Rector - Podkolzin
Vyacheslav Vitalyevich, candidate of Natural Sciences,
Professor. 1914. Establishment of
Voronezh Teacher Training Institute. 1921. Voronezh State University
was supplemented by the Pedagogical Faculty. 1931. Foundation of
Voronezh State Teacher Training Institute 1993. Voronezh State Teacher
Training Institute received university status.
VSPU employs 496 persons, including 37 professors and doctors of science,
215 associated professors and candidates, 3 honored workers of
science. VSPU has trained 60 thousands of specialists, including 1060
foreign specialists from 35 countries. VSPU
offers training at 8 faculties in the following streams and areas of
specialization: •Mathematics and Phisics: Computer Science,
Mathematics, Phisics, Business and Technology (BSc in Education, Specialist); •Natural Studies and Geography: Geography,
Biology, Chemistry, Ecology (BSc in Education,
Specialist); •Russian Language and
Literature: Russian Language and Literature (Specialist); •Foreign Languages: English, German, French
(Specialist); •History: History, Sociology and Pedagogics,
Economics (BSc in Education,
Specialist); •Psychology and
Counseling: Psychology and Pedagogics, Pedagogics and Methods of
Elementary Education (Specialist); •Fine
Arts: Music, Painting, Drawing (BA in
Education, Specialist), Crafts (Specialist); •Physical Education: Physical Education,
Coaching, Recreation Life and Health Care (Specialist). Students are offered the levels of
training and study courses leading to BSc and BA
degrees, a specialist degree with a diploma. VSPU has postgraduate and doctoral courses. VSPU
offers courses in 25 areas. There are day-time, correspondence types of
studying and external studies. Lectures and practical courses are in
English, German and French.. The Pre-entry and
Postgraduate Preparatory Faculty provides upgrading and retraining
specialists, offers training in the following areas: Psychology,
Logopaedics, Basis of Computer Science. There are preperatory courses for
university entrants. VSPU has established international
links. Its collaborators are University of Rennes (France), University of
Cannes (France), Bauhaus University of Weimar (Germany) and Longwood
College (USA). VSPU provides 10 monthes Russian
language preparatory courses for foreign citizens in Humanitarian,
Technical, Medical-biological fields. There are 4 study buildings, 3
hostels, the publishing and printing houses, Research biostation.
Teachers, officials and students of VSPU have an opportunity to use
refectory, Summer Recreation Campus and sport centre. For
foreign students ther are good living conditions. Fee for a single room at
hostel is 100$ per a year. Foreign partners of VSPU are
University of Rennes, University of Cannes (France), and Longwood College
(USA). VSPU collaborates with Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Soros
Foundation. Scientists of VSPU take part in programmes of Soros
Foundation. Voronezh State Teacher Training University provides multi-level system of education for foreign
citizens: •pre-entry training in
Humanitory, Technical and Medicine-Biology full-time courses according BSc
in Education programme (4 years), a specialist with a diploma (5
years) •internship courses •day-time and correspondence postgraduate
courses •external studies •various types of stages •upgrading
courses •Russian Language courses (10 monthes, 3-4 weeks).