Petrozavodsk State University
Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU) - 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 - Prof. Anatoly V. Voronin
General information
The university includes Kola branch(Russian) located in Apatity (Murmansk region), 10 institutes, more than 40 international, regional and university innovation centres, training and production facilities, Publishing house, Scientific library (one of the largest libraries in the European North of Russia which funds more than 1 179 042 books), Botanic garden, swimming pool “Onega”. In Petrozavodsk the University has 8 campuses.
The number of PetrSU teaching staff is about 1100 people (over 450 Candidate of Sciences and Associate Professors, 109 Doctors of Science, over 70 Professors, 4 members of the Russian Academy of Sciences). More than 17700 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 77 international agreements with foreign universities, research organizations and scientific-and-production companies from 19 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, TEMPUS, 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.
- Duration of study: B.Sc. - 8 semesters; M.Sc. - 4 semesters; Ph.D. - 6 semesters.
- Academic year structure: Fall semester (September–January); Spring semester (February–June);
- Language of instruction: Russian.
- Language courses offered: Russian, English, Finnish, German, and French.
Terms
- 1st semester starts on September, 1, ends on January, 21.
- 2nd semester starts on February, 7, ends on June, 10.
After each semester the students have to pass exams. The successful grades let go on studying in the following semester.
Faculties, Institutes and Centres of PetrSU
The university comprises 16 faculties:
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Mining and Geology
- Faculty of History
- Faculty of Forest Engineering
- Faculty of Mathematics
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering
- Faculty of Physical Engineering
- Faculty of Philology
- Faculty of Ecology and Biology
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Law
- Institute of foreign languages(Russian)
- Institute of pedagogics and psychology(Russian)
- Institute of physical culture, sport and tourism(Russian)
Institutes of PetrSU
- Regional institute of management, economy and law PetrSU
- The Northern Fisheries Research Institute (SevNIIRH)
- The PetrSU Karelian scientific research institute on timber industry complex(Russian)
- Institute of historical and theoretical problems of folk architecture(Russian)
- Institute of Environmental Management of Nordic Europe of PetrSU
- Institute of High-Tech Biomedical Solutions of PetrSU
- Institute of ICT and Nano-Technologies of PetrSU
- Nordic Research Institute of PetrSU
- Institute of Continuing Education of PetrSU
Centers
- Regional Center for New Information Technologies
- PetrSU Center for Energy Saving & Energy Efficiency
- The PetrSU Interfaculty Ecology and Legal Center
- Budget Monitoring Center (BMC) of PetrSU
- Regional Coordinating Center of the Program "Step to the Future"(Russian)
- Regional Center of the Ministry of Education on Labour Protection and Accident Prevention
- Center for rural education development in the European North
PetrSU international units
- Institute of International Programs
- EU Centre in the Barents area of Russia
- International Summer University
- International programming training camps
- PetrSU-Metso Automation Systems Center
- Nokia - PetrSU Centre of Mobile and Wireless Technologies
- PetrSU - Ponsse Centre
Centers of international language testing
- TORFL (Test of Russian as a Foreign Language)
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
- TOLES (Test of Legal English Skills)
Programs and courses for international students
- Erasmus Mundus Triple I courses
- Pre-University Foundation programme
- Summer University 2014
- Full Degree programmes
- Russian language programmes
- Business Course: Doing Business with Russian Companies
- Course on Biology of Plants
- Course on Ecology Mushrooms in Karelia
- Courses on Forestry
- Courses on Industrial and Civil Engineering
- Courses on Literature
- Courses on History
- Courses on Medicine
- Courses on Law
- Courses on Political Sciences & International Relations
- Special Summer Programme
- Special courses
- Information for Erasmus Mundus exchange students
- Cultural Programmes - coming events
Literature
- Petrozavodsky gosudarstvenny universitet: 1940-2010 (Petrozavodsk State University: 1940-2010) / PetrSU. – Petrozavodsk, [2010]. – [21] p.
- Voronin A. V. Petrozavodsky gosudarstvenny universitet kak sistemoobrazuyuschy regionalny obrazovatelno-nauchno-innovatsionny kompleks (Petrozavodsk State University as core regional educational-scientific-innovation complex) // Universitety v obrazovatelnom prostranstve regiona: opyt, traditsii I innovatsii (Universities in the region educational space: experience, traditions and innovations). – Petrozavodsk, 2010. – P. 1. – P. 3-9. - ISBN 978-5-8021-1103-1
- Vasilyev V.N. Petrozavodsky gosudarstvenny universitet – prioritety kachestva v XXI veke (Petrozavodsk State University – quality priorities in the 21st century) // Universitety v obrazovatelnom prostranstve regiona: opyt, traditsii I innovatsii (Universities in the region educational space: experience, traditions and innovations). – Petrozavodsk, 2005. – P. 1. – P. 84-88. – ISBN 5-8021-0483-X
- Chernov S.N. Petrozavodsky gosudarstvenny universitet (PetrGU): na voprosy zhurnala “Zakon” otvechaet dekan yuridicheskogo fakulteta, doctor yuriditcheskih nauk (Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU): Dean of the Law Faculty, PhD, answers the questions of the magazine “Zakon”)/ S.N. Chernov //Zakon. – 2007. - № 4. – P. 245-247. - ISSN 0869-4400
- Gurtov V.A. Petrozavodsky gosudarstvenny universitet kak bazovy resurs kadrovogo i nauchnogo obespecheniya sotsialno-ekonomicheskogo razvitiya Evropeiskogo severa Rossii (Petrozavodsk State University as a basis resource of human and scientific resourcing of the social-economic development of the European North of Russia) // Regionalnaya nauchno-tehnicheskaya politika i rol vysshei shkoly v ee realizatsii: opyt regionov (Regional scientific-technical policy and role of high school in its realization: experience of the regions). – Tver, 2002. – P. 155-161
References
- Information for international students
- Institute of International Programs
- Petrozavodsk State University
- Botanic Garden of Petrozavodsk State University
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Mathematics
- Karelian regional Institute of management, economics and law at PetrSU
- Kola Branch of PetrSU (Russian version)
- Barents EU Centre of PetrSU
- Regional Center for New Information Technologies(Russian)
- PetrSU-Metso Automation Systems Center
- Budget monitoring center (BMC) of PetrSU(Russian)
- Regional Coordinating Center of the Program "Step to the Future"(Russian)