Strategic partnership with France
On September 24, 2020 at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics took place a meeting and acquaintance with the new counsellor to the French ambassador for cultural relations - Alex Bortolan. The meeting was attended by the dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics Zhakebaev D.B., deputy dean Bektemessov Zh.M., as well as heads of departments and director of the center of “Geo-Energy” Christine Bouteiller. During the meeting, issues of further cooperation were discussed.
Then there was a meeting with the first vice-rector Burkitbaev M.M., where the deans of the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology and the Faculty of Physics and Technology were also present. After that there was a meeting of the Rector of al-Farabi KazNU Mutanov G.M. with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic in Kazakhstan, Mr. Philippe Martinet. The rector thanked Mr. Philippe Martinet for his great contribution to the development of strategic partnership and friendly relations between universities of the two countries and for assistance in the implementation of joint projects. One of these is the Franco-Kazakh educational and research Center "Geo-Energy" based on KazNU. Thanks to this project, new educational programs of a double master's degree and MBA were introduced.
At the end of the meeting, as a sign of special gratitude and for outstanding services to the university, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Kazakhstan, Mr. Philippe Martin, was awarded a gold medal of KazNU.
