Altai State University

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 572.

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Altai State University is a federal state budget educationalestablishment of higherprofessionaleducation. Altai State University is one of the youngest universities of Barnaul. It was founded in 1973 and became the pioneer of classical education in theAltai Region. Today the University is the centre for development of classical higher professional education, fundamental and applied sciences, social and cultural life in the south of Western Siberia.

There are 16 departments in the University: the Department of Arts, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, History, Journalism, Law, Mathematics, Open Education, Philology, Physics and Technology, Political Science, Psychology, Public Relations, Sociology, Teaching Training, and International Institute of Economics, Management and Informational Systems.

The University possesses significant research and staff potential. More than 900 teaching staff members collaborate here, including 97 Doctors of Sciences and 483 Candidates of Science.

More than 18000 students are enrolled into academic studies in the full-time, evening and correspondence departments. The University offers education in 52 specialities of higher professional education and 18 specialities of secondary professional education, 34 directions of Bachelor's training and 32 directions of Master's training, 56 PhD and 16 doctoral scientific specialities. The University includes 6 branches, 3 Scientific and Research Institutes, 21 Re-training and Qualification Improvement Centres, South-Siberian Botany Gardens, Lake Krasilovo field practice, 7 Research centres, 17 scientific schools have been formed and are actively developing in the University. The University is the founder of 5 small innovative enterprises.

There are Preparatory Courses, where about a thousand of students are being taught at a time, around 60% of whom, as a rule, successfully pass entrance exams.Nearly 2500 high school students have a special training provided by the University. Preparatory study is organized in more than 30 specially oriented classes of Barnaul secondary schools, in the Maths Lyceum, Natural Science College.

The University possesses modern buildings for study, student dorms, scientific research labs, a computer-stock. New information technologies for education are being worked out and widely used in the University. In June, 2012 an electronic reading room with access to the resources of the Presidential Library was opened in the Altai State University. This reading room will help students to find the rich collection of documents on the history of Russia, including documents on the history of the Altai Territory.

The University offers a wide variety of interests for students to join or attend and realize their creative potential. Students can offer themselves as monitors of students groups, organizers of sports or cultural events. So they can join Students League, a social organization of the Altai State University students, the university student club "Legion" which organizes amateur performances, provides information about concerts, competitions and festivals held at the university and in the city.