10 years of partnership with Irkutsk

In the spring of 2007, the then department of languages and the former Irkutsk State Linguistic University (Eastern Siberia) laid the foundation for a German-Russian partnership that has now lasted 10 years. During this time, nearly 100 Siberian language students completed a semester abroad in Zittau or Görlitz, while 20 translation students from our university offered classes / courses in German in Irkutsk at the beginning of each winter semester.
Since then, this partnership has been further deepened and expanded: Since last year, our university has maintained an Erasmus partnership with Irkutsk State University (ISU) and Baikal State University (BSU). And last week, Prof. Dopleb welcomed Erasmus students from both Irkutsk universities to the Economics and Languages degree programme in Görlitz for the first time for the 2017 summer semester (see photo).

These exchange programs are funded by the DAAD using funds from the Federal Foreign Office (AA) as well as through the European Commission’s Erasmus program.