Siberian Federal University

The meeting was attended by SibFU's President Alexander Uss, SibFU's Rector Eugene Vaganov, the Rector of Aichi Prefectural University Tadayoshi Takashima, Professor Shiro Cato, President of Krasnoyarsk Union of Producers and Entrepreneurs Valery Sergienko.

According to Alexander Uss, the inter-university collaboration gives an opportunity of internships, academic exchange and joint research projects. « Aichi prefecture is Japan's workshop and its university is connected to large Japanese companies. It is a collaboration window for research, education and, what is very important, for busisness, — SibFU President said— A current proposal is to make the university a bridge to connect the engineering education and Toyota company. We have been discussing the potential for student internships at Toyota and the possibility of building the corporation teaching centre at SibFU. In addition, we appreciate the Japanese experience in legislation, ecological monitoring and decreasing negative consequences of nature hazards. ».

Tadayoshi Takashima, the Rector of Aichi Prefectural University, said he hoped the university's connections would be helpful to Krasnoyarsk and Krasnoyarsk Krai. «Our university has an opportunity to collaborate with legislation agencies and large companies based in the prefecture. , — Tadayoshi Takashima said - Hopefully, collaboration perspectives will trigger the students' interest to studying the Japanese language to get first hand information. Meetings at SibFU were fruitful events and I discovered additional perspectives for the collaboration. SibFU's research potential is quite strong and joint research projects are possible in the near future.».

«The university is the place to study for everyone, students and teachers alike. Any helpful exchange experience should be used to the benefit of both parties» — SibFU's Rector Eugene Vaganov said.