OREANDA-NEWS. Rector of Baku Higher Oil School Elmar Gasimov participated in Eurasian Higher Educational Summit held by Eurasian Universities Union on 16-20 February, 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey. Mr.Gasimov made a presentation on Internationalization of Higher Education in Azerbaijan in frames of the panel on Internationalization of Higher Educational Institutions in Turkish World. During the visit Rector Gasimov held a number of meetings, including the discussions with Prof. Dr. Ismail Yuksek, Rector of Yildiz Technical University, where both rectors talked about the perspectives of joint program in Electrical Engineering and Electronics and reached an initial agreement. Rector Gasimov also held discussions with the representatives of European Students Service Center, DAAD, Study in Turkey, Study Portal and Mezun, the organizations dealing with the student exchange programs in diverse countries. The meeting between Rector Gasimov and Dr. Mustafa Aydin, President of Eurasian Universities Union and Rector of Istanbul Aydin University, focused on the perspectives of cooperation in diverse directions of training, science and research among higher educational institutions under the EURAS umbrella.

Eurasian Higher Educational Summit organized under the auspices of Eurasian Universities Union aimed at ensuring exchange of views and broad discussions between the representatives of the higher educational institutions of Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and the Pacific on establishing and strengthening the scientific, technological, economic and cultural collaboration.