General Information
Omsk State Pedagogical University (OSPU), founded in 1932, plays leadership role among the pedagogical Universities in the West Siberian region on training professionals in the shere of education. For the success in teacher training the University received a special award in 1982. According to the data of the annual monitoring of the Higher Education Institutions, Omsk State Pedagogical University was ranked among the 30 best pedagogical and linguistic Universities in the Russian Federation during 5 years. For more than 70 years of its history OSPU has become a modern scientific and education centre with 14 Schools, the Institute of Further Professional Education, Academic Lyceum, the OSPU branches in Tara and Novovarshavka, a Centre for French and German as well as education and methodological Centre. More than 13 000 students, including 150 international, are currently enrolled at full-time studies, part-time studies and correspondence courses. The University uses the most up-to-date teaching techniques, including the elements of distance learning.
Student conference “Human Rights in the Modern World” The faculty of OSPU and modern facilities ensure a high level of training. More than 600 professors (over 50% of them possess a PhD) work for 63 departments. With over 700,000 books, the OSPU library has six reading halls equipped with computers linked to the Internet. The University possesses a publishing house, an Internet Centre, computer classrooms and laboratories.
At the library’s reading hall There are five campuses, dormitories and a Fieldwork Station located in the village of Atak, in the Tara district. Students have the possibility to engage in different recreation and leisure activities in the Sanatorium Irtyshsky, participate in sports competitions and attend the Health Centre which was opened for students in 2003.
On the premises of Sanatorium Irtyshsky Students demonstrate their creative capacities in art, drama, music and dance studios. Those interested in journalism have a chance to publish their articles in the university newspaper Molodost and school newspapers. A student radio station Vertikal which keeps students up to date with university news and events, was launched in 2005.
At the stage of the University Since 2001 the career agency Zolotoi Fond has been functioning at OSPU to assist students and alumni in finding employment, mainly in the education sector. In accordance with the goals of Russian higher education the development of international cooperation is one of university’s priorities. In 1999 the Division of International Cooperation received the status of Inter-Universities Center for International Cooperation and Academic Mobility. The University actively participates in international projects within the framework of cooperation with different overseas organizations and universities of Germany, The United Kingdom, Canada, France, Belgium, Hungary and NIS countries. As a result of such cooperation the French and German Resource Centres were established at OSPU. Owing to the work of the resource centres, the OSPU students and faculty have access to modern literature in French and German, as well as to the information concerning the study and research in foreign countries, scholarships and grants offered by overseas foundations. In accordance with the Bologna process requirements, the School of Chemistry and Biology is introducing Bachelor and Master degrees, as well as the European Credit Transfer System. In 2007 the Education and Methodological Center was established in OSPU in the framework of cooperation in the fields of education, science and culture between the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the center's activity is to support the professional development of Russian teachers of English and the academic development of students through free access to the Center's resourses that include up to date printed and audio-video materials.
Annual “International Education Days” in Omsk Every year an increasing number of professors, researches, graduate and undergraduate students participate in the exchange programs offered by different organizations (German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, Austrian Exchange Service OAD, A. Humboldt Fund, Otto Benecke Fund, R. Bosch Foundation Fellowship, Pedagogical Exchange Service PAD, the United States Department of State, the United Kingdom Government, the Council of Europe, the Government of France, and the Federal Agency for Education of the Russian Federation). In its turn, OSPU hosts overseas students, lecturers and researches coming to study, carry out research, and deliver lectures and trainings, including those coming within the framework of the Federal Agency for Education Scholarship (link to pages in Russian). Omsk State Pedagogical University has 15 years of experience in training professionals from foreign countries. Students from the USA, France, Germany, Austria, Australia, India, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Mongolia, the United Kingdom, Japan and China have studied Russian as a Foreign Language.
Students from Mongolia and China The language of instruction in the university is Russian. To prepare for this, international students attend Russian Language Training Program, which can last from one - two months to two years. Upon completion of the program students can pursue their education at one of 14 Schools at OSPU and obtain a Bachelor’s degree (four years), the qualification of Specialist (five years) or a Master’s degree (two years after the Bachelor’s degree or a year after receiving the qualification of Specialist). The citizens of foreign countries who possess a higher education degree can pursue their study at graduate school to obtain a PhD (three years for those with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or the qualification of Specialist) or obtain a post-doctoral degree (three years upon completion of a PhD program).
Getting a diploma Students are also encouraged to attend the Russian Language and Russian Studies Summer School . Participants have a chance not only to study the language but also to learn more about the history and culture of Siberia and to participate in various cultural activities. During the period of study students are given accommodations in the International Residence Hall and are provided with medical insurance. The Regional Russian Language Testing Centre operates at OSPU. It gives students the possibility to receive a national certificate confirming the level of proficiency in Russian giving the right to enter a higher education institution of the Russian Federation. Omsk State Pedagogical University functions as a Test Center in the framework of cooperation with ETS (Education Testing Service, USA). So people from Omsk and other cities have possibility to pass Test of English as a Foreign Language that is the most widely accepted in the world. Students can use the test to study in the U.K. and other European countries, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Korea in addition to the U.S. and Canada. TOEFL Internet-based test examines all four language skills that are more important for effective communication: speaking, listening, reading and writing. To register for the test you should visit the official site www.toefl.org. All the necessary information about the structure of the test and registration process you can get at the Division of International Cooperation of OSPU. Omsk State Pedagogical University provides students with the possibility of passing the international exams in French: DELF and DALF. These exams are oficially accepted by the French Ministry of Education and European Council of Foreign Languages. To learn more about these tests please visit http://www.ciep.fr or Division of International Cooperation of OSPU. OSPU welcomes foreign students and students of Omsk higher education institutions to participate in the Club of Intercultural Communication Alliance that was created on the initiative of MA students (Program Comparative Education) and is aimed at the organization of different events directed to enrichment of the relations between students of different cultures, adaptation of foreign students to Russia, creation of international contacts, experience exchange and joint studying of foreign languages. May 2008 |
