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Representatives of Riga Technical University visit Baku Higher Oil School

Deputy Rector for International Academic Cooperation and Studies of Riga Technical University (RTU), Mr. Igors Tipans, and Deputy Director of the International Cooperation and Research Department of RTU, Ms. Zane Purlaura-Porina, have visited the Baku Higher Oil School of SOCAR.

The guests first toured the university campus of Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) and viewed laboratories there. They praised the conditions created at the university.

Then, Mr. Igors Tipans and Ms. Zane Purlaura-Porina met with Rector of Baku Higher Oil School Elmar Gasimov. The BHOS Rector expressed satisfaction with the meeting with the RTU representatives at Baku Higher Oil School. He said that BHOS, created within the structure of SOCAR, trains highly qualified, English-speaking specialists. Elmar Gasimov emphasized that Baku Higher Oil School cooperates effectively with a number of foreign universities and it would be useful to establish cooperation with Riga Technical University.

At the meeting with the department heads and faculty staff of Baku Higher Oil School, the possibilities of cooperation in relevant specialties, the exchange of teachers and students, and the perspectives of cooperation within the framework of Erasmus+ program were discussed.

Both sides expressed their interest in cooperation, saying that this cooperation will bring mutual benefits.