In order to expand international cooperation and scientific diplomacy, a memorandum of understanding on educational and research cooperation between Hakim Sabzevari University and ITMO University of Petersburg, Russia, was signed.
Announcing this news, the International Director of Hakim Sabzevari University said: Dr. Vladimir Vasilyev, President of ITMO University of Russia, and Dr. Zanganeh Asadi, President of Hakim Sabzevari University, while evaluating the ways of developing scientific, research and technological cooperation between the two universities, signed a memorandum of cooperation between the two universities. Conducting joint training and research courses, carrying out joint research projects, joint publications, holding lectures, workshops, conferences and other joint events, exchanging students and their participation in sports competitions, and establishing language and literature chairs of the two countries are possible cooperation.
ITMO University, located in Petersburg, Russia, was founded in 1900. This university with a history of 120 years, based on the webometrics ranking, is the ninth university in Russia, and according to the QS ranking, this university is ranked 359 in the world. According to the website of this university, ITMO University has 1,300 professors and trainers, 14,000 students and 960 doctoral students, of which more than 2,500 students are foreigners. The best international rankings of this university are in the fields of IT, quantum sciences and photonics optics.