EDUCATION bosses in Chester have signed an agreement to strengthen ties with a university in Georgia.
As part of the Memorandum of Understanding, the University of Chester and Caucasus University will work together on a range of issues over the next five years.
The professional relationship between them started several years ago with a focus on the exchange and dual degree programmes in business and law.
Professor Chris Pyke, who signed the agreement on behalf of the University of Chester, said: “Caucasus University is our first partner in Georgia and we are very happy to collaborate with them as it’s very Western orientated and advanced in terms of higher education. Also, our programmes are perfectly correspondent to each other, which makes our relationship very straight-forward. The management team are highly professional and it’s a great pleasure to work with them.
“The Georgian students enrich the class situation and contribute to the international environment of the university.”
The Memorandum covers student exchange and dual degree programmes as well as staff exchanges, collaboration in research and the exchange of scientific materials.
There are currently around 30 students from Georgia at Chester.