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.

Study Programs

University provides studying processes at the following schools and departments:

• Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogics
• Faculty of Sociology
• Faculty of Chemistry
• Faculty of Arts and Design
• Faculty of Biology
• Faculty of Geography
• Faculty of History
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Mathematics and IT
• Faculty of Mass Communication, Philology, and Political Science
• Faculty of Physics and Technology
• International Institute of Economics, Management, and Informational Systems

Accommodation and Housing 

Students’ hostels have single rooms and double rooms which are fully equipped for life and the study process. Canteens offer a variety of dishes at reasonable prices. There are a food market and grocery stores nearby for those who prefer to cook themselves. Students’ cafes, bars, and city parks are popular places for entertainment and outdoor recreation.

Every hostel resident can use every common room in the building, including the library, gym, canteen, and resting rooms. All rooms are well-furnished and ready to use at every time and day. Accommodations are supplied with refrigerators, shared kitchens, reading rooms, studying rooms, a hostel library, and separate bathrooms and toilets. Hostels are under 24/7 CCTV surveillance, so every student can feel safe and comfortable. 

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.

The strategic aim of ASUHP is the fullest possible usage of research potential in the educational process, the development of research in the priority fields, and the strengthening of its position in the international intellectual environment. 

Study Programs 

University provides studying processes in the following departments:

• Faculty of Education and Pedagogy
• Faculty of Life Safety
• Faculty of Management
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Applied Mathematics
• Faculty of Entomology
• Faculty of Geography
• Faculty of Biological Sciences
• Faculty of History of Russia
• Faculty of Russian Literature
• Faculty of Language Theory
• Faculty of Social Psychology
• Faculty of Pedagogical Psychology

Accommodation and Housing 

Students’ hostels have single rooms and double rooms which are fully equipped for life and the study process. Canteens offer a variety of dishes at reasonable prices. There are a food market and grocery stores nearby for those who prefer to cook themselves. Students’ cafes, bars, and city parks are popular places for entertainment and outdoor recreation.

Every hostel resident can use every common room in the building, including the library, gym, canteen, and resting rooms. All rooms are well-furnished and ready to use at every time and day. Accommodations are supplied with refrigerators, shared kitchens, reading rooms, studying rooms, a hostel library, and separate bathrooms and toilets. Hostels are under 24/7 CCTV surveillance, so every student can feel safe and comfortable. 

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.

Study Programs 

University provides studying processes at the following institutes:

• Institute of Applied Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics
• Institute of Russian and Foreign Philology
• Institute of History
• Faculty of Pre-school and Primary Education
• Faculty of Technology, Economics, and Design
• Research Institute for the Development of Education

Accommodation and Housing check

International students are provided with an option of student accommodation The foreign students’ hostel is located in the city center, close to the main building of the university. Gender-specific residences and hostels are available on the university campus. The university’s hostels are well-equipped with everything a student would want while residing there. The hostel’s rooms are clean, airy, and big, and the students have access to a bathroom. 

Students have the option of dining at the hostel’s canteen or cooking for themselves in shared kitchens. The University’s hostels are properly equipped and have central heating, which is a welcome addition during the winter months. Separate toilets and kitchens are also accessible for students in the hostels. Other amenities include a Wi-Fi campus, sports complex, playground, transit, cafeterias, ATMs, and banks, as well as the central library and theater.

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.

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.

Study Programs

University provides studying processes at the following institutes and faculties:

• Faculty of Arts and Graphics
• Psychology Department
• Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
• Institute of Historical and Legal Education
• Institute of Philological Education and Intercultural Communication
• Faculty of Natural Geography
• Physical Education Department
• Faculty of Bashkir Philology
• Social and Humanitarian Faculty
• Institute of Vocational Education and Information Technology
• Pedagogical institute
• Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining

Accommodation and Housing 

University student hostels are fully furnished. The students are provided with a well-maintained, accommodated, and ventilated room. The hostel has a good infrastructure and is maintained well. The hostel has discipline and rules which every student is required to strictly follow. A mess facility is also available for the students to ensure their health and nutrition.

Every hostel resident can use every common room in the building, including the library, gym, canteen, and resting rooms. All rooms are well-furnished and ready to use at every time and day. Accommodations are supplied with refrigerators, shared kitchens, reading rooms, studying rooms, a hostel library, and separate bathrooms and toilets. Hostels are under 24/7 CCTV surveillance, so every student can feel safe and comfortable. 

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. 

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.

Study Programs

University provides studying process at the following departments:

• Department of Physics and Mathematics
• Department of Natural Sciences and Geography
• Department of Pedagogics and Elementary Education
• Department of Foreign Languages
• Department of Physical Culture and Sport
• Department of Industry and Pedagogics
• Department of Psychology and Pedagogics

Accommodation and Housing 

University has 4 student hostels.  All of them have central heating in each room with provided electricity supply, hot and cold water, and a phone. Each room is equipped with furniture and bedding to ensure the comfort of the students coming to study MBBS in Russia. 

By owing the student’s requirements, each hostel incorporates a reading room and gym on the university campus. Student Dormitory has eight rooms per floor, with 2-3 people per room. Each floor also has one kitchen and two toilets, and the basement has a shower. All rooms have access to free Wi-fi and are equipped with essential modern amenities like a pillow, blanket, bedsheet, beds, tables, and chairs that are already added to the basic necessity list. For student recreation gyms, reading rooms and sports complex facilities are also available.

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.

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.

Study Programs

University provides studying processes at the following institutes and departments:

• Institute of Pedagogy, Psychology, and Defectology
• Institute of Continuing Education
• Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
• Science Department
• Department of Physical Education and Sport
• Institute of Philology, History, and Law
• Faculty of Education Technology and Management
• Faculty of Arts

Accommodation and Housing 

At entering nonresident students are provided with a student hostel for all periods of training. There are warm and cozy rooms for two-three people. There are two kitchens with electric stove devices and bathrooms with showers and washing machines on each floor. Students have an opportunity to be provided with the Internet in each room and to install the stationary phone. Thus, the computer hall with an Internet connection is equipped in the hostel.

There is also a recreation room with an audio and TV system in the hostel. There is an assembly hall where choreographic classes are carried out and fitness studios function. The gym is also equipped. There are guest rooms for parents in the hostel. Besides, the rooms for nonresident students, part-time students, and entrants who take their session and entrance tests are also provided by the hostel.

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.

University accepts local and international students. The medium of instruction of Russian and English. Students can apply for Bachelor’s courses, Masters’s courses, and Ph.D. degree programs. The university is an officially registered university with the Ministry of Higher Education in Russia.

Study Programs

Faculties:

• Faculty of Preschool Education
• Faculty of Natural Technology
• Faculty of Inclusive and Correctional Education
• Faculty of Foreign Languages
• History Department
• Faculty of Folk Art
• Faculty of Primary Teacher Training
• Vocational Pedagogical Institute
• Psychology Faculty
• Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
• Faculty of Philology
• Higher School of Physical Culture and Sports
• SUSU College

Accommodation and Housing 

University has 2 student hostels.  All of them have central heating in each room with provided electricity supply, hot and cold water, and a phone. Each room is equipped with furniture and bedding to ensure the comfort of the students coming to study MBBS in Russia. 

By owing the student’s requirements, each hostel incorporates a reading room and gym on the university campus. Student Dormitory has eight rooms per floor, with 2-3 people per room. Each floor also has one kitchen and two toilets, and the basement has a shower. All rooms have access to free Wi-fi and are equipped with essential modern amenities like a pillow, blanket, bedsheet, beds, tables, and chairs that are already added to the basic necessity list. For student recreation gyms, reading rooms and sports complex facilities are also available.

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.

Study Programs

• Faculty of Foreign Languages
• Faculty of Informatics and Computer Engineering
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of History and Geography
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Physics, and Information Technology
• Faculty of Radio Electronics and Automation
• Faculty of Russian and Chuvash Philology and Journalism
• Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Faculty of Management and Social Technologies
• Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Energy and Electrical Engineering
• Faculty of Law

Accommodation and Housing 

The university provides accommodation to students. Places to stay are provided to all students in need. Dorms consist of eight rooms per floor, with 2-3 people per room. The dormitories have restrooms, sports rooms, a first-aid post, an internet room, and a Wi-Fi zone. Many student events are held here – from birthdays to joint celebrations of the New Year, sports competitions, a rope course for rallying, and much more.

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.

The program Accessible Environment for the Disabled is designed for all groups of the population with limited mobility. This includes wheelchair users, the visually impaired, and the hearing impaired. The result of this program should be the availability of all infrastructure facilities – transport, educational institutions, government agencies, cultural facilities, and so on for all categories of citizens.

Study Programs

• Biology, Geography, and Chemistry
• Dagestan Philology
• Early Childhood Education
• Foreign Languages
• Historical
• Institute of Physics and Mathematics Information and Technological Education
• Primary School
• Management and Law
• Social Pedagogy and Psychology
• Special (defectological) Education
• Vocational-Pedagogical Education
• Physical Culture and Life Safety
• Philological
• Artistic and Graphics
• Musical and Pedagogical
• Master Degree Programs
• Doctorate Degree Programs

Accommodation and Housing 

The University provides dormitories to the students. The number of available rooms is 516. The administration of the university provides all facilities such as central heating, Wi-Fi, hot and cold running water, permanent access to the gym, library, reading rooms, and all equipment students need for studying and living. University provides free access to the University Library, reading rooms, studying rooms, and all necessary for studying process equipment and materials. 

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.

Today the academic structure of Elabuga Institute comprises ten faculties, the Center for Professional Advancement and Supplementary Education, and the Postgraduate School. There are eight Bachelor’s Degree programs in thirty-seven directions majors and five postgraduate programs. Over 200 faculty members are employed by the Institute.

Today Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University trains about 5,000 students providing them with advanced teaching facilities. Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University has four buildings, ten research laboratories, a library, three dormitories, a sports center, a students‘ cafe, a number of unique University museums, and a recreational camp.

Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University has recently introduced new majors – applied information science, energy engineering, transportation technology, and some others.

Study Programs

• Physics and Mathematics
• Russian Philology and Journalism
• History and Law
• Foreign Languages
• Tatar Philology
• Technology and Engineering
• Biology
• Economics and Management
• Physical Training
• Psychology and Pedagogy

Accommodation and Housing 

During their studies at Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University international students live in the dormitories of the Student Campus, in the residential buildings of the Universiade Village, in apartments (rented or staying with relatives), and in hostels. The University provides bed space in dormitories in accordance with the Regulations for the provision of accommodation in Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University dormitories for non-local students subject to availability. At Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University foreign students live in the residential buildings of the Universiade Village and in the dormitories of the Campus. Universiade Village is one of the largest student campuses in Russia. Comfortable conditions for 4 people in the room (kitchen and bathroom in each room, or a kitchen for several rooms). On the territory of the Universiade Village, there are sports grounds, a canteen, a supermarket, and a post office. The student clinic is within walking distance.