Murmansk State Pedagogical University

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Murmansk State Pedagogical University
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Murmansk State Pedagogical University

• Founded in 1939
• Since 1956 Murmansk State Pedagogical Institute
• Since 2003 Murmansk State Pedagogical University

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Goals of the University

• The main goal of the University
•  training specialists of various specialities for
  different
• types of educational establishments in
  Russia
• Priorities of the University in its development
• Creation of a new model of education in the
  region according to the Bologna Process
• Broadening of cross-border cooperation
• Creation of programs and courses in English.
• Broadening of Research Activities   

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Structure of MSPU
Academic Council
Rector
Faculties
Units under the board
Deputy Rectors
Teachers
Services in the Central Administration
Students
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Faculties

• 10 faculties and 33 departments
• Training on 38 specialties
• Faculty of Culture and Art
• Faculty of History and Philology
• Faculty of Modern Languages
• Faculty of Natural Sciences
• Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
• Faculty of Pre-school Education
• Faculty of Primary school education
• Faculty of Special Pedagogic and Psychology
• Faculty of Technology and Design
• In-service Training Faculty

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Faculty of Culture and Art

• Drawing
• Art-criticisms
• Music
• Choreography
• Folk art
• Library
• Drama actors

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Faculty of History and Russian Philology

• History
• History and Culture of
• Scandinavian countries
• (specialization)
• Sociology
• Russian Language and Literature

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Faculty of Modern Languages

• English
• French
• German
• Swedish
• Norwegian

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Faculty of Natural Sciences

• Biology
• Geography
• Ecology

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Faculty of Physics and Mathematics

• Mathematics
• Computer science
• Physics
• Mathematical Methods in Economy

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Faculty of Pre-school Education

• Pre-school pedagogic and psychology
• Psychology

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Faculty of Primary School Education

• Pedagogic
• Primary Education

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Faculty of Special Pedagogic and Psychology

• Special Psychology
• Special Pedagogic

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Faculty of Technology and Design

• Technology
• Design
• Business

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In-Service Training Faculty

• Management of the secondary schools (courses
  for the Directors of the schools)
• Management of the pre-school institutions
  (courses for the Directors of the pre-school
  institutions)

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Teachers of MSPU

• STAFF
• Total
  303
• Doctors of Science
  17
• Candidates of Science (PhD) 146
• Lecturers
  140
• Many of them have trained at post-graduate
  courses at the higher educational institutions of
  the Russian Federation or at the Research Centers
  of Moscow or Saint-Petersburg
• A lot of the teachers are very famous in the
  sphere of their experience

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Alexey A. Kiselev

• Full Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences
• Honorary Doctor of MSPU
• Full member of Academy of Pedagogical and Social
  Sciences.
• Veteran of the Great Patriotic War
• Freeman of the City of Murmansk
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education
• The author of tens of books and more than 100
  scientific articles.

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Galina A. Uruntaeva

• Full Professor, Doctor of Psychological Sciences
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education
• Honorary worker of Higher Education of the
  Russian Federation
• The author of hundreds of scientific studies
• The author of study books and teaching aids
  recommended by the Ministry of Education to
  students of all Teacher training institutions and
  Colleges in Russia
• The chief editor of Science and Education
  journal
• One of the authors of the complex of methodical
  materials on pre-school psychology (reading-book,
  school book and practical book) The complex came
  first in the competition of scientific projects
  of the Russian Academy of Education

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Boris. E. Veits

• Professor, Candidate of Mathematics
• Veteran of the Great Patriotic War
• The author of the textbook Algebra and the
  elements of analysis (together with I.T.
  Demidov), which was the main textbook on the
  subject for schoolchildren all over the USSR for
  more than 20 years.

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Students of MSPU

• 
  STUDENTS
• Total
  6000
• Full-time education
  2956
• Part-time education
  236
• Correspondence
  2820
• Postgraduate students
  82
• Entrance to the university is carried out by
  means of
• competition (up to 20 candidates for each
  place)

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Students of MSPU

• Extra-curricular activities available to the
  students
• different Sports Teams
• 2 Student Theatres
• Musical troupe (performances included
  Notre-Dame de Paris and Romeo and Juliet)
• Student newspaper The Planet of MSPU
• Musical and dancing Student Units (the winners of
  the Russian championships)
• Student Employee Center (grant of the Barents
  Secretariat)
• Among our students are
• Possessors of 4 from 5 Governor prizes Olimp
  (2002)
• Champions of the World, Russia and the Polar
  Olympic Games

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Units under the board

• University library
• University Museum
• Educational TV studio
• Publishing Centre

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University Library

• There are
• 4 offices, 3 reading rooms and about 450 000
  books and journals on Natural, Humanitarian and
  Social Sciences.
• wide range of books in foreign languages
  English, German, French, Finnish, Norwegian,
  Swedish
• an electronic data base for the library
  containing more than 24 000 documents
• The library serves more than 15 000 readers
  yearly

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Museum

• Devoted to the history
• of culture and education
• in the Kola North
• Contains more than 4000 exhibits relating to
  Northern Culture
• Regular work with schoolchildren, veterans and
  foreign visitors is carried out within the museum

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Services under the central administration

• Scientific Research Service
• Study Service
• International Service
• Maintenance Service

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Research and scientific activity

• MSPU is a large regional educational and
  scientific centre of the Kola Peninsula. The
  university keeps contacts with the leading
  educational institutions and scientific centres
  of the region and country
• Institute of the Universal History of the Russian
  Academy of Sciences
• State University of Humanities
• The Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences
• St.-Petersburg State University
• Russian State Pedagogical University named after
  Herzen
• Murmansk Marine Biological Institute etc.

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Research Activity

• 2 Expert Councils for awarding the academic
  degree of Candidate of Sciences (Pedagogics and
  Russian History )
• Training in post-graduate courses on 7
  specialties
• More than 80 postgraduate students
• Publication of two journals
  
• - Science and education
• - The Bulletin of the Barents
  Centre
• Organizing scientific conferences

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Maintenance Service

• 4 study buildings
• Students hostel for 520 persons
• 3 student canteens
• First-aid station
• Garage and automobile service
• Sport complex
• Internet

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The structure of the International Service

• International journal The Bulletin of the
  Barents-centre
• French Cultural and resource centre
• German Centre
• Centre for American Studies
• Students Barents Club

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STUDENTS' STUDY AND REST PROGRAMMES

• FIRST (Finland)
• Quota program (Norway)
• Management of organization, project
  administration and innovation (Norwegian
  non-graduate study program)
• International Summer School, Oslo (Norway)
• Leeuwarden Summer School (The Netherlands)
• Summer University in Umea (Sweden)
• Narvik University College (Norway),
  etc.

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International Department

• Deputy Rector for International Relations
• PhD, Assistant Professor Nina Kurganova
• 7 8152 45 27 56
• 7 8152 47 49 31
• e-mail nina_kourganova_at_mail.ru
• The Head of the Department
• PhD, Assistant professor Maria Ilitcheva
• 7 8152 45 27 56
• e-mail
  barentslab_at_mspu.edu.ru

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International Department

• Assistant of the Deputy Rector
• Tatyana Mikhaylova 7 8152 45 27 56
• e-mail
  intero_at_mspu.edu.ru
• Interpreter
• Maria Parshina 7 8152 45 27 56
• e-mail
  intero_at_mspu.edu.ru
• Interpreter
• Ioulia Bakhchalieva 7 8152 47 49 31
• e-mail intero_at_mspu.edu.ru

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Contact information

• Yegorov Street, 15
• 183720 Murmansk Russia
• TEL /FAX [phone]
• TEL [phone]
• E-MAIL INTERO_at_MSPU.EDU.RU
• HTTP//WWW.MSPU.EDU.RU
• Thank you for your cooperation !