Astrakhan State University named after V.N. Tatishchev

About Astrakhan State University named after V.N. Tatishchev

Astrakhan State University named after V. N. Tatishchev (ASU, in Russian AGU) is a federal state university in Astrakhan. Its official date of creation is 1 October 1932. The founder is the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The main building is at 20a Tatishcheva Street, Astrakhan, 414056. The university has a branch in Znamensk, Astrakhan Region. It is a different institution from Astrakhan State Medical University, which has its own website.

Institutes and research

The structure page lists these faculties: Foreign Languages; History and Social Communications; Pedagogy, Psychology, Hospitality and Sport; Physics, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies; Philology and Journalism; Digital Technologies and Cybersecurity; Economics and Management; and Law. There is also a university college and a Preparatory Department. The home page (undated) reports 9 faculties, 177 educational programmes and 15 foreign languages. The university site also refers to its Development Programme for 2021-2030 under Priority-2030.

Students

According to the university's admissions page (edited February 2025), about 15,000 students study at ASU, including about 2,000 foreign citizens from 53 countries.

For international applicants

The Preparatory Department is for foreign citizens who do not speak Russian and have the right to enter higher education in Russia. It runs a one-year programme taught in Russian. Students study Russian as a foreign language (612 hours) and subjects in the humanities, engineering, biomedical, natural science and economics areas. Candidates first send scanned documents by e-mail to the department. These include an application form, passport pages and education documents showing subjects and marks.

Foreign citizens can also apply to degree programmes. The university accepts them on fee-paying places and on places funded by the Russian federal budget. Applicants can enter on Unified State Exam results or on internal entrance tests. Documents can be submitted in person at the admissions office or through postal operators. Documents need certified Russian translations. Foreign documents must be legalised or carry an apostille, unless a treaty or Russian law says otherwise. Some fields, such as teacher education and veterinary science, require a medical examination.

Housing

The university's pages disagree on the dormitory figures. The admissions page says 2,098 places in five dormitories, while the mandatory disclosure page and the home page give six dormitories, and the disclosure page gives 1,921 places. The admissions page says dormitories have high-speed Wi-Fi, a student council and floor heads who raise housing questions with the administration.