the Kuban State Agrarian University joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization University. The SCO University functions as a network of already existing universities in the SCO member states, such as Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus. The main mission of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization University is to carry out joint training of highly qualified personnel, based on agreed innovative educational programs in specialties that are of priority interest for the economic and social development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states (regional studies, ecology, energy, IT technologies, nanotechnology, pedagogy, agronomy).