In the period from March 21st to 23rd, 2017, RACUS organization took part in an international educational exhibition, which was successfully held in the capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama. The RACUS organization was represented at the international educational exhibition by the head of the Department of the Middle East and Southern Africa Maxim Sergeev and the manager for international students' affairs Shamil Nutsalov.
On March 19, 2017 Maxim Sergeev and Shamil Nutsalov were hosted by the Ambassador of Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Mr. V.M. Garayev. At the meeting they discussed the issues of ensuring the recognition of state universities belonging to the RACUS group.
On March 23, 2017 employees of the RACUS organization together with the representative of the Russian Embassy in the Kingdom of Bahrain held a meeting with the Minister of Education of Bahrain, Dr. Majid B.A. Al-Naimi, and his assistants. At the meeting, strategies and successive steps in the implementation of the procedure for the recognition of state universities in Russia belonging to the RACUS group were discussed.
This year the international exhibition center in the Kingdom of Bahrain has already welcomed the participants of this major international event for the 5th time. The Ministry of Labor and Social Development of Bahrain directly oversees the holding of educational exhibitions held in the territory of Bahrain, and its representatives traditionally attend to the openings.
Ambassador of Russia in Bahrain visited the international educational exhibition as an honorable guest. Mr. Garayev, who, together with the Minister of Labor and Social Development of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Mr. Jamil B.M. Ali Khamaidan visited the stand of the group of Russian state universities RACUS. At the stand, the head of the Russian delegation, Maxim Sergeyev, reported about the most popular universities among students from Bahrain: the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University named after Peter the Great and the First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov (PMGMU), which are currently accredited by the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The interest of Bahraini youth in obtaining higher education is quite high, as evidenced by the large number of visitors, including both school graduates and those who are interested in continuing their education in mastery and postgraduate/doctorate abroad.
The visitors of the stand of the Group of Russian State Universities RACUS had an excellent opportunity to learn about the perspectives and advantages of obtaining higher education in Russia, and none of the guests left without a memorable souvenir and information materials about study in Russia. Representatives of the RACUS organization answered all questions of interest to the children and their parents about the procedure for admission to Russian state universities, student life and study in Russia. To all those who interested in obtaining a quality, prestigious and at the same time accessible higher education, 20 Russian state universities and more than 500 medical, engineering, economic and humanitarian specialties were presented, which is studied not only in Russian, but also in English and French languages.
