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The international summer school "Industrial Design" has started at Ƶ
08 August

A delegation of students and teachers from Shandong University of Art and Design arrived in St. Petersburg from China to participate in the summer school program.

The summer school will be held from 08 to 19 August and will include an educational program and cultural and leisure activities. As part of the training, participants will study the main stages of design development in the twentieth century, the design of industrial products, shaping and coloristics in design and much more. The program also includes a visit to the cluster of the shoe and leather goods industry, opened by the university within the framework of the FP "Professionalitet", the university cluster of digital industrial design "SmartDesign" in the center of the Northern capital, the Laboratory of Virtual Fashion and Digital Design, the Boiling Point of Ƶ, the Museum of Sports and the university space of modern design "Coordinate".

The culmination of the summer school will be the International Educational Forum "St. Petersburg — the city of discoveries. The Open University as a platform for international cooperation in the field of culture, science and education." The forum will bring together foreign students studying at universities in St. Petersburg. It will be held on August 16 on the basis of the university Boiling Point — PromTechDesign in order to help foreign students adapt to the culture, educational and scientific environment in Russia, to acquaint them with the available opportunities presented by St. Petersburg universities and various international projects. Also, foreign students will be able to be inspired by the success stories of students from different countries.

In parallel with the forum, an exhibition of works by students and teachers of Shandong University of Art and Design will be held on the site.

The Summer School of Industrial Design has become a logical continuation of our university's cooperation with Shandong University of Art and Design. We are focused on further effective cooperation in the educational and scientific spaces. And the upcoming educational forum is designed to unite foreign students, who have arrived from China and are studying at St. Petersburg universities, in discussions on adaptation in the educational environment of Russia, open opportunities to get acquainted with the culture of our country, overcome language barriers and participate in international projects. Today, the number of international students is constantly growing. And the process of their adaptation to previously unfamiliar social, cultural and economic conditions becomes the key to their further successful studies at a Russian university.

Natalia Klimova, Vice-Rector for the Development of Educational Programs at Ƶ