Education & Teaching Universities
Chechen State University in Russia is one of the oldest higher educational institutions in the city of Grozny. Chechen State University in Russia was established in 1938 as a Teacher Training Institute by Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to give students the ability to get a higher degree in Russia. On September 1, 1938 Teachers Training Institute was transformed into the Chechen-Ingush State Pedagogical Institute in Russia with a four-year training period. In 1971 the educational institution in Russia was transformed into the Chechen-Ingush State University. In 1980 the University already had 8 study faculties to study economics and study management in Russia. In 1990 Chechen-Ingush State University opened its Medical Faculty in Russia and started providing a high-quality educational process for future medical specialists and giving them the ability to study medicine and study dentistry in Russia. On 28 February 1995, the Chechen-Ingush State University was renamed Chechen State University in Russia.
Pskov State Pedagogical University (PSPU) is the first higher educational institution in the Pskov region, which existed from 1932-2010. Became part of the Pskov State University. On October 17, 1932, the Pedagogical Institute was opened with 5 departments: socio-economic, physical, mathematical, chemical, and biological. For two years, the Pedagogical Institute and the Pedagogical College worked in the same building and under the guidance of one director, constituting a single “pedagogical association”. In 1934 the separation of the institute from the technical school, the opening of a two-year teacher‘s institute at an independent pedagogical institute to train teachers of seven-year schools. The departments that existed before were transformed into faculties. The university had two faculties – physics and mathematics and natural sciences. On March 22, 2005, by the order of the Federal Agency for Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Pskov Pedagogical Institute transformed into the “Pskov State Pedagogical University. S. M. Kirov. Pskov State Pedagogical University is active in international activities and cooperates with universities in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Sweden, and China.
Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University is a state university in Russia in the city of Syktyvkar, the capital of the Komi Republic. With over 9,000 full-time local and international students and more than 600 qualified and educated faculty members, it is the largest institution of higher education in Russia, offering to study law at the Komi Republic. Syktyvkar State University was founded in 1972, making it the oldest and most developed university in the Komi Republic and Russia where students can study medicine. The university includes 13 study institutes and 52 study departments and offers educational programs in technical science and study social science with Bachelor courses, Master courses, and Doctoral courses in Russia in the fields of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Technology, Humanities, Law, Medicine, Economics, Management, Pedagogics, and Art. Syktyvkar State University in Russia actively participates in international exchange programs and has numerous cooperation agreements with foreign scientific and educational institutions.
Its rich historical past, contemporary research activities in Russia, fast development, and innovation let Tula State Pedagogical University become one of the top-ranked universities in Russia and its education system. At present, University provides more than 138 basic educational programs of undergraduate level studies, 24 specialties on postgraduate programs, and 3 doctoral programs of 10 branches of science at Tula State Pedagogical University. In 2019 the university got into the top 10 of the best pedagogical universities in Russia (according to the rank of the best universities of Russia‘s National Recognition). The university primarily trains teachers in all subjects, it has several non-teacher training educational programs as well as professional development and life-long learning programs.
Altai State University is one of the leading Russian classical higher education institutions established in 1973. It is a major educational, research, and cultural center located in the Asian part of the country, integrated into the international academic community, training the intellectual elite, and conducting high-impact research. The University develops in the framework of 12 core and 45 additional scientific areas with the highest priority in agro bio-industry; biotechnology; biomedicine; food and ecological security; physics; mathematical modeling of natural, technological, social and economic processes; information technologies; innovational development of the Siberian economy; geo-ecological monitoring; nanotechnology. The University employs more than 2,500 people, 1,000 of which are teaching staff and scientific workers, including 4 academicians and 3 corresponding members of RAS, 139 Doctors, and 576 Candidates of Science. It provides studying of Bachelor’s programs, Master’s programs, and Postgraduate programs for Russian students and develops advanced Master’s programs with English medium of instruction. Students and teaching staff at University are involved in a variety of research activities and grant programs in Russian universities and universities abroad.
Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy is the first institution of higher education in the Komsomolsk-on-Amur City. It was founded in 1954 as a pedagogical institute that was intended to train teachers for the developing system of education in the Russian Far East. In 1998 it became a university, and in 2006 got its present name, which reflects it’s broadening the sphere of educational services as well as entering the world’s educational environment. University has the right to conduct educational activities according to educational programs of secondary vocational education, higher education, professional training programs as well as programs of additional vocational training and further education of children and adults and the provision of education documents (according to the sample established by the Ministry of Higher Education) to graduates who have confirmed mastering of an appropriate educational program at the State final examination. Modern lecture rooms and specialized laboratories, computer labs and language labs, and auditoriums, equipped with interactive facilities, incline students to creative work. Library funds for educational, scientific, and fiction literature are constantly updated and replenished. Winter Garden, dormitory, canteen, sports complex, a youth cultural center constantly works for students, graduate students, and teachers.
Armavir State Pedagogical University (ASPU) is a pedagogical, scientific, methodological, and cultural center of the Krasnodar region. ASPU implements the training of teachers for general and preschool education in the basic educational programs of higher education in undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate specialties. ASPU is the only independent pedagogical institute in the Krasnodar region, leading its history as a university, since 1923. The university is committed to the development of international relations, considering that the intercultural exchange of experiences and views enriches the life of the university and its students. At the moment 20% of ASPU students are international students. ASPU implements accredited educational programs of higher professional education in the 17 undergraduate study areas, 10 areas of postgraduate study, and 5 Ph.D. programs. The University is in the top 10 Educational Universities in the Russian Federation. The University has basic study departments, that allows local and international students to be involved in practical activity during the educational process, e.g. students have industrial placement internship, write course works, scientific projects, and scientific works according to specific tasks of the enterprises and companies.
Akmulla Bashkir State Pedagogical University is a state educational institution of higher vocational education under federal authority. The first teacher’s institute in the republic was established in 1909. In 1919 it was transformed into the Institute of National Education and become the best place to get higher education in Russia. Today university consists of 5 study institutes, 7 study faculties, and 43 study departments in the Bashkir State Pedagogical University. The university has trained more than 40,000 specialists. It is one of the 20 best teacher-training colleges in the country. International cooperation is an important part of the internationalization strategy at BSPU. It is aimed at strengthening the university’s competitive ability in Russia and abroad and its integration into the global education and research space. The internationalization strategy also aims to enhance the quality of education and research and increase Russian education export in the international education market.
Blagoveschensk State Pedagogical University (BSPU) is located in Blagoveschensk, the administrative center of the Amur Oblast. BSPU was founded in 1930 and is one of the oldest educational institutions in the Far East of Russia. For more than 80 years, first, the Pedagogical Institute and then the Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University have successfully trained highly qualified specialists. University provides studying processes for local and international students from other countries. Due to numerous cooperation agreements with foreign universities and organizations, members of academic staff and students can participate in exchange programs and internships abroad to get new theoretical knowledge and practical skills. There are over 400 faculty members and about 6,000 students within 10 departments, across 35 specialties. The university also has 14 postgraduate courses; both of pedagogical and non-pedagogical specializations. The university library was the only scientific library in the Amur region before 1955.
Institute was opened In 1980 by the decision of the Ministerial council of Grozny and was named the Chechen State Teacher Training College. This university is composed of at least 8 study faculties, 2 study institutes, and 1 educational college. It is one of the leading public educational institutions and scientific complexes in the European North of Russia. Today, the Chechen State Pedagogical Institute is the leading school in the sphere of higher vocational training in Chechnya. Special attention is given to personnel maintenance of the educational process and improvements of the material base. The Chechen State Pedagogical Institute offers two modes of study: on-campus and correspondence. There are currently more than 3,000 students enrolled on campus and 1,200 of them are trained by correspondence. Due to numerous cooperation agreements with foreign universities and organizations, members of academic staff and students can participate in exchange programs and internships abroad to get new theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
South Ural State Humanitarian Pedagogical University is a higher pedagogical educational institution, is one of the oldest universities in the Chelyabinsk region, and was founded in 1934 as a pedagogical institute. In 1995, the Institute received the status of a university and was renamed the Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University. All educational activities of the university are aimed at implementing the State Standard for Vocational Education, improving the quality of professional training of teaching staff, intensifying the educational process, searching for new forms of education, and creative development of the personality of future teachers. In 2013, a college was opened at the university, which began to train personnel with a secondary vocational education, higher professional – undergraduate degree, higher professional – master’s degree, and higher professional – training of highly qualified personnel (postgraduate studies). Due to numerous cooperation agreements with foreign universities and international organizations, students and members of academic staff can take part in exchange programs and internships abroad to get new theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
Y. Yakovlev Chuvash State Pedagogical University is the first national higher educational institution of the Chuvash Republic, located in Cheboksary. The university was founded in 1930, and opened by the decree of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) in October 1930 as the Chuvash State Pedagogical Institute. It is the first university in the republic. By the decree of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) in 1958, the university was named after the Chuvash teacher–educator Ivan Yakovlevich Yakovlev. In 1934, the departments were reorganized into the faculties of History, Language and Literature, Natural Science, and Physics and Mathematics. In the same year, the teachers‘ Institute was organized at the institute, which functioned until 1952. The number of students is more than 5.5 thousand people. The University provides higher professional training in 91 undergraduate degree programs, 4 specialty programs, and 41 master‘s degree programs at 10 faculties. Currently, the graduate school trains postgraduates in 25 specialties in 9 branches of science. The high position of the university in the Russian education system is confirmed by the ratings of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
Dagestan State Pedagogical University is a state university in the Southern Federal District of Russia located in the city of Makhachkala, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan. The University was founded on 1 November 1943. Although, in some sources, the day of establishment mentions 12 November 1917 when the Pedagogical Institute was opened in the town Temirkhan-Shura (modern Buynaksk). On 1 November 1943, the Dagestan Women’s Teacher‘s Institute was organized, in which girls of the indigenous ethnicities of Dagestan were trained as teachers for the seven-year schools of the republic. In 1994, the institute was transformed into the Dagestan State Pedagogical University. More than 15 thousand people study at the DSPU (Dagestan State Pedagogical University) every year. In the second half of the 2000s, DSPU (Dagestan State Pedagogical University) ranked second in terms of the number of students among the universities of the Southern Federal District. DSPU (Dagestan State Pedagogical University) has 15 faculties (including one institute). An accessible environment is the creation of conditions for integration into the public life of people with disabilities. This is an integrated approach to the arrangement and implementation of a barrier-free environment, with the help of which disabled people will quickly adapt to society and feel happier.
Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University was established on the foundation of Elabuga State Pedagogical University in 2011. The history of Elabuga State Pedagogical University began in 1898 when the Diocesan School for Girls was opened in Elabuga. The girls studied sciences, religion, etiquette, foreign languages, and music. After graduation, they received home teacher certificates. Those who took an additional course in philology and mathematics got certificates from a church school teacher or a teacher of a diocesan school. In 1939 Teachers Training School entered a new stage of its history: it gained the status of an institution of higher education (Teachers Training Institute). On August 19, 1952, the government announced that Elabuga Teachers Training Institute would henceforth be known as Elabuga State Pedagogical Institute. In 2011 ESPU (Elabuga State Pedagogical University) was merged into the newly established Kazan Federal University. Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University is now engaged in promoting advanced teaching technologies.
Far Eastern State University of Humanities is a university of the Khabarovsk Krai of Far Eastern Russia. Far Eastern State University of Humanities was initially established as a Pedagogical Institute. The decision to establish a new Pedagogical Institute in the Far East of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was made in the year 1934. Following the development of the institute and overall faculty growth in 1994, by the decision of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the institute was transformed into Pedagogical University. In 2005, following the federal decision it was renamed as Far Eastern State University of Humanities. 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 the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and the University of Augsburg (Germany). In addition to student exchange programs, this allows for joint scientific research and development studies. 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 the rare books division and international literature division.
Far Eastern State University of Humanities is a university of the Khabarovsk Krai of Far Eastern Russia. Far Eastern State University of Humanities was initially established as a Pedagogical Institute. The decision to establish a new Pedagogical Institute in the Far East of the USSR was made in the year 1934. Following the development of the institute and overall faculty growth in 1994, by the decision of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the institute was transformed into Pedagogical University. In 2005, following the federal decision it was renamed as Far Eastern State University of Humanities. 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 the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and the University of Augsburg (Germany). In addition to student exchange programs, this allows for joint scientific research and development studies.
Glazov State Pedagogical Institute is an institute of higher pedagogical education in Glazov, Udmurt Republic, Russia. In 1939 in accordance with the Council of People’s Commissars of Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic resolution, the Glazov Teacher‘s Institute was established. In 1946, it was named after the famous Russian writer Vladimir Korolenko. In 1952, it was reorganized into the Glazov State Pedagogical Institute and included two faculties: Philology, and Physics and Mathematics. In 1956, the first graduation of teachers took place. In 1998, the branch of the institute was founded in Izhevsk. In addition, there are offices in all pedagogical colleges of Udmurt Republic: in Mozhga, Sarapul, Igra, Votkinsk, Debyosy, Uva, Yar, and Balezino. Nowadays, in the institute, the education process is organized into four faculties.
Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages, and Media Communication was established on the foundation of Irkutsk State Linguistic University. It was a university in Irkutsk, Siberia in eastern Russia founded in 1948. In 2016, it was integrated into Irkutsk State University as the newly created Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages, and Media Communication. The university consists of two institutes (the Institute of Cross-cultural Communication and the Institute of Educational Technologies) and two independent faculties (the Social Sciences Faculty and Education-by-Correspondence Faculty). The university gives linguistic education from secondary school to university to post-graduate and post-doctoral research programs. A national license empowers the university to train professionals in 17 major areas at 10 faculties. Annually, more than 700 students use the opportunities for additional educational services at Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages, and Media Communication. It is a site for international language proficiency exams such as the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, and the Test of Proficiency in Korean.
Irkutsk State University was founded on October 27, 1918. It gave the impulse toward the development of higher education in Siberia and the Russian Far East. The Irkutsk Oblast is located in the very heart of Siberia. Its capital is the city of Irkutsk. The airport enjoys international status with connections to several nearby nations. Irkutsk today is a major industrial, academic, and cultural center. Irkutsk State University became the major educational, scientific, and cultural center on the vast territory of Eastern Siberia at once. At first, there were only two faculties at the University: the Faculty of History and Philology and the Law Faculty. During the next few years, new faculties started to function in the university. Amongst them, the Eastern Department was opened where Sanskrit, Mongolian, Chinese, Tibetan, and Japanese were taught. Physics-Mathematics Faculty was founded. The Medical branch becomes an independent Faculty. In 1923 the Institute of Biology and Geography was established. The Faculty of Chemistry, Geology, Geography and Soil Studies, Law Faculty, Faculty of Physics, and Siberian-American Faculty of Management was opened. Later it was transformed into Baikal International Business School. In 1993 the Faculty of Psychology and Social Work was opened. The International Faculty was opened. In 2007 it was transformed into the International Institute of Economics and Linguistics.
Kaluga State University, or in full, K. E. Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State University is a university in Kaluga, Russia. The university was founded in 1948 as Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute. In 1963 it was named K. E. Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute, in honor of rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. In 1994 it became K. E. Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State Pedagogical University and in 2010 K. E. Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State University. The university consists of six institutes: Natural Sciences, History and Law, Pedagogics, Psychology, Social Relationships, and Physics and Technologies; two faculties: Foreign Languages, and Philology, and the institutes of Pre-University Training, and Additional Professional Training. There are three museums in the university: The Museum of KSU’s (Kaluga State University) history; The Museum-study of Alexander Chizhevsky; The Museum of the Natural Sciences Institute. The University publishes the scientific quarterly “The Kaluga University Bulletin”.
Karelian State Pedagogical Academy (KSPA) is a federal budgetary state educational institution of higher professional education, located in Petrozavodsk (Republic of Karelia). The first higher educational institution was established in Karelia on August 24, 1931, as the Karelian State Pedagogical Institute (KSPI). In February 2013, KSPA (Karelian State Pedagogical Academy) was reorganized by joining Petrozavodsk State University. At the end of the independent existence of the KSPA (Karelian State Pedagogical Academy), it included 9 faculties and trained about 4,000 students and graduate students.
Komi State Pedagogical Institute is a higher education institution founded on November 18, 1931, to train teachers. Reorganized on February 14, 2013, as an affiliation with Syktyvkar State University. Among the first teachers were professors Vasily Lytkin and A. S. Sidorov, a total of seventeen teachers, including one professor, eight associate professors, five assistants, and three teachers. At the end of 1931, the first set of applicants was recruited, and a total of one hundred and twenty-two students were accepted, of which: one hundred people for the first year, and twenty-two people for the second from those transferred to the institute from other higher educational institutions. The opening of the educational process took place on 21 February 1932, and the curricula of the institute at that time were drawn up for three years. The structure of the institute consisted of three departments: chemical and biological, physical and mathematical (technical), and social and literary, as well as nine general institute departments included in these departments.
V.P.Astafev Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University is one of the leading pedagogical universities of Siberia and the Far East. The university was one of the first pedagogical universities in Russia in 1993 to receive the high status of a university. The Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University differs markedly from other (mainly technical) universities in Krasnoyarsk not only by its history but also by its wide variety of forms and methods of teaching, training, and educating students, aimed at mastering the wide range of cultural values and socio-personal competencies necessary for their future success in modern schools. Nowadays, the University holds an indefinite licence to conduct educational activities in 30 areas of higher education (undergraduate, master’s degree), 33 programs for the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in postgraduate studies, 8 middle-level training programs, as well as 27 retraining programs (with degrees), 46 advanced training programs. The structure of the educational organization comprises 5 faculties (Faculty of History, Faculty of Biology, Geography, and Chemistry, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Elementary Classes, Faculty of Philology) and 5 institutes (Institute of Supplementary Education and Further Training, Institute of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics, Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Health of I.S. Yarygin, Institute of Social and Humanitarian Technologies, Institute of Psychological and Pedagogical Education), as well as 51 departments.
Kuzbass State Pedagogical Academy is a higher educational institution in the south of the Kemerovo Region, which trained teaching staff mainly for this region, and in some specialties – for the entire Kuzbass. Since 2014, it has been part of the Kuzbass Humanitarian and Pedagogical Institute of Kemerovo State University. The Stalin Teachers’ Institute was established in 1939 to train teachers. Then, in 1944, the Stalin Pedagogical Institute was established to train middle and senior teachers. Since 1954 Stalin State Pedagogical Institute. Since 1961 Novokuznetsk State Pedagogical Institute. Since 1997 Kuzbass State Pedagogical Academy. At 10 faculties of the academy, teachers with higher education were trained in 13 basics and 10 additional specialties. Since 1995, at the request of the Department of Education of the region, the training of teachers of history has been resumed at the academy, and the training of teachers of informatics and entrepreneurship has been licensed and started. Since 1999, training in the specialty “Pedagogy and Psychology” has been carried out. Teachers of the Shor language and literature have been trained since 1993.
Lipetsk State Pedagogical University is a public university located in Lipetsk, Russia. It was founded in 1949 on the basis of the Lipetsk Pedagogical Vocational School as a teacher‘s institute. In 1931, the Lipetsk Pedagogical Vocational School was established, which trained primary school teachers. At that time, the institute had about 200 students and 2 faculties: historical-philological and physical-mathematical. In 1954, in connection with the acquisition of the status of a regional center by Lipetsk, by order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic dated 8 June 1954, the teacher‘s institute was transformed into the Lipetsk State Pedagogical Institute. Since 1975, foreign students began to study at the institute. On 10 October 2000, the institute was renamed the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University. In 2016, the university was named after Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, a Russian geographer and statistician. Since February 2016, the university has included 6 specialized independent institutes, which were created on the basis of 13 previously functioning faculties.
Michurinsk State Agrarian University is one of the oldest Russian agricultural institutions of higher education. It has become well-known due to its unique scientific research in the sphere of horticulture, as well as due to the training of qualified agricultural professionals. Michurinsk State Agrarian University was organized on the initiative of Ivan V. Michurin in 1931. In 1934 it was renamed Fruit-and-Vegetable. Growing Institute, and in 1999 the institute was given a status of a university. About 40 thousand specialists in different branches of agriculture, working at agricultural and food production enterprises of the Russian Federation and abroad, have graduated from Michurinsk State Agrarian University since that time. Michurinsk State Agrarian University offers courses of professional training in 7 branches of agricultural area, economics and social sciences, leading to the Bachelor’s or Master‘s degree, carries out a wide variety of fundamental and applied scientific research, improves the system of continuing education, which includes specially oriented courses at school, higher education, post-graduate studies, refresher, and retraining courses. Today the University includes 4 institutes and 4 departments, 26 directions for students for bachelor’s degrees, 18 directions for students for master degrees, 17 specialties of secondary professional education, provides 3 doctoral programs, and 19 postgraduate courses, involving 123 post-graduate students and applicants working for the Ph.D. degree, has 12 science schools and 7000 students.
Modern University for the Humanities (MUH) was established in 1992. This higher educational institution in Moscow, Russia offers primarily distance-based undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate studies and vocational education. In 2017, it was 25 years since the founding of the Modern University for the Humanities. This is a short term for the university. But in summing up the results achieved, it was clear that the University had already created its history: by launching an extensive network of distance learning in Russia, having developed and successfully introduced innovative didactics and intelligent robots into the educational process, after graduating more than 300,000 graduates. There is therefore a need to establish a museum of its own. Considering that MUH (Modern University for the Humanities) is an innovator of distance education in Russia and that more than 80% of graduates and staff of the Academy live outside Moscow, we decided to create a museum accessible to all – virtual. The purpose of the creation of the Virtual Museum is to preserve the history of the University, the memory of the complex path of the pioneers, the years of search, mistakes, and discoveries. Our task is to make the University proud of its graduates, employees, and partners, and to make Russia proud of it.
D. Aliyev Karachay-Cherkess State University is the oldest university in Karachay-Cherkessia. It is located in the city of Karachaevsk, one of the most beautiful corners of the republic’s resort area at the confluence of the Kuban and Teberda rivers. On August 27, 1940, Order No. 030-331 of the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was adopted, according to which the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) was allowed to open the Karachay-Cherkess Pedagogical Institute from September 1, 1940, in the city of Mikoyan-Shakhar with two faculties: Language, Literature and Physics and Mathematics. The Institute gradually grew and developed, and new faculties and specialties were opened: art-graphic and physical culture; pedagogy and methods of primary education; historical; musical and pedagogical; natural-geographic, journalism in Russian and the languages of the peoples of the republic (Karachai, Circassian, Abaza, and Nogai), psychology. The university library and reading rooms have more than 250,000 volumes. Two modern dormitories simultaneously accommodate 700 students. In the dining room, buffet, and two cafes – 300 seats.
M.E. Evseviev Mordovian State Pedagogical University was founded on June 30, 1962. The university is the center of pedagogical education, science, and culture of the Republic of Mordovia, named after Makar Evsevyevich Evsevyov, a Mordovian scientist and teacher. The State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “M.E. Evseviev Mordovian State Pedagogical University” is one of the leading universities of the republic. The Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “M.E. Evseviev Mordovian State Pedagogical University” trains specialists for the needs of the education of the republic and neighboring regions. Mordovian State Pedagogical University received a license to carry out educational activities in 18 specialties of the university and 25 postgraduate education. The university acts as a scientific, methodological, cultural, and educational center of the diaspora of the Mordovian people in the Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov, Penza, Ulyanovsk regions, as well as in Moscow, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.
Moscow University for the Humanities is an accredited privately operated institution for higher education located in Moscow, Russia. It is a member of the International Association of Universities. The institution traces its history back to the Central Komsomol School, created by the Soviet Union in 1944. In 2000, it was given the status of “academy” and renamed the Moscow Humanitarian and Social Academy. Finally, in 2003, it became a university. The university has six faculties. It serves more than 5,000 students at a time. Over the years of its existence, more than 35,000 specialists have left the walls of the university, working today in the largest Russian and foreign companies. Today, the university is a modern educational and research complex that implements a system of continuous education – from college to graduate school, second higher, and additional education. Moscow University for the Humanities is a recognized leader among non-state universities, successfully competing with the best state universities. The University is regularly among the laureates of various all-Russian competitions and ratings: the rating of the Russian Association of Non-State Universities, the competition “100 Best Russian Universities”, “National Recognition”, the Subject National Aggregated Rating, the ratings of the recruitment agency HeadHunter, etc. An important advantage of studying at Moscow State University is the involvement of practitioners in the educational process – figures of Russian culture, science, art and business, diplomacy, and civil service.
The Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies is a Moscow-based higher education institution established on April 30, 1992. The Institute has been carrying out innovative educational techniques based on creativity for 28 years already. It appreciates initiative attitude, love towards a future profession, and readiness to work in a team. IGUMO has been the right holder of the ‘Responsible Education’ trademark since 2009. International internships, student exchanges, scientific conferences, and summer schools are integral parts of Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies educational policy. The Institute actively develops international contacts and joint creative projects with international universities and cultural institutions in Germany, the Czech Republic, France, and Lithuania. Institute for the Humanities and Information Technologies students carry out several large-scale practice-oriented projects. By taking part in project activities, the students learn to address relevant professional tasks, work in teams, and interact with representatives of related occupations. The participants of projects help one another, generate new ideas, and develop their leadership qualities. Professionals from different areas highly evaluate the results of our students’ project activities. That is why participation in practice-oriented projects help students fill their portfolios with real cases and provide them with a successful start to their professional career.
Moscow Institute of Open Education ( MIOO; formerly the Moscow Institute for Advanced Training of Educators, MIPKRO) is the leading higher educational institution in Moscow in the field of advanced training and retraining of secondary education workers. The Moscow City Institute for the Improvement of Teachers (MGIUU) was established on February 25, 1938, by the decision of the Presidium of the Moscow Council to develop the education system in Moscow. Initially, the institute had 11 departments: historical, Russian language and literature, geographical, physical and mathematical, chemical and biological, foreign language, elementary school teachers, extracurricular work with children, pioneer leaders, orphanage teachers, and preschool. In 1991, it was transformed into the Moscow Institute for Advanced Studies of Educators (MIPKRO), and in 2001 it was transformed into the Moscow Institute of Open Education (MIOO). Currently, the main activities of MIOO are Advanced training of employees of the education system in Moscow in the form of short-term advanced training courses; Retraining in pedagogical specialties in the form of a second higher education; Interaction with regional scientific and methodological centers. MIOO also organizes scientific and practical conferences, seminars, and round tables on education issues and conducts urban subject Olympiads for schoolchildren. Since 2002, together with the International Language Center, and Language Link, Olympiads in foreign languages have been held among students in grades 9-11.
The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) is a non-state university founded in 1995 by Teodor Shanin, a renowned sociologist, peasant studies researcher, historian, and professor at the University of Manchester. The School’s strategic goals are to combine the best practices in Russian and international higher education, to bring the academic approach back to the higher education system, to support and develop social sciences and humanities as well as fundamental education, and to provide maximum access to educational programs for the residents of Russia and the post-Soviet states. MSSES (Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences) comprises 8 departments that implement 35 educational programs for undergraduate degrees, master’s degrees, and professional retraining. International Ph.D. programs will soon be introduced as well. Around 1000 people study at MSSES (Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences) every year. MSSES (Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences) ranks 6th among public and private universities in the quality of the admission process for fee-based programs. MSSES (Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences) has Russian State Accreditation, and in 2012, the School became one of 13 non-state universities that were granted State-funded places by competition.
The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute is an institution of higher education in Moscow. It is located at 25 Tverskoy Boulevard in central Moscow. The institute was founded in 1933 on the initiative of Maxim Gorky, a writer, founder of the socialist realism literary method, and political activist. It received its current name at Gorky’s death in 1936. Since 1942, full-time and part-time forms of education have been adopted. Since 1953, the Higher Literary Courses have been operating at the Institute. In 1983 the Institute was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. Currently, the educational process is going on at two faculties: full-time and part-time – according to specialist programs (qualifications “Literary Worker” and “Literary Worker, Translator of Fiction”). The system of education at the institute provides for the study of courses in the humanities and social disciplines, classes in creative seminars on the types and genres of fiction: prose, poetry, drama, children’s literature, literary criticism, essay and journalism, and translation of fiction. Recruiting departments: literary skill, literary translation. The institute has postgraduate and doctoral studies.
Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities or M.A. Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities was founded in 1951 as Moscow Pedagogical Institute for Correspondence Studies. Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities bears the honorary name of Mikhail Sholokhov – a Russian writer who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1965. It has been merged with Moscow State Pedagogical University in 2015. In 2002 Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities was ranked by the Russian Ministry of Education among the 10 best pedagogical universities in Russia. It also ranked among the 14 best pedagogical and linguistic universities in Russia in 2005 (out of 78 rated). The University for Humanities is a large public university that offers a variety of programs at undergraduate and graduate levels. This university is well known in Russia for its programs in Education (Pedagogy) and Special Education. There are 355 members of the faculty who hold Kandidat degrees, and 311 have appointments as Docents. 121 members of the faculty hold Doktor Nauk degrees, and 188 have appointments as Professors. Among the faculty, there are 9 fellows of the Russian Academy of Education and 38 fellows of international academies. About 70% of the faculty hold Kandidat Nauk or Doktor Nauk degrees. In connection with the merger of Moscow State Pedagogical University and Moscow State Pedagogical University M.A. Sholokhov, the list of faculties is as follows:
Moscow State Linguistic University is a university in Moscow, Russia. In 1930 the Moscow Institute for Modern Languages is founded by the decree of the People’s Commissariat for Education of the Russian Federative Soviet Republic. 1990: The Institute becomes the Moscow State Linguistic University. A number of new non-linguistic degrees are instituted. It is the largest and oldest university in Russia that specializes in linguistics and foreign languages. There are about 10,000 students and postgraduates in the university. Education is available in 36 languages. More than 75% of its teaching staff have advanced academic degrees. MSLU has an extensive system of continuing education, spanning all ages and qualifications from secondary school-level linguistic lyceum to university and advanced training facilities. Full-time higher education includes 4-year undergraduate programs followed by 2-year master programs, in keeping with the Bologna Declaration. The University also offers opportunities for obtaining a second degree in linguistics.
Moscow Humanitarian Economic University was founded in 1994 and in the last twenty years has become third at the top in Russian ratings, well-known among students and specialists. In 2009 MHEU (Moscow Humanitarian Economic University) took the gold medal in the nomination “The best University in Russia”. By its record of work during the last twenty years, MHEU (Moscow Humanitarian Economic University) has confirmed its status as one of the national leading institutions for training qualified staff in Economics, Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations; International Relations; Psychology; Management; Law; Customs. Now MHEU is a leading educational organization in the application of modern technology in education and ranks as one of the top and elite economics universities in Russia. MHEU is a venue for 30 000 thousand students including foreign students and trainees. MHEU has 15 campuses in different areas of Russia – More than 25 000 students study there. Among them, there are more than 5 000 foreign students. MHEU has 14 campuses in different cities in Russia: Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Klin, Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhnekamsk, Novorossiysk, Koryazhma, Murmansk, Mineral Waters, Stavropol, Tver, Cheboksary.
Pyatigorsk State University (former Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University – PSLU) offers quality education through 51 undergraduate programs and 23 postgraduate and doctoral degree programs taught at 9 Institutes and Higher Schools, Foreign Languages, Center of International Education and Preparatory Department. Founded in 1939 as the Pyatigorsk State Pedagogical Institute. In 1961 it was renamed Pyatigorsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages. In 1995 it was renamed Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University. Renamed Pyatigorsk State University in 2016. By 2009, PSLU had 10 faculties. In early 2010, institutes and higher schools were created on the basis of the faculties, each of which included one of the faculties. In addition, the university has a developed system of pre-university, postgraduate and additional education, as well as the Novorossiysk branch. Currently, the university has 34 departments. The Pyatigorsk State University has modern facilities: five student residences, ten academic buildings, a Sports complex, including sports halls and outdoor areas, an artificial climbing wall, gyms and shaping halls, a sanatorium-preventorium “Nut Grove”, a student canteen “Big break”, “Damkhurts” – a sports and recreation camp in the mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia, “Anchor gap” – health and sports base on the Black Sea coast. Every PSU student can join the clubs or they can set up a club according to their interests.
Educational Institution of Higher Education «Russian State University for the Humanities», RSUH) is one of the leading universities in Russia in the field of humanitarian and social areas, a higher educational institution in Moscow. It was founded in 1991 on the basis of the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives (1930). International cooperation is an important part of the internationalization strategy at RSUH. The internationalization strategy also aims to enhance the quality of education and research and increase Russian education export in the international education market. RSUH has a strong international profile and cooperates with more than 200 universities worldwide. The University has expertise in organizing inbound and outbound academic mobility between the EU and Russia within EU projects. The University offers full-time studies in Russia, part-time studies in Russia, extramural courses, and distance instruction. Students can receive higher degrees in Bachelor’s courses, Master’s courses, and specialist degrees (per the old system of five-year study). Post-graduate courses are also offered.
The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia is one of the leading pedagogical higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation. Since January 1, 2015, the full official name is the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “ A. I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University“. The only pedagogical university included in the “Top-100″ universities in Russia according to the magazine ” Expert ” (45th place, 2015). The university is named after the Russian writer, politician, and philosopher Alexander Ivanovich Herzen. Today the University comprises 5 institutes, 21 faculties, 3 affiliations in the towns of Volkhov, Vyborg, and Makhachkala, over 130 departments, 3 research centers, 27 educational and cultural centers including the Linguistic Center, the DAAD Resource Center, and the St. Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation. All departments work in close cooperation with the Universities over 25 research centers and laboratories, including The Physics Research Institute, the Continuing Education Research Institute, and the General Education Research Institute. The university admits students to 57 educational programs integrated into 10 groups (32 Bachelor’s programs, 2 Specialist programs, and 23 Master’s programs).
Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University is higher education institution in Yekaterinburg. Full name – Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University” (FGAOU VO “RGPPU”). It was founded on September 1, 1979, as the Sverdlovsk Engineering Pedagogical Institute (SEPI). The main building of the university is located in the Uralmash area. The university has 5 institutes, 1 college, doctoral studies, postgraduate studies, and 4 branches in the cities of the Sverdlovsk region and beyond. The Sverdlovsk Engineering Pedagogical Institute was established on the basis of the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on June 2, 1978, and was the first engineering and pedagogical institute in the country. Mechanical engineering and electrical power faculties were founded, which included 12 departments. The main task of the Institute was the training of teaching staff in the system of primary, secondary, and higher professional education. In 1987, at a joint meeting of the collegiums of the Ministry of Education and the State Professional Education Department of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), the Sverdlovsk Engineering and Pedagogical Institute was approved as the country’s leading university in the field of engineering and pedagogical education.
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education” Russian State Social University” (RSSU) is a higher educational institution. It is one of the leading Russian universities that train successful and qualified specialists in various areas of the economy, politics, and public life of the country. The history of the university has been more than a century. The university is the ideological successor of the Communist University named after Ya.M. Sverdlov (1919) and the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. Nowadays, more than 19 thousand students from 65 countries of the world receive education at 11 faculties of the RSSU. Training is conducted on 187 basic educational programs of undergraduate, specialist, master, and postgraduate studies. Highly qualified teachers work with students, 85% of them have a degree. In the educational process, innovative approaches, digital technologies, and tools for remote access to educational content are widely used. The university is known in the country for the quality of its educational work. The Russian State Social University is actively developing international activities. 773 foreign students from 65 countries of the world study at the university.
St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences was founded by the Trade Unions of Russia on October 9, 1926. Originally, its main task was to educate trade union leaders for socialist countries and institutions of culture and tourism. Since 1992 this institution of higher education has been working in the status of a “university”, educating specialists for a market system formed in our country. Today there are more than 12 000 students here. The University has 7 campuses in Russia: Kirov, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow region – “Institution of Arts and IT” at Zelenograd, Murmansk, Samara, Vladivostok, Yakutsk. There is also one campus located abroad in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The university develops a full spectrum of degree programs of higher education: Bachelor, Specialist, and Master, as well as Post-graduate and Ph.D. level programs. It prepares highly qualified professionals in the following spheres: Law, Economics, Management, Conflict Studies, Journalism, Advertising & PR, Psychology, Linguistics, Art Management, Applied IT, Social Work, Theatre, Cinema, and Television Directing; Audio Engineering; Acting Techniques; Choreography; and others.
Shadrinsk State Pedagogical University (SHPPU) is a higher educational institution in the city of Shadrinsk, Kurgan Region, the oldest institution of higher education in the Trans-Urals. In 1939, a two-year teacher‘s institute was opened on the basis of the Shadrinsk school teacher‘s college. Three departments united 15 teachers. On March 16, 2016, by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Shadrinsk State Pedagogical Institute has renamed the Shadrinsk State Pedagogical University. Over the years of the existence of the university, the number of graduates who received a diploma amounted to almost 30 thousand people. There are 150 teachers working in 15 departments of the university, including 10 doctors and professors, and more than 102 candidates in sciences. Currently, more than 4,000 students are studying at the institute, 3,652 are full-time students and about 2,125 students are part-time students, 29 are full-time and 34 people are studying full-time and 34 people are in absentia, and 61 applicants. Students are trained in almost all pedagogical specialties that are found in schools and preschool institutions. The university occupies three educational buildings, which house classrooms, specialized classrooms and laboratories, 17 computer classes, 4 sports halls, a planetarium, an observatory, educational workshops, a ski base, and much more.
The Pushkin State Russian Language Institute is a public education center in Moscow specializing in the teaching of Russian as a foreign language and offering a range of language courses on all levels. It is named after the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin. The Pushkin State Russian Language Institute was founded in 1966 as a part of Moscow State University. In 1973, it obtained its independence and in 1999 a Philological Department was established so that Russian native speakers can do bachelor’s (4 years), Master‘s (2 years), and Ph.D. (3 years) programs in teaching Russian as a foreign language. The Pushkin State Russian Language Institute offers one-month summer courses and one-year or one-term courses. Most of the participants are recruited through bilateral exchange programs dating back to the Soviet era. The Russian Embassy in Berlin reckons the Pushkin Institute among the officially recommended institutions for Russian language courses.
State University – Education Sciences Production Complex formerly (Prioksky State University) is a university in the city of Orel, which existed as a separate educational institution from 1954-2016. Since April 1, 2016, it has been attached to I. S. Turgenev OSU (I. S. Turgenev Oryol State University). It is a unique and dynamically developing education–science-production complex in Russia and qualitative education, perspective science, and effective production. At present, the university comprises 3 branches, 8 educational institutions, 11 faculties, 47 departments, 18 regional scientific subdivisions and branches of field academies, more than 90 scientific-technical, scientific and research, educational, education and methods, innovative, consulting, diagnostic and health recreation centers. State University ESPC (Education Sciences Production Complex) offers different academic degrees at full-time, evening,g and part-time courses of study in institutions and faculties. State University ESPC comprises unique higher-education teaching personnel. There are more than 80 doctors of science and members of different academies, more than 300 candidates of technical, economical, juridical, physical-mathematical, biological, chemical, and other sciences, more than 500 post-graduate students, doctoral candidates, and candidates for a degree. The use of state-of-art equipment for educational purposes allows for improving specialist preparation quality and more effective work of teaching personnel of the university.
Stavropol State Pedagogical University was founded in 1930 as Stavropol Agricultural-Pedagogical Institute; it was reformed into Stavropol State Pedagogical Institute in 1932 and in 1994 into Stavropol State Pedagogical University. Under the Regulation of the Government of the Russian Federation № 189 of February 28, 1996, Stavropol State University was founded in Stavropol based on the Stavropol State Pedagogical University and the Stavropol branch of Moscow Law Academy. The university is located in 6 buildings having an area of 45 thousand square meters; it has a scientific library, 3 well-appointed dormitories, which number 1800 places; 3 sports halls. A new building with a general capacity of 30, 5 thousand square meters is being constructed. The first stage of development of 16, 2 square meters is under completion. The University realizes students’ training at 12 faculties (including the Faculty of Medicine, Biology and Chemistry, the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, the Faculty of Philology and Journalism, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Economy and others) in 51 specialties of higher professional education, in 15 Bachelor and 18 Master courses, 8 additional qualifications, which cover the whole spectrum of the contemporary university education. At present, 18 thousand students are trained in the University (including full-time, part-time, and external modes of studies).
Anton Chekhov Taganrog State Institute is a higher educational institution, a branch of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Rostov State Economic University (RSEU)”, which implements professional educational programs of higher, postgraduate, and additional education, located in Taganrog. University graduates successfully work in educational and social institutions not only in the Rostov region, but also in many regions of the Russian Federation, head municipal education departments, and work in the administrations of cities and rural settlements. Many graduates of the institute achieve success in the scientific and social activities of the city, region, and country. The Institute has a developed infrastructure: 5 educational buildings equipped with educational and laboratory equipment, modern office equipment; a library with a constantly and in large volume replenishing fund; two well-appointed hostels. Scientific schools operate in the university in various scientific areas: mathematical modeling, numerical methods, and software packages; social philosophy; Russian language; general pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education (media education and media competence); theory and methodology of vocational education, etc.
S.V. Rachmaninov Tambov State Musical and Pedagogical Institute is a Russian musical educational institution. In 1880, the Tambov Society of Lovers of Musical and Dramatic Art opened Music Classes, which were headed by the German musician Rudolf Helm, who worked in Russia. In 1882, the classes were transferred to the newly established Tambov branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society. In 1900 they were transformed into the Tambov Musical College, for which in 1903 a new building was built by the efforts of the local community headed by V. M. Petrovo-Solovovo. In 1909 the work of the school was inspected by Sergei Rachmaninoff. In the post-revolutionary years, the school went through a series of reorganizations, which ended in 1922 with the creation of the Tambov Musical College with the 1st stage music school attached to it. In 1936, the technical school again became a music school, and in 1959 the school was named after Rachmaninoff. In 1982, the school was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. In 1995, the Tambov School of Culture was attached to the Tambov School of Music, and a year later the school was transformed into the Tambov State Musical and Pedagogical Institute named after S. V. Rachmaninov.
Tatar State University of Humanities and Education is one of the oldest higher educational institutions in the Russian Federation. Located in the city of Kazan. Since 2011 it has been part of the Kazan Volga Federal University. Tatar State University of Humanities and Education was founded on October 24, 1876, as a Teacher‘s Institute – the third in Russia after St. Petersburg and Moscow. After its formation, its name changed several times. In 1918 it was transformed into the Kazan Pedagogical Institute. In 1921, the former name returned – Kazan Pedagogical Institute. In 1929, it was transformed into the Eastern Pedagogical Institute by merging with the Eastern Academy and the Faculty of Social Sciences of Kazan University. In 1931 it was renamed the Tatar Pedagogical Institute, and since 1934 into the Kazan State Pedagogical Institute. In 1994, the educational institution received the status of a university and, accordingly, received the name Kazan State Pedagogical University. In 2005, on the basis of KSPU (Kazan State Pedagogical University), the Tatar State Humanitarian and Pedagogical University was created by joining two regional universities – the Tatar-American Regional Institute and the Tatar State Humanitarian Institute. In 2009, a decision was made to include TGGPU in the Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. On September 1, 2011, TGGPU ceased to exist legally. All students who studied at TSPU became students of KFU (Kazan Federal University).
In 2011, Tobolsk State Socio-Pedagogical Academy. D. I. Mendeleev celebrates 95 years since its foundation. The history of the university is inextricably linked with the development of pedagogical education in the Tyumen region, the development of the region. On November 6, 1916, the grand opening of the institute took place, the institute had one department – physics and mathematics, and all students were males. The Tobolsk Teachers’ Institute became the founder of pedagogical education in the region. By order of the Federal Agency for Education No. 1355 dated September 9, 2009, the Tobolsk State Pedagogical Institute. D.I. Mendeleev was transformed into the Tobolsk State Social and Pedagogical Academy. D.I. Mendeleev. Currently, Tobolsk State Socio-Pedagogical Academy. D. I. Mendeleev is the only independent secular higher educational institution at the federal level in the city of Tobolsk. It has 12 faculties (including the faculties of pre-university and additional professional education, advanced training, and retraining of personnel), 32 departments, postgraduate studies in 23 specialties, and a council for the defense of doctoral dissertations in philological sciences. For the second year in a row (2010, 2011) Tobolsk State Socio-Pedagogical Academy. D. I. Mendeleev is awarded a gold medal and a diploma as the laureate of the competition “100 best universities in Russia”. Over the 95 years of existence of the pedagogical university in Tobolsk, more than 40 thousand specialists have been trained for the education system and the social sphere of the region. Along with the main mission that the university performs – training for the Tyumen region, it develops and improves its educational and research base, serves as the socio-cultural center of the city, and region, and, despite its serious age, looks confidently into the future.
Tomsk State Pedagogical University is the oldest vocational pedagogical educational institution in Siberia. It is the successor of the Tomsk Teachers’ Institute, established on July 1, 1902, by the Highest Order of the Sovereign Emperor Nicholas II. The full name of the university is the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tomsk State Pedagogical University” (TSPU). In its development, Tomsk State Pedagogical University has gone through a number of stages: from 1902 to 1920, there was the Tomsk Teachers’ Institute, which gave its graduates a secondary vocational and pedagogical education. In June 1917, by decision of the Provisional Government, the teacher‘s institute acquired the status of a higher education institution but was temporarily closed on November 1, 1920, by decision of the commission of the Tomsk provincial department of public education. In 1930, by the decision of the People’s Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), a pedagogical faculty was established at Tomsk State University. On June 26, 1995, by order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 352, the Tomsk State Pedagogical Institute was given the status of a university. On November 2-4 of the same year, a solemn presentation of the new university took place.
G. Chernyshevsky Transbaikal State Humanitarian and Pedagogical University is a higher educational institution that existed until 2012, and was founded in 1938. It was established as the Chita State Pedagogical Institute by the decision of the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR in 1938. The name N. G. Chernyshevsky was given to the university in 1963. In 1923, by the decision of the Russian government, the university was transferred to Vladivostok, where the Far Eastern University was founded. In 2016 Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Transbaikal State University” was renamed to Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Transbaikal State University”. Now it is the largest University in the Transbaikal region, which educational and scientific potential to respond to the modern requirements of higher education. The modern educational process in the University is carried out by 15 faculties. There are Distance Learning Center, Humanitarian Technical College, and two Lyceum operating at the University. Nowadays, the number of University students is more than 18 thousand, including about 8,000 full-time training. In 88 training courses and specialties of the University students receive strong and qualitative knowledge. Transbaikal State University adopted a worldwide multi-level system of education, including a four-year bachelor’s degree in 57 directions with the possibility of continuing education for a master’s degree and 25 programs that can be continued in receiving postgraduate and doctoral degrees. The educational process is provided by highly qualified lecturers, 62 % of which have academic degrees, including 10 % of doctor’s degrees.
Tula State Pedagogical University L.N. Tolstoy is a pedagogical institution of higher education in Tula, one of the leading educational institutions of higher education in the Tula region. The University was founded on 19 September 1938 as an independent institution of higher education. 29 December 1994 the university was awarded the status of State Pedagogical University, the full name is the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Tula State Pedagogical University L.N. Tolstoy”. In 2009, the university became a laureate of the contest «Gold Medal «European Quality» in the «Top 100 universities in Russia» category and won in the category «Best Russian Specialized University». At present, there are 10 study faculties at Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University, 138 basic educational programs of higher education, 24 specialties, and postgraduate programs, and 3 doctoral programs of 10 branches of science.
Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University is a major higher education and research institution in Ulyanovsk. It was established in 1932. The recruitment of teachers and students was not an easy task at that time, but this task was successfully solved. 80 applications from teachers were submitted to the institute, and 12 of them were enrolled in the staff, including 4 associate professors, 1 acting assistant professor, and the rest assistants. “October 1,” the local newspaper Proletarsky Put reported, “classes began at the Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical Institute. The Pedagogical Institute and the academic staff are fully staffed with teaching staff and students. The worker-peasant core at the institute was 70% and in the workers’ faculty 71%. All students and teaching staff arrived neatly at the start of classes. In 1934, significant structural changes took place in the Pedagogical Institute. Instead of departments, two faculties were created: physical and mathematical and natural. Every year the Ulyanovsk Pedagogical Institute grew and gained strength. The number of students increased to 600 people. New classrooms and laboratories were opened (botany, zoology, psychology, etc.). All classrooms simultaneously served as rooms for lectures and seminars, as well as for the independent work of students. In the approved program for the strategic development of the university, three major areas were identified: the development of educational and scientific activities, as well as improving the infrastructure of the university.
Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU) is a federal state budgetary educational institution of higher education, founded in 1930, one of the oldest universities in the Urals. In 2007, following the results of the examination of the network project “Innovations in Education“, the university received the status of an innovative enterprise, confirming this title in 2010 and 2012. In 2012, according to the results of the “Public control over the procedures for admission to universities, as a condition for ensuring equal access to education“, carried out by order of the Public Chamber of Russia, the Ural State Pedagogical University took 4th place among 43 pedagogical universities of the Russian Federation. USPU graduates teach at the highest level of these subjects: Russian language and literature, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), chemistry, biology, geography, foreign languages, history and social studies, music, art, and physical education. Ural State Pedagogical University is open to those who want to become a teacher and are confident in their future vocation. We invite everyone who loves this profession and wants to call it his own, but for some reason doubts whether it will be enough for the necessary qualities. Our teaching staff will help such applicants to understand that ready teachers are rarely born, they go to this profession gradually and systematically, step by step. To enter USPU means to choose one of the most necessary professions and, following the path of self‑improvement, to become over time one of those teachers who are loved and remembered.
Usurissky State Pedagogical Institute is the keeper of traditions of Russian classical culture, science, and education. Far Eastern Federal University has its origins in 1899 at the time when the Oriental Institute was founded in Vladivostok. Today USPI is the only classical university in Eastern Russia. It incorporates Schools with generations-old traditions and areas of research that form the core of our intellectual base. One of the USPI’s advantages is its geographic location in the center of the Asia Pacific region, which is now one of the most dynamically developing parts of the world. This place is the second pole of world civilization, which includes the leading counties of the globe, such as China, the United States, Japan, and India, and many world-famed metropolitan cities, such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Seoul. Being a link or a cultural bridge between Russia and this part of the world remains one of the USPI’s main objectives. This is the reason why the University is not only a pathway to your professional future but also a road into the future of the entire country, where all motivated, hardworking, and talented young people will find their rightful places.
Samara State Pedagogical University (SSPU) is a higher educational institution located in Samara. Founded on July 1, 1911. The oldest institution of higher education in the Samara region. It occupies 10-13th place in the ranking of pedagogical universities in the Russian Federation. In January 1919, it was transformed into the Samara Pedagogical Institute based on the Samara and Vilna Teachers’ Institute, evacuated to Samara back in 1914. From October 1919 to August 1921 – Institute of Public Education. From September 1921 to August 1923 – the Pedagogical Faculty of the Samara State University opened in 1918, the first rector of which was twice, in 1918 and 1921, a prominent psychologist A.P. Nechaev was elected. In March 1923, the Academic Council of Samara State Pedagogical University decided to gradually close the university due to lack of funds, which was finally closed on September 1, 1927. From March 2009 to December 2015 it was called Volga State Social and Humanitarian Academy. With about 7,000 students the University offers 90-degree programs. The university carried out a complex approach to training specialists, which gives an applicant a multiple-discipline choice of special interest. The programs provide graduates and postgraduates with the skills necessary to meet the challenges of a changing global environment.
Vologda State Technical University is the largest technical university of Vologda Oblast in Russia. University educational training is oriented to complex personal development, spiritual transformation, and active interpersonal dialogue between the student and the teacher in the educational process. University is the best place to study humanities in Russia and study pedagogy in Russia. More than 10,000 local and international students study in full-time courses and part-time courses and about 1,200 post-graduates and foreign students study here. Volgograd State Pedagogical University has 7 other study branches which are located in different parts of the region.
Voronezh State Pedagogical University was established in 1931 in Russia. It is a public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the large city of Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast. Officially accredited and recognized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Voronezh State Pedagogical University (VGPU) is a coeducational higher education institution. Voronezh State Pedagogical University (VGPU) offers undergraduate courses, postgraduate courses, and doctoral programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as Bachelor’s Degrees, Master`s Degrees, and Doctorate Degrees in several areas of humanities science. This 89-year-old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations and students’ past academic records and university grades. The admission rate range is 80-90% making this Russian higher education organization a least selective institution.
Vyatka State University of Humanities is the oldest and the largest higher educational establishment in Kirov Region. In 2014 it will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The history of the University is evidence of the profound educational tradition and scientific tradition, constant growth, and encompassing new study branches of learning and research. University is the best place to study humanities in Russia and study pedagogy in Russia. Nowadays the University held the role of a forefront center of learning activity, teaching activities, and research activities in the Volga-Vyatka Area. Its academics and students follow the long-standing traditions of the highest academic standards and democratic ideals. VSHU graduates take top positions in state and local governing bodies, and in the management of domestic and international companies.
Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University is a traditional and modern University. It keeps to the traditional ways of teacher training. University educational training is oriented to complex personal development, spiritual transformation, and active interpersonal dialogue between the student and the teacher in the educational process. The Pedagogical University is situated in the center of Yaroslavl. Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University has 7 educational buildings. Many of them are situated along the Kotorosl River. Besides, there is a huge building for the Natural-Geographic Faculty. Then there is a botanic garden and the buildings of the Faculty of Physical Training and History, a canteen, a preventive clinic, and student hostels. Modern buildings of the pedagogical university are well-furnished, light, well-equipped classes and gymnasiums.
The Volgograd State Pedagogical University is one of the major pedagogical institutions in the Russian Federation. The university is located in Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad. For the past ten years, the university stands amongst the 10 best leading pedagogical and linguistic universities in Russia and the 100 best universities worldwide. Volgograd State Pedagogical University currently includes the Institute of Primary and Special Education, the Foreign Languages Institute, the Institute of Art Education, and the Institute of Computerized Pedagogics. There are four study buildings on campus with over 13,000 local and international students. More than 13,000 local and international students study in full-time courses and part-time courses and about 200 post-graduates and foreign students who study here. Volgograd State Pedagogical University has 4 other study branches which are located in different parts of the Volgograd region. University provides Bachelor’s programs, Master’s programs, and Postgraduate programs for Russian students and develop advanced Master’s programs with English medium of instruction. Students and teaching staff at University are involved in a variety of research activities and grant programs in Russian universities and universities abroad.
Baikal State University of Economics and Law is a higher education institution in Irkutsk city of the Russian Federation. Baikal State University of Economics and Law was established in 1930 as a Siberian Financial and Economic Institute based on the Humanities faculty of Irkutsk State University. University is the best place to study economics in Russia and study law in Russia. Every year Baikal State University of Economics and Law enrolls more than 1,500 local and international students. In 84 years Baikal State University of Economics and Law has trained over 30,000 students in civil law courses, criminal law courses, legal studies, history courses, economics courses, and business management courses. Today Baikal State University of Economics and Law has 11 study faculties, 34 study departments, and a staff of 717 highly qualified members of academic staff. University provides studying of Bachelor’s programs, Master’s programs, and Postgraduate programs for Russian students and develop advanced Master’s programs with English medium of instruction. Students and teaching staff at University are involved in a variety of research activities and grant programs in Russian universities and universities abroad.