Orenburg state university

Hiroshima University President visits OSU: cooperation will grow stronger

On April 30 OSU welcomed Mitsuo Ochi, HU President, Toshiyuki Sato, HU Vice-President and Sonoko Mizobuchi, HU Professor.

The guests came to OSU during the Golden Week in Japan — a collection of national holidays with the tradition to spent time with families. The season chosen to visit OSU demonstrates a special attitude of co-partners to our university.

In the morning the delegation met with Zhanna Ermakova, OSU rector who highlighted the keystones of the cooperation started in 2006. She focused on staff and students academic exchanges, the conference on Physics that took part every two years when scientists from Russia, Japan and other countries present their research findings, Summer School projects at both universities and other joint events.

Mitsui Ochi assured that the cooperation between the two universities would grow stronger. He initiated to open the HU Center at OSU to support and enliven further joint projects.

On OSU campus the leaders of the institutions laid the Alley of Partner Universities. They planted an ash tree as a symbol of friendship.