Baikal State University continues to strengthen international ties with partners from the PRC. Within the framework of a friendly visit, Advisor to the BSU Administration, Doctor of History, Professor Vladimir Sinichenko visited a number of leading scientific and educational centers in China.

Teaching is not just about transferring knowledge, but building strong bridges between cultures. To teach effectively, you need to understand what they live, how they think, what foreign students and partners of the university believe in.

The grand opening of the Dongbei Industry and Trade Alliance (translated from Chinese as "Northeast") took place in Irkutsk. The new business platform united the chambers of commerce and industry of four regions of China: the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. From the Russian side, Siberia and the Far East are in focus.

The scale of interaction between Russia and China in the framework of the cross Years of Education was supported by official data at a reception at the Chinese Embassy in Moscow, which took place last Friday.

More than 60 graduates of the International Faculty received university diplomas. 20 of them - with honors! All the guys are talented, successful. Many already work in various companies - public and private.

The start of the admission campaign is traditionally associated with the admission of entrance tests in the Russian language from foreign applicants. These days, the dean of the International Faculty Anna Litovkina and the teacher of the Department of Russian Language and Intercultural Communication Maria Syzykh work in China - at the Manchurian Institute of the Russian Language - a long-time partner university of BSU.

Today, the Institute of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IRVECA KAON) and the Baikal State University signed a cooperation agreement. The signatures on the document were put by the rector of BSU Oleg Gribunov and the secretary of the party committee of IRVEC KAON Mr. Van Lei.

From 25 to 27 August 2026, BSU will host the International Scientific and Practical Conference "The Great Tea Way - an International Humanitarian Corridor: Historical Experience and a Look into the Future." The organizers are: Baikal State University, Irkutsk Society of Friends of Mongolia, Union "Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Eastern Siberia," Museum of the History of Irkutsk named after A. M. Sibiryakov.

At the ISU site, the 17th meeting of the Russian-Chinese working group on high technologies and innovations of the Subcommittee on scientific and technical cooperation of the Russian-Chinese commission on the preparation of regular meetings of heads of government was held.

Ms. Liu Yu is already familiar with the BSU team. This winter, at the site of SKDC "Khudozhestvenny" with the participation of students and teachers of the university, the consulate held a holiday for Chinese students in Irkutsk on the occasion of the meeting of spring. Today is an official visit to get acquainted with the university and confirm the intentions of comprehensive support for the university's initiatives aimed at developing partnerships between the two countries in the field of science and education.

The International Faculty of Baikal State University successfully defended the final qualification works of bachelors and masters of the direction "Linguistics."

The College has over 19,000 students in 30 undergraduate and 6 specialty programs. The emblem of the educational institution is based on the character "zhou" and symbolizes the stability between heaven and earth, the comprehensive education of a person, the priority of human qualities and a look at five parts of the world.