Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy is the first institution of higher education in Komsomolsk-on-Amur City. It was founded in 1954 as a pedagogical institute intended to train teachers for the developing system of education in the Russian Far East. In 1998 it became a university, and in 2006 got its present name, which reflects its broadening the sphere of educational services and entering the world educational environment.
In 1954 only 147 students were enrolled, and there was only one teacher, whereas now ASUHP numbers almost 6,000 students studying on a full-time, part-time, and distance basis. Future teachers for Komsomolsk-on-Amur and the northern territories of the Khabarovsky region are trained here in 47 educational programs, including specialists, bachelor's, and masters and specialists for secondary professional education.
The educational process is provided by the teaching staff of more than 250 lecturers, including 38 doctors of science (professors) and 132 candidates of science (associate professors), who work in 23 chairs and 13 laboratories. The quality of education is ensured by the certified system of educational quality management.
Several programs of continuing professional education and additional higher education are being realized at the university. A single corporate information and communication network has been made up using structured cable systems of communication and wireless technologies.
The strategic aim of ASUHP is the fullest possible usage of research potential in the educational process, the development of research in the priority fields, and strengthening its positions in the international intellectual environment. Under the guidance of leading scientists, twelve research schools research philosophy, mathematics, biology, philology, pedagogy, psychology, and economics. Post-graduate schools of education are also available.
ASUHP has dynamic partner relationships with Great Britain, Japan, Canada, Germany, and China, which results in 17 international educational projects.
At present, the university has at its disposal three academic buildings with dozens of classrooms and well-equipped laboratories, computer classes, a library with three traditional reading rooms and one with electronic facilities, good sporting facilities, a center of recreation and culture, a museum, exhibition halls, a conference hall, two excellent halls of residence that provide an Internet-cafe, a cafeteria, a medical center, and other catering services.
ASUHP is well-known in the Khabarovsky region for its extra-curricular educational work with students. There are many prize-winners of All-Russian and regional competitions laureates of the national priority project "Education".
The strengthening of the university's positions in all aspects of its activity: academic, educational, research, international, administrative, and economic, has determined its place among higher education institutions in the Far East and its new status as Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy. On February 5th, 2009, ASUHP was granted state accreditation by the Accreditation Board of the Federal service of supervision in education and science.
