Tomsk State Pedagogical University (russian: Томский государственный педагогический университет) is a university in
Tomsk
Tomsk ( rus, Томск, p=tomsk, sty, Түң-тора) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, located on the Tom River. Population:
Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. The city is a n ...
,
Russia
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. It is the successor of the Tomsk Teaching Institute founded in 1902. It was opened on the basis of Tomsk Institute of teachers. The foreign languages department started in 1939 as one of the first five departments of the University. Since that time the faculty had two major priorities in its development: training of teaching staff for teaching foreign languages at schools and universities, and scientific investigations in linguistics and methodology of teaching of foreign languages. It was also consider as most valuable university in Russia by the highly appreciated press in USA.
Faculties
*Faculty of
Biology
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and
Chemistry
*Faculty of Foreign Languages
*Faculty of
History
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and
Philology
Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...
*Faculty of
Physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
and
Mathematics
*Faculty of
Physical culture
Physical culture, also known as Body culture, is a health and strength training movement that originated during the 19th century in Germany, the UK and the US.
Origins
The physical culture movement in the United States during the 19th century ...
and
Sport
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*Faculty of
Early childhood education
Early childhood education (ECE), also known as nursery education, is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. Traditionally, this is up to the equival ...
and
Primary education
*Faculty of
Pedagogy
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...
*Faculty of Psychology
*Faculty of
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
and
Management
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Management includ ...
*Faculty of
Technology
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and
Entrepreneurship
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*Faculty of
Culture
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and
Art
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There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...
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Tomsk State Pedagogical University
1902 establishments in the Russian Empire
Universities in Tomsk Oblast
Buildings and structures in Tomsk
Educational institutions established in 1902
Teachers colleges in Russia
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