Petrozavodsk State University

Petrozavodsk State University
Петрозаводский государственный университет

The main building of the Petrozavodsk State University
Type Public
Established 1940 (1940)
Rector Anatoly V. Voronin
Location Petrozavodsk, Russia
Website petrsu.ru

Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU) is a classical university in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. It was founded in 1940 as the Karelian-Finnish University and was renamed in 1956. Rector of Petrozavodsk State University is Prof. Anatoly V. Voronin.

General information

The university includes 10 faculties, 6 educational institutes, 79 departments, 84 laboratories, development and project departments, 27 innovative departments, 28 small enterprises, 2 technoparks and a publishing house, a Scientific library (one of the largest libraries in the European North of Russia which funds more than 1 179 042 books), a botanic garden, and swimming pool “Onego”. The faculties of PetrSU are located in 13 separate campus buildings.

The number of PetrSU teaching staff is about 891 people (105 doctors of science, 502 candidates of science, 66 professors, 329 associate professors). More than 11670 undergraduate and postgraduate students study there.

The University won the leading places by the “internationalization» criterion and the third place among the universities that promote the employment of students and graduates. The university has 92 international agreements with foreign universities, research organizations and scientific-and-production companies from 30 countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, Portugal, the UK, the USA, Canada, Belgium, Republic of Korea, Commonwealth of Independent States, the Baltic States and others). More than 20 years the University is in heavy demand among international students on various programmes including short-term programmes in English, programmes for one semester and more for exchange students both in Russian and in English languages. Annually more than 200 international students (mostly from Northern and Eastern Europe, the UK, the USA, China) study in Petrozavodsk State University. And annually more than 250 students and staff of Petrozavodsk State University visit foreign universities for exchange, research, internship in the framework of Erasmus Mundus, FIRST, CIMO etc. Annually PetrSU implements about 30 international projects funded by EU, EBRD, USAID, CRDF, IREX, DAAD, Nordic Council of Ministers, CIMO and others.

PetrSU prepares enrollees for university entrance. Students have an opportunity to obtain Bachelor's, Master's and Specialist's degrees in 13 fields of science and 63 licensed specialities. There is a wide range of areas for preparation of doctoral theses, training and retraining of specialists. At present there are 4 Dissertation Councils at the university.

PetrSU has a high status of a large research center in many field such as programming, information technologies, plasma research, microelectronics, problems of timber, building, etc. Over 60 international, All-Russian and regional conferences and seminars are held at PetrSU, and dozens of scientific monographs, textbooks and manuals are published.

Petrozavodsk State University offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in science and humanities. If you already speak Russian, you are welcome to study at any Department of PetrSU. There are 16 departments offering a wide range of disciplines. The teaching and research activities of PetrSU are widely-based, their focus being on social sciences, humanities, polytechnic science.

Academic degrees and diplomas awarded: Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science.

Terms

After each semester the students have to pass exams. The successful grades let go on studying in the following semester.

History

PetrSU in 1970-1985

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Thanks to the coordinated work of the faculty and other university employees, at the beginning of the 1970s the authority of the Karelian-Finnish State University became very significant in the Republic of Karelia and the entire northwest part of the country.[1]

In 1973 Mikhail Shumilov became a new rector of the university. With a PhD in History, he was well known for his monographs about history of Karelia and the European North.[1]

In 1975 a new Department of Accounting opened at the University as a part of the School of Mathematics and Physics. The main reason for opening this department was the lack of qualified accountants and economists in Karelia. The first class of accounting students graduated in 1979 and consisted of 52 young specialists. In 1980 the School of Economics was opened. It consisted of three departments: political economy, accounting and economic activity, and sectorial economy. The first dean of the School was S. N. Polyakov and in 1982 he was replaced by A. G. Rusakov.[2]

Entrants in the entrance exams (in gym).

To increase the popularity of the University among prospective students, departments and schools of the University put a lot of effort in distributing information about the university in Karelia and neighboring areas. Additionally, a number of special training courses (recruiting about 1,800 people) were organized. University teachers organized meetings with high school students where they talked about opportunities the students would get at the university. The so-called "Open Door Days"[3] were organized regularly. As a result, competition for admission grew to about 2.3 students per available slot.[2]

Special attention was paid to improvement of the level of teacher qualification. Teachers now could take additional vacation to earn master and doctoral (PhD) degrees. The university had 40-50 graduate students each year.[2]

In 1970s special attention was also paid to the technical equipment of the university. Eight classrooms were equipped to display movies and two classrooms became language laboratories. Computer classrooms were also upgraded and the third generation computers ES-1022 and ES-1035 were installed.[4]

PetrSU was one of the first universities that implemented an integrated program of the USSR Ministry of Higher Education called "ICS-university". To improve the work of the university, the university researchers developed a number of software systems including "Entrant", "Number of students", "Session", "Current control", "Social and political practice," "Graduate student," "Control of decision implementation", and "Human Resources Staff".[5]

From the early 1970s until 1985, approximately 14300 students graduated from the university.[6]

Faculties, Institutes and Centres of PetrSU

The university comprises 9 faculties and 6 institutes:

Institutes of PetrSU

Centers

PetrSU international units

Centers of international language testing

  1. TORFL (Test of Russian as a Foreign Language)
  2. TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
  3. TOLES (Test of Legal English Skills)

Programs and courses for international students

PetrSU activities

Students of PetrSU fully participate in different activities which include more than 30 creative teams:

Sports

20 sport sections work at the University including skiing, basketball, volleyball, football, futsal, track and field, orienteering, kettlebell lifting, chess, checkers, Go, sambo, judo, wushu, aerobics and tourism sections. Training exercises and competitions are held in three modern gyms, skiing tracks, stadium and swimming pool. The University has high achievements in training sportsmen: over 15 years 65 masters of sports have been trained, 50 medals of the World and European Championships have been won.

Student tourist club “Sampo” is one of the leading tourist clubs among Russian universities and has the rich history.

Social Support

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Shumilov 2005, p. 216.
  2. 1 2 3 Shumilov 2005, p. 217.
  3. ↑ The special days when people can visit Departments of the University and to get information about University.
  4. ↑ Shumilov 2005, p. 218.
  5. ↑ Shumilov 2005, p. 219.
  6. ↑ Shumilov 2005, p. 228.

Sources

  • History of Petrozavodsk State University 1940-2000. Petrozavodsk: Publisher PetrSU. Compiled by M.I. Shumilov, I. P. Pokrovskaya. 2005 [Страницы истории Петрозаводского государственного университета, 1940-2000]. p. 540. 

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Coordinates: 61°47′10″N 34°21′10″E / 61.7861°N 34.3528°E / 61.7861; 34.3528

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