UNESCO Chair in High Technology for Education and Science (188), established in 1997 at Moscow State Institute of Electronic Engineering (Russian Federation).

Fields/Disciplines

Information and communication technologies.

Objectives

• To provide a new level of training in informatics and electronics, emphasis being put on Internet technology, intelligent technologies and modern design tool.
• To reinforce a data transmission televising system through the creation of a direction teletext network for distance education purposes.
• To broaden the international links between the Institute, universities and research institutions of other countries in the field of information technologies.

Host Institution

• Moscow State Institute of Electronic Engineering, Technical University of Moscow

Partnership

• National Scientific and Methodological Centre for New Technologies in Education (Kazakhstan).
• Cybernetics Academy of Sciences (Ukraine).
• The Open University, Institute of Problems of High and Secondary Specialized School, Tashkent (Uzbekistan).
• National Scientific and Methodological Centre for New Technologies in Education
• International Council for Open and Distance Education
• Middlesex University (U.K.)

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Communication and Information, UNESCO Moscow OfficeDocument

 Document

• Progress Report 2006 (short version)                                             Activities of the UNESCO Chair in High Technology for Education and Science.

Contact

Prof. Yuri I. Volkov, Moscow State Institute of Electronic Engineering (MIET-TU), Technical University of Moscow
UNESCO Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in High Technology for Education and Science
E-Mail address - volkov@miee.ru
Work Phone - 7 495 530 22 10
Fax - 7 495 532 90 00
Street - Passage 4806
City - Moscow
Postal Code - 124498
Country - Russian Federation