New semester started with GSEM International Get-Together Day

18:42, February 16, 2018

International and Russian students met for cultural exchange

Photo: Eduard Nikulnikov

International Get-Together Day was held by GSEM on February 14.

In the first part of the event, the students from all over the world presented their countries and cultural traditions. The participants not only made presentations of their cultures, but also performed with national songs, dances and played traditional instruments.

The event held in UrFU Museum was moderated by Director of BA programme International Economics and Business Zhanna Belyaeva and Associate Professor of the programme Elizaveta Golousova.

In the second part, the students learnt more about economy and cross-cultural features of Russia, as well as events for international students during Spring semester and opportunities to do sport at Ural Federal University. The students checked the learnt information by interactive game in the end of the event.

The students also took part in the opening of the first GSEM co-working space and left their wishes to Graduate School of Economics and Management.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.