Bryansk State University named after Academician I.G. Petrovsky

About Bryansk State University named after Academician I.G. Petrovsky

Bryansk State University named after Academician I.G. Petrovsky is a state university in Bryansk, Russia. Its Russian short name is БГУ. The university gives its English name as "Bryansk State Academician I.G. Petrovski University". It was founded on 1 October 1930. The founder is the Russian Federation, represented by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The main address is 14 Bezhitskaya Street, Bryansk. The university also has a branch in Novozybkov, Bryansk Region. Other Bryansk universities are separate institutions, for example Bryansk State Technical University and Bryansk State Technological University of Engineering.

Institutes and research

The university has the Institute of Russian and Romano-Germanic Philology and faculties of philology, foreign languages, physics and mathematics, natural sciences and geography, finance and economics, law, history and international relations, pedagogy and psychology, technology and design, physical culture, and additional education.

For international applicants

According to the university, 180 foreign students from 28 countries studied there in 2024. The largest groups came from Cameroon (66 students) and Belarus (30 students). The university says that citizens of neighbouring countries who know Russian usually go straight to the first year. Citizens of other countries enter the preparatory department. There they spend one year on the Russian language and subject disciplines. The Faculty of Additional Education teaches foreign students on the programme "Russian as a foreign language". The department of international relations coordinates the stay of foreign citizens. The university also has a Testing Centre for Foreign Citizens. It holds the exam in Russian as a foreign language, the history of Russia and the basics of Russian law.

Housing

The university has five dormitories at the main university. The official information lists 1,025 residential premises for non-resident students. The university's page for foreign students describes the student hostel rooms as comfortable.