Orenburg state university

International activities

Department of International Cooperation

OSU Department of International Cooperation plans and fulfils international activities aimed to:

• promote OSU toward an international educational environment, export Russian education services;
• attract foreign intellectual potential, enrich the local educational system with cultural capital and international experience from other leading foreign universities;
• improve the image and increase the competitiveness of the university on an international arena;
• organize and coordinate international cooperation and training activities together with foreign partners (develop and implement joint educational programs, support academic mobility of students and educators, etc.);
• organize and coordinate the stay of international visitors and delegations arriving at the university;
• provide language and cross-cultural training at the language centers of the Department of International Cooperation.

Department of International Cooperation performs its functions through several subdivisions:

• Foreign Citizens Office
• Department of International Cooperation and Education Development
• English Language Center
• Center for Chinese Language and Culture
• German Language Center
• Center for Slavic Languages and Cultures
• French Language Center
• Japan Information Center