Omsk State Pedagogical University

Omsk State Pedagogical University is one of the leading pedagogical higher education institutions in Russia and an extensive educational complex of Western Siberia with its 80-years history and deep-rooted scientific, methodological, and cultural traditions. The primary mission of OSPU lies in preserving and multiplication of intellectual values, in getting and disseminating modern knowledge and information in the process of educating people from Siberia by integrating curricula, scientific research, and innovation approaches. During its history, OSPU has been developed into a modern scientific-educational complex consisting of 9 Schools, including a Business School, Academic Lyceum, and University College, offering secondary and vocational secondary education programs. Schools and Departments of the University implement higher professional educational activities in 33 directions of the Bachelor Degree and 12 directions of the Master Degree. There are two modes of study: full-time and part-time education. OSPU provides 2 Doctoral Programmes (the 1st and the 2nd doctoral degree) and Ph.D. dissertation committees. The University uses the most up-to-date teaching techniques, including the elements of distance learning.
University has a sufficient physical infrastructure: eight academic buildings, three residence halls, a health camp, a transport park, training workshops. There are five refectories and eight lunch counters in OSPU. The history museum of OSPU represents university development, its traditions, teachers’ biographies, and achievements. Since 2001 the Career Agency “Zolotoi Fond” has been functioning at OSPU to assist students and alumni in finding employment, mainly in the education sector. Following Russian higher education goals, the development of international cooperation is one of the University’s priorities.
OSPU takes the leading position among Omsk Universities in the number of international students and trainees. The citizens of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Egypt, Italy, Kazakstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Netherlands, Slovakia, the USA, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, South Korea, and Japan have studied at the University during the last two years.