| Buryat State University | |
|---|---|
| Бурятский государственный университет (Burytskiy gosudarstvennyi universitet) | |
| Established | 1932 |
| Type | Public university |
| Rector | Stepan Vladimirovich Kalmykov |
| Academic staff | 15 |
| Admin. staff | 2000 |
| Students | 12 000 |
| Location | Ulan Ude, Russia |
| Website | Official website |
Buryat State University is a tertiary education facility in Ulan Ude, Buryat Republic. Courses are taught in Russian and Buryat. It was established in 1932 as Buryat State Teachers' Training College, and it became a university in 1995. It is a member of the University of the Arctic.
BSU is located in the city of Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Founded in 1666, Ulan-Ude is situated 5500 km from Moscow, the capital of Russia, and 450 km from Ulan-Bator.
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Buryat Pedagogical Institute is one of the oldest universities in Siberia. It was organized by the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR of 10 January 1932 on the basis of the Buryat-Mongolian branch of the Irkutsk State Pedagogical Institute. The composition of the institute included four departments: physics and mathematics, science, literary, linguistic and socio-economic. The first intake, of 146 students, was held in autumn 1932. For the organization of the education process and scientific-research work, qualified personnel were sent to Buryatia.
In 1932 the high school employed 22 teachers. The institute is housed in a three-story brick house on the corner of Leninand and Working streets (now Sukhbaatar). The education building had 10 classrooms and labs and one lecture hall. In the hostel, students were allocated a stone building of the former house of the farmers with 90 seats.
In autumn 1932, the institute opened pedrabfak (faculty for workers) with a four-year colleges for training and admission to college for boys and girls for seven- and nine-year education. In January 1933, the correspondence department was opened. In September 1934, the Teachers' Institute opened. It was at the pedagogical institute and trained teachers for the seven-year schools.
For 63 years of its existence (1932–1995) Buryat teacher's college has become a recognized and leading educational institution. More than 95% of the teachers of Buryatia, and many educators Agin and Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug, Irkutsk and Chita regions are graduates of this pedagogical institute.[1]
Buryat State University, one of the oldest universities in Siberia, formed in accordance with Presidential Decree of 30 September 1995 and Government Decree dated November 2, 1995 on the basis of the Buryat State Pedagogical Institute (founded 1932) and branch of Novosibirsk State University in Ulan-Ude.
Currently, BSU is a system institution: a training personnel for all of education, science, management, economics, health, social services, etc.[2]
The priority research trends at BSU include among others: information and telecommunications technology and electronics, space and aviation technology, new transportation technology, ecology and rational nature-usage, and energy-saving technology.[3]
BSU successfully cooperates with academic and research centres in many countries. Every year, more than 150 international students study at BSU and the university carries out non-commercial student and lecturer exchange with its foreign partner organizations. The university organises annual Lake Baikal summer camps for foreign students and teachers.
International students have the opportunity to take courses in the Russian and Buryat languages, in which they can also learn about Russian and local culture.
BSU students study in universities in China, Mongolia, South Korea, Turkey, Poland, and Germany.[4]
Buryat State University offers courses of Russian as a foreign language. The department “Russian as a Foreign Language” was founded in September 2002 at the Philology Faculty of Buryat State University.[5] Also there is a Master's programme for the direction «Philology» (Russian language / Russian literature) for international students.[6]