"Through Adversity to the Stars"
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Public
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Stepan Beril (PSU)
Eduard Coropceanu (UST)
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, students = 11,000 (PSU)
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Tiraspol
Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...
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Chișinău
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Moldova
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, former_names = Taras Shevchenko State Pedagogical Institute (1933–1992)
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Two universities claim the succession of the Taras Shevchenko State University of Tiraspol: ''Transnistrian State University'' (russian: Приднестровский государственный университет имени Т. Г. Шевченко) located in
Tiraspol
Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...
,
Transnistria
Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...
, and ''Tiraspol State University'' ( ro, Universitatea de Stat din Tiraspol) located in
Chișinău
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,
Moldova
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.
History
The original university in Tiraspol was founded in 1930 as the ''State Pedagogical Institute'' in the
Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
* ro, Proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă! (Moldovan Cyrillic: )
* uk, Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся!
* russian: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
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(MASSR), then being a constituent part of the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
located in modern
Transnistria
Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...
. The institution was renamed in 1939 to honor the Ukrainian poet and painter
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian p ...
, on his 125th birthday.
In 1940, after the
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia
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, part of the territory of the MASSR, including the city of Tiraspol, was allocated to the new
Moldavian SSR
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...
formed by the Soviets.
In July 1992, as a result of the
Transnistria War, the university was officially moved to Chișinău, where it continues to function under the name of Tiraspol State University (UST), while in Tiraspol it was reorganized as the Transnistrian State University (PSU). Thus the university was split in two, both claiming to be the original institution founded in 1930.
PSU
In Tiraspol, the university consists of 12 buildings. It offers internationally accredited courses in partnerships with universities in Russia. Students can study both internally and in absentia. Not only citizens of Transnistria can study there but also people from abroad. Education can be both free and paid. The university employs over 1,000 teaching staff including 36 Doctors and 220 Masters of Science. Among its publications, the
Atlas of Transnistria is often used as a source for data, specialized maps and statistics on Transnistria.
The university has 8 faculties and 84 chairs, offering 54 different majors. Classes are taught mainly in Russian, with only a few programs in Romanian (called "Moldavian in Cyrillic script") and Ukrainian.
* Agrarian and Technological Faculty
* Faculty of Natural Geography
* Faculty of Medicine
* Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology
* Faculty of Physical Education and Sports
* Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
* Faculty of Philology
* Faculty of Economics
There are also four institutes and branches.
* Institute of Public Administration, Law and Social Sciences and Humanities
* Engineering and Technical Institute
*
Bender Polytechnic Branch
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Rîbnița
Rîbnița or Rybnitsa ( ro, Rîbnița or , Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet: Рыбница; russian: Ры́бница, ''Rybnitsa''; uk, Ри́бниця, ''Rybnytsia''; yi, ריבניצע, ''Ribnitse'') is a town in Transnistria (''de facto'') in M ...
branch
UST
In Chișinău, the university has 5 faculties and 7 departments, offering studies in 42 specialties, 17 specializations, and 5 scientific specialties.
Procesul de studii la UST
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* Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Information Technologies
* Faculty of Biology and Chemistry
* Faculty of Philology
* Faculty of Geography
* Faculty of Pedagogy
References
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Shevchenko Transnistria State University
Educational institutions established in 1930
Tiraspol
Education in Chișinău
1930 establishments in the Soviet Union