International cooperation of BrSTU in the field of education and science is aimed at integrating the university into the modern world educational context. The main goals of the university's international cooperation are:
- training of foreign citizens at the preparatory department, the first and second stages of higher education, postgraduate programs, additional education programs for adults. During the existence of the university, citizens of more than 40 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America received education in it;
- academic exchange of students and academic teaching staff. Students of our university, under terms of bilateral agreements and intergovernmental agreements, have the opportunity to study for a semester or more at the universities of the Republic of Korea, Turkey, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and other countries;
- joint educational programs with foreign universities, which allow graduates to receive diplomas from several countries at once. Currently, BrSTU has joint programs with universities of the People's Republic of China, Spain, and Kazakhstan. In 2021, the implementation of a joint educational program with Xinxiang University began, in which more than 100 Chinese students annually will study in the specialty of Mechanical Engineering Technology;
- invitations for lecturers from leading foreign universities. Over the years, professors and associate professors from Brazil, Japan, the Russian Federation, Hungary, Portugal, and other countries gave classes in the classrooms of the university;
- joint scientific research with educational and scientific organizations of foreign countries, export of innovative science-intensive products;
- contribution to international cultural exchange and development of intercultural communications.
BrSTU is a member of the following international organizations that include higher educational institutions from around the world:
since 1990 – International Public Organization for the Promotion of Civil Engineering Education | |
since 2014 – Association of European Faculties of Civil Engineering | |
since 2018 – Association of Technical Universities | |
since 2021 – Cluster of high science-intensive technologies and engineering "Creonomics" (St. Petersburg) | |
since 2023 – China-Belarus University Alliance |