzhen MSU-BIT University signed a memorandum of understanding with the Arina Sharapova Arts Education School on May 16. According to the deal, teachers from the Arina Sharapova Art Education School will attend the arts teaching and students’ activities at the Shenzhen MSU-BIT University and they will also help their Chinese counterparts work out teaching plans for the TV and media fields. The two sides will initiate joint activities like organizing masters’ classes, seminars to complement each other and share quality education resources. 5 University open day The Shenzhen MSU-BIT University held 2022 open day online May 1, attracting 160,000 online visits through livestreaming and exchange activities. Some senior high school students and their parents were invited to experience on-site activities, which were held to showcase those students and their parents the philosophy of the university, its achievements, faculties, disciplines, enrollment policies and talent cultivation features. 6 New majors China’s Ministry of Education in April allowed the Shenzhen MSU-BIT University to offer two new majors — chemistry and Chinese language — for undergraduates, and three majors — inorganic chemistry, national auditing and international economic (commercial) law, for graduate students. The Moscow State University enjoys high prestige in its basic researches like chemistry and has nurtured winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Demand has been growing for highly skilled chemists like organic chemists, analysts and high molecular weight compound experts with the growing production of industrial products, pharmaceuticals and fertilizers. The approval of these new majors by the Ministry of Education is expected to meet the development plan of the country for cultivating talents in basic research. With the deepening exchanges between China and Russia, talents who are familiar with cultures, laws and auditing systems of the two countries are badly needed. The two programs for postgraduate studies will fill the blank of the country in this aspect, improve the Shenzhen MSU-BIT University’s capability of better serving the society. | 