Ivanovo State University () or IvSU () is in

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, about 300 km east of Moscow, Russia. The university was founded in 1918; before 1974, it was called Ivanovo State Pedagogical Institute. IvSU has accreditation and a license from the

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. IvSU has different types of programs from a traditional five-year

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to a four-year

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and a two-year master's degree following the modernization of the Russian education system and the

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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 turn served as a basis for creating a teacher training institute in August 1932. That institute was named after Dmitry Furmanov. Ivanovo State University received its new name in 1974.

Campus

IvSU has 9 academic buildings and three residence halls. The university has a library, sports facility, health centre, zoological and archaeological museums, the "Writers of Ivanovo Region" museum, a

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, and a

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Educational programmes

IvSU offers 23 Bachelor's degree programs, 17 Master's degree programs, ten PhD programs, and a specialist's degree in fundamental and applied chemistry.

International cooperation

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, be more familiar with the cultures of various countries, and gain experience in cross-cultural communication through exchange education, participation in languages, scientific internships, educational tours, and other forms of exchange education.

International activity

Ivanovo State University offers foreign students a wide range of opportunities for developing their creative abilities and enriching their cultural knowledge. At the "A World without Borders" annual interuniversity scientific and practical conference, issues related to intercultural dialogue and interethnic tolerance are discussed. There is an active participation of foreign students in this conference.

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.

Student 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 "Univervidenie", the all-Russian "Student Forum", "Territory of Meanings", "XXI century leader" workshops, etc.

Scientific research

Ivanovo State University carries out fundamental and applied research in 19 scientific fields in the natural and engineering sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. IvSU publishes a number of journals, including 'Liquid Crystals and Their Application', 'Woman in Russian Society', and 'Intelligentsia and the World'. 'Liquid Crystals and Their Application' is included in international citation databases, such as

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and

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Sports

About 3,000 students are engaged in physical education in the university. Sports clubs are available for students interested in

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, badminton, basketball, football, gymnastics, kayaking, kickboxing,

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, table tennis, volleyball, and

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Notable personalities

Staff

Aleksandr Khinchin Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin (, ), July 19, 1894 – November 18, 1959, was a Soviet mathematician and one of the most significant contributors to the Soviet school of probability theory. Due to romanization conventions, his name is sometim ...

Nikolai Luzin Nikolai Nikolayevich Luzin (also spelled Lusin; rus, Никола́й Никола́евич Лу́зин, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈluzʲɪn, a=Ru-Nikilai Nikilayevich Luzin.ogg; 9 December 1883 – 28 February 1950) was a Sov ...

Anatoly Maltsev Anatoly Ivanovich Maltsev (also: Malcev, Mal'cev; Russian: Анато́лий Ива́нович Ма́льцев; 27 November N.S./14 November O.S. 1909, Moscow Governorate – 7 June 1967, Novosibirsk) was born in Misheronsky, near Moscow, and ...

Alumni

Mikhail Dudin Mikhail Aleksandrovich Dudin (; – 31 December 1993) was a Russian Soviet prose writer, poet, translator and journalist, war correspondent. Public figure, screenwriter, author of lyrics and over 70 books of poetry. Hero of Socialist Labor (19 ...

Igor Zhukov Igor Mikhaylovich Zhukov (Russian: Игорь Михайлович Жуков; 31 August 1936 – 26 January 2018) was a Russian pianist, conductor and sound engineer. Zhukov was born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1936 but his family moved to Moscow in ...

References

External links

* {{Authority control Universities in Ivanovo Oblast Universities and colleges established in 1918 Ivanovo 1918 establishments in Russia Cultural heritage monuments in Ivanovo Oblast