The Far Eastern State University of Humanities (previously KSPU — Khabarovsk State Pedagogical University) is a university in

Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is located in the Russian Far East and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. The administrative centre of the krai is the types of ...

, in the Far East of

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History

Establishment

Far Eastern State University of Humanities was initially established as a

Pedagogical 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 ...

Institute. The decision to establish a new Pedagogical Institute in the Far East of the

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was made in the year 1934.

Expansion and growth

Following the development of the institute and overall faculty growth in 1994, the

Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation ( or Minobrnauki of Russia) existed from March 2004 till May 2018. It oversaw scientific institutions, education and school accreditation in the Russian Federation. The agency had its hea ...

transformed the institute into a Pedagogical University. In 2005, following the federal decision it was renamed to the Far Eastern State University of Humanities.

Divisions and faculties

* Institute of psychology and management * Faculty of physical culture * Faculty of Biology and Chemistry * Art and Design Division * History Department * Institute of ''Mathematics, Physics and Informational Technology'' * Faculty of Philology * Faculty of Special Psychology and Pedagogy * Institute of Linguistics and International Communications * Eastern Languages Department Currently Far Eastern State University of Humanities has 6 campuses with specialized study and lecture halls and laboratories.Об университете
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International partners

In early 1990 the University established a cooperation partnership with

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(Portland, OR, USA). There are also established relations with the

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(USA), and

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(Japan), as well as cooperation agreements with

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(Switzerland) and

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(Germany). In addition to student exchange programs this allows for joint scientific research and development studies.

References

External links

* {{authority control Universities and colleges established in 1934 Education in Khabarovsk Universities in the Russian Far East Public universities and colleges in Russia