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Programs of Digital Academy and Entrepreneurship of the Alliance of Guangzhou International Sister-City Universities

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute continue cooperation aimed at development of educational processes at our university as well as encouragement to expand the international experience exchange. In December 2020, based on collaboration with the University of Guangzhou (China), Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute joined the Alliance of Guangzhou International Sister-City Universities.  

The GISU Alliance is a non-profitable association of educational institutions from around the world. The University of Guangzhou and other international Sister-City universities on the principle of «Volunteering, equality, coordination, sharing and mutual benefit», have jointly founded the Alliance of Guangzhou International Sister-City Universities (GISU). 

The founding members of GISU includes Guangzhou University (China), University of Coimbra (Portugal), Linkping University (Sweden), University of Padova (Italy), University of Tampere (Finland), and Western Sydney University (Australia).   

As of March 2021, Alliance members also include Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada); Guangzhou Medical University (China); Incheon National University (South Korea); Middle East Technical University (Turkey); University of the West of England (UK); The Durban University of Technology (South Africa) and Igor Sikorsky KPI (Ukraine). The purpose of the cooperation is the experience exchange at the international level, which will contribute to the development of skills, gaining knowledge and the creation of new collaborations within the framework of existing projects of the Alliance. 

An offer has been received from the GISU Alliance to join the Digital and Entrepreneurship Academy. Access to online programs will be subject to registration: 

  1. Program “The Necessity of Blockchain Immutability in Safeguarding Valuable Data”.  

April 15, 2021 – 9:00 am – 11:00 am (Kyiv Time, introduced by the University of Padova (Italy). 

Registration form: https://forms.gle/df5PELPTE1V3S8i36. 

2. Program «Venture Makers – Generate Program».  

April 22, 2021 – 09:00 am to 11:00 am (Kyiv Time, represented by Western Sydney University (Australia). 

Registration form: https://forms.gle/J6x9GmfGFQ8uty3z7. 

We hope this prospect will be useful for Ukrainian students, scientific and teaching staff of educational institutions, representatives of business and industry and will allow them to get new knowledge of the world experience.