EP10：Bright prospects for Shenzhen's scientific education development

EP10：Bright prospects for Shenzhen's scientific education development

Peter Kalmykov, Russian Education Expert

In recent years, Shenzhen has made continuous efforts and witnessed rapid development in higher education, attracting well-known universities at home and abroad to establish their presence in the city, and cultivate high-level talents through a model that combines industry, university and research institutes. Under this context, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, the first Chinese university to bring in high-quality Russian educational resources and an important achievement of in-depth people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, has served as a significant role model in nurturing high-quality innovative talents and high-level academic results for China-Russia strategic cooperation, and regional socioeconomic development. 

Peter Kalmykov is one representative of such collaboration. He comes from Moscow State University, Russia and taught Chinese at its Confucius Institute. In 2018, he became head of the academic department of Shenzhen MSU-BIT University responsible for maintaining the quality of teaching. Since then, he has been contributing his international perspective to carrying out elite education and high-level research and innovative activities.

From communicating Chinese culture in Russia to bringing advanced international education concepts to Shenzhen, Peter Kalmykov has closely knit his career and personal life with the Chinese culture. With the Chinese dream in mind, he is committed to building a global learning platform and research environment for students, and helping build Shenzhen's universities into world-class education centers. He said that the goal going forward is to make Shenzhen MSU-BIT University to become an educational center as well as a scientific educational center.

Peter was exposed to Chinese culture in 2003 for the first time. A friend and classmate invited him to visit China. Over time, He began to understand Chinese culture. So he started to learn Chinese and chose a major in Chinese. It was difficult at the very beginning but also very interesting and promising. Fortunately, this choice never let him down.

He came to Shenzhen on January 6, 2018. Now he is in charge of the academic affairs at Shenzhen MSU-BIT University. His first responsibility is to make sure that the school education quality can reach the highest standard for entering the world's top 100 educational institutions for Moscow State University. “Of course, I focus on scientific developments in both Moscow and here, as well as the coordination between different departments to make our university become an educational center as well as a scientific education center. ” He said.

Peter and his colleagues aim to turn Shenzhen MSU-BIT University into a world-class education center. According to QS World University Rankings, Moscow State University ranks 23rd in science this year. Biology, Materials Science and Chemistry are among the strongest fields in Moscow State University. These leading modern education programs in Shenzhen MSU-BIT University are the most advanced and modern projects in Moscow State University itself and its strongest and best developing directions.

“Our university is still very new. I mean we officially opened in September 2017. We are now only in the first stage of our development. ” From Peter’s perspective, the university is still very young, meanwhile higher scientific achievements are nothing but a dream. However, Peter and his colleagues do have some realistic plans like establishing 20 labs or so, including disciplines like Math, Materials Science, Chemistry and Biology, which are the four most practical subjects. They also represent the most groundbreaking knowledge fields in both China and Russia, and the most demanding and necessary fields for both countries.

“I hope that in the near future there will also be related labs here. Excellent scientists from Russia and China will be the directors of these labs. And scientists from different countries can also work in these labs.” One of the university’s goals is to relate some labs, installed with the state-of-the-art equipment, so that great scientists from all over the world can come and collaborate. He thinks that this is one of the most promising areas, because it combines the strength of several countries. The strength of the international scientific community within a single institute is one of the most promising choices. One of the first joint universities established in China, a university that had accomplished real scientific research tasks and achieved results, and had fulfilled all aspects of its tasks. Peter is confident about the future. He said, “I believe that the cooperative international education project is one of the most promising directions for scientific and educational development.”

For Peter, Shenzhen is a city of dreams, a city that grew up in a small border town, but also a modern city with a new, unique and stunning development and creativity. . He said he would go to schools across Russia to introduce Shenzhen to his future students, children and high school students who want to choose a university for further study. 

第十集 深圳的科学教育拥有广阔的发展前景

俄籍教育专家 Peter Kalmykov

近年来，深圳在高等教育上持续发力，快速发展，吸引了国内外知名院校进驻，以产学研结合培养高层次人才。在此背景下，作为国内第一所引进俄罗斯优质教育资源的大学，深圳北理莫斯科大学是两国人文合作深入发展的重要成果，为中俄战略合作与区域经济社会发展培养高质量的创新人才，提供高水平的学术成果，有着重要的示范意义。

Peter Kalmykov便是其中的一个缩影，他来自俄罗斯莫斯科国立大学，曾在该校孔子学院教中文，2018年到深北莫担任学术事务部部长，把关教学质量，为开展精英教育以及高水平的研究和创新活动提供国际化视野。

从在俄罗斯传播中国文化，到为深圳带来先进的国际教育理念，Peter Kalmykov将职业生涯、生活与中国文化紧密联系在一起。他心怀中国梦，致力于为学生搭建面向世界的培养平台和科研环境，助力深圳的大学成为世界级教育中心。他说，未来的目标就是把深圳北理莫斯科大学尽快建成一个科学教育中心、一个世界级教育中心。

Peter大概在2003年首次接触了中国文化。当时他的一个好朋友和同学邀请了他来中国，他开始慢慢了解中国文化，开始学习中文并选择了中文方向的专业。一开始非常艰难，但是非常有意思，也很有前景。他的选择没让自己失望。

2018年1月6日，Peter来到了深圳，负责深圳北理莫斯科大学的学术事务。目前，他的首要职责是确保学校教育质量达到莫斯科国立大学进入世界100强大学的最高标准。“当然，我很重视莫斯科和深圳北理莫斯科大学的科学发展，以及本校不同院系之间的协调，目的是让我们的大学尽快成为一个教育中心，一个科学教育中心。”他说。

Peter和同事们的梦想就是将深北莫发展成世界级的教育中心。根据QS世界大学排名，今年莫斯科国立大学在科学领域排名第23位。生物学、材料学和化学是莫斯科国立大学最强的学科。深北莫最领先的现代教育项目就是莫斯科国立大学本身最先进最现代化的项目，也是最强、最好的发展方向。

“我们的大学很年轻，我们2017年9月才正式开学，现在正处在发展的第一阶段。”在Peter看来，深北莫还十分年轻，所以目前取得更高的科研成果还是一个梦想。即便如此，Peter和同事们还是制定了一些切实计划，比如建立20个左右的实验室，主要学科包括数学、材料学、化学以及生物学。这四门学科最具有实用性，也代表了中俄两国最具突破性的知识领域，也是两国最需要、最必要的领域。 

“我希望在不久的将来，我们学校也会建立相关实验室，将由中俄优秀的科学家主管这些实验室。实验室也有来自不同国家的科学家进行科研工作。”深北莫的目标之一就是设立这样的实验室，装置最高水平的设备，让全球优秀的科学家一起合作。他认为中外合办大学是最有前途的领域之一，因为在一个研究所内联合了几个国家的力量和国际科学界的力量，是一个最有前途的选择，不同国家总是有可以互相学习的内容。他很高兴深北莫是中国建立的第一批联合大学之一，是一所完成真正科研任务并取得成果的大学，同时落实了各个方面的任务。Peter对未来充满信心，他说：“我认为国际教育合作项目是科研和教育发展方面最有前途的方向之一。”

对Peter来说 深圳就是一座梦想之城，一座从边陲小镇成长起来的城市，同时又是一个新奇独特、令人惊叹的现代化城市，发展迅速，具有创造力。他说他会去俄罗斯各地学校向他未来的学生和考生，孩子、高中生等选择大学的人介绍深圳。