NVSU students continue to take part in international programs of academic mobility. Svetlana Podbolotova, 3rd year student of Faculty of Arts and Design, and Ivan Fomenko, 2nd year student of Faculty of Humanities has successfully completed his studies at JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä. The students spent autumn semester from August to December 2017 there. Svetlana and Ivan shared their positive impressions from this experience. Ivan learned about such things as working with integrated educational systems, developing study schedule beforehand etc. Svetlana was surprised that musical education was divided into 2 sections: classical and pop.

December 16th the Department for Ecology at the Faculty of Ecology and Engineering host a seminar titled “Environment and Human Health: EU Experience”. The seminar was organized by Denis Pogonyshev, Head of the Department for Egology, and Irina Pogonysheva, Assistant Professor at the Department. The main objective iwas to provide platform for discussion on opportunities to use European experience in managing issues related to environmental interrelation with human health in domestic practices.

Professor of NVSU are getting more and more involved in Erasmus+ Staff Mobility Initiatives. In the spring 2018 NVSU professor will go to University of Barcelona to give lectures in the partner institution within Key Action 1: “Learning Mobility of Individuals” of Erasmus + Program. Erasmus + scholarship is the most prestigious European student grant. The scholarship covers all costs associated with the stay and study at a foreign university (travel costs, accommodation costs, etc).

On December 8, 2017 Nizhnevartovsk State University hosted a meeting of working group members of UNISON “University-enterprise cooperation via spin-off companies network” project. The project was approved for funding within 2016 call for proposals of the Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 2: Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices/ Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education.

From 27 to 29 of November, University of Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) hosted final study visit within Erasmus+ Project “University-enterprise cooperation via spin-off companies network”. The project was approved for funding within 2016 call for proposals of the Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 2: Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices/ Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education.

December 16th the Department for Ecology at the Faculty of Ecology and Engineering is organizing a seminar titled “Environment and Human Health: EU Experience”. The main objective is to provide platform for discussion on opportunities to use European experience in managing issues related to environmental interrelation with human health in domestic practices.

A joint study guide titled “Environment – Human – Social Policy (European experience)” was published within implementation activities of Jean Monnet Modules “The European Union Social Policy”, 574865-EPP-1-2016-1-RU-EPPJMO-MODULE and “Interaction of environment and human health: Experience of the European Union”, 574826-EPP-1-2016-1-RU-EPPJMO-MODULE.

NVSU continues its work within Erasmus+ Programme, Jean Monnet Activities, Jean Monnet Module № 574865-EPP-1-2016-1-RU-EPPJMO-MODULE “The European Union Social Policy” grant agreement № 2016-2593/001-001.

From 13 to 17 November 2017 Nizhnevartovsk State University held International training seminar on entrepreneurial skills development “Business Academy”. Over the course of the week students of the 3rd and 4th year from different fields of studies participated in a very intensive course that aims to develop entrepreneurial potential in students and give them an opportunity to acquire practical skills of development and implementation of new projects and develop strategic approach to decision making. About 90 students of NVSU participated in the training seminar together with professors from the Faculty of Economics and Management. The training seminar was funded by Program for Development of Student Unions (The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation) and programs implemented within Erasmus+ Program: • Jean Monnet Module “Developing Green Skills for Entrepreneurship and Business Based on the EU Experience”, • UNISON “University-enterprise cooperation via spin-off companies network “.

NVSU students regularly participate in Erasmus+ programs within Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals and receive grants for study abroad in partner institutions. Erasmus + scholarship is the most prestigious European student grant. The scholarship covers all costs associated with the stay and study at a foreign university (travel costs, accommodation costs, etc).