Type Public Students 14,000 Total enrollment 9,653 (2014) Founded 30 October 1974 Campus urban | Established 1980 Phone +7 844 246-02-79 Rector Oleg Vasilʹevich Inshakov | |
Address prosp. Universitetskiy, 100, Volgograd, Volgogradskaya oblast', Russia, 400062 Motto Ab voce ad rem; (Russian: От слова к делу) Similar Volgograd State Technical, Volgograd State Pedagogi, Volgograd State Medical, Volgograd State University, Volgograd State Agricultur Profiles | ||
Volgograd State University (VolSU, Russian: Волгоградский государственный университет) is one of the leading institutions of higher education in Volgograd, Russia.
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History and academic reputation
The first year enrollment (250 people) was made in 1980 and offered only 5 majors: Mathematics, Physics, History, Philology, and Linguistics on the sole at the Faculty of Sciences and Humanities. Today, the structure of the university includes Volzhsky Humanitarian Institute and five campuses in the cities of Volgograd Region: Kalach-na-Donu, Uryupinsk, Mikhaylovka, Frolovo in Akhtubinsk, (Astrakhan Oblast).
VolSU is a Member of the Eurasian Association of Universities Eurasia, the Association of Classic Universities of Russia, the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature; Regional Centre for Science, Education and Culture.
VolSU has 48 faculties and research centers, 22 four-year bachelor (Russian: бакалавр) degrees, 11 two-year master's (Russian: магистр) degrees, 42 kandidat nauk (Candidate of science, equals PhD) postgraduate degrees, and 9 doktor nauk (Doctor of science) degrees.
The university is constantly attended by more than 14 thousand students and postgraduates. There is a system of additional vocational training, which implements the President's Management Training Program of Russia and retraining programs, dual degree, professional training. Established partnerships with the Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University, University of Cologne, University of Sorbonne, InHolland University (Netherlands) and other higher educational institutions of Russia, Europe and America. Volgograd is one of the best universities in Russia to prepare experts in the field of international relations.
Faculties and departments
Ranking
In 2015 VolSU was ranked among the best 150 schools of developing Europe and Central Asia according to Quacquarelli Symonds . In 2015 VolSU was ranked among top-20 best schools of Russia in the category "economics and management".