A New Memorandum of Understanding Was Signed Between GTU and Japan High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

A new, important memorandum of understanding was signed between the Georgian Technical University and the Japanese High Energy Accelerator Research Organization – KEK, Which the scientific collaboration of the university with KEK, J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex), as well as one of Japan’s leading universities – SOKENDAI, will not only deepen but also take it to a new stage.

The document signed by the rector of the Georgian Technical University, academician David Gurgenidze and the manager of one of the world’s largest COMET experiments, advisor to the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Japan, professor Satoshi Mihara, is important in many ways for both Georgia and Japan, as well as the international scientific space.

The ceremony of signing the memorandum at the Georgian Technical University was attended by the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Georgia, His Excellency Ishidzuka Hideki, embassy representatives, GTU Chancellor Karlo Kopaliani, vice-rectors Tamar Tsereteli and Tamar Lominadze, President of the University Supervisory Board Zurab Gudavadze, GTU Quantum Physics and the director of the Institute of Engineering Technologies and the leader of the group of university scientists at CERN and KEK, Professor Zviad Tsamalaidze, scientists, deans, professors and students. 

The rector, academician David Gurgenidze, on behalf of the Georgian Technical University, thanked the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Georgia – Ishidzuka Hideki, for his support, and the KEK scientist – Professor Satoshi Mihara, for his friendship, willingness to continue cooperation, objective assessment of the intellectual abilities of GTU scientists and engineers. 

As the rector noted, Georgian universities, including the Georgian Technical University and its scientists, have the essential and permanent support of the Government of Georgia, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, and the Ministry of Education, Science, and Youth in the direction of expanding international scientific cooperation and internationalization of research.

“The implementation of the new memorandum will contribute to the implementation of the joint, far-reaching plans of the Georgian Technical University and KEK not only within the framework of the COMET experiment but also in various directions of fundamental and applied physics. The most important research going on in KEK and JPARC, in which the group of scientists of the Georgian Technical University has been actively involved for several years, will become much more intensive in the future, and the contribution of the university’s scientists, young researchers, and students in their implementation will be much larger”, said the GTU rector. 

David Gurgenidze drew attention to the possibilities that are also written in the memorandum of understanding and envisages the development of research projects together with Japanese colleagues to submit them to international funds, as well as wide academic and scientific ties with one of the leading universities in Japan, SOKENDAI University, where young students of the Georgian Technical University Researchers – master’s and doctoral students will be able to deepen their knowledge, while simultaneously obtaining diplomas of GTU and SOKENDAI.

According to the rector’s assessment, the implementation of memorandums of understanding with the world’s largest scientific centers and organizations is especially important for the talented researchers of the young generation of the university, who will contribute to achieving success in the international scientific space and presenting the intellectual potential of Georgia.

As Professor Satoshi Mihara noted after signing the document, it is of the utmost importance that the Georgian Technical University and its groups of scientists make significant scientific contributions to global research processes. According to him: “It is good that the scientists and engineers of the Georgian Technical University are actively participating in the ongoing COMET experiment at KEK and J-PARC and are performing difficult work with Japanese scientists at a high level. This led to the great desire and complete readiness of the KEK management to expand and deepen the future scientific cooperation with the Georgian Technical University”. 

For your information, a few days before the signing of the memorandum of understanding with the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) of Japan, the Georgian Technical University signed two new and important memorandums on long-term cooperation with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN – the European Organization for Nuclear Research).