Kursk State University (
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''Курский государственный университет'') is
Kursk's oldest higher educational institution, founded in 1934 as Kursk State Pedagogical Institute, later in 1994 transformed into Kursk State Pedagogical University and has a current status since 2003.
University today
Today, the university is a science and education center offering modern educational technologies and various forms of vocational training within 99 licensed specialties of higher education (specialist, bachelor and master programmes) as well as PhD programmes in 38 areas of specialisation. The staff of about 900 tutors and researchers in the 67 university departments includes 93 faculty members possess full doctorate degrees.
Kursk State University operates six education buildings, over 100 natural science labs with a variety of high-tech equipment, nearly 50 specialised study rooms for the humanities, an astronomical observatory, ten multimedia classrooms, a conference hall, a TV-centre, industrial training facilities, art studios, a library and reading halls, zoological, mineralogical and archeological museums, a biological and agricultural testing centre, gymnasiums and other facilities.
History
In 1794, a boarding house for noble maidens was opened in
Kursk Governorate
Kursk Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1796 to 1928 with its capital in Kursk.
Administrative divisions
As of 1914, Kursk Governorate included 15 uyezds.
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(in accordance with the reform of
Catherine II
Catherine II. (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter III ...
).
In 1871, it became the Mariinsky Girls' Gymnasium.
After the revolution of 1917, it was transformed into the Kursk Teachers' (later Pedagogical) Institute.
In 1934, the Kursk State Pedagogical Institute was established (the first higher educational institution in
Kursk
Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of
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).
In 1994, the Kursk State Pedagogical Institute became a university, but still a pedagogical one.
Faculties
#Physics and Mathematics
#Natural Sciences and Geography
#Computer Sciences
#Philology
#Foreign Languages
#History
#Economics and Management
#Law
#Pedagogics and Psychology
#Industrial Education
#Special Needs Education
#Philosophy, Social and Cultural Studies
#Theology and Religious Studies
#Fine Arts
#ArtsЫДтИ
#Physical Training and Sport
#Professional Retraining
#Preparatory Studies
#Actual Applied Specialties
See also
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Kursk State University Library
References
External links
Kursk State University website
Kursk
Universities in Kursk Oblast
Cultural heritage monuments in Kursk Oblast
Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of regional significance
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