Banzarov Buryat State University

About Banzarov Buryat State University

Buryat State University named after Dorzhi Banzarov (BSU, in Russian БГУ) is a state university in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia. Its creation date is 30 September 1995, when a decree of the President of the Russian Federation established a state university in Buryatia. The university was formed on the basis of the Buryat State Pedagogical Institute, which dates back to the Buryat-Mongol agro-pedagogical institute opened in 1932, and the Ulan-Ude branch of Novosibirsk University. The founder is the Russian Federation, represented by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The main address is 4 Ranzhurova Street, Ulan-Ude, 670000. The state disclosure page lists no branches.

Institutes and research

The university has eight institutes and a college. The institutes are: Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science; Natural Sciences; History and Philology; Eastern Institute; Pedagogy and Psychology; Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism; Law and Economics; and the Medical Institute. There is also an Institute of Continuing Education and a Confucius Institute.

For international applicants

BSU invites foreign citizens, stateless persons and compatriots living abroad to study. On its international admission page, fee-paying applicants are asked for an identity document, an education document with its attachment and a Russian translation, six 3x4 cm photos and a medical certificate. A first-level Russian-language state test certificate is listed "if available". The university has a Department of Russian as a Foreign Language and offers Russian-language testing, with a certificate, for citizens of foreign countries. A preparatory department was opened in 1970, according to the university's history page. According to its quota-selection page, state-funded applicants can use the Russian Government quota route: they register on education-in-russia.com, list up to six universities, and take selection in their own country. Contacts are the International Relations Department (intdep@bsu.ru) and the Admissions Committee (udp@bsu.ru), both at 24a Smolina Street.

Housing

According to the university, it has five dormitories with 1,702 places in Ulan-Ude. The dormitory page states that the dormitories have no catering.