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Ggpu Skaryna. Gomel State University named after

Ggpu Skaryna. Gomel State University named after

Gomelsky State University named after Francysk Skaryna (white Gomel Dzyarzhayny University (named after Francis Skaryna) is one of the universities of the Republic of Belarus. Located in the city of Gomel. Opened in 1930.

General information

The structure of the GSU named after. F. Skaryna includes: 13 faculties; Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Personnel; 2 research institutes; 18 research laboratories; 42 student research units; 48 departments; university-wide museum-laboratory of Francis Skorina, 7 museum exhibitions of faculties, graduate school, doctoral studies.

Higher education at GSU is carried out in 35 specialties of the first stage of education and 22 specialties of the second, 69 specializations. Training of highly qualified personnel is carried out in postgraduate studies in 51 specialties, in doctoral studies in 5 specialties. To enter GSU, you must successfully pass centralized testing. There are 9,949 students studying at the university, of which 5,508 are full-time and 4,441 are part-time, 90 graduate students, 1 doctoral student (April 2016). The GSU complex employs 1,422 employees, including 657 teaching staff (excluding part-time workers). Among the teaching staff and scientific workers 4 corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 39 doctors of science, 34 professors, 248 candidates of science, 206 associate professors.

The university is part of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus.

Story

In 1958, a faculty was opened at the Pedagogical Institute primary school, and in 1959 - the Faculty of Engineering and Pedagogy, the name of which was later changed three times (industrial-pedagogical, general technical disciplines and labor, general technical disciplines and physics). In the last two years of activity, the Gomel State Pedagogical Institute named after. V.P. Chkalova trained teachers for secondary schools at 5 faculties (physics and mathematics, philology, chemical biology, general technical disciplines and physics, physical education). In the fall of 1961, graduate school was opened at the Gomel Pedagogical Institute. Since 1968, the development of economic contract topics began (the first economic agreement on the topic “Research of the characteristics and properties of polymer coatings by optical and spectral methods”). During its work, Gomel State Pedagogical Institute named after. V.P. Chkalov trained 12.5 thousand specialists.

At the end of 1968, it was decided to open Gomel State University on the basis of the Pedagogical Institute. The order of the Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education No. 130 of March 31, 1969 stated: “2. To open Gomel State University from May 1 on the basis of the Gomel State Pedagogical Institute named after. V. P. Chkalova. The university should have the following faculties: historical-philological, mechanical-mathematical, physical, biological-soil, geological, economic and physical education.” The famous scientist V. A. Bely was appointed the first rector. In the 1969/1970 academic year, 4,429 students studied at the university, including 2,349 full-time and 2,080 part-time. The first university graduation numbered 913 people.

Since August 1973, a scientist, academician, and participant in the Great Patriotic War B.V. Bokut. Over the years of work at the university, academician B.V. Bokutem created a scientific school in optics, which became famous far beyond the borders of the republic. The high professional level and work experience of the university teaching staff was used in many countries of the world (Algeria, Vietnam, Cuba, Kenya, Mongolia, Sudan and others), to which the Soviet Union provided assistance in training personnel in various fields of knowledge. In the 1980s, work intensified to improve the educational process at the university. For a number of years, there have been close ties between faculties and industrial enterprises and research institutes. In the late 1970s - the first half of the 1980s, for the first time in the republic, Gomel State University began to create branches of departments at enterprises and research institutes.

In the 1990s, 10 new specialties were opened. On the initiative of Rector L. A. Shemetkov, councils for the defense of dissertations and doctoral studies were opened for the first time at GSU. Since October 1999, the journal “News of the Gomel State University named after F. Skaryna” began to be published. International cooperation has expanded significantly. In 1994, the university won a TEMPUS program grant in the amount of $1 million and, together with the universities of Clermont-Ferrand (France), Birmingham (England), and Kiel (Germany), developed the project “Improving University Management” in 1994-1998.

In 1995, on the basis of cooperation agreements between the State University named after. F. Skaryna and the Auvergne University Clermont-1 (Clermont-Ferrand, France) created the Franco-Belarusian Institute of Management, which functioned until 2013.

Faculties

philological
foreign languages
historical
legal
economic
mathematics and programming technologies
physics and information technologies
geological-geographical
biological
psychology and pedagogy
physical culture
pre-university preparation and training of foreign students
correspondence

Notes

Official website GSU named.
F. Skaryna
Institutions of higher education Ministry of education of the Republic Belarus
Ranking Web of Universities
Rating of higher educational institutions of the CIS countries Zelenkova A.I.
Gomel State University named after Francis Skaryna (1930-2015) / A.I. Zelenkova, N.N. Mezga, M.P. Savinskaya; editorial board: A.V. Rogachev (chief editor) [and others]; Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, Gom.gos. University named after F. Skorina.. - Gomel: GGU im. F. Skorina, 2015. - P. 6-55. - 266 s. City `s history . All about Gomel.
Institutions of higher education of the Republic Belarus City `s history .
Scientists of Belarus: Boris Vasilyevich Bokut (on the occasion of his 85th birthday) City `s history . .
In memory of a scientist City `s history . National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
City `s history . Education systems.

Region: Gomel region
Locality::Gomel
Ultrasound type: University
Type of ultrasound: Education
Address:
246019, Gomel, st. Sovetskaya, 104.
Phones:
60-73-71 (admissions), 57-69-17, 60-73-38 (admissions committee).
URL: http://www.gsu.by/

History of Gomel State University named after. F. Skorina begins in 1929, when by resolution of the Central Executive Committee of the BSSR it was decided to open an agro-pedagogical institute in Gomel.
Until 1933, the institute trained teachers for two-year schools. In 1933, it was transformed into a pedagogical institute with a three-year training period. A year later, the institute was reorganized into a university with a four-year training program
In 1939, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the BSSR, the institute was named after the famous pilot V.P. Chkalova.
Over the years of its existence, the institute has trained about 13,000 highly qualified specialists for various areas of the national economy, and significant successes have been achieved in the field of science.
On March 14, 1969, the Gomel Pedagogical Institute was transformed into the Gomel State University - the second university of such a high rank in Belarus.
For great achievements in the study and scientific research of the cultural heritage of the Belarusian people, on November 29, 1988, the university was named after the greatest humanist of the Renaissance, the East Slavic and Belarusian pioneer printer Francis Skorina.
Today Gomel State University named after. F. Skaryna is the largest research and training center, rightfully recognized by the domestic and world scientific community. The oldest university in the region has become a real intellectual and cultural core of Belarusian Polesie.
The reserve of scientific and teaching personnel is postgraduate studies (56 specialties) and doctoral studies (5 specialties). A master's degree has been opened since 2004. The university has 4 councils for the defense of dissertations in 6 specialties, including one doctoral one.
The main forms of scientific activity of GSU are: implementation of fundamental, applied and commercial contractual research work; organization and holding of scientific conferences and seminars; training of personnel of the highest scientific qualifications; organization and management of student science; exhibition and information activities to promote scientific achievements through the media; invention and innovation; publishing house of scientific literature.
In 2011, the university was accredited by the State Committee for Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus as a scientific organization.
The university includes two research institutes, 20 research laboratories engaged in scientific research in various fields of knowledge, a Collective Use Center (CCC) for environmental monitoring and research of the composition and properties of matter has been created, which is equipped with unique scientific equipment, as well as highly qualified specialists for its maintenance and research.
Currently, 270 citizens of near and far abroad are studying at the university.
There are 32 student creative units operating successfully at the university, 9 of which were created in 2011. Their main task is to improve the training of highly qualified specialists who have knowledge of the latest achievements of science and technology, a set of skills and methods for conducting scientific research.

Faculty of Mathematics

In 1969, after the transformation of the Gomel Pedagogical Institute into the Gomel State University, the faculties of physics and mechanics and mathematics were formed on the basis of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics.
In September 1977, the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics was renamed the Faculty of Mathematics.
Currently the faculty includes the following departments:
Department of Algebra and Geometry
Department of Higher Mathematics
Department of Computational Mathematics and Programming
Department of Differential Equations
Department of Mathematical Problems of Control
Department of Mathematical Analysis
Department of Economic Cybernetics and Probability Theory.
Also at the faculty there is a research student laboratory “AGSS”
After graduating from the faculty, graduates can continue their studies in master's and postgraduate studies.

Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy

The faculty was created in 1997 on the basis of the preparatory department that had been operating at the university since 1969 and was originally called the Faculty of Psychology and Pre-University Training.
Since 1997, students have been recruited for the specialty “Psychology” (full-time department).
On February 1, 2010, the faculty was reorganized and renamed the Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy.
Currently, more than 450 students study at the faculty annually.
Faculty departments:
Department of Psychology.
Department of Social and Educational Psychology.
Department of Pedagogy.
The Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy trains specialists in the following specialties:
1-23 01 04 “Psychology” with specializations: 1-23 01 03 02 “Social psychology”; 1-23 01 04 04 “Educational psychology”; 1-23 01 04 13 “Sports psychology”.
1-03 04 02-02 « Social pedagogy. Practical psychology".
Graduates of the faculty continue their studies in master's and postgraduate studies (full-time and part-time), and successfully work in universities, schools, socio-psychological centers, in institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other government and commercial institutions.
Master's specialties:
1-08 80 06 – general pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education;
1-23 80 03 – psychology;
Postgraduate specialties:
13.00.01 – general pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education;
19.00.01 – general psychology, history of psychology, personality psychology;
19.00.05 – social Psychology;
19.00.07 – educational psychology.

Faculty of Physics

The history of the Faculty of Physics began in 1929, when the Physics and Mathematics Department was formed on the basis of the Gomel Agropedological Institute.
Currently, the Faculty of Physics includes 5 departments:
general physics;
theoretical physics;
radiophysics and electronics;
optics;
automated information processing systems.
More than 800 students study at the faculty, of which about 300 are contract students, including foreign students.
The faculty provides training to students in 4 specialties:
"Physics" (scientific and pedagogical activities and production activities). Specializations: "Computer modeling of physical processes", "New materials and technologies", "Laser physics and spectroscopy", "Physical metrology and experimental automation",
"Physics. Technical creativity",
"Physical Electronics"
"Automated systems information processing."

Department of Biology

In 1930, the Faculty of Natural Sciences was opened at the Gomel Agropedagogical Institute. Later it received the name of the Faculty of Biology.
Over the years of its work, the faculty has trained more than 6,500 highly qualified specialists.
Today, the teaching staff of the faculty includes 2 corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 4 doctors of science, 30 candidates of science, 3 senior teachers, 19 assistants, 21 laboratory assistants.
Training of specialists is carried out in the following specialties:
1 31 03 01 02 “Biology” (direction - scientific and pedagogical activity). Specializations: Botany; Geobotany; Zoology; Physiology of humans and animals; Biochemistry.
1 – 75 01 01 Forestry. Specialization: Forestry and forestry. Qualification: Forestry engineer.
The basis for summer field practices for students of the faculty is the “Chenki” biological station.
The educational process is organized in five departments of the faculty:
botany and plant physiology;
zoology and nature conservation;
physiology of humans and animals;
chemistry;
forestry disciplines;
The departments operate postgraduate courses in the following specialties:
- Botany,
- Zoology,
- Genetics,
- Physiology of humans and animals,
- Radiobiology,
- Analytical chemistry.

Faculty of Philology

The Faculty of Philology is one of the oldest at the university. It was created in 1929 at the Gomel Pedagogical Institute.
The faculty trains highly qualified specialists in the field of linguistics and literary criticism, literary workers, and specialists in the field of computer philology. Graduates of the faculty join the ranks of scientists, writers, local historians, work in research centers, universities, museums, archives, departments, facilities mass media, government and management bodies, public associations.
The faculty includes 5 departments:
Department of Belarusian Language
Department of Belarusian Literature
Department of Belarusian Culture and Folklore Studies
Department of Russian, General and Slavic Linguistics
Department of Russian and World Literature.
All departments are staffed with highly qualified teachers, including 8 doctors of science, 38 candidates of philological sciences, 7 professors.
The Faculty of Philology became the basis for the creation of other independent faculties - history and the faculty of foreign languages.
Today the faculty provides training in the following specialties and specializations:
Belarusian philology;
Belarusian philology with specialization in English;
Belarusian philology with specialization in literary work in newspapers and magazines;
Russian philology;
Russian philology with a specialization in Belarusian language and literature;
Russian philology with a specialization in computer linguistics;
Belarusian philology;
Russian philology (in the areas of "Literary and editorial activities" and "Computer support").
Preparation scientific personnel carried out through postgraduate studies in Belarusian and Russian languages; Belarusian and Russian literature.
Since 2001, doctoral studies have been opened in the specialty “Belarusian language”.
Since the 2010-2011 academic year, the Faculty of Philology has been running a master's program in the specialties "Linguistics" and "Literary Studies".

Faculty of Foreign Languages

The Faculty of Foreign Languages was opened in 1998 as part of the transformation of the Department of Foreign Languages at the Faculty of Philology.
The faculty was created to improve the level of teaching foreign languages. Achieving this goal required solving a number of scientific, pedagogical and social problems.
The faculty includes four departments:
Department of English,
Department of Theory and Practice of English Language,
department of German language,
department French.
The educational process is carried out by 98 teachers, including 9 candidates of science.
In the 2011-2012 academic year, 579 students study full-time and part-time at the faculty. The faculty trains foreign language teachers. Training is provided in the following specialties:
1 - 02 03 06 - 01 English language. German.
1 - 02 03 06 - 02 German language. English language.
1 - 02 03 06 - 03 English language. French.
1- 02 03 07- 02 Foreign language (English). Computer science.
After receiving higher education graduates of the faculty can continue their studies in the master's program in the specialty 1 - 21 80 03 - “Germanic languages (English; German).”
In 2001, the faculty opened a postgraduate course in the specialty 13.00.02 - Theory and methodology of teaching and upbringing (English language, levels of preschool and school education).
The form of study in postgraduate and master's programs is full-time and part-time.

Faculty of Physical Education

The Faculty of Physical Education was founded in 1949 at the Gomel State Pedagogical Institute.
For more than 60 years of work, the faculty has trained over 5,000 specialists, including government officials and prominent scientists, honored workers in the field of physical culture and sports, many famous athletes, champions and medalists of the Olympic Games, winners of the World and European Championships, Honored Trainers of the Republic of Belarus and the USSR
Today, the structure of the faculty includes 5 departments and a number of research laboratories: physical education and sports, Olympic sports and a student scientific laboratory, as well as a museum-laboratory of sports glory of the Gomel region and a sports club.
The departments employ 79 teachers, of whom 1 Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, 12 Candidates of Science, 10 Associate Professors, 1 Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of the Republic of Belarus.
Currently, the faculty trains specialists in the specialty " Physical Culture" with the qualification "Teacher of Physical Education".
In addition, students of the faculty study in 6 more specializations:
"Coaching a sport"
"Preschool physical education"
"Organization of physical culture and health work and tourism",
"Physical education and special training",
"Physical rehabilitation"
"Healing Fitness".
Since 1993, the faculty has been working on a postgraduate course in the specialty 13.00.04 “Theory and methodology of physical education, sports training, health-improving and adaptive physical culture”
Faculty departments:
Department of Sports Disciplines
Department of Theory and Methods of Physical Culture
Department of Athletics and Skiing
Department of Health and Medical Physical Education
Department of Physical Education and Sports.

History department

In 1944, a history department was created at the Gomel Pedagogical Institute. However, since 1956, the work of the faculty was suspended.
In 1969, after the transformation of the Pedagogical Institute into Gomel State University, a historical department was created within the framework of the Faculty of History and Philology, which began to operate as an independent faculty in 1988.
Since 1992, in connection with the opening of the legal department, the faculty was renamed historical-legal, and since 1998 it was divided into two independent faculties - history and law.
Currently, the faculty has four departments:
Department of History of Belarus,
Department general history,
Department of History of the Slavs and Special Historical Disciplines,
Department of Philosophy.
The faculty employs 38 teachers, including 2 doctors and 25 candidates of science, and 423 students study.
Training at the faculty is conducted in two specialties: “National and General History” and “History. English Language”.
Since 2002, the training of bachelors of humanities and bachelors of pedagogical sciences began.
During the existence of the faculty, about 3,000 specialists have been trained in full-time and part-time forms of study who work in the field of education, in museums, archives, universities, research institutes, public organizations and government bodies of the city, region, republic, and business structures.
After graduating from the faculty, graduates can continue their education at the master's level in specialties " National history" and "General History".

Faculty of Law

The history of the faculty began in 1991, when the specialty “Jurisprudence” was opened within the framework of the Faculty of History and Law.
In 1998, by decision of the Ministry of Education, the Faculty of Law was established, where about 600 students were already studying.
Today, more than 60 teachers work at the Faculty of Law, of which 3 doctors of science, 25 candidates of science, 12 associate professors.
The faculty has established and operates four departments:
Department of Theory and History of State and Law;
Department of Civil Law Disciplines;
Department of Criminal Law and Procedure;
Department of Political Sociology.
Since 2005, the faculty has been training specialists in five specializations:
"Organization and activities government agencies»,
"Forensic, prosecutorial and investigative activities"
"Legal support for business"
"Advocacy and notary"
"Tax and banking law."
The faculty has three rooms:
criminology,
regulatory information,
methodology of state and law.
To train highly qualified personnel, the university has opened postgraduate courses in 7 legal specialties.
Faculty students understand the importance of their profession, taking an active life position. They work as public assistants to investigators in the prosecutor's office and other law enforcement agencies, assist the KGB and the OBOP in operational investigative activities. The faculty has repeatedly received gratitude from law enforcement agencies for assisting students in apprehending criminals and hooligans.

Faculty of Geology and Geography

In 1969, the Faculty of Geology was established at Gomel State University. At that time, it trained geological engineers with a specialty in “Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology,” and since 1985, with a specialty in “Geophysical methods of prospecting and exploration.”
In the 70s, the faculty had three departments: general geology; hydrogeology and engineering geology; mineralogy, perography and geochemistry.
In 1984, the Department of Geophysics was opened and a new specialty appeared - “Geophysical methods of prospecting and exploration.”
In 1989, the specialty “Geography” was opened, and a little later the department of geography. In this regard, the geological faculty was transformed into a geological-geographical faculty, and was supposed to provide training for geography teachers for schools in the Gomel region, therefore, in the early 90s, a pedagogical specialty “Geography and foreign languages” (German, English) was opened at the faculty.
During its existence, the faculty has trained thousands of specialists in the field of geophysics, engineering geology, hydrogeology, geography, and ecology.
Currently, the faculty includes three departments where students receive education in the following specialties:
"Geophysical methods of prospecting and exploration", "Hydrogeology and engineering geology", "Geology, prospecting and exploration of oil and gas fields", "Geoecology" (specializations: "General geoecology"; "Monitoring environment"), "Geography" (specializations: "Geography of tourism and excursion management", "Rational environmental management and nature conservation"; "Geography of tourism and excursion management").
Faculty structure:
Department of Ecology
Department of Geology and Mineral Exploration
Department of Geography.

Faculty of Economics

The Faculty of Economics is one of the oldest faculties in the Republic of Belarus, training highly qualified economic specialists.
The faculty was created in 1969, when the specialty “Labor Economics” was opened at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
During its existence, more than 7 thousand highly qualified economic specialists have graduated, who play a significant role in the development of the economy of the region and the Republic of Belarus.
Today, the Faculty of Economics is the largest department of the university, with more than 1,000 students, including more than 40 foreign students.
Training of specialists is carried out in 6 specialties and 11 specializations of the first stage of higher education, 4 specialties of the second stage (master's degree).
Those wishing to improve their scientific qualifications can continue their postgraduate studies in specialties
08.00.01 – economic theory,
08.00.05 – economics and management of the national economy, 08.00.12 – accounting, statistics,
08.00.10 – finance, money circulation and credit.
Currently, the training of economic specialists is carried out by five departments of the Faculty of Economics, which employ over 60 experienced teachers, more than half of whom have academic degrees and titles.
Specialties and specializations of the faculty:
1-26 01 01 – Public administration;
1-25 01 03 – World economy(specializations: 1-25 01 03 01 – Economics and management of foreign economic activity
1-25 01 03 03 – Foreign trade and commercial activities);
1-25 01 04 – Finance and credit (specializations: 1-25 01 04 01 – Finance, 1-25 01 04 02 – Banking);
1-25 01 07 – Economics and enterprise management (specializations: 1-25 01 07 01 – Labor Economics, 1-25 01 07 21 – Economics and legal support of economic activities);
1-25 01 08 – Accounting, analysis and audit in the following areas: 1-25 01 08 01 – Accounting, analysis and audit in banks, 1-25 01 08 03 – Accounting, analysis and audit in commercial and non-profit organizations ( specialization – 1-25 01 08 03 12 Accounting, analysis and audit in foreign economic activity);
1-25 01 10 – Commercial activity (specialization 1-25 01 10 04 – Commercial activity in the foreign market
1-25 01 10 24 – Information Support business.
Faculty departments:
Department of Finance and Credit
Department of Economic Theory and World Economy
Department of Accounting, Control and Analysis of Economic Activities
Department of Economics and Management
Department of Commercial Activities and Information Technologies in Economics.

Correspondence faculty

The correspondence faculty as an independent structure within the university began to function in July 1974.
For 1975-2011 More than 18 thousand specialists with higher education have been trained through correspondence courses. Many of those who received a university education through correspondence courses work not only in Belarus, but also abroad.
Currently, the faculty has more than 5 thousand students in 20 specialties and more than 25 specializations.
Training of specialists via correspondence courses is carried out in accordance with curricula developed on the basis of educational standards and standard curricula.
Faculty specialties:
1-53 01 02_Automated information processing systems.
1-21 05 01_Belarusian philology (literary and editorial activities)
1-21 05 01_Belarusian philology for graduates of Rechitsa Pedagogical College
1-31 01 01-02_Biology
1-25 01 08 Accounting, analysis and audit (in areas)
1-31 02 01_Geography
1-26 01 01_Public administration
1-02 03 08_Foreign languages (indicating the language)
1-02 03 08_Foreign language (German) for graduates of Rechitsa Pedagogical College
1-21 03 01_History (domestic and universal)
1-25 01 10_Commercial activity_ 1 course
1-75 01 01_Forestry
1-31 03 01-02_Mathematics
1-24 01 02_Jurisprudence
1-40 01 01_Information technology software
1-23 01 04_Psychology (with special. Pedagogical psychology)
1-21 05 02_Russian philology
1-03 04 02_Social pedagogy. Practical psychology
1-03 02 01_Physical education
1-25 01 04_Finance and credit
1-25 01 07_Economics and enterprise management
When organizing admission to the correspondence faculty, great importance is attached to the professional guidance of applicants working in their specialty, with secondary specialized and higher education. The faculty trains specialists to obtain a second higher education. There are currently about 100 such students.

Faculty of Pre-University Training and Education of Foreign Students

The Faculty of Pre-University Preparation and Education of Foreign Students was founded in December 2009.
The main goal of the faculty is to promote the professional determination of applicants, organize and conduct their high-quality preparation for centralized testing and training at a classical university.
The main tasks of the faculty:
systematic and purposeful formation of the student population of GSU named after. Skorina;
high-quality preparation of applicants for centralized testing and training at the university;
organizing and conducting various forms additional education with gifted students of lyceums, gymnasiums and secondary schools Gomel region;
effective preparation of foreign students for studying at universities of the Republic of Belarus.
The main links of pre-university training are preparatory courses and the preparatory department, operating on the basis of the faculty.
Work to identify and develop the most capable students, their preparation for entering a university is also carried out through specialized classes that operate on the basis of lyceums, gymnasiums and basic schools in the Gomel region. Education in these schools and classes is conducted according to in-depth curricula and programs approved by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, and the study of special disciplines that make up the university component is provided.
One of the main directions of preparing applicants is the systematic conduct of rehearsal testing and centralized testing in nine specialized subjects. This work is carried out by the Testing Center, which is a structural unit of the faculty.
The central direction of the faculty is organizing and conducting classes with foreign students from near and far abroad, preparing them for studying at Belarusian universities.
Faculty structure:
Department of Pre-University Training and Career Guidance
Training courses
Testing center
The faculty also includes the Franco-Belarusian Institute of Management, the main goal of which is to train specialist managers for joint ventures and for those Belarusian enterprises that are actively entering the European market. The education provided by the institute fully complies with European standards. It allows its graduates to speak the same language with their partners in European countries, ensuring cooperation and career growth of a specialist that is beneficial for Belarusian enterprises.

Gomel Country University named after Francis Skaryna

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General information

The structure of the GSU named after. F. Skaryna includes: 13 faculties; Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Personnel; 2 research institutes; 18 research laboratories; 42 student research units; 43 departments; university-wide museum-laboratory of Francis Skorina, 7 museum exhibitions of faculties, postgraduate studies, doctoral studies.

Higher education at GSU is carried out in 42 specialties of the first stage of education and 22 specialties of the second, 57 specializations. Training of highly qualified personnel is carried out in postgraduate studies in 46 specialties, in doctoral studies in 6 specialties. To enter GSU, you must successfully pass centralized testing. The university has about 8,500 students, of which more than 5,000 are full-time and about 3,500 are part-time, about 650 master's students, 120 graduate students, 5 doctoral students (April 2019). The GSU complex employs more than 1,300 employees, including 586 teaching staff (excluding part-time workers). Among the teaching staff and scientific workers are 4 corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 45 doctors of science, 33 professors, 240 candidates of science, 218 associate professors.

The university is part of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus.

In the world ranking of universities "Webometrics" for April 2019, GSU named after. F. Skorina occupies 4405 position.

Story

In 1958, the Faculty of Primary School was opened at the Pedagogical Institute, and in 1959 - the Faculty of Engineering and Pedagogy, the name of which was later changed three times (industrial-pedagogical, general technical disciplines and labor, general technical disciplines and physics). In the last two years of activity, the Gomel State Pedagogical Institute named after. V.P. Chkalova trained teachers for secondary schools at 5 faculties (physics and mathematics, philology, chemical biology, general technical disciplines and physics, physical education). In the fall of 1961, graduate school was opened at the Gomel Pedagogical Institute. Since 1968, the development of economic contract topics began (the first economic agreement on the topic “Research of the characteristics and properties of polymer coatings by optical and spectral methods”). During its work, Gomel State Pedagogical Institute named after. V.P. Chkalov trained 12.5 thousand specialists.

Since August 1973, scientist, academician, and participant in the Great Patriotic War B.V. Bokut was appointed rector of GSU. Over the years of work at the university, academician B.V. Bokutem created a scientific school in optics, which became famous far beyond the borders of the republic. The high professional level and work experience of the university teaching staff was used in many countries of the world (Algeria, Vietnam, Cuba, Kenya, Mongolia, Sudan and others), to which the Soviet Union provided assistance in training personnel in various fields of knowledge. In the 1980s, work intensified to improve the educational process at the university. For a number of years, there have been close ties between faculties and industrial enterprises and research institutes. In the late 1970s - the first half of the 1980s, for the first time in the republic, Gomel State University began to create branches of departments at enterprises and research institutes.

In December 2017, it was opened at the F. Skaryna State University with the support of the Nanjing University of Science and Technology (Nanjing, China).

In 2017, on the basis of the Shanghai Professional Institute of Industry, Commerce and Foreign Languages, a branch of the State University named after. F. Skorina - Gomel Institute.

In 2018, a Chinese language teaching center was opened at the F. Skaryna State University.

Faculties

Biological
Geological-geographical
Historical
Pre-university training
Foreign languages
Mathematics and programming technologies
Psychology and Pedagogy
Physics and Information Technology
Physical culture
Philological
Economic
Legal
Correspondence

Notes

Official website of GSU named after. F. Skorina
Institutions of higher education of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus

Gomel State University named after. Francysk Skaryna was founded in 1929. The university status was awarded to the university in 1969.

The university provides education in 12 faculties, including mathematics, physics, biology, philology, the faculty of foreign languages, and the faculty of physical education. There are also historical, legal, geological-geographical, economics departments, departments of psychology and pre-university training, and a correspondence department. The field of postgraduate education is quite well developed: 56 postgraduate specialties, 5 doctoral specialties.

In addition, the Franco-Belarusian Institute of Management operates on the basis of the university, as well as the Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Personnel, and the Union University of Integration, which allows Russians to receive free education at the university.

Education at Gomel Skaryna University is provided both free and paid. The tuition fee for the year is 3,315,000 Belarusian rubles, or 1,070 USD. e. for the day department, and 1,515,000 Belarusian rubles, which is 490 USD. e., for the correspondence department.

For admission to Gomel Skaryna University, the following documents are required: an application in the established form addressed to the rector, a document on education with attachments - its original, a certificate of centralized testing conducted in the Republic of Belarus in the current year - the original. It is also necessary to provide 6 photographs measuring 3 x 4 cm, a certificate of form 86U established by the Ministry of Health, documents confirming the applicant’s right to benefits.

University named after F. Skorina (Gomel) is traditionally considered one of the most prestigious and respected higher educational institutions in Belarus. This is not only the main thing educational institution on the territory of Belarusian Polesie, but also a large scientific center that has received recognition from many foreign universities. What should you know about this university? When was it discovered and what types of sciences is its name associated with?

Pedagogical Institute in Gomel - the beginning of higher education

The university in Gomel appeared in 1929, when the Soviet authorities decided to take up the construction of educational infrastructure in Belarusian Polesie. Then the Agropedagogical Institute arose, providing three areas of training for secondary school specialists: physico-technical, socio-historical, literary and linguistic.

The first graduates of this institution studied only two courses, but subsequently the study time increased to three years, and then to four. The Institute trained teaching staff for local schools with a secondary level of education in such disciplines as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and natural history. Since 1939, the university has been named after the famous pilot V.P. Chkalov.

From institute to university

Thirty years of painstaking work went into training teachers of various specialties. The institute performed well before it was awarded the title of State University in 1969. In fact, it was only the second institution of this rank in the country after Minsk BSU. The increase in the status of the university had great importance for a city like Gomel. Skorina University, whose faculties allow you to choose both technical and humanities, provides a wide range of specializations of a classical higher education institution. Even then he was very popular among students.

With the advent of perestroika times and the revision of opinions and views about the Belarusian people and their culture, the university was renamed in 1988, giving it the name of the famous humanist educator of Eastern Europe 16th century Francis Skaryna. Since that time, Skaryna University in Gomel has existed unchanged to this day.

Gomel University today

Skaryna University (Gomel) has a serious teaching staff. Today, about 650 scientists teach at this university, among whom 39 have the title of Doctor of Science, 34 - professors. Corresponding members of the NAS also work here. Every year, admission to the master's and postgraduate programs of the university is also carried out. Five specialties can defend their candidate's theses at this institution, and one can defend their doctoral thesis. This is due to the presence of special scientific commissions. The university hosts various conferences, seminars, and publishes scientific monographs and collections of articles.

Research centers of the University. Francysk Skaryna

Skorina University (Gomel) has two large research centers. A physical and chemical center was opened in 2016, and the center for the history and culture of East Slavic peoples has been operating since 2002. The latter has become one of the largest research schools in the field of Slavic studies, constantly attracting the attention of many domestic and foreign scientists.

Another institution that operates under the leadership of the university is the Isomer Shared Use Center (collective use center). The main task is environmental monitoring and testing the properties of various substances. The institution has at its disposal four large laboratories and fourteen more smaller ones, which include the Chinese-Belarusian Scientific Laboratory, specializing in vacuum plasma technologies.

Scientific life within the walls of GSU

It is worth noting the high indicators shown by Skaryna University. Every year Gomel welcomes new guests who come to the city to participate in conferences. Last year alone, about 27 full-fledged monographs, 51 collections of articles on various sciences and conference materials, several hundred articles by authors from the University. Francysk Skaryna was published in leading foreign scientific publications. Special periodicals publish student and postgraduate works in various fields. Such journals are published as “Problems of Physics, Mathematics and Technology”, “Izvestia of the State University named after. F. Skaryna."

Among the most famous scientific conferences that are held annually within the walls of this university, it is worth noting the “Student Science Days”. All departments and faculties of the university, without exception, took part in the organization; based on the results of the presentations, a collection was published in two parts. In total, more than 25 conferences were organized last year, half of which were student conferences.

International connections and projects

Skaryna University (Gomel) can confidently be called one of the most successful in the international arena. Thus, in addition to connections with foreign higher educational institutions, a Chinese studies department has been operating at the GSU since 2006, where scientists from China teach. The Faculty of Philology is distinguished in this area by the presence of a scientific and methodological Center for Russian Studies. Moreover, he is famous in scientific circles.

The university in every possible way develops the sphere of international cooperation through participation in international level programs. The most famous among them is TEMPUS. The coordinators of educational programs aimed at improving the qualifications of higher education teaching in the fields of ecology and inclusive education are France and Slovakia.

To provide ongoing support and development of the educational institution in the international arena, a special department operates. Thanks to him, GSU named after. Francysk Skaryna is constantly in the spotlight of major projects and programs that foreign universities can offer.