Colours Blue/Grey Academic staff 300 | Number of students 3,000 | |
Director Radif Rifkatovich Zamaletdinov Address 2 Tatarstan, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia Campus Both urban and suburban Website kpfu.ru/eng/academic-units/humanities/institute-of-philology-and-intercultural Similar Alexander Butlerov Institute o, Kazan Federal University, Tatar State University of Human, Kazan State Medical, King Faisal University |
General description
Leo Tolstoy Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication is a higher educational institution of Kazan, one of the largest institutes of Kazan (Volga region) Federal University.
Contents
- General description
- History
- Structure
- Directions
- Priority research areas
- Graduates
- Interesting facts
- References
Named after Leo Tolstoy, a former student of Kazan University, now Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication (hereinafter IPIC) has more than 3,000 students, 300 teachers and staff members, including 71 Ph.D and 188 candidates of sciences, 9 teachers from foreign countries.
History
IPIC history began in 1804 with the opening day of the philology department of Kazan Imperial University. IFMK is based on two major universities of the country- Kazan State University and Tatar State University of Humanities and Education, originating from Kazan Imperial University (established in 1804), as well as Kazan Teachers' Institute (founded in 1876), later known as Kazan State Pedagogical University.
Structure
Directions
IPIC mission - to promote the humanities and education development.
The Institute trains highly qualified specialists in the field of philology, arts and intercultural communication. IPIC students comprehend the world of language, literature, art, and master the techniques of professional simultaneous, technical and literary translation from various languages.
Major fields of study:
Priority research areas
In 2016 Kazan Federal University was ranked in the top 200 in the QS subject ranking in linguistics. The contribution of IPIC scholars and professors to this achievement is indisputable.
Graduates
IPIC graduates work in a variety of areas: research, education, mass media - television, newspapers, radio, the press-service, advertising agencies and PR-agencies, as well as in government and commercial organizations.
Interesting facts
Kazan International linguistic center (KLMC) works on the basis of IPIC where everyone can learn English, German, French, Spanish and other languages, get an additional qualification of an interpreter in professional communication, etc. Moreover, here students can prepare for passing the following exams: Unified State Exam (EGE), General State Exam (OGE) and Unified Republic exam (ERE) and for participating in school competitions. KLMC is certified for a number of international and national exams: Cambridge International Examinations, TOEFL, French language exam in tourism and hotel business (CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D’INDUSTRIE DE PARIS), etc.
IPIC actively participates in realizing the state program "Preservation, study and development of the state languages of the Republic of Tatarstan and other languages in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2014 - 2020 years." Among the projects implemented under this program are: