The VIII International Scientific and Practical Conference “VECTORS OF INNOVATION in Psychology and Pedagogy” was held at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, in which more than 230 scientists from Belarus, Russia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and China took part.

Vice-Rector for academic work Dmitry Kovalenko and Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy Vladislav Beizerov addressed the participants with welcoming words.

A Belarusian-Chinese sports friendship office opened at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University.

The opening was attended by Wu Guangyuan, Director of Beijing Zhongti Xiyong Sports Cultural Co. LTD, and Sergei Khakhomov, Rector of Francisk Skorina Gomel State University.

Since 2022, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University has been participating in a joint educational program for training specialists in Physics with Heze University (Heze, China).

This educational program has been approved by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. The program is a four-year full-time program. The "3+1" training scheme means that students study for the first three years at Heze University, then continue their studies for one year at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University.

A delegation from the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Belarus, led by Ambassador Extraordinary Nazarkuly Shakulyev, visited Francisk Skorina Gomel State University. The delegation included Myratkhan Achylov, First Secretary of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Belarus; Maksat Elyasov, Attaché of the Embassy; and Abdurakhman Ovezov, an employee of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Republic of Belarus.

A delegation from Mirzo Ulugbek National University of Uzbekistan (NUUZ) arrived at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University.

The purpose of the visit is to discuss the results of a joint research project and plan future collaboration.

The delegation includes Abdulmanap Nasirov, Head of the Department of Semiconductor and Polymer Physics; Pavel Parchinsky, Associate Professor of the Department of Semiconductor and Polymer Physics; and Ramil Vildanov, Associate Professor of the Department of Photonics at Mirzo Ulugbek University.

As part of the "Gomel Through the Eyes of Foreign Students" project, Lyudmila Drobyshevskaya, senior lecturer in the Belarusian Literature Department, and students from the Sukhoi State Technical University and the Francisk Skorina Gomel State University visited the Gomel Palace and Park Complex.

The tour began at the Rumyantsev and Paskevich Palace, rightfully considered the city's architectural gem.

On May 28, a large-scale methodological seminar on current issues in teaching Chinese was held at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University. The university's Confucius Institute organized the educational forum, which has now become a tradition for the university.

Tan Xiaoxue, a first-year graduate student at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, took part in the 5th SCO Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in Belarus, held in Minsk, Belarus, on May 11, 2026.

On May 20, 2026, a major event took place in the village of Chyonki at the Mashinostroitel sanatorium (a branch of Gomselmash OJSC) – the grand opening of the Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine. Francisk Skaryna Gomel State University, represented by its Confucius Institute, played a key role in the implementation of this international project.