RACUS organization took part in the international educational exhibition, which was successfully held in Johannesburg (South Africa) on August 3-4, 2017. This exhibition is the most popular educational exhibition among young people of Johannesburg and suburbs. The success of the exhibition was directly linked to the fact that it was visited by a large number of high school students of educational institutions of South Africa, who are aware of the importance of obtaining quality higher education in order to have competitive knowledge and to be in demand in the labor market of South Africa and other countries.
Collaborators of RACUS organization at the exhibition in South Africa were happy to give all interested students detailed information about higher education in 20 prestigious higher educational institutions of Russia, that constitute the RACUS group and are in demand on the world market of educational services. Visitors of the colorful stand of the group of Russian state universities «RACUS» learned about the benefits of higher education in Russia, the procedure of application, the list of documents required for admission to universities, living conditions in dormitories, life and health insurance.
Applicants had an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with such universities as St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Nizhny Novgorod State University, Tambov State Univesity, Federal University of North Caucasus, Astrakhan State Medical University, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Saratov State Medical University, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy and others, which offer programs on more than 500 medical, engineering, economic and humanitarian specialties. The greatest interest among the candidates was caused by such specialties as "General Medicine", "Dentistry", "Pharmacy", "Civil Engineering", "Mechanical Engineering" "Economy", "Information Technology", "International Relations", "Management", "Oil and Gas Engineering". Many applicants were pleased to learn that many programs offered by Russian state universities, members of the RACUS group, are taught not only in Russian but also in English and French.
There is no doubt that the active part of RACUS organization in educational projects in South Africa contributes to the promotion of positive image of Russian higher education in this country and the development of mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. Today a big number of young highly qualified specialists from South Africa successfully conduct their professional activity in South Africa as well as in many other countries after being graduated from the prestigious state universities in Russia forming part of RACUS group.
