More than thirty students of the Southern Federal University became participants and volunteers of the largest youth event of the year – the World Youth Festival. Representatives of nine structural divisions of the SFedU visited the City of Youth of the World, a site deployed on the federal territory of Sirius for the World Youth Festival, where five regional pavilions, a miniature park, and a stage for performances were presented. Educational lectures and events from the Marathon of Knowledge took place at the Festival.Firsts" with star speakers, concert programs and much more.

The festival program was built around the development of international youth cooperation and universal values. The participants were given the opportunity to reflect on them together and exchange ideas on how to build a future world on this basis, in which everyone will be comfortable. The events of the festival were united by a common concept, and each day corresponded to one of the "meanings": "Responsibility for the fate of the world", "Multinational unity", "A world of opportunities for everyone", "Let's save the family in the name of children and peace", "We are together with Russia".

Besides the participants and volunteers, the ambassadors were present at the Festival. One of them was Angelina Litvinenko, a 2nd-year undergraduate student at the Captains Faculty of Business, a member of the Academic Council of the SFedU.

More than 25,000 participants from 190 countries shared their competencies, built joint strategies for the development of youth policy, took part in discussions and open dialogues with representatives of different countries.

At the end of the Festival, the WFY Regional Program was launched from the City of Youth of the World: two thousand foreign participants went to 30 cities of Russia to get acquainted in more detail with Russia, its cultural heritage, historical heritage, nature, economic potential and national diversity of peoples.

The program includes five thematic routes: "Living and working in Russia", "The Road of Memory", "A country without borders", "We returned to Russia" and "The International Exhibition and Forum "Russia".

Russia has become a friend for foreign participants of the Festival, and the doors of our country are open to all noble endeavors.

One of the slogans of today's Festival: "Let's start the future together." Let's assume that the future has begun. But how it will be depends on us.