UNESCO AGH Chair - partnership between AGH UST and MUST 

During 6-8 June 2012, Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Ulaanbaatar was hosted participants of the international conference: Building a world class university: Challenges and Initiatives 2012. During the conference, 40 lectures were delivered in the following thematic groups: Creating a world class university: Policy and Initiatives, New Changes and Challenges in Engineering Higher Education, University Developing Excellence in innovation and entrepreneurship.

The aim of the conference was discussion focused on the development of conditions for the construction of a technical university that meets the requirements of the global world and the twenty-first century. The conference was attended by representatives of seven countries: China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, USA. The Polish side (AGH) was represented by prof. Jerzy Lis, Vice-Rector for Development and Cooperation and prof. Janusz Szpytko, UNESCO AGH Chairholder.

During the conference two papers were delivered on: A Mission-Oriented Technical University Twenty-First Century and The Importance of Knowledge and Practice in Education at the Level of Engineering. Also participants were familiarized with the directions of activities and accomplishments of the UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology and Engineering Education at the AGH University of Science and Technology.

During the visit prof. J. Lis (AGH UST) and prof. Damdinsuren Bayanduuren, the Rector of MUST, signed the cooperation agreement expressing willingness for joint cooperation between AGH UST and MUST, especially in relation to the UNESCO schema implementation. The meeting was also attended by MUST Vice-Rector, prof. Ochirbat Baatar.

The Conference in the MUST was the result of the initiative of the UNESCO Chair for Science, Technology and Engineering Education at AGH University of Science and Technology: UCTE 2011, UNESCO Interregional Education Conference in Technology and Education - Global Benchmarking and Education, Krakow, 8-10 December 2011, and previous the MUST staff visits in the AGH UST under the UNESCO AGH Chair initiatives.