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Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education website. It provides you with brief and useful information about the University, various undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degree programs, extracurricular activities, learning facilities, and accommodation offering options to cater to more of the students' tastes and preferences. Once you have read the learned about our University, you will know why the students benefit from getting an education in our institution. And so will you after choosing to study at our University. Founded in 1911, Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education has recently celebrated the centenary of its foundation. Being the oldest institution of higher education in Samara today, it is a unique integrated institution of compound organization and one of the largest R&D centers in the Volga region. The Academy proved to be one of the best pedagogical institutes of higher education in Samara. With about 7,000 students, the University offers 90-degree programs. We realize a complicated approach to training specialists, which gives an applicant a multiple-discipline choice of particular interest. The breadth of knowledge, quality, competence, and flexibility are the hallmarks of learning and teaching at SSUSSE. Our programs provide graduates and postgraduates with the skills necessary to meet a changing global environment's challenges. Since its foundation, the University has helped more than 80,000 teachers turn passion into a rewarding career. The majority of the Samara region teachers are graduates of Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education. This guide aims to provide you with the specific information you will need to apply to study at our University. Here you will find all the necessary information on studying at our University, educational undergraduate and postgraduate programs, students' activities, etc. The University offers excellent programs of study which are continually being updated and reviewed to reflect the changing needs of education, industry, and commerce The University provides a vigorous learning environment for all students through degree and research programs that reflect the latest thinking and, as such, offer exciting intellectual challenges The academic staff of the highest quality can offer expert supervision across a wide range of subjects The University carries out world-class research across most disciplines, which is proven to be some of the best within Russia University graduates enjoy great placement opportunities and often achieve great results in their chosen careers The University provides a supportive and stimulating environment in which students can thrive The University offers excellent opportunities to pursue sporting and cultural interests Our Diploma qualifies its holder to work in Russian and foreign companies, to different research areas authorized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation The qualification got at the University provides access to Postgraduate Doctorate study and Professional Development Programmes Our programs equip students with skills and knowledge, which help them meet the significant challenges of tomorrow. View full university

Samara State University with a medical department was founded on January 1st, 1919. In 1930 Samara Medical Institute was opened (known as Kuibyshev Medical Institute later). In July 1993, the Institute was reorganized into Samara State Medical University. Today Samara State Medical University is one of the largest and well-known medical universities in Russia. SamSMU includes four institutes, more than 15 specialized diagnostic and therapeutic centers, 14 departments, and 90 chairs. The teaching staff consists of 622 members, 14 of which are academicians and corresponding members of different academies, 100 professors and PhDs, 386 assistant professors. The oldest and the most outstanding chairs are Chair of Otolaryngology, Traumatology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Surgery, Pediatrics, Surgical Dentistry, and many others. Six specialized committees assess research and award degrees in specialties. During the last five years, the University prepared 49 Doctors of Science in Medicine, 194 Candidates of Science in Medicine. Since 1991 Samara State Medical University began training general practitioners, pharmacists, trainees, and post-graduate research students from Eastern countries, Africa, and Latin America based on the International Students Department. Training is based on a contract system. Approximately 500 international students graduated from our University. Our graduates have a high level of theoretical and practical professional knowledge. The Diploma of our University is known in over 20 countries and is equal to the Diploma of Moscow State Medical Universities. Today the number of our students is more than 6 000, 200 of them are international. Preparatory Course available (which gives students the knowledge of the Russian language and helps them adapt to Russia, its culture, traditions). Students with different mother languages learn Russian together in international classes. Classes with students are run by the most well-qualified lecturers of the University — professors and senior lecturers (doctors and candidates of medicine). The opportunity of taking part in scientific research together with scientists. And being members of students scientific societies of different chairs, they master the technique and skills of experimental and clinical research, participate in scientific conferences organized by the student scientific board of our University. Sport activity (classes of swimming, aerobics, football, volleyball, basketball, table-tennis, bodybuilding, light, and heavy athletics). There is also a sports camp on the bank of the Volga River for students and teaching staff. View full university

Established in 1914, Samara State Technical University is committed to the purity of science, research, and innovation. Samara State Technical University is one of the oldest universities in the Volga region. It has a very long and rich history. SSTU nowadays is the most significant research and educational center in the region. We prepare specialists in the following fields: energy, oil and gas, chemistry and petrochemistry, mechanical engineering, transportation, food production, defense industry, information technology, mechanical and automotive engineering, engineering systems administration and automation, material science and metallurgy, biotechnology, industrial ecology, architecture, civil engineering, and design. Samara State Technical University (Samara Polytech) is committed to the purity of science, research, and innovation. At Samara Polytech, we maintain that diversity in each sphere of our composition is the key to breakthrough and produces the best results for humankind within science and academia. The success of the individual student is at the forefront of our global and domestic agenda by providing the necessary skills and knowledge in focused areas in order for our vast alumni to have the most optimum impact in the industry, business, and academia. We aim to facilitate market needs in the areas where we specialize with students equipped with directly applicable skills. And we can honestly say that university alumni successfully put into practice acquired knowledge. Samara Polytech graduates are highly valued in the labor market. Our university alumni hold positions of Samara enterprises and organizations administration. To achieve this kind of success, we try “to satisfy innovation by incorporating demands into the educational program through open dialogue with industry.” We raise student awareness of intercontinental academic programs, and we provide all the necessary administrative assistance before, during, and after the application process. Subsequently, this enables our students to truly specialize in the fields they are attracted to and have the most relevant experience upon graduation for their chosen profession. Following the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science № 1560 from 30.12.2015 since September 1, 2016, Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering was reorganized by joining the Samara State Technical University as a structural unit - Architecture and Civil Engineering Institute (ACEI). View full university

The University was founded in 1931. Today SSEU is the leading University in the Volga region. The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation acknowledged SSEU to be a significant university. Our students are educated in all educational programs and have licenses and accreditation certificates and correspond to the international standards. Choosing SSEU students to get quality multi-level education and become highly-qualified specialists in economics, management, or the law. A practical-oriented approach in teaching is implemented at the Samara State University of Economics. The University has necessary departments at regional enterprises that allow our students to be involved in the practical activity during the educational process, e.g., students have industrial placement internship, write course works, diploma theses, and projects, scientific works according to specific tasks of the enterprises and companies. The University is continuously developing. We involve foreign teachers in the educational process, international internships, and double degree programs. The graduates of SSEU get the European supplement to their diplomas, which confirms knowledge and skills, the level of specialist preparation and is recognized worldwide. The students and teachers of SSEU are provided with free electronic access to educational resources of leading universities in Russia and other countries, which allows getting the latest information and scientific trends very fast. The cutting-edge educational technologies, including distance learning technology and e-learning, are widely used in SSEU. SSEU is a university that refers to an innovative type. It integrates educational, scientific, and innovative activities. View full university

The University has always been on the front lines of advances in research and technology, resolving important economic, social and political issues, contributing to Russian higher education's glory, and is still there now. In 2006 we won the first-ever contest of innovative universities in Russia, held under National Priority Project "Education." In 2009, in recognition of our position among the leading Russian universities, we were awarded a National Research University's highly prestigious status. In 2013 we won a grant for entering the international university ratings and became one of the top 15 universities in Russia. Our students have a unique chance to progress in science using the one-of-a-kind research equipment, latest educational programs, and most modern informational technologies. We have recently opened 12 new research and educational centers. These include the interuniversity media-center with the "Sergei Korolev" – the most powerful supercomputer in the Volga region, Povolzhie Center for Space Geoinformatics for studies into aircraft aero-dynamics, machinery vibration and acoustics, nanotechnologies, SAM-technologies. These centers educate and train specialists on every level – from skilled workers to postgraduates. They prepare personnel with skills and knowledge vitally crucial for economics, high-technological industries, state research centers, and aerospace corporations – all these work in close contact with Samara University. Our University is acknowledged as the core university for the Samara aerospace cluster. Our glorious traditions and the University's high mission are reflected in our history and our achievements. Over 60 thousand alumni, working all over Russia and beyond, call Samara University their alma mater. In June 2016, new interdisciplinary research and education subdivisions - Strategical Academic Units (StrAU) - were formed based on the leading research teams of Samara University actively participating in the educational activity. StrAU of Samara National Research University: Space Engineering and Technology Gas Turbine Engines Design and Manufacturing Nanophotonics, Perspective Technologies of Earth Remote Probing and Intellectual Geoinformation Systems View full university

The University has always been on the front lines of advances in research and technology, resolving important economic, social and political issues, contributing to Russian higher education's glory, and is still there now. In 2006 we won the first-ever contest of innovative universities in Russia, held under National Priority Project "Education." In 2009, in recognition of our position among the leading Russian universities, we were awarded a National Research University's highly prestigious status. In 2013 we won a grant for entering the international university ratings and became one of the top 15 universities in Russia. Our students have a unique chance to progress in science using the one-of-a-kind research equipment, latest educational programs, and most modern informational technologies. We have recently opened 12 new research and educational centers. These include the interuniversity media-center with the "Sergei Korolev" – the most powerful supercomputer in the Volga region, Povolzhie Center for Space Geoinformatics for studies into aircraft aero-dynamics, machinery vibration and acoustics, nanotechnologies, SAM-technologies. These centers educate and train specialists on every level – from skilled workers to postgraduates. They prepare personnel with skills and knowledge vitally crucial for economics, high-technological industries, state research centers, and aerospace corporations – all these work in close contact with Samara University. Our University is acknowledged as the core university for the Samara aerospace cluster. Our glorious traditions and the University's high mission are reflected in our history and our achievements. Over 60 thousand alumni, working all over Russia and beyond, call Samara University their alma mater. Samara University has been recognized as the key University for the aerospace cluster of the Samara Region. The University cooperates with science centers and corporations in the Russian aerospace industry. Over the past decade, the University has continued blending research and educational activities. Many years of tradition, traditional science schools, and resources allow the University to remain one of Russia's leading educational and research institutions, participate in state and regional science and technology programs, and foster international cooperation. Over the long years of its history, the University has trained more than 50,000 highly-qualified experts, many of whom have become renowned scholars, designers and managers, prominent public and government figures. Over the past fifty years, almost all heads of aerospace institutions in the Samara Region were graduates of KuAI and SSAU. The University is proud of its alumni! View full university

Samara Academy for the Humanities (SAH) was founded in May 1992 by the Samara Region Administration, the City Administration, the Samara Diocesan Administration of Russian Orthodox Church, the Samara Region Law Society, and other founders. SAH is a member of the Samara Region University Association and the Russian Private Institutions Association. Samara Academy for the Humanities holds the state license to provide higher education and specialist training in 5 departments: Philosophy, Economics, Psychology, Law, and Journalism. The Federal Education and Science Supervision Agency issued the license on March 21, 2013. The Academy also holds the State Accreditation Certificate. The College of Samara Academy for the Humanities provides secondary professional training. The Academy has post-graduate courses in 14 areas of study. The enrolment in the Academy, including its branches, is 2,500 students. It is staffed with 184 lecturers, 25 doctors of science, and 89 candidates of science. The idea of the SAH foundation was supported by the Samara Region governor, Konstantin Titov, and the mayor of Samara Oleg Sysuev. They are currently the Honorary Professors of the Academy. SAH opened the Faculty of Psychology to meet specialists' needs in the analysis and management of interpersonal and group relationships. The Faculty was also to prepare experts in managing conflict and stress for small business companies that were growing in Samara at that time. SAH concluded several treaties on long-term international cooperation with East-Kazakhstan Regional University (Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan), Mersop Mashtou University (the Republic of Armenia), International State University (Odesa, Ukraine), and Cataldo Agostinelli Institute (Italy). At the same time, SAH began working with the Charity Foundation "Radost" (Samara). Since then, under the agreement with the Foundation, the Academy has been working with children from Samara orphanages. SAH opened the Faculty of Journalism and the Master's Degree Course in Economics. It should be noted that 104 student vacancies were financed from the state budget, which means that the Academy is amongst the Samara Region's best higher educational institutions. In the same year, the International Chair of UNESCO, "Training and retraining specialists the or market economy" (a TISBI University, Tatarstan), began working. SAH is a successfully developing institution of higher education well-known in the Samara and Ulyanovsk Regions, with its branches in Togliatti and Dimitrovgrad but all over Russia and abroad due to its productive cooperation with many higher educational institutions and participation in scientific forums at the international level. The official policy, strategy, and development program, quality assurance procedures of SAH are stated in some documents. The Academy, its faculties, departments, and other subdivisions work out and monitor a quality assurance system following these documents. The policy, strategy, and procedures aim to gain academic and organizational self-sufficiency of SAH and its acknowledgment by the society as well. The document "Policy of Samara Academy for the Humanities" contains conceptual and methodological principles and describes the three documents' structural composition. The mission of the private institution of higher education "Samara Academy for the Humanities" is aimed at developing a humanistic sense of free Russia and implementing a humanitarian education concept, based on: Human values, Intellectual development, National history, Achievements of the European and global civilization, Overcoming the language barrier in scientific and professional communication, Involvement of graduates in building up a modern economy, Developing social and civic responsibility The Academy's mission - general principles for functioning, including guidelines for curricula content-correlate instruction and research activities, quality, and standards. The above principles are based on the interests of the main stakeholders: students, lecturers, and employers. A list of means and procedures for realizing the principles responsibilities of the faculties, departments, other subdivisions, and the staff to provide quality of education curricula forms of students' involvement in monitoring quality assurance. View full university