Gzhel State University (GSU)

About Gzhel State University (GSU)

Gzhel State University (GSU) — officially the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Gzhel State University" — is a federal state university in the Moscow Region. It was established on 4 April 2002 as the Gzhel State Art and Industrial Institute, formed from the Gzhel Art and Industrial College, and was renamed Gzhel State University in 2015. The university traces art education in Gzhel back to 1899. The founder is the Russian Federation, represented by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The main address is settlement Elektroizolyator, 67, Ramensky district, Moscow Region. The university also has branches in Pushkino and Odintsovo.

Institutes and research

GSU has two institutes. The Institute of Fine Art and Design is described on the university's English site as "the main structural unit". Its programmes include decorative and applied art and traditional crafts (artistic ceramics), design, artistic folk culture, sculpture and painting. The Institute of Social and Humanitarian Education offers programmes that include tourism, pedagogical education, psychological and pedagogical education, economics and management. A college is also part of the university. The university describes itself as "an international center for the training of ceramic artists".

For international applicants

The English site says foreign citizens can study at GSU on bachelor (4 years), master (2 years) and postgraduate programmes (3 years full-time or 4 years part-time). Teaching is in Russian, and all entrance tests are held in Russian. Foreigners who do not speak Russian must take a course at the university's centre of additional education. The admission steps on the site include submission of documents, entrance examinations, signing the training contract and paying for study, and enrolment. The required documents include a passport with a notarized translation, a notarized copy of the education document, medical certificates, a health insurance policy valid in Russia and photographs. The admission committee phone is +7 (496) 469-75-33.

Housing

The university has three dormitories with 721 places in total, according to its official information on facilities. They stand on the same settlement as the main building. The English site says the rooms have running water, a washing machine, a refrigerator, a TV, a microwave, an iron and unlimited internet access, and that students can eat in the student cafeteria.