Vladivostok State University

About Vladivostok State University

Vladivostok State University, known as VVSU (ВВГУ), is a federal state university in Vladivostok, in Russia's Primorsky Krai. Until 2022 it was called the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (VSUES, ВГУЭС). The Far Eastern Technological Institute, the first form of the university, was founded in 1967. The founder is the Russian Federation, represented by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The main address is 41 Gogolya Street, Vladivostok. VVSU is a different institution from Far Eastern Federal University, which is also in Vladivostok.

Institutes and research

The institution became the Far Eastern State Technological Institute in 1995. In 1996 it received university status and the name Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service. In 2022 it was renamed Vladivostok State University. According to the university, it has 11 institutes, 3 branches and 3 colleges. The branches are in Artyom, Nakhodka and Ussuriysk.

The institutes include international business, economics and management; information technologies and data analysis; pedagogy and linguistics; law; tourism and creative industries; and physical culture and sport. The university also has an Engineering School and a Higher School of Film and Television. It states that it runs 217 educational programmes. Under its practice-integrated model, future bachelors do eight months of practice at employers in the region, and the university works with more than 800 partner companies.

Students

The university gives different student numbers on different pages: more than 13,000 students on its history page and 15,000 on its About page, in both cases from 60 regions of Russia and 22 foreign countries.

For international applicants

VVSU has an Institute for the Training of Foreign Citizens. According to the university history, a Department of Russian Language for foreign citizens existed by 2000. The English section of the website lists a preparatory course for foreign citizens to study professional programmes in Russian, and a page on the Russian Government Scholarship. The rector says that the university has launched joint degree bachelor programmes with partners in China, South Korea, New Zealand, the USA and Switzerland. The international office can be reached at international@vvsu.ru.

Housing

According to the university's mandatory disclosure, VVSU lists 6 dormitories and 2,134 places (residential premises for non-resident students). One complex combines a dormitory and a teaching building, and the campus is in the city centre.