Adyghe State University (AGU)

About Adyghe State University (AGU)

Adyghe State University, known as AGU (in Russian, Адыгейский государственный университет) and as ASU on its English pages, is a federal state university in Maykop, Republic of Adygea. It was founded on 22 June 1940. The founder is the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The main building is at 208 Pervomayskaya Street. The university also has a branch in Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai.

Institutes and research

The university is organised into scientific-educational institutes: Living Systems and Health Engineering, Exact Sciences and Digital Technologies, Humanities and Culture, Quality of Life, and Law. It also has an Institute of Physical Culture and Judo and an Institute of Arts. Faculties include Adyghe Philology and Culture, Foreign Languages, History, Social Technologies and Tourism, Economics, Pedagogy and Psychology, Law, and the International Faculty. Research units named on the site include the Research Institute of Complex Issues, the Caucasian Mathematical Center and the AGU Botanical Garden.

For international applicants

AGU has trained foreign citizens before university study since 1992. According to the university, about 200 students from 10 foreign countries enter the pre-university programme each year. The Preparatory Department of the International Faculty runs from 1 September to 30 June (10 months) in five profiles: engineering and technological, economic, biomedical, science and humanitarian. Most of the course is Russian as a foreign language. Shorter Russian courses include a three-month course at level A1 and an intensive course of 6 to 9 months aimed at level B1 (TRKI-1).

The English admission page describes these steps for degree applicants: fill in the online application form; send scans of the passport and education documents by e-mail to the admission officer; receive an answer within 2 weeks; receive the official admission letter within 2 months after approval. The page also says that education documents must be legalised. The admission page gives 4 academic years for bachelor's and 5 for specialist programmes.

Housing

AGU has four dormitories in Maykop. Dormitory No. 1 has 336 places, No. 2 has 576 and No. 3 has 620. Dormitory No. 4 is hotel-type. The English campus page says all students are provided with accommodation in the university hostels. Rooms have beds, desks, wardrobes and central heating, with a shared kitchen and laundry. The university lists a separate set of documents for foreign citizens moving into a dormitory.