Smolensk State University (SmolSU)
Smolensk State University (SmolSU, SmolGU) is a federal state university in Smolensk with eight faculties, created in 1918.
About Smolensk State University (SmolSU)
Smolensk State University (SmolSU, in Russian SmolGU) is a federal state university in Smolensk. Its official date of creation is 7 November 1918. The founder is the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The main address is 4 Przhevalsky Street, Smolensk, 214000.
Institutes and research
The university has eight faculties: Natural Science and Geography, Art and Design, History and Law, Psychology and Pedagogy, Sociology, Physics and Mathematics, Philology, and Economics and Management. It also has offices for additional education, network educational programmes and secondary vocational education, and a military training centre. The admissions website lists four levels of study: secondary vocational education, bachelor's and specialist's programmes, master's programmes and postgraduate programmes.
The international department page lists cooperation agreements with partners in China, Togo, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia. One of them is a joint declaration of intent with the University of Lome in Togo. The university also has a Testing Centre for Foreign Citizens. It organises Russian language exams for foreign citizens who need them for a work permit, temporary residence, a residence permit or citizenship.
Housing
According to the university's student page, it has four student dormitories where non-resident students can get a place for the period of study, all in the central part of Smolensk (the mandatory disclosure table gives a higher count of 10 dormitories). The four dormitories on the student page are at 23/1 Dzerzhinsky Street, 13 Uritsky Street, 27 Kirov Street and 2a Przhevalsky Street. Rooms, self-study rooms and common spaces are provided, and each dormitory has a student council. Free Wi-Fi is available in the dormitories and in the teaching buildings. Places are given to students in need on the basis of personal applications and housing lists. After a place is granted, the student signs a tenancy contract.