Ms Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, the Polish ambassador to the Russian Federation, visited Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (UNN) on Tuesday, November 25.

The visit began with a meeting with Rector Evgeny Chuprunov and UNN Rector’s Office. UNN Rector Evgeny Chuprunov, who delivered a welcome on behalf of the university, spoke of UNN as an international university with a truly diverse student body and dual degree programmes with European universities. Mr Chuprunov eloquently described the way that the university had changed over the years and entered the ranking of the world’s best universities.

Ms Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz said: “UNN is attractive to potential partners in education. In addition to inter-university cooperation, Poland is also interested in developing economic cooperation and business relationships with Nizhny Novgorod region”.

During the visit to UNN, the Polish ambassador had a meeting with senior administrative officers of Nizhny Novgorod universities, who gave short presentations of their higher education institutions and made proposals in relation to potential partnerships with Polish universities.