In order to strengthen cooperation in the fields of education, scientific research and academic exchanges, and promote the development of bilateral relations between China and Ukraine, the School of Politics and International Relations of Lanzhou University and Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University of Ukraine signed a memorandum of cooperation in April 2019.

Professor Wang Jinguo, Dean of School of Politics and International Relations of Lanzhou University, and Yegor Zepengda, President of Carpathian University signed a memorandum of cooperation. This memorandum is valid for five years.

Background Introduction: Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University was founded on March 1^st, 1940 as Stanislaviv Teachers Institute. The University has undergone the 4^th level of accreditation and is in the list of 10 best higher education institutions of the West Ukraine. According to the international Scopus database ranking, it is the 13^th in the list of more than 200 universities in Ukraine (by the number of citations).

Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University teaches specialists in 64 specialties, conducts various scientific researches and carries out innovative activities. More than 140 thousand of qualified specialists have graduated from the University since it was founded.

The University maintains close relations with many world scientific and educational institutions, namely, in the USA, China, and EU. It offers 11 free master programs with double diplomas in the leading Universities of Poland.