Delegation of Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkey visited MPEI

On February 14, 2024 representatives of the Akkuyu Nuclear JSC delegation - Alexander Kvasha, Director for Personnel of the Akkuyu NPP and Sezer Nadezhda, Head of Personnel Evaluation, Training and Development Department visited the plant to discuss the issues on training of Turkish students at MPEI for the Russian-Turkish Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant under construction.

Alexander Tarasov, Vice-Rector on International Relations, and Sultan Makoev, Director on International Education, welcomed the delegation at MPEI.

In 2023, MPEI and Akkuyu Nuclear JSC, with the participation of Rosatom, recruited 26 students on specialist training program who will study at MPEI in three profiles of master's degree programs. At the moment the students are studying at the Preparatory Course.

Special attention was paid to discussing the issues of studying the Russian language. As the working language of the nuclear power plant is Russian, upon completion of the program all students must have a high level of this language.

After the meeting the delegation was given a tour of the specialized departments of the Institute of Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering. Sergey Mezin, Head of the Automated Control Systems for Thermal Processes Department, told about the educational program of Master's degree training and demonstrated laboratory installations.

Also the delegation visited laboratories of the Theoretical Bases of Heat Engineering Department shown by Julia Shatskikh, Head of the Department and its staff.

Representatives of Akkuyu Nuclear JSC noted that MPEI is one of the leading universities of Russia in the power engineering field and has all the necessary resources and unique laboratory facilities which will contribute to the training of qualified employees to work at the NPP.

Cooperation between MPEI and Akkuyu Nuclear JSC is currently actively developing. In 2024, the parties plan to recruit 46 students in 4 training profiles to study at the MPEI master's degree programs. It is also planned to conclude partnership agreements with leading universities of the Republic of Turkey.