Astrakhan State University joint research and innovative projects, joint courses for students, international conferences. ASU successfully realizes its agreements on “double diplomas” signed with Université de Sophia Antipolis (France) and with Clark University (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA). The agreements concern joint Masters’ programs. ASU has been chosen by Harvard University (USA) as a pilot site in Russia to organize an educational program in international competitiveness. The two-year experience gained by ASU’s Russian Language Summer School for American students has made it possible for the parties to sign a cooperation agreement till 2012. ASU has become one of 16 basic Russian Universities to form the
Far Eastern State University of Humanities into Pedagogical University. In 2005, following the federal decision it was renamed as Far Eastern State University of Humanities. Currently Far Eastern State University of Humanities has 6 campuses with specialized study and lecture halls and laboratories. There is an extensive library with specialized divisions for science, psychology and pedagogical practices, as well as rare books division and international literature division. In early 1990 the University established a cooperation partnership with Lewis & Clark College (Portland, OR, USA). There are also established relations with the University of Hawaii (USA), and Osaka University (Japan), as well as cooperation agreements with University