New Era University

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The New Era University (NEU) and the Moscow State Institute for International Relations, known as MGIMO, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for academic collaboration. The signing, which took place at the MGIMO campus in Moscow, Russia, on May 14, 2018, “hopes to enrich the intellectual environment of both institutions.” This is the first agreement for MGIMO with a private institution from the Philippines.

The memorandum yielded, among other things, the establishment of the Russian Language Center at NEU, faculty exchange program, identification of scholarship opportunities in Russia, and mounting seminars, conferences, and workshops.

Dr. Julian J. Meimban III, NEU’s Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research, and Dr. Anatoly Torkunov, MGIMO’s rector, represented their respective institution. Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Allan Peter Cayetano, and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, Salvador Panelo, witnessed the historic signing organized by Philippine Ambassador to Russia, Carlos Correa. Also with NEU’s delegation were Dr. Carlos Tabunda Jr., Director of NEU-ASEAN Studies Center (NEU-ASC), and Mr. Cornelio Guerrero, adviser and producer of Eagle Broadcasting Company, the media partner of NEU.

NEU’s collaboration with Russian universities commenced in 2016 with the participation of NEU-ASC at the ASEAN-Russia University Forum held in Vladivostok. In November 2016, Dr. Elena Koldunova, vice dean of MGIMO’s Political Science department, delivered a talk on Russia’s Bilateral and Multilateral Relations in the ASEAN at the NEU main campus Quezon City, Philippines. And in March 2017, NEU helped in facilitating a Russian team of businessmen in the country.

“The New Era University takes pride to have engaged in joint endeavors such as this, with one of the most reputable universities in the world,” Dr. Meimban said. MGIMO is dubbed as “the Harvard University of Russia.” NEU and MGIMO have their respective ASEAN Studies Center, which fosters their studies and researches on international relations.

A student body fully aware, competent, and engaged in the ASEAN arena. To serve as a knowledge hub on ASEAN matters that supports creating and developing in-depth knowledge about the region and its people.

• Serve as a knowledge hub for ASEAN-related matters through its well-equipped research facility, collections of books, magazines, journals, and audio and video materials
• Support the creation and development of in-depth knowledge about ASEAN by creating a pool of ASEAN experts in the region to discuss and share their expertise with the public through various platforms like forums, public lectures, conferences, and media.
• Create linkages at the national and regional level to support people-to-people relationships amongst the ASEAN citizens through student mobility programs, faculty exchanges, and study-visit programs.
• Promote knowledge about ASEAN to the general public at the national, regional, and international levels through its Eagle Broadcasting Corporation- produced episodes of ASEAN-related programs both on TV and radio and in the ASEAN sections on its website.

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