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Belarusian State University (BSU) ( be, links=no, Белару́скі дзяржа́ўны ўніверсітэ́т, ; russian: links=no, Белору́сский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a university in
Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
,
Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. It was founded on October 30, 1921. In 2021 it was ranked the #1,201 university in the world in the ''
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History


1919-49; early years

On February 25, 1919, the Central Executive Committee of the
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resolved to establish the first national university in
Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. However, the occupation of
Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
by the Polish army delayed these plans, and the university's opening was set back to October 30, 1921. Initially, the university comprised three faculties (Workers, Medicine, and Humanities) that enrolled a total of 1,390 students. The faculty included 14 professors, 49 lecturers and 10 teaching assistants, most of whom were transferred from the universities of
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,
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and
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. In 1922, the Pedagogical Faculty was established. The first class that counted 34 economists and 26 lawyers graduated in 1925. By 1930, the university consisted of six faculties: Workers, Medicine, Pedagogical, National Economy, Law and Soviet Development, Chemical Technology. In 1941 the university consisted of six Faculties: Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics,
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, History, Geography, and Languages. There was also a Workers Faculty that provided part-time education to full-time employees of factories and plants, as well as special part-time
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-language sections. After Minsk was occupied by
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in June 1941, some students and academic staff were evacuated to the east. In May 1943, Belarusian State University was re-opened in the town of
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, 12 km northwest of
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. The university relocated back to Minsk in the summer of 1944 and classes resumed. In 1949, the university was named after
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to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the
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.


1950-2007

In 1975 the Faculty of Radiophysics and Electronics was split off from the Faculty of Physics, and in 1989 the Faculty of Philosophy and Economics was established. The research institutes for physico-chemical problems and nuclear problems were opened in 1978 and 1986, respectively. After Belarus gained independence from the
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in 1991, new faculties and institutes were created: the Faculty of International Relations (1995), the State Institute of Management and Social Technologies (2003), the Military Faculty (2003), the St. Methodius and Cyril Theological Institute (2004), the Humanities Faculty (2004); the Institute of Business and Technology Management (2006), the Confucius Institute for Sinology (2007). Rector
Alyaksandr Kazulin Alyaksandr Kazulin ( be, Аляксандр Уладзіслававіч Казулін, russian: Александр Владиславович Козулин, born 25 November 1955 in Minsk) is the former leader of the Belarusian Social Democr ...
was fired in 2003 on accusations of corruption.


2008-present; criticism and political controversies

In 2008, the activist
Franak Viačorka Francišak Valancinavič (Franak) Viačorka (Viacorka) ( be, Франці́шак Валянці́навіч Вячо́рка, russian: Франтишек Валентинович Вечёрко, ''Frantishek Valentinovich Vechyorko'', born 26 Ma ...
, a member of
Partyja BPF The BPF Party ( be, Партыя БНФ, Partyja BNF; russian: Партия БНФ, Partiya BNF) is a political party in Belarus. It was de facto established after the split of the social movement Belarusian Popular Front (abbr. BPF; be, Бела ...
, was expelled from the Journalism Faculty of the Belarusian State University and forced into military service. In the same year, Michaił Paškievič, a member of the
United Civic Party The United Civic Party (UCP; be, Аб'яднаная грамадзянская партыя; АГП, Abjadnanaja hramadzianskaja partyja; AHP; russian: Объединённая гражданская партия; ОГП, Obyedinonnaya grazhdans ...
and leader of the party's youth wing, was expelled from the BSU History Faculty for political activity. In 2009, the BSU Law Faculty expelled the student Tatsiana Shaputska, a member of the
Malady Front Young Front ( be, Малады Фронт, malady front, МФ) is a Belarusian youth movement registered in the Czech Republic. It is the largest youth organisation of Belarus declaring democratic values. It is a member of the European Democrat ...
, after her participation in the Civil Society Forum of the
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in
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. As part of the
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against the regime in Belarus following a crackdown of the opposition following the
2010 Belarusian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 19 December 2010. The elections were had originally been planned for the beginning of 2011. However, the final date was set during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly on 14 September 20 ...
, Siarhiej Abłamiejka, at that time
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of the Belarusian State University, was banned from entering the
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. In its decision, the EU Council accused him of being ''"responsible for the expulsion of several students from the University because they participated in the demonstrations on 19 December 2010 and in other peaceful demonstrations in 2011."''Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus
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, 2012
It was reported that students were expelled from the Belarusian State University for participating in the protests in 2010 and 2011. According to reports by human rights organizations, politically motivated expulsions from the Belarusian State University continued also after the EU lifted most of its sanctions against Belarus in 2014. According to reports by media and human rights organizations, many students of the Belarusian State University are being forced to vote early at elections and referendums, which is considered an essential part of centralized
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in Belarus. No election or referendum in Belarus has been recognized by the United States, the
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, or the
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as free and fair since the mid-1990s. In 2020–21, several university teachers were fired for political reasons. A number of students who participated in the protests or openly expressed their civil position were expelled. Professor Svetlana Volchek was arrested for writing to the university leadership expressing concern about police violence during the protests, and found guilty of spreading information about a planned protest. In 2021, four previously expelled BSU students were sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for protesting in the university and "disruption of the educational process". All of them were recognized as political prisoners. Several BSU employees were witnesses. Aliaksandr Danilevich, a university professor and a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, was arrested by Belarusian police on May 20, 2022. In February 2022 he had signed a petition calling for an end to the
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. After he signed the petition the university told him they would not extend his contract; the day before his arrest he had asked for a written explanation to why his contract was ended.


Ranking

In 2021 the university was ranked the #1,201 university in the world in the ''
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'', #1,606 by
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.


Campus

Belarusian State University owns buildings at various locations within the city of Minsk. The main campus is located in the city center. The second campus of Belarusian State University is located on the Southwestern outskirts of Minsk. Each of the university study buildings are equipped with classrooms, seminar rooms and reading lounges. There are 70 computer laboratories and 4 media classrooms. The BSU is a complex of academic, research, production, social and cultural, administrative, auxiliary and other units. There are 16 Faculties within the university structure. BSU has 4 Educational Institutes that provide training on undergraduate and post-graduate levels of education. There are a number of Institutes that conduct retraining and advanced training of both youths and adults. The BSU has 11 student dormitories. About 65% of housing provided by the university consists of rooms shared by 3-4 persons with a common kitchen and sanitary arrangements. The BSU has created sports and recreation facilities for its students and staff. Training and health-improving complexes are available.


Military faculty

Military Faculty of the Belarusian State University was established on 4 November 1926, by order of the Soviet Revolutionary Military Council. In 1941, at the outset of the Second World War, military training classes were interrupted only to be resumed in 1943. In the post-war years, the military department continued to train reserve officers in accounting specialties. In 2003, the military department was reorganized into the modern military faculty of BSU.


Scientific research institutes

* Research Institute of Nuclear Problems * Research Institute of physics-chemistry problems * Research Institute of applied physics problems * Research Institute of applied problems of Mathematics and informatics


National research centres

* National Research Centre of Ozonosphere monitoring * National Scientific and Educational Centre of Particles and High-Energy Physics Republican Research Centres * Republican Centre for Human Studies


Inter-departmental centres

* Inter-departmental Centre of national parks and preserves * Inter-departmental Centre research center «Life safety»


Centers of sharing use of unique research equipment

* Belarusian inter-university center of research facilities * Centre of sharing use of devices and equipment of faculty of biology * Laboratory of physical-and-chemical methods of research RI PCP * Centre of nanotechnologies and physical electronics


BSU research centers

* Centre of Applied Problems of Mathematics and Informatics * Education Development Centre * Centre for youth studies * Centre of Sociological and Political studies * Centre for international studies * Centre for international technologies * Centre of informational resources and communications] * Centre of IT security * Childhood development Centre * Centre for Olympic training The research activity is conducted on the basis of 25 Research Centres and 115 Scientific Laboratories. University has 4 Research Institutes: * Research Institute of Applied Physical Problems named after A.N. Sieŭčanka * Research Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University * Research Institute Of Physical And Chemical Problems * Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Informatics The BSU complex also includes 12 unitary scientific-productional enterprises, among them are the following: * Unitehprom BSU (Small-scale chemical and equipment production of various purpose); * Unihimprom BSU (Development of the technology of diesel biofuel production from vegetable oils and other accompanying products); * Unidragmet BSU (treatment of man-caused waste containing precious and non-ferrous metals treatment); * Adamas BSU (Production of diamond monocrystals and instruments made of them); * Engineering department of BSU (Production of computers, traffic controllers and systems of traffic control, software&hardware for medical experts); * Active BSU (production of training devices for physical experiment, vacuum engineering and forage additives; * Sand BSU (production of tests systems for drug detection).


Academic community

The core of the BSU is made of the academic community of teachers, researches, students and postgraduate students. In 2009 approximately 60% of the secondary school graduates from the country's regions were accepted for the full-time budget form of education. On the selection tours of the World Programming Championship BSU team always reaches the finals and gets into the top-20 teams of world.


Programs

The BSU offers a variety of educational programs. The Higher Education Program is organised at the BSU major Faculties and Educational Institutes through 56 specialities and more than 250 specialisations. Training along the Magister's Degree Program is conducted through 48 specialities.


International cooperation

In late 1950s BSU became an international university with hundreds of international students. More than 4,000 students from over 102 countries of the world have studied at the BSU during Soviet times until the late 1990s. The Belarusian State University takes active part in international university networks and associations. It is an individual full member of the
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.


Library

The BSU Fundamental Library's (BSU FL) has 820 readers’ places, 140 workers, 9 home loan departments, 17 departmental and specialised reading rooms. The following digital recourses are available for students and faculty: * The Open Public Access Catalog (OPAC) of the Belarusian State University Fundamental Library. * Electronic Document Delivery Service - Gives opportunity to search, order and delivery of electronic copies of documents that are contained in the funds of BSU FL and its partners-libraries. * Databases. Access to the network (local and utter by licenses) databases. * Digitized collections. Educational and research information materials, publications and BSU conferences’ proceedings. Documents are put on the network in accordance with the
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acting on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. * Virtual exhibitions.


Notable alumni

*
Alena Aladava Alena Vasileŭna Aładava ( née Puk; Belarusian: Алена Васілеўна Аладава; 22 May 1907 – 29 May 1986) was a Soviet art historian and curator, who was Director of the Belarusian National Arts Museum from 1944 to 1977. Ala ...
(1907-1986) - Director of the
Belarusian National Arts Museum The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальны мастацкі музей Рэспублікі Беларусь) is the largest art museum in Belarus and is located in Minsk. The museum comprises more than thirty t ...
*
Lev Artsimovich Lev Andreyevich Artsimovich (Russian: Лев Андреевич Арцимович, February 25, 1909 – March 1, 1973), also transliterated Arzimowitsch, was a Soviet physicist who is regarded as the one of the founder of Tokamak— a device t ...
(1909–1973) - physicist, academician of the
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, member of the Presidium of the
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, and
Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...
*
Fiodar Fiodaraŭ Fiodar Fiodaraŭ, ( be, Фёдар Іванавіч Фёдараў, , russian: link=no, Фёдор Иванович Фёдоров, Fedor Ivanovich Fedorov), (June 19, 1911 – October 13, 1994) was a Soviet and Belarusian physicist, whose scient ...
(1911-1994) - physicist, predicted Imbert–Fiodaraŭ effect * Ivan Mielež (1921-1976) - writer of fiction and drama *
Aleś Adamovič Aleksandr Mikhailovich Adamovich ( be, Аляксандр Міхайлавіч Адамовіч, translit=Aliaksandr Michailavič Adamovič, russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Адамо́вич; 3 September 1927 – 26 January ...
(1927-1994) - writer and critic *
Efraim Sevela Efim Drabkin ( rus, Ефим Евелевич Драбкин), better known by his pen name Efraim Sevela (russian: link=no, Эфраим Севела, he, link=no, אפרים סבלה) (8 March 1928, Babruysk, Belarus18 August 2010) was a Soviet w ...
("Efim Drabkin," 1928–2010) - Soviet-Israeli writer, screenwriter, director, and producer * Anatol Hryckievič (1929-2015) - historian *
Maria Itkina Maria (also "Mariya" and "Marina") Leontievna Itkina ( be, Марыя Лявонцеўна Іткіна; russian: Мария Леонтьевна Иткина; 3 May 19321 December 2020) was a Soviet runner who set multiple world records in vario ...
(1932–2020) - runner, set multiple world records in various sprint events, competed at the 1956, 1960, and 1964
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and finished four times in fourth place. * Stanisłaŭ Šuškievič (1934–2022) - politician and scientist, the first leader and head of state of independent Belarus after the
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* Ivan Chigrinov (1934-1996) - writer * Hienadź Buraŭkin (1936-2016) - diplomat and poet * Miečysłaŭ Hryb (born 1938) - politician, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus *
Svetlana Alexievich Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suff ...
(born 1948) - journalist and author, winner of
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2015 * Uładzimier Arłoŭ (born 1953) - historian, writer, politician, and poet *
Barys Tasman Barys Tasman ( be, Барыс Тасман) (13 November 1954 – 25 June 2022), was a Belarusian journalist, sports reporter and sports analyst. Tasman was born in a Jewish family in Minsk. He graduated from the Belarusian State University w ...
(born 1954) - journalist, sports writer * Iryna Chalip (born 1967) - journalist *
Sunday Adelaja Sunday Adelaja (Russian language, Russian, Belarusian language, Belarusian and Ukrainian Language, Ukrainian: Сандей Аделаджа) is the founder and senior pastor of the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations, an Evangeli ...
(born 1967) - Nigerian journalist, pastor * Volha Čuprys (born 1969) - academic, first female vice rector of this university * Natalla Piatkievič (born 1972) - politician and stateswoman * Yury Ambrazevich (born 1975) - politician and diplomat *
Ilya Nemenman Ilya Mark Nemenman (born January 8, 1975 in Minsk, Belarus) is a theoretical physicist at Emory University, where he is a Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and Biology. He is known for his studies of information processing in biolo ...
(born 1975) - Belarusian-American theoretical physicist at
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, where he is a Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Physics and Biology * Pavał Sieviaryniec (born 1976) - politician * Filip Anadyrov (born 1963) - politician and notable ally of Alexander Lukashenko


Rectors

* Uładzimier Pičeta (1921–1929) * Jazep Karanieŭski (1929–1931) * Ivan Jermakoŭ (1931–1934) * Anani Dziakaŭ (1934–1935) * Alaksiej Kučynski (1936–1937) * Ničypar Bładyka (1937) * Uładzimier Babraŭnicki (1938) * Parfion Savicki (1938–1944) * Uładzimier Tamaševič (1946–1949) * Ivan Čymburh (1949–1952) * Kanstancin Łukašoŭ (1952–1957) * Anton Sieŭčanka (1957–1972) * Usievaład Sikorski (1972–1978) * Uładzimier Bieły (1978–1983) * Leanid Kisialeŭski (1983–1989) * Fiodar Kapucki (1990–1995) *
Alaksandar Kazulin Alyaksandr Kazulin ( be, Аляксандр Уладзіслававіч Казулін, russian: Александр Владиславович Козулин, born 25 November 1955 in Minsk) is the former leader of the Belarusian Social Democr ...
(1996–2003) * Vasil Stražaŭ (2003–2008) * Siarhiej Abłamiejka (2008-2017) * Andrei Karol (from 2017)


References


External links


Official website
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