On 7 September, a delegation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation headed by Deputy Minister Dmitry Afanasyev visited Dubna and JINR. During the visit, guests discussed further development of education in the science city and got acquainted with objects of educational and scientific infrastructure of the State University “Dubna” and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

At the Joint Institute, the delegation got acquainted with the implementation of the NICA megascience project. Guests visited the Factory of Superconducting Magnets, saw the Synchrophasotron Hall and the Booster accelerator, and attended the experimental hall of the MPD facility.