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University PetrSU was founded in 1940 as the Finnish-Karelian University and gained its present name in 1956. Throughout its 75-year history, PetrSU has become the largest university in the North-European part of Russia and trained more than 60000 students. It successfully combines classical education and fundamental science traditions with innovative decisions in the fields of high-tech scientific development. PetrSU has several notable alumni, including eminent politicians and poets. It is regularly placed among Russia's best universities according to different rankings (GreenMetric World University Ranking – second place among 100 best universities in Russia Interfax and Ekho Moskva independent national rating in the internalization category – third place, etc.). The university occupies eight buildings throughout the city and operates a botanic garden, a swimming pool «Onego,» several laboratories, and a publishing house. Its library holds a total of around 1.4 million books. PetrSU is located in Petrozavodsk, but it also has a branch in Apatity, the city in the Murmansk region. Today more than 14800 students attend classes in various undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate programs. They are taught by over a thousand professors, including 550 PhDs, 145 Doctors of Science, 26 members of state academies of science. The university comprises 80 departments, nine faculties, seven educational institutes, and eight research institutes. The university plays an active role in making higher education more accessible to the people living in the outland districts of Karelia and nearby states. Every district is assigned to a faculty or institute, and students from small towns or villages can apply for an employer-sponsored education. Students from Petrozavodsk schools, lyceums, and gymnasiums can attend pre-university training specific to their future studies. PetrSU organizes and conducts the Unified State Exam (USE), which has been the main form of graduation examinations in schools and the main form of preliminary examinations in universities in Russia for the past ten years. The university houses the Regional USE Center, which processes examination results and provides online counseling for teachers and students. PetrSU is a recognized research center in programming, IT, plasma research, microelectronics, mathematics, physics, medical science, biology, history, philology, political and social sciences, law, economics, construction, forestry, agriculture. More than 60 regional, national and international conferences are held annually, over 300 state, and private-funded projects in science and education are carried out. Dozens of monographs, textbooks, and handbooks are published. Over the years, PetrSU has been very active in the international arena. Today more than 200 international students from the USA, Europe, China, other countries study at the university, and ten professors from different countries teach at PetrSU. There are six master's programs in the English language launched in 2015: «Network Services and Systems,» «Comparative Social Policy and Welfare», «Public Health,» «Tourism Management,» «Nordic Studies: Language, Culture and History» and «Spintronics.» Undergraduate students can opt for a bachelor's or specialist's degree. The university has 87 active international agreements with 27 countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Belgium, Korea, countries of the Baltic region, etc.) and international exchange programs are launched with 20 foreign universities. Thirty international projects are held annually with the financial support of various international funds, programs, and organizations (EU, EBRD, USAID, CRDF, IREX, DAAD, CIMO). PetrSU International units include Institute of International Programs, EU Center in Barents Region in Russia, International Summer University, International Programming Specialist Training Center, PetrSU Metso Center, PetrSU Nokia Center, and PetrSU Ponsse Center. Institute of international programs houses the Atlantic and Asia Cooperation Center, the European Union Information Center, and the International Education Center. The university cooperates with UNESCO, University of the Arctic, Joint Working Group on Education and Research of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region, National Board on Education in Finland, International Association of Finno-Ugric Universities, Association of Open Innovations FRUCT, Barents Peace Education Network. Petrozavodsk State University is considered to be one of the best classical universities in the country. The university trains highly qualified specialists at more than sixty educational programs of higher education (natural science, technical sciences, humanities). Entering our university, you can learn different foreign languages, allowing you to take part in various exchange programs and study abroad. Moreover, Petrozavodsk State University is the only university in Russia where students can learn the Karelian, the Vepsian, and the Finnish languages simultaneously. Petrozavodsk State University is one of the leading research centers of the European North of Russia. Our scientists conduct researches in critical science, engineering, and technologies. The structure of the university includes 65 laboratories, 30 centers, and eight scientific and research institutes. Annually our scientists win the grants of the Russian Fundamental Research Fund and the Russian Humanities Research Fund. View full university

The Petrozavodsk State Glazunov Conservatoire is a well-established music conservatory that includes around 500 undergraduate and 80 postgraduate students. Within the 50 years of experience in music education, the Conservatoire has trained many talented vocalists and classical music performers, such as the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition First Prize winner Yulia Matochkina (soprano), 2007 Tchaikovsky Competition Third Prize winner Alexander Lubyantsev (piano), and other laureates of national and international contests. The Conservatoire's alumni have become successful solo performers and orchestra members in both Russia and abroad or work as music teachers worldwide. The Conservatoire was founded in 1967 as a branch of the oldest in Russia Saint-Petersburg Conservatory and became an independent institution in 1991. The Conservatoire offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in piano, voice and all orchestral instruments, conducting, composition, music theory, drama, and traditional (Finno-Ugric) music. The Conservatoire has cooperation agreements, exchange programs, and on-going music projects with universities and music institutes in Finland, Norway, Italy, China, and the USA. Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree programs in instrumental arts are currently offered to international students. All principal studies are delivered through a combination of one-to-one tuition complemented by performance classes, workshops, masterclasses, lessons from the Conservatoire's and visiting professors, ensemble activities, seminars, and lecture series the approved study plans. The Conservatoire's students enjoy various performance opportunities, including orchestral and choral projects, chamber music and solo opportunities, and performance in jazz and classical ensembles. The Conservatoire resides in the center of Petrozavodsk's city in the renovated building with the recent extension of the 400-seat concert hall designed for classical music festivals, concerts of symphonic music, and chamber music. Also, the Conservatoire contains the 60-seat Recital Hall and the 40-seat Opera Studio and rehearsal spaces for orchestras and ensembles, practice rooms, and space for one-to-one and group teaching. The Conservatoire has over 100 pianos, including Steinway grand pianos and digital organs Allen and Johannus, and instrument storage. The dormitory of the Petrozavodsk State Glazunov Conservatoire is available for all international students and is located within a 10-minute walking distance from the Conservatoire. The Conservatoire's main fields of expertise are developing and implementing undergraduate and postgraduate study programs in music (instrumental performance, conducting, vocal, music composition, the theory of music, traditional music, jazz, drama), the arrangement of music festivals and competitions, training programs and seminars, concerts, and masterclasses carrying out scientific research and publication in the field of music, etc. Its more than 4000 graduates work in Russia and many other countries worldwide - Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belorussia, Ukraine, Israel, China, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the USA. View full university