Altai State University –t h e f l a g s h i p u n i v e r s i t y o f t h e A l t a i Re g i o nOne of the leading universities in Central Asia

RussiaJapanChinaIndia
Great Altai
Central Asia

Altai State University (ASU) is located in the city of Barnaul,
the capital of the Altai Krai.
Altai is the geographical center of Eurasia, the cradle ofancient cultures and civilizations, one of the most beautiful
and amazing places on the planet.

One of the leading universities in Central Asia
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF EDUCATION AND
ACADEMIC EXCHANGE
11.3% of international students.
30 joint educational programs
International internships and specialized summer
schools
NETWORK COOPERATION
Association of Asian Universities(50 universities from 8 countries)
University of SCO (base university in 4 directions)International scientific projects in the field ofarcheology and ethnography, biomedicine andbiotechnology, astrophysics, rational nature
management, zoosystematics
EXPERT-ANALYTICAL ACTIVITY
Asian Expert and Analytical Center, Institute of Interaction
with the countries of Asia (the amount of financing of projects
for 5 years - 40 million rubles.)Asian Educational Forum (2012, 2014, 2016)
YOUTH PROJECTS, INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
Student associations development program (2013-2017)
All-Russian Student Forum (2011)
Asian Student Forum (2013, 2015, 2017)
Asian Countries Youth Leaders’ Forum (2015, 2016, 2017)
Student Congress of the Peoples of Central Asia (2015, 2016, 2017)
BRICS Youth Assembly Conference (2016, 2017)

Russia

Japan
China
India
Great Altai
Central Asia
PROMOTION OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, CULTURE
AND EDUCATION ABROAD
11 foreign centers and basic schools (Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
3 centers of the Russian language and culture (Mongolia,China)
International Competition in the Russian language “StudyRussian - learn Russia”
6 supported projects under the Federal Target Program"Russian Language"

ASU at a glancea general idea of the current state of the flagship university
12 institutes and faculties

4 research institutes

14 representative centers in foreigncountries- 4 branches- college- institute of additional vocational
education
4 bases of scientific and educational
practices, South-Siberian Botanical
Gardenuniversity departments basedat the enterprises of the region

Engineering center"Prombiotech"

16 joint laboratories and centerswith the Siberian Branch of
Russian Academy of sciences
4 centers for shared use ofscientific equipment
4 megaprojects supportedby the Governmentof the Russian Federation

small innovative
companies

Business incubator of innovative
projects

Center for Youth Innovations4

27 implemented enlarged groups ofspecialties
15 thousand of students
19.2% of Master’s degree students
11.3% of international students,
a foreign students center

1,8 thousand employees, incl.
1 thousand scientific and pedagogicalstaff, including:
3 academicians
2 corresponding members of theRussian Academy of Sciences,
144 Doctors of Sciences,
82.7% have a degree

82 H-index (Russian Science CitationIndex)> 2 thousand publications indexingin Web of Science and Scopus
2.5 million rubles. – Income per 1
employee

IN 2017 ASU
BECAME THE WINNER
OF CONTEST OFMINISTRY OF
EDUCATION ANDSCIENCE OF THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
AND HAS RECEIVED THE
STATUS
OF FLAGSHIPUNIVERSITYOF RUSSIA

Honorary
department“The Kazakhstan
way
Named after
N.Nazarbayev”

Center of Language
and Cultureof the Republic ofTajikistan

More than 200
agreementson cooperation withforeignscientific andeducationalorganizations

Center of Language
and Cultureof the Republic ofKyrgyzstan

Russian-ChineseCenter of Education,
Cultureand Academic
Exchanges

AsianExpert andAnalyticalCentre

Association ofInternational
Students “AIST”

Altai State University in International University Ratings

Altai State University in International University Ratings

Association of Asian Universities(established in 2013 under the auspices of ASU , 50 universities, 8 countries)IN 2017 ASU BECAME THE WINNER OF CONTEST OF MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND HAS RECEIVED THE STATUS OF FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA

Missionto create an
intellectual eliteto develop breakthroughdirections of scientificresearch

Modernmultidisciplinaryscientific andeducational centerThe leading center for the training of highly qualified specialists for theregion, Russia and the countries of Central Asia, which havecompetitiveness at the world level.
Center for concentration and transfer of advanced scientific knowledges
and technologies based on the development and use of modern researchfacilities, inviting leading scientists, attracting talented students, creatinga creative atmosphere and comprehansive management system.
The largest integration center with universities in Central Asia, which holds
leading positions in the export of education and development and transferof the best educational practices, advanced scientific developments andexperience in humanitarian cooperation.

to produce newknowledges,integrate anddisseminate bestpracticesto realize cultural andexpert potential andmake an impact onsocial development

Center for Social Development, ensuring the formation of personalqualities and values of the future political, economic, scientific andeducational elite.
9Priority research directions
Agrobiotechnology
Biological medicine and chemical-pharmaceutical technologies
Geoecological monitoring and environmental management
Biological diversity studies and protection
IT and mathematical modelling
Material Science and the Creation of New Materials with Specified Properties
Analysis and forecasting of ethnocultural, socio-economic, humanitarian andgeopolitical processes in the transboundary space of Russia and Central Asia

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Over 30 years scholars of the Altai State University have been collaborating withJapanese colleagues primarily in three fields: archaeology, biology, and physics.
Two of the ASU faculty members were awarded with long-term Japanese
Governmental fellowships:
D.Troshkin (Environmental Science, Monbusho Fellowship, JSPS grant),
R.Raikin (High Energy Astrophysics, Obuchi Fellowship).

A Brief History of the Collaboration

1. Archaeology (ethnogenesis and material culture of theancient peoples of Central Asia, since mid-1980s)
Group leaders and participants of collaboration from the ASU• Prof. J.F.Kiryushin• Prof. A.A.Tishkin
Group leaders and participants of collaboration from the Japanese side
• Prof. Takahama Shu (Kanazawa University, Kanazawa)• Kazuo Miyamoto (Kyushu University, Fukuoka)• K. Matsumoto (Museum of Kyushu University, Fukuoka)• Amano Tetsuya (Hokkaido University, Sapporo)• Tetsu Matsumoto (Education Council, Administration of Osaka Prefecture)

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Japanese delegation in the Altai State University. Meeting with first rector of the ASU V.I.Neverov, 1984.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Japanese colleagues visiting the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Altai.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Japanese archaeologists and Russian colleagues in front of the main building of the ASU
before an expedition to the Altai Mountains, 1986.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Participants of the International Congress of Medieval Archaeology of Eurasian steppes. 2011
(on the left: Masumoto Tetsu and Tetsuya Amano).

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Professor Takahama Shu
at the Altai State University, 2013.

Japanese archaeologists at the opening of the International
Conference at the Altai State University, 2013.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

2. Biology (molecular cytogenetic, science of plants, entomology,mycology, since early 2000s)
Group leaders and participants of collaboration from the ASU• Prof. A.I.Shmakov• Dr.R.V.Yakovlev• Dr.S.V.Smirnov• Dr. E.A.Davydov• M.V.Skaptsov
Group leaders and participants of collaboration from the Japanese side• Prof. Katsuhiko Kondo (Director of the Laboratory of Plant Chromosome and GeneStock, Hiroshima University; Department of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University ofAgriculture)• Prof. Tsuneo Funamoto (Showa Pharmaceutical University)• Harue Shinoyama (Fukui Agricultural Experiment Station, Laboratory ofBiotechnology, Department of Horticulture and Biotechnology)• Prof. Hiroyuki Kashiwadani (National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo).
• Yoshihito Ohmura (Department of Botany, Division of Fungi and Algae, National
Museum of Nature and Science)

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Prof. K.Kondo and the Altai State University group, 2005.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Joint expedition.The Altai Mountains, 2008.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Signing of an agreement with the Institute of Phylogeny, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 2008.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

The Tokyo University of Agriculture area at the foot of Mt.Fuji, 2009.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Dr.S.V.Smirnov, Prof.K.Kondo, Prof.A.I.Shmakov in an expedition, Japan, 2011.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Dr.E.Davydov and Y. Ohmura at National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan, 2015.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

3. Physics (high-energy cosmic ray physics and astrophysics,
since early 1990s)
Group leaders and participants of collaboration from the ASU• Prof. A.A.Lagutin• Dr.R.I.Raikin
Group leaders and participants of collaboration from the Japanese side
• Prof. Akeo Misaki (Saitama University, Waseda University)• Prof. Naoya Inoue (Saitama University)• Prof. Masanobu Tamada (Kinki University)

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Prof. A.Misaki with the Altai State University Cosmic Ray Research Group, 1994.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Prof. A.Misaki and Prof.A.A.Lagutin. Japan, 1995.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Prof.A.A.Lagutin with Japanese colleagues. Japan, 1995.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Dr.R. I.Raikin at Prof.N.Inoue’s laboratory in Saitama University as a visiting scholar (Obuchi Fellowship), 2000.

A Brief History of the Collaboration

Prof.N.Inoue and Dr.R. I.Raikin.
International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, 2011.

Prof.A.Misaki and Dr.R. I.Raikin. International
Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, 2011.

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July, 2015 – Saitama University. HiSEP ProgramA Brief History of the Collaboration
July, 2015 – Saitama University. HiSEP ProgramA Brief History of the Collaboration
July, 2015 – Saitama University. HiSEP Program

Saitama University President Prof.S.Yamaguchi, Vice-Rector of ASU Dr. R.Raikin, Prof. of Saitama University N.Inoue

International Schools for Young Scientists

Japanese-Russian School of young scientists at ASU, 2016

International Schools for Young Scientists

Japanese-Russian School of young scientists at ASU, 2016

International Schools for Young Scientists

Japanese-Russian School of young scientists at ASU, 2016

International Schools for Young Scientists

Japanese-Russian School of young scientists at ASU, 2016

International Schools for Young Scientists

Japanese-Russian School of young scientists at ASU, 2016

International Schools for Young Scientists

Students from Japan at Lebedev Physics Institute, 2016

“Training Program For Russia-Japan Innovative Leaders of Tomorrow”(Kanazawa University, MEXT Inter-University Project)

Kick-off Symposium at Kanazawa University, 2018

“Training Program For Russia-Japan Innovative Leaders of Tomorrow”(Kanazawa University, MEXT Inter-University Project)

Kick-off Symposium at Kanazawa University, 2018

Promising Directions for Development of Cooperation

0. More freedom in internationalization
1. Expansion of youth exchange programs of all levels

2. Joint educational programs development andimplementation
3. Organization of international schools for young scientists
4. Involvement of leading scientists and professors from partner
universities
5. Organization of student forums, youth leaders summits andother humanitarian eventsご清聴ありがとうございました!