Branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University in Kyrgyzstan planned to be opened in 2020

Bishkek, July 22, 2019. /Kabar/. Minister of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan Gulmira Kudaiberdiyeva and Rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichiy discussed the opening of a branch of the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Kyrgyzstan.
The press service of the Education Ministry said that Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Russia Alikbek Dzhekshenkulov also took part in the discussion of the roadmap for the University’s opening.
"Taking into account that Presidents of the two countries declared 2020 the Year of Kyrgyz-Russian Cooperation, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Education and Science has started to include this issue in the agenda of intergovernmental meetings," Minister Kudaiberdiyeva said.
As part of the roadmap's discussion, the University’s branch is planned to be opened in 2020.
Moscow State University is a coeducational and public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded on 23 Jan.1755 by Mikhail Lomonosov. MSU was renamed after Lomonosov in 1940 and was then known as Lomonosov University. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy. According to the 2018 QS World University Rankings, it is the highest-ranking Russian educational institution and is widely considered the most prestigious university in the former Soviet Union.