The Anniversary: International Association of Universities congratulated the UMTE

Dr Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary General of the International Association of Universities (IAU), congratulates the UMTE on behalf of the IAU.

Hilligje van’t Land: «On behalf of the IAU President, the members of the IAU Administrative Board and the members of the International Association of Universities let me please congratulate UMTE on its 30th anniversary. 

Umte is an esteemed member of the IAU since 2011 and I’m honored and pleased to work with a rector professor Oleg Smeshko. Rector Smeshko was elected to the position of IAU deputy member of the IAU Administrative board at the IAU 16th General Conference in Thailand in 2016. He has been actively involved in the life and work of the Association ever since.

We look forward to continue our stall cooperation with Saint Petersburg University of management technologies and economics for hopefully at least another 30 years!»
For reference: This association was founded in 1950, it unites institutions of higher professional education from 150 countries and cooperates with different international, regional and national authorities.

The activity of the association is based on the fundamental right of every individual to receive education. The Association aims at protecting general cultural values and legal principles in higher education, creating a flexible legal framework, regulating relations between educational facilities all over the world, representing and protecting the interests of universities in the world arena.

The International Association of Universities is the largest forum in its way, where the participants regularly discuss the achievements, problems and prospects of higher education, as well as the exchange of professional experience.