Ivanovo State University

Ivanovo State University (russian: Ива́новский госуда́рственный университе́т) or IvSU (russian: ИвГУ) is in Ivanovo, about 300 km east of Moscow, Russia. The university was founded in 1918; before 1974 was called Ivanovo State Pedagogical Institute.

IvSU has accreditation and license from the Russian Ministry of Education. It is a member of Euroasian association of universities and Russian Association of Classical Universities, co-operates with educational institutions of Germany ( Passau University and the Berlin Technical University), Sweden (University of Uppsala), Denmark (Aarhus University, Institute of Business and Technology in Herning (Xiangtan University) among many others. It was in the 1960s that programs aimed at training students from socialist countries began to be offered to international students. There was a separate Department of Russian as a Foreign Language established in 1982 in order to prepare international students to study in Russia. This university was the first in the region to offer degrees outside the Soviet system, offering degrees in economics in 1976, law in 1962, sociology in 1999, and applied programming in 1999.

IvSU has different types of programs from traditional five years specialist degree to four years bachelor's degree and two years master's degree following the modernization of Russian education system and Bologna Process. Also, the university has 10 specialized councils that grant the degree of Kandidat Nauk as well as postgraduate degree of Doktor Nauk in the fields of history, technical science, linguistics, philosophy and economics.

History

Ivanovo State University was founded on 21 December 1918 as Ivanovo-Voznesensk Institute of National Education. On 12 July 1923 it was transformed into a teacher training college which in its turn served as a basis for creating a teacher training institute in August 1932. That institute was named after Dmitry Furmanov. Ivanovo State University – as a successor of that institute – has been successfully functioning since 1973.

Facilities and resources

The structure of IvSU:
* 9 academic buildings;
* 3 halls of residence with all modern conveniences;
* a university library and reading-rooms;
* a sports facilities;
* a health centre;
* computer centres and multimedia classrooms;
* educational and scientific laboratories;
* zoological and archaeological museums, the museum "Writers of Ivanovo Region";
* a botanical garden and a vivarium.

Educational programmes

IvSU students are providedtrained in several educational programmes:

Bachelor's degree
* Mathematics
* Mathematics and Computer Science
* Fundamental Computer Science and Information Technology
* Physics
* Chemistry
* Biology
* Applied Informatics
* Nanotechnology and Microsystems Engineering
* Psychology
* Economics
* Management
* Human Resource Management
* Sociology
* Social Work
* Jurisprudence
* International Relations
* Advertising and Public Relations
* Journalism
* Teacher Education
* Psychological and Pedagogical Education
* Philology
* History
* Physical Education

Master's degree

* Mathematics
* Mathematics and Computer Science
* Physics
* Chemistry
* Biology
* Applied Informatics
* Psychology
* Economics
* Management
* Finance and Credit
* Sociology
* Jurisprudence
* International Relations
* Journalism
* Psychological and Pedagogical Education
* Philology
* History

Specialist's degree
* Fundamental and Applied Chemistry

PhD Degree
* Mathematics and Mechanics
* Chemical Sciences
* Mechanical Engineering
* Psychological Sciences
* Economics
* Sociological Sciences
* Education and Pedagogical Sciences
* Linguistics and Literature Studies
* Historical Sciences and Archeology
* Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Studies

International cooperation

As one of the most important international scientific and educational centers in the region, Ivanovo State University plays an important role. The success of the center can be attributed to the considerable competence of the staff of our university and the promotion of cross-cultural tolerance, which are the pillars of its work.

In today's world, IvSU has established partnerships with educational and scientific institutions in Bulgaria, Belarus, Vietnam, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Finland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Uzbekistan, Denmark, China, and Uzbekistan.

The acting agreements give IvSU students and faculty an opportunity to improve their professional knowledge and language skills, to be more familiar with the cultures of various countries, and to gain experience of cross-cultural communication through exchange education, participation in languages, scientific internships, educational tours, and other forms of exchange education.

International activity

A number of foreign specialists have been trained at the Ivanovo State University since 1978. There are over 500 students who have come to the university from over 40 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe to study at the university. In addition to these countries, there are others like the Congo, China, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Germany, Vietnam, the Czech Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, etc. Graduates of IvSU have gone on to work in a variety of countries throughout the world, including Germany, Vietnam, Holland, China, Canada, the United States, Mongolia, Cameroon, Syria, Angola, etc.

The following educational programmes are available to foreign students at IvSU:
* An additional educational programme that is designed to provide training and education to foreign citizens and stateless persons in order to enable them to master a professional educational programme in Russian (preparatory department).
* In addition, additional professional education is provided under the program "Russian as a Foreign Language" (professional retraining), which gives the right to teach Russian as a foreign language at an early stage, as well as to translate Russian.
* Additional training under the program "Russian as a Foreign Language" is provided in the form of coursework and internships, exchange education, and advanced training, namely "Methods of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language."
* For foreign citizens, the main professional program is entitled "Russian language and culture in the modern world" (Master's degree).

Ivanovo State University offers foreign students a wide range of opportunities for developing their creative abilities and for enriching their cultural knowledge. At the annual interuniversity scientific and practical conference "A World without Borders", issues related to intercultural dialogue and interethnic tolerance will be discussed. There is an active participation of foreign students in this conference. There is a student organization named the "Welcome Center" within the framework of a federal project called "Your Route is Russia!" The residents of the center actively involve foreign students at IvSU in the activities they carry out. As part of International Student Day, IvSU takes an active part in a concert and exhibition devoted to the celebration of the day.

Career centre and Future Skills Preparation

A main objective of the center is to help undergraduate and graduate students at IvSU adapt to the present-day labor market and provide them with career guidance. There is also a center that helps high school graduates to choose a career path for the future.

About 95-97% of IvSU graduates are able to find employment within a half year of graduating from the university. It is estimated that around 70% of them are employed directly in the fields in which they majored. There are more than 30% of graduate students who are able to combine their studies with work successfully.

Students' life

IvSU students take an active part in a number of all-Russian forums and workshops such as "Students' Russia", contests "Student of the Year" and "Univervision", all-Russian "Student Forum", "Territory of Meanings", "XXI century leader" workshops etc.

Student projects include:
* "Your Choice" – a multilevel school for most active students;
* "Hello! You’re a student!" – a project aimed at first-year students;
* "Initiation to Studentship" – a contest/performance;
* "Hello, we’re looking for talented people!" a contest/performance;
* "The World without Borders" – an intercultural project;
* "Dance Week" – a dance contest;
* "Students' Spring" – a creativity contest;
* "MegaQR" – a photo quest, etc.

Dormitories

Ivanovo State University offers its students three comfortable dormitories located next to the university buildings. All the dormitories have the possibility of accessing the Internet.

There are beds, wardrobes, bedside tables, desks and bookshelves in the dormitory rooms. Students can use washing machines, refrigerators and cooking stoves. Dormitories have study rooms, winter gardens and sports halls

Famous graduates of Ivanovo State University

Famous scientists have worked at the university: biologist S. N. Bogolyubsky (first rector of the institute), mathematicians N. N. Luzin, A. Ya. Khinchin, D. E. Menchov, A. I. Maltsev, physicists A. I Nekrasov, R. V. Kunitsky, V. S. Sorokin, historians D. M. Petrushevsky, A. A. Kizevetter, A. Z. Manfred, A. P. Kazhdan, writers N. F. Belchikov, D. E Maximov, philosopher A. I. Uyomov and others.

Among the graduates are famous writers Mikhail Dudin, Oleg Gorelov, Pavel Kupriyanovsky, Leonid Taganov, Dmitry Bushuev, Igor Zhukov, Moscow Region Prosecutor Alexander Anikin. One of the university's graduates is the First Deputy Prosecutor of the Vologda Oblast and Honorary Worker of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation Alexei Vasilkov.

Scientific research

Ivanovo State University carries out fundamental and applied research in 19 scientific fields. These fields cover practically the whole spectrum of current scientific trends:
* The Natural and Engineering Sciences – 6 fields,
* The Humanities – 7 fields,
* The Social Sciences – 6 fields.

Collaboration of the scientific and educational centres results in coordination of educational process and research:
* Nanomaterials Research Institute
* Intelligentsia Studies Research Institute
* The Tribological Centre of Science and Education
* The Chemical Physics Centre of Science and Education
* The Centre of Studies focusing on the 'Problems of Economic Reliability of Production Systems'
* The Centre of Studies focusing on the 'Problems of Mathematics and Computer Sciences'
* The Archaeological Centre of Science and Education
* The Research Centre of Studying the German Law
* The Laboratory of Communicative Behavior of a Human Being
* The Laboratory of the Research in the Post-Soviet Era
* The Public Laboratory of Research in Criminal and Legal Law
* The Centre of Studies focusing on the Problems of Economic Reliability of Production Systems
* The Center of Industrial and Information Technologies
* The Centre of Studies focusing on the Written Word in the Context of Culture
* The Centre of Ethnic and National Research
* Current Problems of Modern Lexicography
* The Research Centre of Regional Development
* The Research of Poetics of Classical Russian Literature

IvSU publishes a number of scientific journals. Among them one can mention such publications as 'Liquid Crystals and Their Application', 'Woman in Russian Society' and 'Intelligentsia and the World' which are included into the special list of journals recommended for publishing main results of research aimed at gaining the academic degrees of Candidates and Doctors of Sciences.

Besides, the journal 'Liquid Crystals and Their Application' is included into the international citation data bases 'Web of Science' and 'Scopus'. In 2017 the journal 'Woman in Russian Society' was also included into 'Scopus' international citation database.

Sports activity

About 3,000 of students are engaged in physical education in the university. The University Sport Festivals, Freshman Sport Festival, university personal championships, Sport Fests, Health Days, Teachers and Staff Sports Festival, Family Festival, Skiing and Running Festivals are held annually.
Representative teams take part in the regional sport festivals among universities, the best athletes of the university participate in national and international competitions.

Students can choose a suitable sports club:
* Athletic gymnastics
* Aerobics
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Volleyball
* Kayaking
* Kickboxing
* Athletics
* Ski race
* Table tennis
* Powerlifting
* Sambo
* Combat Sambo
* Chess
* Football
* Wushu

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Universities in Ivanovo Oblast
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1918 establishments in Russia
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