Gorno-Altaisk State University
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GASU, Lenkin Str. 1, Phone: +7(38822)6-68-83 |
Gorno-Altaisk State University was founded in 1949. Its primary task was to train teachers for the Altai region. There were only 10 instructors at that time who taught 128 students at 3 departments. In 1993 it was given the status of the classical University. At present 5500 students and 100 postgraduates are enrolled at the University and 400 instructors work here, more than a half of them with scientific degrees.
There are 10 Faculties at the University which provide training in 30 specialities.
The Faculty of Biology and Chemistry
- Biology (qualification "Biologist"), specializations: "Botany", "Zoology", "Anthropology".
- Chemistry (qualification "Chemist. Chemistry Teacher"), specialization: "Methods of teaching Chemistry".
- Fundamentals of Health and Safety (qualification "Teacher of Fundamentals of Health and Safety").
Additional training programs: Psychology, Phytodesign, Chemistry of the Environment and Expertise Chemistry, Criminalistic Chemistry and Law.
The department has a number of well-equipped laboratories and in 1996 a certified chemical ecological research laboratory was opened.
The Faculty of Geography
- Geography (qualification "Geographer"), specializations: "Physical Geography", "Economic Geography".
- Physical Education (qualification "Teacher of PE").
Additional training programs: Management of Tourism and Interpreting, Ecotourism and Regional Studies, Recreation and Sport and Health Improving Tourism.
The Faculty of History
- History (qualification "Historian. History Teacher"), specializations: "Home History", "Modern and Contemporary History", "Archaeology", "Ethnology".
Additional training programs: Sociology, Regional Studies, Ethnographic Tourism, Jurisprudence.
The Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
- Mathematics (qualification "Mathematician"), specializations: "Mathematical Analysis", "Geometry and Topology", "Computational Mathematics".
- Physics (qualification "Physicist"), specialization "Theoretical Physics", "Physics of Magnetic Phenomena".
- Computer Sciences (qualification "Teacher of Computer Sciences").
Additional training programs: Computer Sciences and Computer Technology.
The Faculty of Agriculture
- Agronomy (qualification "Scientist-Agriculturist"), specializations: "Crop Production".
- Veterinary Science (qualification "Veterinary"), specializations: "Illnesses of Small Unproductive Animals".
- Mechanization of Agriculture (qualification "Engineer")
- Technology of Production and Processing of Agricultural Products (qualification "Technologist of Agricultural Products").
Additional training programs: Veterinary-Sanitary Expertise, Forensic-Veterinary Expertise, Agro-business, Management in Agro-Industrial Complex.
The Faculty of Philology
- Philology (qualification "Philologist. Teacher"), specializations: "Russian Language and Literature", "Altaian Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature".
- Altaian Language and Literature (qualification "Teacher of Altaian Language and Literature").
- Russian Language and Literature (qualification "Teacher of Russian Language and Literature").
Additional training programs: Journalism, English.
The Faculty of Languages
- Foreign Language (qualification "Foreign Language Teacher), specializations: "English-German", "German - English".
Additional training programs: Theory and Practice of Translation in the Sphere of Regional Tourism (English).
The Faculty of Economics
- Management (qualification "Manager"), specializations: "Hotel and Tourist Business", "Financial Management".
- Accounting and Auditing (qualification "Economist").
- Home Economics (qualification "Economist").
- Applied Computer Science in Economics (qualification "Programmer in Economics"), specializations: "Information Systems in Administration", "Information Systems in Accounting, Analysis and Auditing".
Additional training programs: Economics of Tourism, Information Systems in Accounting, Analysis and Auditing, Home Economics.
The Faculty of Law
- Law (qualification "Lawyer"), specializations: "State Law", "Civil Law", "Criminal Law".
The Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Pedagogy and Psychology (qualification "Educator-Psychologist").
- Social Pedagogy (qualification "Social Educator").
- Psychology (qualification "Psychologist. Teacher of Psychology").
Additional training programs: Educational Management, Social Work
The Agricultural College
The agricultural college is included into the University structure. It trains specialists in Agriculture, Veterinary Sciences, Accounting, Farming and Hunting Management.
The University has its own printing facilities which allow publishing scientific papers and teaching aids. There are several computer laboratories where at the moment the work on introducing GIS of the Altai Republic is going on. There are several museums at the University: the zoological museum, the geographical museum, the archaeological museum, and the museum of the University development. The University has apartments for visiting professors and recreational facilities on the shore of Lake Teletskoe.
The Altai Republic enjoys the image of one of the most ecologically clean regions of Russia. It is famous for its various landscapes where you can find glaciers, highland tundra, steppes, taiga, clear lakes and white-water rivers. More than 20% of its territory is protected and in 1998 the Altai reserves were included into the World Heritage List. The historical and cultural heritage of the region is extremely rich - one of the routes of the Great Silk Road crossed it. Many nations and ethnic groups claim the Altai to be the place of their origin. Archaeological finds from Scythian barrows are represented in many museums including the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. The work in the Altai might be of great interest for scientists in different fields of research - geography, geology, zoology, biology, archaeology, linguistics, etc.
The Gorno-Altaisk University has established ties with the universities of the neighbouring regions - Tomsk, Barnaul, and Novosibirsk. At the same time the University develops its international contacts and it signed agreements on collaboration with the Ulan-Bator University (Hovdo branch, Mongolia), the University of Northern British Columbia (Canada), the Free University of Brussels and the Gent University (Belgium), the University of Kansas , Kansas State University, Haskell Indian Nations University (USA) and Ecole Polytechnique (France).
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Updated 27.11.2009 by N. Yurkova
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