Students of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno won an international environmental competition

On November 9-10 the Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management hosted the IX Ecological Cup in an online format. The competition is designed to draw attention to environmental issues and organize active discussion of environmental problems in the student, expert and public environment.

Among the participants of the Ecocup were representatives of Russian higher education institutions, the team of the International University of Innovative Technologies from the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as the Interstate Educational Institution "Belarusian-Russian University" and two teams of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno - the Faculty of Biology and Ecology and the Faculty of Engineering and Construction. According to the results of the Cup the team of Biology and Ecology Department "Kupalovtsy" was recognized the best of 13 participating teams.

On the first day of the Interuniversity Environmental Cup the teams presented to the jury projects in the format of homework. The students of the Faculty of Biology and Ecology of YKSUG prepared a project titled "Development of quality landscaping of the territory of the city park in the central part of Grodno. When evaluating the projects, the main criteria were the relevance and significance of the development, the quality of the project elaboration and effectiveness of economic costs. Kupalovtsy's project was highly appreciated by the jury of the competition for its scientific component, economic justification and specific measures for its implementation.

On the second day of the competition the participants of the teams had an intellectual game "Ecology" in the format of an individual Internet-testing on the Moodle platform. All team members had to answer 30 questions in 40 minutes. And also before the start of the main eco-cup tests it was necessary to hold a local environmental action "Ecobattle" and create a video on "Comfortable Urban Environment".

In its composition Team "Kupalovtsy" were undergraduate and students of the Faculty of Biology and Ecology of our university - Yaroslava Sapach, Elizaveta Bogdanova, Julia Yushkevich, Alena Amshey, Nikita Brjuko, Anna Dobrinets and Vadim Gunko. Team leader - senior lecturer of the Department of Ecology Elena Samusik.

International Interuniversity Environmental Cup-2021 was organized with the support of the Environmental Protection Committee of Department of Energy, Housing and Utilities of Novosibirsk, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Novosibirsk region, FSBI "Center of Laboratory Analysis and Technical Measurements in SFR", Novosibirsk Regional Association of Waste Management "Ecology of Siberia", LLC "Guide".

Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno invites you to participate in the II International Scientific Conference “Eastern Europe: contexts of socio-economic development”

The conference, which will be held at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno on November 30, is dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Department of Sociology and Special Sociological Disciplines.

The participants of the scientific conference will share the experience in socio-economic development of Eastern Europe, discuss the problems of modernization processes, investment and consumer behavior of the population, monetary practices, development of markets and entrepreneurship, transformation of labor relations in a digitalized economy and precarization of employment. The conference is organized by the Department of History, Communication and Tourism of the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and the Department of Sociology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Researchers, teachers, doctoral, postgraduate and master's students of higher education institutions, as well as practicing specialists are invited to participate. The application form, the text of the article and a copy of the receipt of payment for the organizational fee must be sent by November 22 to the e-mail address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For more information on the participation in the II International Scientific Conference "Eastern Europe: Contexts of Socio-Economic Development" please call: +375 152 62 68 09, +375 152 62 68 19, +375 29 288 74 08.

A representative of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno had an internship at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

During the educational visit the possible directions of cooperation between the universities in educational, innovative and scientific activities were determined.

The internship of Natalya Bashun, the Head of the Technology, Physiology and Nutrition Hygiene Department of the Faculty of Biology and Ecology of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno took place within the framework of the State Program "Education and Youth Policy" for 2021-2025. The main purpose of the traineeship was to improve the qualifications and professional skills in the field of nutrition science, development of innovative methods of the educational process on the subjects "Fundamentals of functional nutrition", "Physiology of nutrition", "Biosafety and bioethics in biotechnology".

During the educational visit the representatives of the two universities discussed the prospects of cooperation in education, innovation and research activities, the implementation of joint research in the field of nutrition science and technology of creating functional foods. Natalia Bashun, Head of the Technology, Physiology and Hygiene of Nutrition Department of YKSUG, studied the experience of youth organizations and the Military Historical Club of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Peter the Great.

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University has leading positions in the rating of technical universities of Russia. In 2010, it received the status of a national research university, which recognized its role and capabilities in both training and multidisciplinary research and development.

Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno took part in a seminar and an international conference within the educational project "MaCICT"

Employees of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno discussed issues of improving the quality of teaching and learning at universities with other participants of the international technical assistance project UniTeLE

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Professor Vladimir Kosov from the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University visited Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan acquainted with the scientific potential of Kupala State University.
During the visit, Vladimir Kosov, professor of the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, and Yury Bialykh, Vice-rector for Academic Affairs of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, discussed the prospects of cooperation between the institutions of higher education.
Vladimir Kosov also visited the Physico-Technical Faculty of Kupala University and familiarized himself with the activities of the research laboratories of molecular spectroscopy and nanostructure optics and radiation materials science. The staff members of the laboratories told about the scientific potential of the Physico-Technical Faculty, outlining the demand for scientific equipment in many higher education institutions and scientific organizations.

Yanka Kupala State University students from Uzbekistan early voting in presidential elections

Early voting centres were set up across the country from 14 to 20 October. Students at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno also had an opportunity to express their civic position.

Fifty students from Uzbekistan study at Kupala University. The adult students naturally exercised their right to vote in the elections. One of the first to do so was Ruslana Tolstosheeva, a third year student of the History of Communication and Tourism Department and coordinator of the World Youth Association of Uzbekistan in Grodno region. The girl said that the election is an indicator of concern about the future of their country.
Kupala students were glad that, being thousands of kilometres away from their homeland, they could take part in the most important event for each state.
Overall, more than 1,000 foreigners from more than 30 countries study at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. For each of them comfortable conditions of studies and accommodation are created.