Kaluga State University (KSU, russian: Калужский государственный университет), or in full, Kaluga State University in the name of K. E. Tsiolkovsky (russian: Калужский государственный университет имени К. Э. Циолковского) is a university in
Kaluga
Kaluga ( rus, Калу́га, p=kɐˈɫuɡə), a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in Russia, stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population:
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Russia
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The university was founded in 1948 as Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute. In 1963 it was named K. E. Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute, in honour of
rocket scientist
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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (russian: Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский , , p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɪdʊˈardəvʲɪtɕ tsɨɐlˈkofskʲɪj , a=Ru-Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.oga; – 19 September 1935) ...
. In 1994 it became K. E. Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State Pedagogical University, and in 2010 K. E. Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State University.
The university consists of nine institutes:
* Arts and Socio-Cultural Design;
* Engineering and Technologies;
* History and Law;
* Linguistics and World Languages;
* Medical;
* Natural Sciences;
* Pedagogics;
* Philology and Mass Media;
* Psychology;
Also The University has Institute for the Development of Professional Competencies.
There are three museums in the university: The Museum of KSU's history; The Museum-study of
Alexander Chizhevsky
Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Чиже́вский, also Aleksandr Leonidovich Tchijevsky) (7 February 1897 – 20 December 1964) was a Soviet-era interdisciplinary scientist, a biophysicist ...
; The Museum of the Natural Sciences' Institute.
The University publishes the scientific quarterly "The Kaluga University Bulletin" ( rus, Вестник Калужского университета), "The Kaluga University Bulletin. Series 1. Psychological sciences. Pedagogical Sciences" ( rus, Вестник Калужского университета. Серия 1. Психологические науки. Педагогические науки), "The Kaluga University Bulletin. Series 2. Studies in Philology" ( rus, Вестник Калужского университета. Серия 2. Исследования по филологии), "The Kaluga University Bulletin. Series 3. History. Politics. Law" ( rus, Вестник Калужского университета. Серия 3. История. Политика. Право.)
The rector of the university is .
Names
*1948-1963 — Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute
*1963-1994 — Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute
*1994-2010 — Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State Pedagogical University
*Since 2010 — Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State University
Gallery
File:Kaluga State University. New building.jpg, The University building on Stepan Razin street, 22/48
File:Kaluga State University. Institute of Natural Science building (2).jpg, The University building on Stepan Razin street, 26
File:Kaluga State University. Institute of History and Law building (1).jpg, The University building on Lenin street, 83/2
File:Kaluga State University. Institute of Pedagogy building.jpg, The University building on Voskresenskiy lane, 4
External links
Official website
Universities in Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga
Universities and colleges established in 1948
1948 establishments in Russia
Kaluga State University
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