Kaluga State University (KSU, ), or, in full, Kaluga State University in the name of K. E. Tsiolkovsky (), is a university in
Kaluga
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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 (; rus, Константин Эдуардович Циолковский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɪdʊˈardəvʲɪtɕ tsɨɐlˈkofskʲɪj, a=Ru-Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.oga; – 19 September 1935) was a Russi ...
. 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; The Museum of the Natural Sciences' Institute.
The University publishes the scientific quarterly "The Kaluga University Bulletin" (), "The Kaluga University Bulletin. Series 1. Psychological sciences. Pedagogical Sciences" (), "The Kaluga University Bulletin. Series 2. Studies in Philology" (), "The Kaluga University Bulletin. Series 3. History. Politics. Law" ()
The rector of the university is , replaced
Yury Drobyshev in this post.
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
References
External links
Official website
Universities in Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga
Universities and colleges established in 1948
1948 establishments in Russia
1948 establishments in the Soviet Union
Kaluga State University
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