As part of the agreement implementation, signed in last September by BSTU representatives and Damanhur State University (Egypt), the delegation from the partner university (Egypt) visited our university on March 14. The delegation included vice-rector on scientific work, Dr. Barakat Karolin, and Hussein A. Motaweh. Our foreign colleagues came to strengthen the agreements, and develop partnership relations between the two universities.

Currently, the interaction of BSTU. VG Shukhov with the countries of the East is entering a fundamentally new level. The visit of the representative delegation of the Republic of Sudan, which included the Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to the Russian Federation, Nader Yusuf Eltayeb Babiker, the rector of Khartoum University, Professor Suleiman Ahmed Mohammed, and the consul of the Republic of Sudan in the RF - Dr. Sami Aburadzha clearly demonstrates the strengthening of the authority and expansion of the geography of our cooperation. university in the world educational space.

The Secretary General of the Association of Graduates of Soviet and Russian Universities of Serbia and Montenegro Petar Paikovich visited BSTU on April 19. At the meeting with the university administration, the parties signed a cooperation agreement. The document suggests that in the capitals of Serbia and Montenegro - Belgrade and Podgorica - the branches of the testing center for foreign citizens will be opened, where the BSTU specialists will take comprehensive exams in Russian language for students wishing to study in the Russian Federation, as well as labor migrants.

The delegation of the University of Applied Science Georg Agricola to Bochum, Germany visited our university on Monday, May 16th. German colleagues: Karl Kleinberg -surveying, Dean of mechanical equipment Institute prof. Stefan Voth and employee of the Institute of Mining- Ivan Akinshin. Earlier, in July 2014, during a two-day visit, PhD, Professor Jürgen Krechman, which currently is the president of the University of Applied Science Georg Agricola to Bochum and our friend Karl Kleinberg familiarized with the material and technical bases and laboratory of our university. And at the end of his stay in Belgorod, they signed a memorandum of cooperation in which were outlined the prospects for further work between our universities.

May 5, on the eve of the greatest and most touching holiday - Victory Day, BSTU. VG Shukhov was visited by a representative delegation of the Hulunbuir Institute (China). It included the head of the delegation, the secretary of the party committee of the institute Han Meng, the deputy head of the cooperation and exchange department Wang Shuen, the head of the Chang Shufu office, the head of the research department Aotegen, the director of the construction institute Wang Jianhua, and the head of the training department Meng Xianghong.

June 28 BSTU. V.G. Shukhov was visited by the director of the Dutch-Russian Interuniversity Cooperation Center, Yerke Fershoor. The guest visited the Institute of Technological Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, with the activity of which he was introduced by the head of the educational unit, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor V.S. Bogdanov, visited the Center for High Technologies, where he received information about the scientific and technical research and experiments conducted in the university.

June 21 at the BSTU. V.G. Shukhov began the visit of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Serbia to the Russian Federation, Dr. Slavenko Terzich and the second secretary of the Embassy, Mrs. Snezhana Pavlovich.

On the June 16 BSTU named after V.G. Shukhov was attended by representatives of the Higher School of Mines of Ales (France): Professor Alexei A. Evstratov and Gwen. During the two-day visit, they will discuss with Russian colleagues the development of further cooperation.

On June 14, during the visit of a delegation of teachers and students from the universities of Guatemala to BSTU. V.G. Shukhov held talks on cooperation in the field of training personnel from this Latin American country. The delegation is headed by Dr. Orlando Alvarez, doctor of medical sciences, cardiologist, doctor of philosophy and theology, director of the Association of Eastern European Universities for Central America. Speaking before the audience, he said that the system of higher education in Guatemala is developing. At present, the country's universities need the support of their colleagues from Russia. In the universities of the Russian Federation, they see a springboard for training bachelors, undergraduates and graduate students. There are also many graduates of Guatemala schools who would like to receive a high-quality education in technical specialties, and Russia is an excellent choice for them.

On September 16 in the BSTU. V.G. Shukhov opened an international art plein air in painting, which is attended by 15 artists from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, the Kingdom of Jordan and Russia. They are teachers of fine arts, famous in their countries, painters.

On September 28, a delegation from Guatemala visited Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G. Shukhov. This interest is mutual for both parties; therefore the delegation came to BSTU for the second time. It consisted of 9 representatives from 3 universities – The University named after Mariano Gálvez, San Carlos University and the University named after Rafael Landivar.

On October 13 the delegation of official representatives from African countries visited BSTU named after V.G. Shukhov. The delegation was headed by the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan, His Excellency Nader Yousef Babiker.

The last days of November were marked for BSTU. VG Shukhov was visited by the delegation of the Republic of Sudan. Teachers and students of the Technical University of Khartoum University came to our university with a view to more detailed acquaintance with the university and its opportunities in terms of further joint cooperation in the field of education and science.

As part of the successful interaction between BSTU. V. Shukhov and the University of Ibn Zohr (Agadir). On December 6, our delegation was visited by the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco. Recall, this is not the first visit of representatives of a friendly country to the university. In September 2014 BSTU them. VG Shukhov has already received guests from Morocco.