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President Putin congratulates Tanzania’s President on her RUDN honorary doctorate
ria.ru
At talks in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin congratulated Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on being awarded an honorary doctorate by Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.
Tanzania’s President calls education a key part of cooperation with Russia
russkiymir.ru
At the honorary doctorate ceremony at RUDN on June 4, Samia Suluhu Hassan noted that more than 5,000 Tanzanians had received higher education at Soviet and later Russian universities.
Oleg Yastrebov: “A university is a place for ‘yes’”
vedomosti.ru
RUDN Rector on the appeal of a Russian education. He notes that the university’s focus on Asia, Africa and Latin America remains unchanged
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Alumni and Student Geography

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The first student of the Peoples’ Friendship University, holder of student ID No. 1, was Ahmed Murad Taki from Sierra Leone, a 1966 graduate of the Faculty of Medicine.

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Educational Opportunities

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Language training for admission to RUDN
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An in-depth educational partnership that helps attract talented applicants before they enter the university
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More than 15,000 young people from Africa are learning Russian and preparing to enter Russian universities without leaving their home countries

Working with Talented Applicants

RUDN Open Olympiad: a chance to win a state-funded place

16,599 participants from Africa
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52 countries
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1?054 winners
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267 runners-up
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16,599 participants from Africa
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52 countries
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1,054 winners
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267 runners-up
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Top 5 programs chosen by RUDN Open Olympiad winners in 2025 and 2026

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Research

joint research articles in Scopus-indexed journals

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What PhD Students from Africa Study

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RUDN Student Stories

We asked students from Africa why they chose Russia and our university. Here are the answers of future doctors, engineers and specialists in every field.

Petera Bernard Mosa
Madagascar
Scholarships usually take us to neighboring countries — Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt. But I deliberately put Russia first.
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Chinyama Kazombo
Zambia
I have loved Russian literature since childhood, especially Dostoevsky.
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Jean-Pierre Sishugi
DR Congo
I have dreamed of an international career since I was a child.
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Marie Alice Benishyiza Uwera
Rwanda
Russia has rich medical traditions, a strong foundation, discipline and a focus on practice.
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African Alumni: Our Pride

Kalumbi Shangula
Minister of Health and Social Services of Namibia (2018–2025)
Namibia
Pindi Chana
Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism (2024–2025)
Tanzania
Koma Steem Jehu-Appiah
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ghana to the Russian Federation since 2025
Ghana
Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya
Minister of Environment of Rwanda (2019–2024)
Rwanda
Kassaye Nigussie Wolde Michael
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor at RUDN, President of the Russia–Ethiopia Friendship Society (Class of 1991)
Ethiopia
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Partnership Geography

partner countries

partner organizations

cooperation agreements

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Strategic Partnership with Rosatom State Corporation

2020–2026: RUDN coordinates four subprojects of the International Cooperation in Nuclear Education project, which promotes Russian engineering education in nuclear and related fields

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Africa in RUDN History

On March 23, 2023, Russia’s Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov signed Order No. 313 restoring the name of Patrice Lumumba to the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.

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