Russian, Chinese Universities Alliance to Teach Molecular Engineers

The program will be in the English language and will be a 2+2 program where Russian students will study in China for two years and Chinese students will also study for two years in Tomsk.

Tomsk State University (TSU) and Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) have entered a partnership to offer a new joint study program for molecular engineering specialists. The agreement was signed at the 3rd International Forum on Cooperation within the framework of the One Belt, One Road initiative.

After completing the course, the students are expected to create new products and technologies for biomedicine and agricultural biotechnology for the TSU School of Advanced Engineering Studies Agrobiotech. 

"Ensuring the technological sovereignty and economic sustainability of each country is directly related to the creation of products and technologies that can ensure leadership in a particular industry. Such developments usually appear at the intersection of several sciences, so it is necessary to train specialists ready to create breakthrough developments in an interdisciplinary field. This is how TSU and BUCT designed the network bachelor's degree program in molecular engineering, which is expected to start in September 2024," said Irina Kurzina, the program coordinator and professor at the Faculty of Chemistry at TSU, as reported by Mirage News 

"Beijing University of Chemical Technology is a very prominent Chinese university. It has successfully participated in all three national programs of academic excellence, and cooperation with this university provides us an opportunity not only to get good and highly motivated students, but also access to the powerful resource base through joint research, and this feature is a strong point of the top Chinese universities," emphasized Artyom Rykun, TSU Vice-Rector for International Affairs.

Joint Program for Molecular Engineers Details

The graduates will receive two official documents - a diploma of Beijing University of Chemical Technology in Biological Engineering and a diploma of TSU in Innovatics (Tomsk International Science Program, professional module: Molecular Engineering).

The training will take place in the laboratories of TSU Agrobiotech rather than in classrooms. Apart from the theoretical knowledge, the course will offer hands-on skills for working on the most modern equipment. It is a 2+2 program where Chinese students will study in Russia for two years and vice versa. It will be held in English language.

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