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The Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) is one of the leading technical universities in Belarus and the CIS. The BNTU has been training engineers since 1920. The BNTU today: Comprises 17 faculties offering high-quality training in 89 specialties and 121 specializations. Trains over 35 000 students in advanced BA, MA, Ph.D., and post-doctoral programs. Numbers over 2000 highly qualified lecturers and scientists involved in teaching and research. Has 41 research laboratories creating innovations, transferring technologies, and cooperating with production. Runs 3 institutes are offering refresher courses in the newest areas of technology and economics. Besides, the BNTU provides various facilities for the students' personal growth and recreation: sports grounds, cultural centers, libraries, student clubs, etc. The BNTU meets the challenges of the 21st century combining classical university traditions with modern approaches and technologies. According to Webometrics, the BNTU ranks among 9% of the world's best universities. The International Cooperation Department supports the training process for international students. The duration of study at the BNTU is five years that includes learning a specialty (engineering qualification). After getting a qualification, a student can continue his/her education at Master courses with a 1-year duration. Training at the University is carried out in terms of a contract basis. International students shall be enrolled at a full training course after they graduate from the Preparatory Department. International students can be enrolled at a full training course without the Certificate of Preparatory Department Graduation only after the decision of the Rector's University Commission, which confirms his/her knowledge of the language of training and corresponding level of education. Creative activities give a strong impulse to personal growth and unconventional thinking. Throughout the years of its existence, the Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) has always sought to provide the students with academic excellence and possibilities to express their talents in various artistic venues. Such a policy promotes respect for each person's uniqueness and mutual understanding and adds some vibe to the life of the BNTU community. Strategic planning of the BNTU activity aims at: Meeting the state and society's needs for highly-qualified engineering and research professionals ensuring dynamic development of the country and the regions Meeting personal needs for intellectual, cultural, ethical, and physical development. Main strategic (long-term) directions of the BNTU activity: Introducing innovative training programs taking into account global higher education context and membership in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the Republic of Belarus was granted recently. The training programs should be based on the integration between training, research, and production lines of BNTU activities and the systematic monitoring of the needs of customers and stakeholders. Actively embracing best practices in training specialists with the focus on internships and training in prominent foreign universities and enterprises and organizations dominating the world market. Establishing useful links with the leading industrial organizations, academic and educational establishments, and centers, including foreign ones. Developing the University resource base and introducing modern equipment, novel information technologies, and telecommunication systems into the training process. Shaping the spirit of leadership and corporate culture in the University, enhancing the ability to be successful in a competitive environment. Promoting historical, educational, and cultural heritage of the BPI-BSPA-BNTU (or University) about the strategic interests of Belarus. Large and complex tasks of recovering the national economy in the 1920s required highly qualified personnel for all the industries. Therefore, on December 10, 1920, Minsk Polytechnic School was transformed into a higher technical educational establishment Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute. This institution trained engineers for the primary industries of the state. Belarusian State Polytechnic encompassed five faculties. The teaching staff included 50 lecturers, 305 full-time students, and 119 students of the preparatory department who studied at the Institute during the first academic year. Later on, the Institute saw a series of reorganizations. It was not until July 1, 1933, that Belarusian Sovnarcom (government of those times) decided to restore the Polytechnic Institute, by then comprising 20 departments. In September 1933, Polytechnic Institute united 1200 students and about 120 professors. In the early, 1940s BPI became one of the leading technical institutes of the Soviet Union. Thirty-two departments of four faculties trained engineers in seven specialties. The number of lecturers reached 180, including 19 professors and 71 senior lecturers. In 1933-1941 About 2000 engineers graduated from BPI. The Great Patriotic war interrupted BPI activities. The Institute resumed its work in 1945, welcoming 375 students. In 1949 BPI encompassed 37 departments training 1500 students. The number of lecturers exceeded 60 by then. 1991 - on April 17, Belarusian Polytechnic Institute was reorganized into the Belorussian State Polytechnic Academy (BSPA). 2002 - on April 1, BSPA was reorganized into Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) by the Presidential Decree. 2005 - on November 25, the CIS Heads of Government Council granted the Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) the status of the primary organization for higher engineering education of the CIS member states. In the last five years, the BNTU has introduced 12 new specialties demanded by the country's economy, such as nuclear energy, computer mechatronics, and geodesy. The BNTU successfully cooperates with 114 foreign technical universities from 34 countries in the science and training fields. Over 1500 international students are currently being trained at the BNTU. View full university

With its strong focus on the international importance of art, science, and culture, the Belarusian State Academy of Arts (BSAA) continuously strives to establish and maintain broad, long-term cooperation with higher education institutions of arts Europe and worldwide. The Academy is the only higher education institution of arts in the Republic of Belarus. Their five faculties feature a unique teaching staff that provides students with solid academic knowledge and skills and helps them develop their talents and get acquainted with new trends in the fields of art, science, and culture. Among them are Professor Vladimir Zinkevich (winner of prestigious competitions), the graphic artist Pavel Tatarnikau (double "Golden Apple" award winner at BIB – Illustration Biennale in Bratislava), the graphic artist Valery Slack (winner of international awards in the field of graphics), the famous film and theatre directors Vitautas Grigaliunas, Pavel Ivanov and Vladimir Zabello, the versatile designer Lev Tolbuzin, etc. Undergraduate, master's degree and postgraduate students and the teaching staff of the Academy take part in scientific and creative competitions, develop and realize their ideas and concepts as well as create new projects. Mikhail Barazna, Rector of BSAA, assisted by Ekaterina Kenigsberg, Head of the International Relations Department, was the curator and head of the Pavilion of the Republic of Belarus at the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia (Project «Kodex,» 2011). The artists Yury Alisevich, Dzianis Skvartsou, Viktar Piatrou, and Kanstantsin Kastsiuchenka, who participated in the Project, are all BSAA graduates. Mikhail Shikau, Professor of the Department of Interior and Equipment Design, was the architect of the pavilion. Numerous graduates of the Academy are now outstanding artists who have got recognition both in Belarus and abroad. Yury Yakavenka and Anzhela Malysheva were awarded Grand Prix of the International Engraving Biennale "Jozep de Ribera" in Xàtiva, Spain. In different years our students Alesya Skorobogataya, Denis Chubukov, Olga Melnik, Boris Borozna, Sergey Torbik, and Ruslan Fedotov were among the participants and prize-winners in different international competitions. A master's degree can be a viable option if you want to further your knowledge of a particular subject after completing an undergraduate degree or improve your career prospects. A master's degree course is the second stage of higher education, aiming at: In-depth professional training, the study of modern scientific achievements in the arts and trends in modern art. Formation of knowledge and skills of research and educational activities that act as a foundation for undertaking a postgraduate (Ph.D.) program and enhance your employability. Our Postgraduate programs are designed to develop outstanding scholars for careers in fine arts, screen arts, and design. To be admitted into a Ph. D. A program that corresponds to the Candidate of Science degree program in our country. Applicants should have their master's degree, an inclination for research work confirmed by scientific publications, participation in research projects, scientific conferences, seminars, etc. Our students and lecturers benefit from Belarus's geographical position to experience and appreciate the most significant and exciting art exhibitions, theatre performances, and film premières. As the development of a new creative personality is now unthinkable without the knowledge of cultural diversity, the Academy is hugely interested in organizing international internships and exchange programs for our young talented lecturers and professors, postgraduate, master's degree and undergraduate students at foreign universities as well as invites leading foreign professors to give lectures and masterclasses. Exhibitions of modern art of various countries are regularly held at the Art Gallery of BSAA, too. Studying at BSAA does not imply only the diploma of the European standard. It is a privileged opportunity to be students of outstanding professors and talented lecturers, which helps develop unique creative personalities and an excellent start to a career! Every year some international students are admitted to BSAA on a contract basis. This year you can see young people from China, Iran, Latvia, Lithuania, Syria, Turkmenistan, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Denmark, the USA, Poland, Venezuela, and the Czech Republic among the student body of the Academy. The main objectives of the Research Department are the improvement of the research process and scientific problems solution in the field of theatre, fine art, decorative and applied arts, film-making, and design, organization, and coordination of the postgraduate and doctorate courses work), development of inter-university and international cooperation in scientific sphere (holding conferences and seminars), scientific and methodological support academic activities. The Department seeks to raise research in the field of native professional art to a new level, contribute to the improvement of education in the sphere of culture and art, and strengthen ties among higher education, science, and industry. The Department also holds the BSAA scientific meetings where preliminary examinations of a thesis and its critical review, take place. The Belarusian State Academy of Arts offers Belarusian and international establishments of education, science, culture and art cooperation in the following areas: Living masterclasses in acting, direction, graphics, photographs, painting, sculpture, design, etc. by famous BSAA experts. Giving introductory lectures, reports on Belarusian fine arts, modern Belarusian photography, sculpture, art in public space, current trends in the development of Belarusian art, etc. holding art exhibitions and exhibition projects, e.g., "Space.by: Graphics" or "Space.by: Photography". Other cooperation in a variety of areas within the framework of the Academy activity. View full university

BGAA is a division of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus. At the Academy, at the Faculty of Civil Aviation and the Department of Secondary Special Education is preparing aviation specialists with secondary and higher education. Engineers on the organization of traffic on air transport, engineers and technicians on the technical operation of aircraft and engines, aircraft equipment successfully work not only in the aviation enterprises of the Republic of Belarus, but also abroad. The Academy enrolled students from Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Yemen. Military Faculty BGAA trains technicians and engineers for the Air Force and air defense forces and other security agencies of the Republic of Belarus. The leading countries of the world, taking care of their intellectual potential, provide today, first of all, the development of education and training. Aviation has always been at the forefront of scientific and technological progress. Belarusian State Academy of Aviation - an educational institution that meets the modern requirements of training of highly qualified aviation professionals. Her address is widely known both in the country and abroad. The Academy has prepared thousands of specialists, which were essential to the life of modern society. Training and logistical base, teaching staff, the updated content of education, the introduction of modern information technology, learning English effectively contribute to skills development, and the formation of a future specialist's personality. Our graduates can ensure the reliable operation of air transport. Thanks to the constant support provided by the Department of Aviation Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus, the Academy has the capabilities to fulfill its tasks adequately. Belarusian State Academy of Aviation is an institution of Education of Belarus, which provides a secondary special education, integrated with higher education, and in certain specialties - tertiary education first stage, training and re-training of aviation personnel in continuing education on a reimbursable basis, creates the necessary conditions for the creative, intellectual, physical and moral development of the individual. Civil aviation Department (CAD) is one of the most significant structural divisions of the Academy, established in 2007. Skilled professionals provide the educational process with many years of research and teaching experience. The faculty is characterized by high-training specialists in the aviation field, the motivation to develop and improve teaching skills continually, a creative approach to classroom education and practical оn the job training of aviation specialists. CAD holds a leading position in the field of training of aviation specialists for the state enterprise "Belaeronavigatsiya," the Ministry of transport and communications of the Republic of Belarus, Aviation Department of the Republic of Belarus, air force and air defense forces of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus, the Aviation of the State border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Aviation of EMERCOM of the Republic of Belarus. Graduates of the CAD have distribution in airlines: the national airline "Belavia," RUE "Minsk national airport," JSC "Grodno Airline," JSC "Transaviaexport Airlines," LLC "Genex," UE "Rubistar" and the enterprise: state enterprise "Minsk aircraft repair plant," JSC "Orsha aircraft repair plant," as well as in-demand airlines in the States and abroad. High quality of education contributes to the expansion of international contacts. The faculty is trained and protects the final qualifying works of students from CIS countries and foreign countries (Venezuela, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, etc.). CAD actively cooperates with the enterprises of civil aviation of the Republic of Belarus. There are branches of departments at Minsk aircraft repair factory, in the "Belavia airline," "Transaviaexport." CAD liaises with the aviation faculty of the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus, BSTU, Belarusian State University, Belarusian state pedagogical University, and other higher education institutions and research institutes of the Republic of Belarus. The Department of civil aviation is aimed not only for professional training but also for their academic growth. Teachers and students actively participate in scientific research work, reflected in numerous publications in scientific journals and collections. Cadets, taking part in Republican contests of research work of students of higher educational institutions, win prizes and are winners of various competitions. The Departments of CA have a large amount of inventive work; in recent years, the staff has received more than 35 patents for the Republic of Belarus's invention. In the framework of international scientific cooperation, the Department of CA maintains links with academic institutions: the European Agency for aviation safety EASA, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (Canada, Montreal), and Universities from Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, etc. CAD has significant progress in the organization of leisure, sporting activities, the social life of students. Special attention is paid to the faculty's educational work and is actively working student self-government bodies – initiators of first actions and events. Since its formation, the faculty has prepared more than first-class aviation specialists for the sphere of civil aviation. Many of them work in responsible leadership positions at the regional level, including the state enterprise "Belaeronavigatsya," the Ministry of transport and communications of the Republic of Belarus, Aviation Department, the "Belavia" airline, RUE "Minsk national airport," JSC "Transaviaexport Airlines," etc. View full university

Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University (BSATU) is a rapidly growing multi-disciplinary teaching and research center of the Republic of Belarus, which trains highly qualified specialists. The structure of the University includes the University Administration, eight faculties, 42 chairs, 27 departments, and services. The University has the Republican educational and industrial center of practical training of innovations and development of new machinery complexes. The Republican educational, scientific, and industrial association "Agroengineer" was founded in BSATU in 2007. It comprises 14 agrarian colleges. More than 15000 students are taught there, and 500-600 of them enter the University annually according to the continuous integrated professional education system. The scientific and research Institute of mechanization and electrification of agriculture and the professional development and retraining Institute of agribusiness specialists affiliate with the University. The Educational Institution «Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University (BSATU) » invites everyone to get a good education. The admission of international students coming to the Republic of Belarus on the legal basis and having the necessary level of the previous education is carried out following the international treaties of the Republic of Belarus, as well as based on the contracts concluded by BSATU with foreign citizens or their representatives (organizations). Persons who have general secondary education or vocational education, or vocational secondary education proved by corresponding education certificate can enter BSATU. The admission of foreign citizens having the necessary level of the previous education is carried out on the terms of payment following the contract concluded by BSATU with foreign citizens. Foreign citizens who do not speak Russian will be enrolled in the preparatory department to study the Russian language and the main subjects of the chosen specialty.Foreign citizens enter BSATU on the results of final testing after completing the preparatory department. Those who have not got a certificate of the completion of the preparatory department enter the University on the interview results that evaluate whether the level of the Russian language knowledge is sufficient to study at the University. Identification documents (passport), appropriate visa, and compulsory medical insurance, completed following the Republic of Belarus legislation, are necessary for admission of foreign citizens and stateless persons to study at the University. Citizens of Russia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyz Republic are provided with the additional opportunity to enter higher educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus based on payment as provided for foreign citizens. Entrance examinations for foreign citizens are held in the form of an interview concerning level knowledge of the Russian language in which the University provides training. If a foreign citizen passes the interview successfully, he becomes a first-year student of the University by the Admission Committee's decision. A contract is concluded with the international student. According to this contract, the Rector issues the order about student's admission. In case of insufficient knowledge of the Russian language or specialized subjects, the applicant can be trained at the preparatory department with two directions: technical and economic. After completing the curriculum and passing exams, the student is issued the certificate of the completion of the preparatory department. The student is enrolled in the primary faculty of the chosen specialty of BSATU or can continue his study at any university of the Republic of Belarus or Commonwealth of Independent States. The training at the preparatory department takes one year. The students learn the Russian language and other subjects depending on the specialty they are going to obtain. Professional development and retraining institute of agribusiness specialists is a multifunctional university subdivision that provides professional development of agribusiness specialists throughout their labor activity according to agribusiness labor market demands and raises the professional competence of the managerial staff and specialists in three educational programs of professional development. More than 3000 learners improve their professional skills annually. Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University (the original name is Belarusian Institute of Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture) was founded in October 1954. It started training specialists on "Mechanization of Agriculture" and "Electrification of Agriculture." Two hundred students (150 people to study the Mechanization of Agriculture and 50 people to study Electrification of Farm Production Processes) were admitted in 1954. During the following period, the Institute was developing and growing, and in 1992 it became Belarusian Agrarian Technical University. Since 2000, the University has been officially named Educational Institution "Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University" (BSATU) by the approval of the Minsk Executive Committee. For success in the training of specialists for the republic's agriculture, the University has been awarded the Diploma of Honour of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the Diploma of Honour of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the Diploma of Honour of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus. In 2010 the University was the first among agricultural higher educational establishments of Belarus to receive a Certificate of Conformity of the Quality Management System BSATU that meets the requirements of ISO 9001-2009. In 2013 the University was awarded the Prize of the Government of the Republic of Belarus for achievements in the field of quality in 2012. View full university

Today, the Belarusian State of the Orders of the October Revolution and the Order of the Labour Red Banner Agricultural Academy is the largest multidisciplinary agricultural institute of higher education among CIS and European countries. The BSAA is headed by Dr. P.A.Saskevich, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences. Throughout its history, BSAA has trained over 80 000 highly qualified specialists for the country's agro-industrial complex and other sectors. Many of its graduates have become prominent statesmen, scientists, heads of large establishments, enterprises, and made a great contribution to the development of the country's national economy. The first president of the Republic of Belarus has graduated from the BSAA. Moreover, the Academy is proud of this fact. For the outstanding achievements, managerial abilities, and professionalism in work, 22 academy graduates were given the title of Hero of Socialist Labor, 16 graduates – Honored Worker of Science and Technology, 60 – Honorary Figure of Agriculture. Among the alumni of the BSAA, there are 21 academicians and corresponding members of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, four acting rectors of Belarusian universities, 36% of the chairmen of the district executive committees, 40% of heads of departments of agricultural management district executive committees and nearly half of the heads of the national agricultural enterprises. New students can apply to the correspondence course each year from November 1-st to30th. Higher school of agribusiness provides education to people who have already obtained their undergraduate degree or in the last years of studies and want to get a degree in "Economics and management," "Business administration," "Marketing," "Commerce," "Accounting, analysis and audit," "Finance and audit."The Higher School of agribusiness was set up in 1999 and enrolled only 60 students. At present more than 400 students get their secondary education at higher school. Research in the Academy is carried out in the field of agrochemistry and soil science, ecological genetics and plant breeding, biotechnology in crop growing, agricultural ecology plant protection, agriculture, crop growing, feed production, energy-saving technologies in plant growing, horticulture, fruit and vegetable breeding, analytical chemistry and ecology biotechnology, cell and gene engineering in animal breeding, cattle breeding, farm animal feeding, farm animals veterinary, fishery, horse breeding, plant processing Mechanization of farms and crop growing, hydro-technical structures and hydro ecology, ameliorative and construction machines and their efficient application, drainage and irrigation, drainage systems efficiency, geodesy, planning of rural territories, land cadaster and law management in the agro-industrial complex, marketing, mathematical modeling, commerce, audit, finance, and control in the agricultural sphere. The main directions of scientific research: Agro-chemistry and soil science Ecological crop breeding and selection of agricultural biotechnology and ecology Plant protection, herbology Feed production, energy-saving technologies in crop growing Horticulture, fruit and vegetable selection Analytical chemistry and ecology, methods of farm produce analysis Biotechnology, cell and gene engineering in animal breeding, technologies of animal production Cattle breeding, veterinary, fish breeding Development of machines and mechanisms for intensive technologies, plant processing, mechanization on animal farms Hydro technical structures and hydro ecology, ameliorative and construction machines and their practical use, drainage and irrigation, the effectiveness of drainage systems geodesy and photographer, land cadaster and law The Farm Mechanization Faculty was set up in the Academy in 1947 and laid the foundation of higher education in the field of farm mechanization in Belarus. At present, the faculty provides training in three specialties: "Maintenance and Engineering Support of Farm Production," "Maintenance and Engineering Support of Land Reclamation and Waterworks," "Agro service." Graduates majoring in the first two specialties get an engineering qualification, and those majoring in the third specialty get a qualification of an engineer-manager. The Faculty of Land Reclamation and Construction is the oldest structural subdivision of the Academy. On the territory of Belarus, the faculty was the first educational institution to train highly qualified specialists in land reclamation and have a rich history and long-term traditions. At present, the faculty trains highly qualified experts for the Republic of Belarus' agro-industrial complex in two specialties: "Land Reclamation and Water Management and "Rural Development and Area Planning." After receiving a diploma in specialized secondary education, there is a possibility to be admitted to a short course of training in these two specialties. The history of training specialists for animal husbandry in our republic is connected with setting up the Zootechny faculty in 1930, which was renamed in Zoo Engineering Faculty in 1975. Throughout its history, the faculty trained over 7.5 thousand highly qualified specialists. Today the faculty offers undergraduate courses in zootechny (with the qualification "zoo engineer") on specializations: biotechnology and breeding, poultry farming, industrial pig production industrial fish breeding (with the qualification "engineer-technologist"). All the courses are professionally relevant, which means that graduate students are ready for the workplace. Land Use Planning Faculty was established in 1924. Its history began in 1859 when geodetic-taxation classes at Gory-Goretskaya rural school were opened. There are three departments at the faculty: the Department of Land Management, the Department of Land Cadaster and Law, the Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry. The highly qualified teaching staff provides educational, methodological, and research work. The Agronomy Faculty was established in 1919 based on Goretsky Agricultural Institute. The beginning of agronomical education at the higher courses of Gory Goretskaya rural school (later the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy) refers to 1842. Dean of the Faculty is Y. Mirenkov, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, and Associate Professor The Faculty of Agroecology were established in 1996. The faculty departments have their glorious history and old traditions. In 1879, Gorki M. Rytov, an outstanding Russian scientist-agrobiologist in vegetable and fruit growing, began his activity. He is considered the father of Russian scientific horticulture and gardening. In August 1920, in Goretski Agricultural Institute, the Department of Vegetable and Fruit Growing was created. The Department of Agrichemistry was organized in 1921 by Academician Oscar Kedrov-Zinman, whose works on chemical land reclamation are known worldwide. The BSAA has been training accounts since 1958. The Faculty of Accounting, as a separate faculty, was created in 1966. Today there are more than 700 full-time students. Economic education has always been one of the main activities of the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy. According to the Gory-Goretsky Agricultural Institute (1859) regulations, a second-year-student could choose one of the following specialties: agriculture, cattle breeding, economics, and forestry. Thus, our educational establishment in the Russian Empire "Economic" as an independent specialty was first introduced. On November 1st, 2002, Business and Law Faculty was formed through the reorganization of the Economic faculty. There are five departments at the faculty: the Department of Agribusiness, the Department of State and Law History, the Department of History and Cultural Sciences, the Department of Marketing, the Department of Law. More than 680 students, including over 200 international study at the faculty at present. View full university

The Belarus State Economic University (BSEU) is a sophisticated educational establishment, which trains specialists in the field of economics and management, finance and banking, accounting and statistics, commerce, international economic relations, economic policies, business communications techniques, marketing, logistics, economic law, economics and management of tourism, the economics of labor and nature use, advertising activities, and price formations. BSEU has a well-developed infrastructure of a training and scholarly complex: 11 schools, 59 departments (of which 39 are graduating ones), the Institute of Social-Liberal Education, the Institute of Raising Qualification and Retraining Economic Cadres, the Bobruisk branch, six Centers (those of scholarly research, macroeconomic research, management issues, and consulting services, merchandising research and expert examination, IT development and a publishing one), a library, research labs, divisions and services, a student campus, a sports complex, and a trade complex. The training process is carried out by highly professional teachers from the Department of Belarusian and Russian languages who have gained significant experience teaching Russian as a foreign language. Classes are held with the use of textbooks and teaching materials specially prepared for international students. The Department has a language laboratory equipped with video systems to show educational and feature films. Students are offered specialized computer classrooms with training and check-up programs for Russian as a foreign language. As a foreign language, courses of Russian will improve your knowledge of Russian grammar and familiarize you with Russian and Belarusian literature, culture, traditions, and national features of Belarusians. Highly skilled teachers teach the courses with many years of experience working with international students in Belarusian universities and abroad. Many of them are the authors of course books, tutorial guides, and original methodologies for teaching Russian as a foreign language. During the past years, the Pre-university department has accumulated a wealth of experience in teaching the Russian language to foreigners. This experience is reflected in the textbooks and course materials utilized in the classroom. Russian teachers prepared most of these materials for foreigners. All our teachers are fully qualified and experienced in teaching Russian as a foreign language to allow international students to meet the University's entry requirements. In-class teaching methods are augmented by various audio-visual aids available to students of the Pre-university department – these include several language labs with an extensive collection of audiotapes and classrooms equipped with video systems for viewing educational and feature films. Individual study rooms are equipped with computers and Russian training and controlling programs. The Belarus State Economic University (BSEU) was founded 77 years ago in 1933. For its activities back in the Soviet period, it was awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labor. This is one of the largest universities in the country. It trains specialists in the field of economics, management, and law—the graduates of the university work in all the national economy sectors both in the country and abroad. The Belarus State Economic University's student body accounts for 25,000 students, with 1,200 faculty members teaching them, 47 percent have advanced degrees and titles. The priorities in the organization of teaching are thorough training, a creative approach to mastering knowledge, and the realization of individual abilities. The focus is made on providing of the systemic level of studies, making connections among the subjects taught, establishing interdisciplinary courses, developing independent work skills, implementing active forms of the teaching process, and effective methods of testing. When the University restarted its activity, only 12 faculty members gave classes for 54 students. The following year, however, there were already 38 staff members and 252 students. The library already had a collection of 6,000 books. In 1945, the Republican Council on Science awarded graduation diplomas to the first 11 students of the pre-war alumnus class of 1941. First post-war graduates received their diplomas on March 2, 1946. This group numbered no more than 71 students, 22 of them fought in the battle-fields of the Great Patriotic War. From 1946 till 1950, 455 students graduated from the University. The leading University's building (7 Sverdlova St.), started functioning on January 3, 1950. Those days, one section of this building served as a dormitory for girls, for there was a continually growing number of students. Today, the University's premises complex comprises eight students' dormitory buildings. Our graduates are our pride; many of them went on to distinguished careers. An alumnus of the class of 1936, former BSSR Minister of Finance, Prime Minister of the State Planning Board, the deputy-chair of the Board of Ministers of BSSR, F. L. Kokhanov celebrated his 90th birthday on October 9, 2001. Another alumnus, M.G. Tkachev (the class of 1939) became a writer, worked as the Secretary-in-chief for the Writers Union of BSSR and was also the director of the 'Mastatskaja Literatura' publishing house. I.V. Protaschik (the class of 1947) fought as a partisan in World War II, made to Berlin. After the war, he researched the Academy of Sciences' Chemistry Institute in topochemical transformations. He was honored with the title of the 'Inventor Emeritus of the USSR' in 1980. His discoveries in lubricant materials saved the country a great deal of money. View full university

On October 27, 2011, the institution of higher education "The Belarusian state university of culture and arts," the first among the higher educational institutions of culture, was awarded a certificate that the quality management system in projecting and implementation the educational activity in the area of culture and arts, in carrying out educational work, in training skilled personnel, in scientific, innovative and international activities meets the STB ISO 9001-2009 requirements to the quality management system. More than 25 000 young specialists have received diplomas of the University during the period of its existence. Highly professional teaching staff enables the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts to train skilled specialists who possess in-depth specialized knowledge and thorough humanitarian training. Modern curricula and programs, information technologies, and methods of training are introduced into the educational process. The Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts has a high rating among the Belarusian universities thanks to scientific work, innovative educational activity, and wide-range artistic creativity. The structure of the University is based on the main areas of its activities and corresponds to the profile of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts. The Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts consists of the university administration, six faculties (cult-urology and socio-cultural activity, traditional Belarusian culture and modern Art, musical Art, information, and document communication, correspondence, further education), 22 specialized educational and five general education departments. There are also the following subdivisions and services: the department of education, the department of education quality management system, student area, art gallery, the producer center 'Art- major,' the department of international relations, postgraduate course, the library, editing, and publishing department, the center for information technologies development (the department of information and programming, the department of technical means of education), the administrative and economic department, the operational and technical department, security, cafeteria. Specialists with higher education are trained in 14 specialties, 25 specialty areas, and 26 specializations. Five thousand full-time and part-time students study at the University, 50% of the study at the cost of the Republican budget. The University is located in three academic buildings – building I (17, Rabkorovskaya Str.), building II (18a, Moscovskaya Str.), and building ІІІ (18a, Moscovskaya Str.). There are two student hostels – hostel №1 (15, Rabkorovskaya Str.), hostel №2 (13, Rabkorovskaya Str.). Students are trained in the following specialties: Culturology, Literary studies, Social studies, Holiday direction, Social pedagogy, Socio-cultural activity, Folk art, Art of direction, Choreographic Art, Variety art, Vocal, Library science and Bibliography, Museology and the protection of historical and cultural heritage, Art history, Decorative and applied arts, Wind instruments. The staff of the University is more than 300 people. Among them, 165 hold academic degrees and status, 12 honorary hold titles. Teaching and methodological association on education in the area of culture and arts, including eight research and methodological councils in education areas and specialty groups have been set up to improve the quality of training specialists. The main functions of the teaching and methodological association are participation in the development and advancement of higher education standards, model curricula, and program examination of teaching curricula on the subjects studied harmonization of manuscripts, textbooks, teaching and teaching and methodological supplies. The Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts offers the training of skilled personnel at Master course (specialties: "Theory, methodology, and organization of socio-cultural activity, "Culturology," "Art history," "Library Science, bibliography and bibliology," "Museology, conservation and restoration of historical and cultural facilities," "Art-management"), at the postgraduate course ("Library Science, bibliography and bibliology," "Theory, methodology, and organization of socio-cultural activity, "Theory and history of arts," "Theory and history of culture," "Museology, conservation and restoration of historical and cultural facilities") and a doctoral course. Councils on the defense of candidate and doctoral theses work at the University. The structure of the University also includes the branch office of the faculty of further education in Mozyr. Along with the four-year study, the University provides the shortened term of education for culture and art students based on the contracts with Alexander Pushkin Library College in Mogilev, Grodno art college, and Bobruisk secondary school-college of arts. The personnel of the University includes the leading figures of national culture, famous scientists, tutors, young representatives of intellectual and creative talent of Belarus, who seek carrying out the program of fixation, study, preservation, and translation of traditional and modern Belarusian Art in the variety of its manifestation. There are well-equipped computers and individual classrooms, as well as an audio library at the University. There is a vibrant electronic library, pottery, straw- braiding, tapestry, weaving, painting on fabric, rod-braiding, and ancient Belarusian musical instrument studios that give the opportunity to qualitatively organize the educational process, broaden the potentials of student professional development and gain scientific and creative maturity. Virtually the specialists' continuous training has been created (from school-leavers to high school graduates, MA course graduates, postgraduates, doctoral course graduates). The University is looking to the future with hope. The personnel can train educated and professionally mature national intellectuals who will contribute to the development of culture, Art, and science of Belarus. View full university

Belarusian State Medical University is the leading higher medical, educational institution of the Republic of Belarus, having merited international authority and recognition. Teaching at the University is provided at 72 departments (among them 29 theoretical and 43 clinical). The academic classes are organized at 70 teaching hospitals as well as research and practice centers. The educational process coordinated by the Academic and Methodology Board, consisting of several departments and the Quality Management Sector, is carried out at the corresponding faculties. Education at the University is practice-oriented. On average, 70% of classes are either tutorials or practicals in labs. From the 2nd year onwards, the educational process at the clinical departments is organized at the premises of the Ministry of Health's medical institutions, which creates all the necessary facilities for students to acquire the knowledge and skills required by the curriculum. From the 3rd year (or from the 2nd year for those majoring in dentistry) onwards, the students undergo practical training supervised by highly qualified specialists of the corresponding health care institutions. The University actively implements innovative educational technologies meeting the Bologna process principles. All the University resources make up the educational portal, including the BSMU official site and intranet sites for teachers and students. Educational resources include a vast bank of full-text educational materials and visual aids, a considerable part of which has been created by the University teaching staff. The devised interactive E-textbooks help the students access current educational literature, presentations of lectures, tests for self-training, and self-control. The educational site provides numerous teaching and resource materials, regulatory documents for organizing the teaching process. They can be found both in the corresponding departments and on the intranet site for students. Currently, 42 clinical departments of the University (including two departments of the Military Medicine Faculty) are located at 70 clinical sites of Minsk healthcare and research centers. This cooperation is regulated by the agreements of gratuitous use of non-residential premises in the municipal and republican ownership and corresponding agreements on cooperation. The BSMU sanatorium is a preventive medical institution for students' treatment and rehabilitation during the academic year. The sanatorium has a general therapeutic profile for patients with the diseases of the cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal tract, musculoskeletal system, ENT diseases, and problems with the respiratory system and the eyes. In the health unit, one can get emergency medical care in case of diseases, injuries, and poisoning. The health unit provides out-patient care for patients. According to indications, a healthcare provider working there may put a student on sick leave from one to three days or make him (her) exempt from physical education classes up to five days. The university clinical departments' staff carries out a vast bulk of work, providing ambulatory organizational and methodological as well as therapeutic and consultative assistance to healthcare organizations in Minsk and throughout Belarus. Up to 2000 site visits in Minsk and 250-300 visits throughout the country are performed each year. On average, up to 3,500 patients are consulted in Minsk and about 1000 throughout the country. A large number of surgical interventions are performed in severe cases. Belarusian State Medical University is actively developing international cooperation with overseas partners. It annually signs from 10 to 15 agreements concerning academic and scientific cooperation with international research and educational institutions, is open to the establishment of new international relations, and readily examines incoming proposals for collaboration. The teaching staff of the clinical departments specializing in Surgery successfully implements new methods of treatment, such as the transplantation method of treating diabetes mellitus by grafting corresponding xenogenic cell transplants the surgical method of treating hyperparathyroidism by transplanting parathyrocytes. Belarusian State Medical University exercises foreign citizens' admission to the Preparatory Department and the 1st year of study on a fee basis. The history of the University can be traced back to 1921 when the Medical Faculty was created as a part of the Belarusian State University. The Medical Faculty became an independent educational institution in 1930. On 28 June 2001, Minsk State Medical Institute was renamed the state leading higher educational establishment «Belarusian State Medical University.» 1925 — the first class of graduates (21 students were awarded the diplomas and qualified as physicians). 1930 — the Belarusian State Medical Institute was founded on the base of the Medical Faculty. From June 1941 to October 1943, the Institute did not function and resumed its work in Yaroslavl (Russia). 1944 — the Belarusian State Medical Institute returned to its home place (Minsk). 1960 — Dental Faculty was created. 1964 — Pediatric Faculty and Faculty of Preventive Medicine started their activity. 1967 — Medical Faculty for Foreign Students appeared within the University. 1971 — for the achievements in training of specialists, development of Public health service, and medical science, Minsk State Medical Institute was rewarded with the Order of the Red Banner of Labor by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR. 1995 — Military Medicine Faculty was opened. 2001 — the University was granted its current title and status of the leading higher medical institution in Belarus. 2011 — Pharmaceutical Faculty appeared within the University. View full university

Our University is one of the oldest universities in our country. Thanks to the traditions, it combines academism, openness, and innovations. The University has gained a good reputation and has become a leader in teacher training for 100 years of its glorious and rich history. Outstanding scientists and teachers, famous scientific schools and centers, a high standard of professional and interpersonal ethics, the continuity of traditions, and the possibility of transferring rich pedagogical and life experience to the younger generations are BSPU nowadays. Our University is always ready to share experience and adopt innovation; that is why we are open to fruitful and mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of education. BSPU is a member of the Euroasian universities association. This fact shows that professional training is maintained at a very high level, and it confirms that our University can integrate into the international community. Our teachers and professors apply a creative and innovative approach to their work, and they try to develop the individual abilities of every student. Our main aim is to train a new formation specialist, an active, open-minded, and self-confident person. We do our best to give our students an education that can meet the best standards. At the University, a classical approach that combines fundamentality, practice, and the pedagogical focus is applied. We take into consideration the current global trends in higher education to choose a development model with the students as the future intellectual elite of Belarus in its center. We are proud of the past and the present of our University, we cherish its honor and reputation. According to the world ranking of universities webometric sites (Webometrics Ranking of World Universities), updated in January 2017, the BSPU site position takes ninth place among Belarusian universities. The UN/UNDP in the Republic of Belarus has awarded the University a Certificate of appreciation for socially meaningful activities in achieving sustainable development goals and creating an inclusive society in Belarus. Admission of foreign citizens and stateless persons to the institution of higher education is carried out based on an agreement for training a specialist getting higher education at the expense of the budget, an agreement for training a specialist on a paid basis, that is concluded by the institution of higher education with foreign citizens and stateless persons (with legal representatives of minor foreign citizens and stateless persons when they present documents confirming the status of a legal representative of a minor foreign citizen or stateless person) or with representatives of foreign citizens and stateless persons acting under Power of attorney certified by a notary or an authorized official, as well as a legal entity (individual entrepreneur, individual) paying tuition fees (if any). Additionally, besides the requirements established by law, an agreement provides the parties' responsibility for payment of expenses in case of deportation of a foreign citizen and a stateless person outside the Republic of Belarus. Higher education is the level of basic training aimed at developing the student's personality and intellectual and creative abilities, enabling him to obtain specialized theoretical and practical knowledge. At the end of the training course, the student gets a certification of a higher education specialist and a Master's degree. Following special permission (license) to carry out educational activities, BSPU provides getting higher education in 79 specialties and six specializations. All the specialties have passed state accreditation (Certificate). 11 Faculties and 56 Departments provide designing and implementation of educational programs of higher education. The system of training pedagogical staff at the University includes four / five-year training of specialists at the first stage of higher education with the possibility of continuing education to obtain the Master's degree at the second stage of higher education (Master's Degree Course). After obtaining a Master's degree, a graduate of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank has the right to continue his/her education doing Ph.D. studies and then Doctorate studies. The training of students in higher education institutions is organized in full-time and extramural (including distance education) forms of education. The terms of training depend on the complexity of the educational program and the form of education. The Ministry of Education is the primary employer of graduates studying at the expense of the Republican budget. To strengthen the practical orientation of training specialists in the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, there are 41 affiliated branches of the Departments that provide the educational process and the organization of an internship for students in secondary schools, preschool, and specialized education institutions. The University provides students with ample opportunities for self-improvement and advanced training. Students can get additional training at the Additional Education Center. The first stage of higher education provides training for specialists who want to obtain higher education and have fundamental and specialized knowledge and skills. At the end of the training course, the student gets a certification of a specialist and is given a diploma of higher education, which grants him/her the right for employment according to the received qualifications in the order established by the legislation of the Republic of Belarus and the right for training on the Master's Degree Course. BSPU implements educational programs of higher education of the first stage, providing certification of a specialist obtaining higher education, and educational programs of higher education of the first stage, providing the certification of a specialist obtaining higher education and integrated with educational programs of secondary special education in 61 specialties and six specializations. The terms of training at this stage range from 4 to 5 years. The terms of training on the extramural form of education are extended for one more year. The admission of foreign citizens and stateless persons is carried out based on the agreement on training specialists at the expense of the national budget or at the expense of individual and legal persons, concluded by the University with foreign citizens and stateless individuals or their representatives (legal representatives of minor foreign citizens and stateless persons (upon presentation of documents confirming the status of the legal representative of a minor foreigner or a stateless person) or with foreign citizens and stateless persons acting under a power of attorney, certified by a public notary or an authorized official, as well as a legal entity ( individual entrepreneur, a natural person) carrying out the payment of tuition fees (if any), where besides the conditions laid down by the law, the liability of the parties to pay the expenses in case of sending a foreign citizen out of the bounds of the Republic of Belarus is stipulated. View full university

Belarusian State Technological University is one of the leading educational and scientific centers of the Republic of Belarus. The University's activities cover a broad scope ranging from training highly competitive specialists to research and development and innovative activities. Today the University is recognized in the Republic of Belarus as a leading higher educational institution in forestry, chemical, and printing industries. Belarusian State Technological University was granted the status of a fundamental higher educational institution of the CIS in the fields of forestry and forest industry. Later it became a full member of the International Centre for Forestry and Forest Industry (ICFFI). The University researchers contribute to over 230 projects within 35 national and international scientific and technical programs. The University collaborates with more than 400 national enterprises and business within commercial contracts of applied character. The world markets of hi-tech and R&D products can only be won with state-of-the-art equipment. The University departments and the Centre for Chemical and Physical Investigation Methods are equipped with unique up-to-date research and laboratory facilities enabling high-quality research and assisting in the educational process. The University is committed to providing quality programs benchmarked to high international standards in an intellectually rich and diverse learning environment. At the heart of our approach is a strong supportive partnership between staff and students. Our students demand a lot of us and we of them – we aim to transform dreams and ambitions into global opportunities for success. Engineering challenges lie at the heart of many of the most significant problems facing society in the 21st century, from responding to climate change, developing sustainable energy sources, and making efficient use of scarce natural resources. BSTU is one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Belarus for young people with international interests. For international students, BSTU is more: a modern, welcoming, and intellectually stimulating place to study in Belarus's most magnificent city. BSTU's diverse student body of 13 000 is drawn from Belarusian students' top ranks and partner universities around the world. In the last years the University has formed n, numerous new partnerships with leading institutions around the world. The University is also committed to fostering an ever-evolving student body, curriculum, and campus life that continues to reflect its most prestigious and most advanced place for understanding international affairs. Currently, the University offers 32 graduate programs at seven main faculties. The broad scope of domains of training of highly-qualified specialists includes forestry, geoinformation systems, landscape architecture, tourism, woodworking technology, furniture design, chemistry and technology, petrochemical synthesis, polymer materials technology, biotechnology, bio ecology, the technology of medicinal drugs, printing and publishing, ecology, real estate, energy conservation and energy management, environmental protection, economics and engineering, marketing, management, information technologies, security software development, design of electronic and web-publications. The BSTU graduates work successfully at many enterprises and companies of the Republic of Belarus, CIS and foreign countries. The University admits foreign citizens, having the background education corresponding to the level of general secondary education in Belarus. Besides, BSTU admits individuals having a Bachelor's degree to Master Courses. Those foreign citizens who have got a higher education on the level of Master of Sciences and experience of work in their specialty are admitted as Post-graduate-students. International students having a higher education on the level of Master of Sciences and having a command of the language of instruction can be assigned to BSTU as applicants for the scientific Doctoral studies (Ph.D.), and those who have a Ph.D. degree may pursue a Doctor of Science degree (D.Sc.) in order to prepare a thesis under the guidance of a scientific supervisor. Training specialists with higher education is conducted at eight faculties: forestry, forestry and wood technology, the technology of organic substances, chemical technology, and engineering, industrial engineering, print technology and media communications, information technology, and the faculty of distant learning for forestry, logging, woodworking, pulp and paper-processing, electronic, microbiological, chemical, timber-chemical, machine building, petrochemical, printing industries, building materials industry, medicine, ecological tourism and natural resources, centers of standardization and certification, publishing organizations, environmental, landscape, and other sectors of the economy of the Republic of Belarus. The educational process is carried out by 600 teachers at 52 departments, including 55 Doctors of Sciences, 388 PhDs, 45 professors, and 245 associate professors. To develop practical-oriented training at BSTU there are 17 branches of the departments at the leading enterprises of the national economy: JSC "Keramin", PA "Minsk tractor plant", JSC "Belshina", JSC "Belarusian cement plant", RUE "Newspaper printing plant", JSC "Minsk plant of building materials", JSC "Gomelsteklo", JSC "Svetlogorsk pulp & board plant", JSC "Borisov plastic products plant ", RUE "Belmedcine", State institution for forest protection and monitoring "Bellesozaschita", State forestry" Stolbtsy experimental forestry, "JSC 'Rechitsadrev,' JSC 'FanDOK,' JSC' Printing plant after Y. Kolas', JSC' Red star' as well as 34 educational-scientific-production centers. International cooperation is among the top priorities of the University's activities with old and well-established international networking traditions. Dynamic international cooperation is a prerequisite for ensuring the sustainability and quality of teaching and research at the University. Belarusian State Technological University is an active international university engaged in collaborative projects and partnerships all over the world focusing on the following cooperation strategies: inter-university cooperation agreements visit-lecturing traineeship and internship exchanges of academic staff, Ph.D. and Master's degree students joint research projects joint contributions to reputable science and research journals student exchange study programs for international students taught in English and Russian international conferences and other professional and scientific events joint double-degree programs participation in international and EU programs. View full university

Belarusian State University is a leading scientific, educational, innovation, and cultural center of the Republic of Belarus. Today our University has over 400 international agreements signed with universities and scientific institutes out of more than 50 countries of the world, making the BSU country's leader in this field. It exercises its' potential, which is based on the best domestic and international experience to comply with intellectual, cultural, and social demands and interests of the individual, society, and state and to facilitate the sustainable development of the country. The University Strategy is based on the creative cooperation of academic staff and students and aimed at: Performing educational, research, and innovation programs. Forming favorable conditions for the development of the intellectual and creative potential of the individual. Cherishing and upholding the best traditions of traditional university education. Securing a fitting place in the world educational area. The BSU is accredited by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus. Quality of education at the BSU is assured by the Quality Management System which is accredited for compliance with the standards of ISO 9001 The core of the BSU is made of the academic community of teachers, researches, students, and postgraduate students. Today the BSU has about 3000 teaching staff occupying full-time teaching positions within University's significant faculties and institutes. The BSU teaching staff includes 15 academicians of the National Academy of Science of Belarus, 16 Corresponding Members of the National Academy of Science of Belarus, 400 Doctors of Science, and 1840 Ph.D. degree holders. The BSU students' community consists of more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students, postgraduate, and postdoctoral students. Full-time students, who successfully pass exams, receive scholarships, and study free of charge. The annual enrollment exceeds 5000 students. BSU is an attractive place of study for many international students. Today more than 2000 international students from 53 countries of the world pursue their education at the BSU. As a top university in the Belarusian higher education system, BSU is acting as a national center of international cooperation in education and science, focusing on innovations, quality enhancement, and internationalization of university activity. 25-30 international projects within such programs as Tempus, Erasmus Mundus, Jean Monnet, EU Cross-Border Cooperation, DAAD, FPB-Belarus, CIMO, and many others are implemented at the University annually. Academic exchanges, joint researches, and joint educational programs are implemented in the framework of more than 250 international agreements with institutions from Europe, Asia, and America. In 2013 over 30 international educational programs were either implemented or to be implemented by BSU. As of the end of 2013 calls for proposals, 15 new educational projects with BSU engaged have been awarded grants. These figures significantly exceed targets set by the BSU Perspective Development Program for 2011-2015 One more project activity area is the strong involvement of BSU in international projects aimed at student and staff exchanges. Currently, BSU is engaged in 9 projects supporting exchange visits and study abroad for BSU postgraduate and master students, PhDs, and academic staff. Thus, up to date, over 35 European HEIs from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, and Finland are opened for exchange visits funded by International Technical Assistance Donors. Moreover, these projects provide BSU with an opportunity to engage highly qualified Students in BSU can study – Pre-University (preparatory course), general (higher education, Bachelor's degree) and Post-graduate (Master's degree, Doctoral degree). Each of the University study buildings is equipped with well-furnished classrooms, seminar rooms, and reading lounges. There are 70 computer laboratory and four media classrooms. Information Resources of the University Network include Web-Server, Web-Servers of the faculties, and units of the BSU and Intranet-Server of BSU. The BSU Lyceum uses the remote training system for publishing electronic training materials on the Internet. International students who study Russian as a Foreign Language at the Faculty of Pre-University Education can use specially designed electronic software "Study Russian" and distant learning recourses. In 2015 the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the graduate of the Belarusian State University Svetlana Alexievich. Svetlana Alexievich graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Belarusian State University in 1972. Her diploma thesis was devoted to Literary Criticism in the "Neman" journal. According to the Swedish Academy press release, the prize has been awarded to the Belarusian writer "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time." Among other notable alumni of the Belarusian State University, there are ministers, prominent scientists, educationalists, and political leaders working in many countries. The BSU has created the necessary sport and recreation facilities for its students and staff. Training and health-improving complexes, swimming pools, gymnasiums, and sports grounds are available. Over 1300 students attend 24 specialized sports sections regularly. About 50 of them are members of National teams participating in the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. View full university

The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio electronics is a significant and friendly family of over 16,000 talented students, ca. 900 experienced faculty and thousands of successful alumni. They are holding highly responsible positions all over the world. Today the University is a comprehensive national research and educational center possessing great workforce, scientific and training capacities, up-to-date laboratory equipment, and extensive infrastructure. The University offers all necessary facilities for education, research, work, life, and rest. We are glad you are willing to apply for one of over 100 Russian and English-medium study programs offered at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio-electronics. The Admissions Office seeks to enroll students who have the potential to thrive in our community and possess the qualities and attributes the University seeks to build an active and dynamic learning community. You can expect to have a response from us approximately three days after you have submitted your application and all other required information. We will not review your application until all required information has been received. The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics is an internationally recognized university for its high quality of education, state-of-the-art study programs, high graduate employment rate, well-acknowledged international scientific conferences, strong ties with world-leading companies and a unique blend of qualities. The University pays much attention to the student's development by regularly organizing social, sports, and cultural events, hence one of the University mottos says 'BSUIR IS KNOWLEDGE & LIFESTYLE.' The University offers first degree programs of two types in such vital fields as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Radioelectronics, Micro- and Nanoelectronics, Infocommunications, Automated Control in Technical Systems, Digital Economy, etc. BSUIR was the 1st engineering university in the Republic of Belarus to open English-medium study programs. In 2009, the first group of students was enrolled in the program Telecommunication Networks. 2010 saw the first intake to an English-medium Master's degree program Methods and Systems of Information Protection, Information Security. Today, every 3rd international student at BSUIR studies in English. In compliance with the national system of higher education. BSUIR offers four full-time and two distance first-degree programs and four full-time Master's degree programs with English as the course language. Besides, BSUIR offers blended programs that combine full-time and e-learning in the English language that has been developed in cooperation with the Computer Systems Institute (CSI), the USA. Training is provided for the US residents based on two BSUIR branches opened on the CSI campuses in Boston and Chicago. The Belarusian system of higher education includes educational, research, and governing institutions that use unified official standards and regulations in teaching, management, assessment, and research. Higher education is under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, responsible for the accreditation and licensing of HEIs and the development and implementation of the educational standards. It is the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus that oversees the running of the current educational systems. A decree established the current structure of the educational system in 1994. In 2016, Ihar Karpenka was appointed the new Minister of Education. State policy on higher education: National education has traditionally been one of the core values of the Belarusian people. According to the policy established by the Ministry of Education, there are four main educational principles: state (public) nature of management, accessibility and equality, quality and the last, but not the least — financial efficiency of the activities of higher education institutions (HEIs). Main tendencies and achievements: The education in Belarus is aimed at preparing creative, intellectually, and physically mature individuals. The main strategic objectives for education development are quality improvement and contribution to creating a competitive economy based on high and advanced technologies (as indicated by the National ERASMUS+ Office of Belarus). The University strives to train engineers and scientists capable of generating and implementing innovative ideas, creating competitive high technology products in the spheres of computer science and electronics. This mission is fulfilled utilizing sequential integration of education, research, and innovation activities. This shall lead to the formation of balanced individuals who are capable of actively participating in society's economic and social development and who are committed to being responsible citizens full of patriotism and national pride. Several pieces of evidence support Belarus's achievements since its independence in 1991, such as certain MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) achieved ahead of schedule, a high level of human development and political, socio-economic, and inter-ethnic stability. Belarusian higher education degrees and qualifications are internationally recognized in more than 80 countries worldwide, including the USA and Canada, countries of Europe, and the Commonwealth of the Independent States, the Middle East, and Asia. The Belarusian Government has also concluded several individual agreements with the countries with a national authority responsible for the recognition of foreign degrees and qualifications: Lisbon Recognition Convention (Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region, 1997) - in 53 countries, which are all European countries except Monaco and Greece, and Australia, Holy See, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, New Zealand, and Tajikistan. Separate agreements on mutual recognition and equivalence of educational diplomas and certificates, degrees and titles with 14 countries, the Commonwealth of Independent States, China, Poland, and Vietnam. View full university

The Belarusian State University of Physical Education is the only specialized institution of higher education in the country for training in the field of physical culture, sport, and tourism. The University provides all kinds of educational services: pre-university preparation, university postgraduate education, retraining, and updating specialists in the field of physical culture, sport, and tourism. BSUPC actively conducts basic and applied research on elite sports, mass sports, health-improving, and adaptive physical culture, tourism, develop international relations with foreign education institutions, participate in sports competitions of various levels. Currently, we are training 4,581 students. There are 51master's51master's degree students, 56 postgraduate students, two doctoral degree students, including the citizens of Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, China, China, and Israel. Over the years, we have had students from Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, Bosnia, and Herzegovina and other countries. At the University of Physical Culture, there are two sports-pedagogical faculties, the Faculty of Health-Oriented Physical Training and Tourism, the Faculty of Pre-university Training, the Institute of Tourism, the Institute of updating and retraining for managers and specialists, four centers, 34 academic departments, postgraduate and doctoral degree courses, the Theses Defense Board as well as other units and supporting services. The educational process is carried out by about 400 people, including eight doctors and 96 candidates of sciences, 12 professors, 88 associate professors. To ensure the educational process and conduct the research, the University has comfortable auditoriums and lecture halls, specialized labs and classrooms, which are equipped with modern teaching aids, instruments and specialized equipment, video cameras, audio, and video recorders, digital terminal, OHRs and multimedia projectors, scanners, computers, medical diagnostic equipment. In recent years, the country's central sports university's material base and technical equipment have been significantly improved. The sports training complex was built, which houses facilities for basketball and handball, volleyball and tennis, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, the football hall, the gyms for weightlifting, boxing, fencing, gymnastics, precise mechanical action sports, as well as the combined dance hall, skiing center, a shooting gallery, and a medical center. In 2014, we built and put two sports training facilities, the Swimming Pool and the Indoor Athletic Track. The University cooperates with the related departments of other domestic educational institutions. It contributes to the development of relations with leading foreign sports universities in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, Bulgaria, Latvia, Sweden, Germany, China, and other countries. BSUPC has guided to the elite sport many outstanding athletes and coaches, including Alexander Medved, Romuald Klim, Vladimir Parfenovich, Elena Belova, Vitaly Scherbo, Ellina Zvereva, Ekaterina Karsten, Alexei Grishin, Dmitry Dashchynski, Victoria Azarenka, Alexandra Gerasimenya, Lubou Cherkashina, Anton Kushnir, Vladislav Goncharov, and many other Olympians has known worldwide. The Belarusian State University of Physical Culture pays special attention to international students' does the best to integrate foreign culturalists in Belarusian living comfortable and culture surroundings, to create comfort conditions for studies, leisure, and sports activities. The University extended the deadline for the foreigners'foreigners' entrance applications. The number of Russian language lessons was increased, and what is more, BSUPC provides international students with the opportunity to handle their favorite sports. The Belarusian State University of Physical Culture has grown from a small sports college, which in 1929 numbered several dozens of students. Nevertheless, just a few years later, in June 1937, 250 students of the Belarusian Physical Training Technical School took part in the All-Union sports parade on the Red Square in Moscow. On July 22, 1937, the Belarusian Physical Training Technical School was reorganized into the Institute of Physical Culture of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. Before 1941, the Institute prepared 102 specialists in the field of physical culture and sport. The Second World War interrupted academic life. About two hundred teachers and students of the Institute were courageously fighting against fascists, joining the ranks of the Soviet Army and partisan detachments. Immediately after the liberation of Minsk from the German troops, on October 1, 1944, the Institute resumed the work. Its buildings and sports facilities were restored mainly by teachers and students. In subsequent years, the Institute has significantly expanded its educational and production facilities. New dormitories, a swimming pool, a stadium, sports facilities were built, and in 1983, a new educational building appeared. In April 1992, based on the Belarusian State Institute of Physical Culture (the winner of the "Red Banner of Labour" award), the Academy of Physical Education and Sports of the Republic of Belarus (since March 2001 known as Belarusian State Academy of Physical Culture) was established. As new departments were opening, there were more and more students. In 2003, the Academy was renamed into the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture (BSUPC). It bears this name to this day. In 2007, the University celebrated its 70th anniversary, which was an important milestone. In the following 2017, BSUPC will hold various festivities devoted to the 80th anniversary of the University. Today, BSUPC is the only specialized institution in the country that trains specialists for sports and tourism. Over the years of its existence, more than 27,000 people have graduated from the University. View full university

Educational Institution, "Belarusian State University of Transport," is 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 campus - a structural unit of the University, whose work is aimed at providing housing for those in need of nonresident students, undergraduates, graduate students, university staff, students IPK and travel to the University and the maintenance of discipline, order, and cleanliness in the territory of the hostels. The age of scientific and technological revolution is increasing the proportion of complex products in all sectors of the economy, requiring experts to continuously improve the level of knowledge that promotes the proper functioning of the country's industrial complex, including transport and its infrastructure. For this purpose, according to the order of the Ministry of Communications (IPU) № 1491 on 12/19/1968, the Faculty training was formed (FPC), the work which led senior teacher Umnov IA, which was the first dean. Under his leadership, FIC develops a strategy of training of specialists in the period of training, involving specialists of not only our University but also the production of experienced personnel. Next Faculty series was headed by Ph.D., associate professors Mikhailov GI (May 1969 - February 1973), Filimonov AI (February 1973 - January 1981), VV Szydlowski (January 1981 - April 1986), Lugovtsov MN (April 1986 - April 1993).In 1976, the Department was given responsibility for the organization of professional development of teachers and internships in enterprises. Doctor of Technical Sciences headed next Institute series, Professor Bochkov K. A (March 2001 - June 2004), candidate of technical sciences, associate professor Sukhoparov SI (June 2004 - August 2014).On October 1, 2014, and is currently director of the Institute is Zenkevich AG. In 1994, based on a joint order of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Education (number 131-P / 208 of July 19, 1994) at the Faculty of Advanced Training Institute was opened on training and retraining of managers and specialists of the transport complex of the Republic of Belarus (PKI). His work was headed by Prof. Shcherbakov SV (April 1993 - March 2001). Institute formed as an accredited institution with the right to exercise training and retraining by the function of technical, economic, and humanitarian profiles full economic calculation. Every resident is a contract of hiring premises of public housing in the dormitory and made their registration in the district administrations of Homel. Each student who lives in a hostel for the study period is registered in the Department of passport and visa service, the police department of Homel. In hostels, the necessary conditions for living, self-study, and recreation, as well as cultural and educational work. International recognition of the University is determined by the level of development of international relations in the field of scientific and technical cooperation conclusion of trade transactions the participation of university scientists in international exhibitions, conferences, symposia the publication of articles in international scientific journals participation of foreign scientists conducted at the University of international conferences and symposia. The University cooperates with several foreign universities, research centers, and organizations that have signed over 40 agreements on scientific and technical cooperation (China, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Sweden, Finland, and Uzbekistan). The contract provides for joint research, exchange of information on scientific and technical developments, the preparation and publication of joint scientific and methodical production, and training. BelGUT executes international contracts for research projects with China, Ukraine, Latvia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, France, Switzerland, and Slovakia. Employees of the University in 2016 published abroad: 93 articles in collections of scientific papers in scientific journals (the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Great Britain, USA, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan), 36 of them - in Scopus databases, as well as the 75 Theses presentations at conferences abroad (Russia, Ukraine, China). The University issued two international collections of scientific works. Over the years, it became a tradition to hold the Belarusian State University of Transport International scientific-practical conference (PBMCs): "Perspectives, Problems and directions of development of digital radio for rail transport," "Innovation in the technical-economic systems," "Construction and restoration of artificial structures. " The conference was attended by scientists and experts from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Slovenia. Besides, more than ten years held international Olympiad university students in theoretical mechanics and inter-university educational-methodical seminar of teachers of theoretical mechanics. The educational establishment "Belarusian State University of Transport" valuation issues, inventory and analysis of the consumption of fuel and energy resources are the responsibility of the energy service, which was created to deal with issues related to valuation, recording, and analysis of the consumption of energy resources (from now on - FER ), planning work for the University for energy efficiency. View full university

Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives is the only cooperative higher education institution of Belcoopsoyuz in the Republic of Belarus, and training qualified specialists for consumer cooperatives and other spheres of the national economy. Now BTEU is a research and educational center. Structure of the University (since November 2014) includes three faculties of day and correspondence forms of training (including 13 departments), Faculty of Qualification Improvement and Personnel Retraining (including one department), Department of Postgraduate Course, Department of Distance Learning Technologies and Innovations, Department of Career Guidance of Youth, Department of Coordination of Scientific Projects and Programs, Department of International Relations, etc. Since 2010 the University functions according to the certified Quality Management System of education meeting the requirements of STB ISO 9001-2009. In November 2015, the University successfully passed inspection control of the certified Quality Management System by audit team of Educational institution "Belarusian State Institute of Qualification Improvement and Personnel Retraining for Standardization, Metrology, and Quality Management". In September 2016, the University moved to the new version of STB ISO 9001-2015, and, as well, the actualization of the quality management system documents was made (order of the Rector of 09.09.2016 № 340п). One of the competitive advantages of cooperative education and factors of the improvement of quality of training of specialists at Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives is the integration of secondary vocational and higher education. This integrated system, effective from specialized training, and reduced the timing of receiving education, approved itself, and is actively used in consumer cooperation. The University builds a relationship with establishments of secondary vocational education based on agreements on specialists' continuous training. The educational program of Postgraduate course providing conferring of scientific qualification "Researcher" is implemented at the University in 5 specialties. The educational program of retraining of high-level personnel and specialists having a higher education is offered in 25 specialties. The educational program of high-level retraining personnel and specialists having secondary vocational education is offered in 2 specialties. Applicants are offered to complete the educational program's training for admission to higher education institutions of the Republic of Belarus in the form of training courses on studying subjects and particular disciplines for the training of listeners for the centralized testing and entrance tests graduates of colleges. I am starting from 2014 implementation of an educational program of additional education of children and youth (in the form of the association on interests (club) – "English (1, 2, 3 levels) on educational-methodical complex "Fairy Land," and associations on interests (club) "Linguistic camp for school pupils" is being complemented (from 9 years). The total number of employees at the University in November 2016 was 638 persons, including leading personnel - 87 persons, specialists (including academic staff) - 349 persons. The educational process is provided by 198 persons, including staff with scientific degrees and ranks -106 persons (53.5%), including Doctors of Science - 7 persons, Ph.D. - 99 persons, Professors - 8 persons, Associate Professors - 91 persons. Many of them have graduated from the University. The staff is continually improving pedagogical and professional skills, uses innovative technologies in the educational process, working closely with organizations and enterprises of consumer cooperatives and other forms of property. Teaching, and respectively, the formation of skills of future specialists, is carried out following modern requirements dictated by the labor market. Innovative technology and interactive teaching methods are actively implemented in the educational process, and distance learning is being actively developed. The significant role in the strengthening of practical training and active interaction of the University with the organizations is achieved by creating 15 branches of departments, which provide essential integration of education, production, and science. The University is actively pursuing a policy of integration into the world's educational, scientific, and cultural space. For the implementation of the state policy to increase the export of educational services, BTEU considerably increased the contingent of international students in recent years. Thus, in the 2015-2016 academic year, foreign citizens from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Russia, Moldova, Nigeria, Syria, and Turkey were trained in various educational programs. Business cooperation with foreign HEIs is being developed by the implementation of the existing cooperation agreements. The most successful and dynamic partnership is conducted with countries of the former Soviet Union – Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Permanent partners from far-abroad countries are HEIs from Sweden, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, and Portugal. Recently there appeared new partnership skills with HEIs from Belgium and Great Britain. The University has 62 bilateral agreements with higher education institutions from 16 countries. For further attraction for foreign citizens' training and improvement of the contents and technologies of educational activity at the University, the teaching of particular subjects has been conducted in English since 2013. The University initiated the establishment of Network University "Cooperation" and coordinated the development of statutory documents. In September 2016, based on Karaganda Economic University of Kazpotrebsoyuz (Republic of Kazakhstan) XVI Meeting of members of International Public Organization, "Council of Heads of cooperative educational institutions" took place. During the meeting, Declaration of the collaboration of cooperative educational institutions of the CIS countries on the establishment of the Network University "Cooperation" and a consortium agreement on the establishment of Network University were signed. The University has two academic buildings with a total area about 15 thousand sq.m for the organization of educational process there are, as well, more than 100 auditoriums and lecture halls, including ones, equipped with stationary multimedia complexes, small assembly hall, 21 computer classes of general and special purposes with the total amount of about 240 personal computers, computer laboratory for independent work of students, the class for computer-based testing, an electronic reading-room, a class of automation of trade, classes for webinars, etc. The Library of BTEU has one of the best in the Gomel region fund of economic literature and contains about one million national and foreign volumes. In the functioning of the University, the automated information library system (AILS) is used. BTEU has five well-equipped dormitories accommodating 2.265 persons. Every nonresident student of the University is provided with accommodation at the dormitory. The sports base of the University consists of the sports campus with a total area of 3,3 thousand sq.m for 2 600 persons with the full range of necessary sports and fitness halls, four sports grounds, a stadium with a football pitch for mini-soccer, a basketball court, a racetrack and sector for long jumps. BTEU has a modern editorial-and-publishing base, including private polygraphy. The scientific and practical magazine "Consumer cooperatives" in the list of scientific publications of Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus is issued based on the University.The student's club has a big assembly hall for 800 persons, eight rehearsal rooms, and a dance floor. The state always appreciated the University's long-term activity in preparation of highly qualified personnel for the national economy. In 2005 and 2014, the University was awarded by Certificates of honor of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus. According to the results of 2014, the University was declared the winner in the nomination "The best higher education institution" in Gomel and Gomel region. The President of the Republic of Belarus adopted some Decrees concerning the university's activity, thereby BTEU and its graduates have privileges similar to the privileges provided to graduates and HEIs of the state form of ownership. The wealth of experience gained over 50 years allows to hope for the further perspective development of the University based on active use of innovative educational technologies, every possible development of scientific potential, international cooperation, close interaction with the organizations of consumer cooperatives and government institutions and aimed at well-being and success. View full university