A new US-American Fulbright student grantee has arrived at ULIM for conducting his research on Moldovan foreign policy.

Annually, “Confucius” Institute from ULIM awards scholarships to the prestigious universities from China to the best students from the Republic of Moldova, who have success in learning the language of this country. The scholarships are for the young people of the first cycle for a semester, a year or two on the basis of the collaboration agreement between Hanban (General Headquarters of Confucius Institute) and ULIM. This agreement aims at promoting the Chinese language and culture in the Republic of Moldova, providing programs of educational-cultural exchange between the two states.

Aliona Fornea is one of the first graduates of ULIM, within the promotion of 2000 class of the Faculty of Letters. The option for ULIM of the teenager was based on the certainty of further successful integration into an international professional environment. "The five years at the Faculty allowed me not only to get familiar with innovative academic methodologies, but also to benefit from a modern university multimedia, the possibility of applying in practice the knowledge of interpreter and translator, with access to TV, in general, live English and French media, the opportunity to practice studied languages, in addition to foreign delegations visiting the ULI”, mentions Aliona Fornea.

Irina Buzu, a student of 4th year at the Faculty of Law from ULIM, is a young girl with academic experience in the Greta Britain and France. After she made her studies at the High School “Prometeu” from Chisinau, and subsequently, she graduated Cambridge Regional College; she had the occasion to learn a semester at the University from Strasbourg. When she returned to the Republic of Moldova, she chose to make her studies at ULIM.

Doina Condrea is a newly graduate from the Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Journalism at ULIM and is about to complete undergraduate studies in Letters in the University of Geneva.

Seo Yeon Hong is a newly graduated from the Faculty of Letters (English-French) from ULIM, and comes from South Korea. Next week, the young graduate will return home, where will follow postgraduate studies in international economic relations, the idea to build a business career, linked to Romania or Moldova.

Moldova and Lithuania: promoting the cooperation in the academic field is one of the most important projects of ULIM, developed during the period of November 2016 – January 2017 with the support of the Embassy of Lithuania at Chisinau. Thanks to it, there was possible the modernization of the aula of this country at ULIM. Another success of this project was the recent extension of the academic cooperation between ULIM and University Mykolas Romeris of Vilnius, initiated in 2012.

Mrs. Li Xin, a professor at “Confucius” Institute worked for two years at ULIM, becoming a good friend of the students. Thanks to her results in teaching the Chinese language at the highest levels, a great number of young people from the Republic of Moldova had the courage and the ambition to study at the prestigious international institution. At the end of her activity at ULIM, Mrs. Li Xin admitted the attachment toward our students, passionate of Chinese language, culture and civilization, of whom she does not want to break of.

US Embassy and Alumni Resource Center organized recently, the workshop Transformational leadership for the implementation of the legislation by addressing systemic thinking, an exceptional workshop, offered only to exchange programs graduates of the U.S. Government and headed by dr. Carol Ann Sharicz, specialising in the areas of leadership, thinking systems and organizational development. The training was attended from the part of ULIM teaching staff, by Mrs. Adelina Stefarta, graduate of the exchange program of the U.S. Government, responsible for the scientific activity of the Faculty of Psychology, Education Sciences and Social Work.