Leningrad State University named after A.S.Pushkin

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The University was founded on March 28, 1992, with the name “Leningrad Regional Pedagogical Institute”.

Pushkin Leningrad State University is widely recognized as one of the largest educational and research centers in the North-West of Russia, in which systematic work of creating an expert and consulting cluster is conducted to fulfill orders from federal and municipal authorities, as well as business structures.

The University possesses generally recognized scientific and educational schools, such as pedagogy, defectology, jurisprudence, philology, and others.

The University structure includes campuses, classrooms, libraries, scientific and educational centers, and faculty departments – everything that can be needed for successful learning.

Pushkin Leningrad State University is:

the main university of the Leningrad region which provides it with highly qualified personnel;
the guarantor of high-quality education and competitive educational programs which are provided by the teaching staff – full members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and industry academies, honored workers of science, culture, and art, honored teachers of Russia, authors of generally recognized scientific and educational publications;
an active participant in international scientific and educational projects, including diversified educational programs and internationalization trends.

FACULTIES

Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Foreign Languages
Faculty of History and Social Sciences
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Geography and Tourism
Faculty of Philology
Faculty of Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Art
Faculty of Physical Culture
Faculty of Psychology
Faculty of Special Defectological Education
Faculty of Law

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS

The Faculty educates students and post-graduates to work at:

public bodies;
credit and insurance institutions;
financial and economic structures in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region;
economic, financial, marketing, production, economic, analytical, and managerial departments of the enterprises and organizations of different industries, sectors, and forms of ownership;
financial institutions;
tax authorities;
educational institutions;
investment funds;
academic and institutional research organizations.

The students intern at the enterprises and organizations of Leningrad region and St. Petersburg.

During its work, the Department has developed a solid teaching staff, including various specialists in the field of Economics, Management, Marketing, Philosophy, and Social Sciences.

FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS

The Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics trains students in the field of fundamental and applied issues of Informatics, and the use of modern information technologies in professional activity.

The higher education teaching personnel includes 22 teachers, four Doctors, and 13 Candidates for Sciences.

FACULTY OF LAW

Over the years the Faculty has cooperated with a number of State structures in Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region at which students take all kinds of internships and receive positive characteristics.

In particular, student internship is carried out based on the Prosecutor’s Office and the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Leningrad region, Departments of Internal Affairs of areas of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, structures of Federal Tax Service, Federal Bailiff Service, Directorate of the Federal Migration Service, Legislative Assembly, and lawyer organizations.

FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY

During their study, our students undergo practical training at educational institutions of St. Petersburg, units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Emergency Situations and Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation, etc. Our graduates depending on the profile of training can work as primary school teachers, educators of preschool institutions, social pedagogues, educators in special educational institutions, experts of the Committee of Education, school psychologists, psychologists, staff and lecturers of universities, and so on. Thanks to the long-term work with potential employers, the Faculty demonstrates a high percentage of graduate employability.

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

Armenia

Yerevan Northern University
Yerevan State University of Languages and Social Sciences named after V.Ya. Bryusov
Russian-Armenian University

Belarus

“National Institute of Education” of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus
Maksim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University
Mogilev State University named after A.A. Kuleshov
Belarusian-Russian University
Minsk State Linguistic University
Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov
Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology
Minsk Institute of Education Development
Polesie State University
Republican Institute of Higher Education
Francisk Skorina Gomel State University
Euphrosyne Polotskaya State University of Polotsk

Bulgaria

University named after prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov
Great Britain
Language school “BLS English”
Language school “IBC Coaching”

Italy

Bergamo State University

Kazakhstan

Aktobe Regional State University named after K. Zhubanov
Eurasian National University. L.N. Gumilyov
Kyzylorda State University named after Korkyt Ata
North Kazakhstan State University named after M. Kozybaev
Karaganda State University named after academician E.A. Buketov
Karaganda State Technical University
Syrdariya University
Kokshetau University named after Abay Myrzakhmetov
Kazakh State Women’s Pedagogical University
Turan-Astana University
Baitursynov Kostanay Regional University

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz State University named after I. Arabaev

China

World Educational Cultural Organization (WECO)
Guizhou University
Kunming Professional College of Arts and Crafts
Henan University of Economics and Law

Poland

University of Gdansk

Latvia

Baltic International Academy

Tajikistan

Tajik State Pedagogical University named after Sadriddin Aini

Turkey

Akdeniz University

Uzbekistan

Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami
Samarkand State University
Kokand State Pedagogical Institute named after Mukimi
Termez State University
Gulistan State University
Chirchik State Pedagogical Institute
University of Journalism and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan
Uzbek Research Institute of Pedagogical Sciences named after T.N. Kary-Niyazi

Finland

LAB University of Applied Sciences
Public organization “Save the Children”
Municipal Education Consortium of South Karelia
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk)
Finnish-Russian network of vocational colleges

Estonia

Slavic gymnasium in Kohtla-Järve

South Ossetia

South Ossetian State University

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Fundamental, exploratory and applied research at the university is carried out in cooperation with leading scientific institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Education; educational organizations of the Russian Federation, and foreign educational and research centers on 68 topics within the framework of 71 cooperation agreements.

Key Research Priorities

transition to a highly productive and environmentally friendly agro- and aquaculture, development and implementation of systems for the rational use of chemical and biological protection of agricultural plants and animals, storage and efficient processing of agricultural products, the creation of safe and high-quality, including functional, food products;

countering man-made, biogenic, socio-cultural threats, terrorism, and ideological extremism, as well as cyber threats and other sources of danger to society, the economy, and the state;

the possibility of an effective response of Russian society to great challenges, taking into account the interaction of man and nature, man and technology, and social institutions at the present stage of global development, including applying the methods of the humanities and social sciences.

LIBRARY

The library fund of Pushkin Leningrad State University is diverse in content, purpose, and readership, and has about a million copies. It consists of different parts:

a fund for educational literature, which includes textbooks, and teaching aids for all disciplines studied at the university;
a scientific fund, represented by monographs, collections of scientific papers, publications of conference materials, seminars, abstracts of dissertations, dissertations;
a fund of periodicals, including popular, socio-political, and mass periodicals (more than 250 titles);
a reference and bibliographic fund contains encyclopedias, reference books, dictionaries of universal content and industry, and bibliographic publications;
a collection of fiction that reflects Russian, Soviet, and foreign literature.

Almost a million books are waiting for your attention in the library of our university: textbooks and teaching aids, scientific and periodicals that are so necessary for a student’s in-depth independent work.

STUDENT’S LIFE

Along with educational programs that meet the most demanding requirements and respond to global trends, Pushkin Leningrad State University maintains a unique warm atmosphere within its walls which is noted by students, employees of the University, and its guests.

On the LSU campus, you can engage in various sports and fitness, unlock your creative potential in art workshops or in a theatrical studio, start your own project on the base of a TV&radio studio and a magnificent, unparalleled botanical garden, and enjoy an awesome student choir.

HOSTEL

Five-storey buildings with, a corridor system of rooms, each floor has an ironing room, two kitchens, three sinks, and eight toilets. Laundry on the first floor. The rooms are occupied by 2-3 people, and there is the necessary furniture and an Internet access point.

The hostel provides a mattress, a blanket, a pillow, a bedspread, a towel, and bed linen.