Dr. Tibor Bartha, the vice rector of international affairs, visited St. Petersburg, Russia and contributed in the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between UNIVET Budapest and Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine.

The MoU signed by Dr. Péter Sótonyi, the rector of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest and Anatoly Stekolnikov, rector of the Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine, confirms the intention of the two higher education institutions to establish a partnership and encourage cooperation in the field of research and education.

Russia has 46 higher education institutions from which 3 operates independently as an academy. Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine is one of the three and has more than 2500 Russian and international students.

The work has already started: the 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction (ESDAR) between September 19th – 22nd 2019 is organized by ESDAR in cooperation with Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine where our colleague, Dr. László Solti is participating as well.