Orenburg State University is the largest institute of higher education in the Orenburg region. It is a leading training, research, and cultural center carrying out advanced educational services at all levels. To provide the best education, Orenburg State University (OSU) recruits highly skilled professionals. One hundred thirty-two staff members hold Doctor of Science degrees and 658 Candidate of Science degrees. The OSU student body on the main campus is composed of more than 14,000 students! Thus, the university provides professional training with a strong focus on scientific research and up-to-date technology usage information. Students have at their disposal an Internet Center equipped with high-speed transmission links, modern laboratories, and a scientific library that serves more than 27,000 visitors.
Furthermore, the university's structure includes six scientific and development institutes and various scientific laboratories, and centers that research over 33 disciplines relevant to science and engineering development. For the convenience and advancement of its students, OSU maintains a botanical garden, a vivarium, and a meteorological station. Lastly, there are five successfully operating Doctoral Dissertation Councils at OSU. One of the university's main priorities is always to offer intensive and prolific opportunities for OSU students. For example, OSU students can learn to create innovative work in the classroom and then take their learning into practice at local enterprises. Orenburg's leading companies and organizations then provide work placements for OSU students, thus leading to many of our students' successful careers. Friendships between OSU and international partners in Finland, France, Germany, Japan, the USA, Kaza, Pakistan, and other CIS members allow our graduates to adapt to the changes of a globalizing world. Orenburg State University cra unique, exceptional educational environment for students because of the sustainability of our strong traditions, our continually striving academic potential, and the development and modernization of facilities for social, cu, cultural, and sports activities. Lastly, OSU's social infrastructure combined with the Students Center Palace of Culture "Russia", Sports Center "Penguin" (swimming pool included), Sports and Health-Improving Gym, Students' Polyclinic, and the Accommodation and Food Services facilities all aim to ensure that both students and staff have a comfortable living and working environment on campus.
Orenburg State University is one of the first educational institutions to appear in the city in 1955. With the first enrollment of 100 students, as a department of Kuibyshev Industrial University, OSU demonstrated constant growth over the years. Some significant and historical marks for the university include receiving the independent status of "Orenburg Polytechnic Institute" in 1971, becoming Orenburg State Technical University in 1994, and transforming into Orenburg State University in 1996. Through the years, OSU not solely changed its name but also developed a broader mission that has strived and succeeded in accumulating new training programs and facilities.
Currently, OSU is the largest institution of higher education in the Orenburg Region. It numbers 20 academic and professional schools, six research institutes and centers, three regional campuses, and two colleagues. On the main campus, you can take either of 124 undergraduate majors (Bachelor, Master, Specialist) and 40 graduate degree programs at the Candidate of Science and Doctor of Science levels. Courses are offered in both traditional and accelerated semesters, during the day and at night. The university serves more than 14,000 students and hosts over 132 faculty members with a Doctors of Science degree and 658 members holding a Candidates of Science degree. The Orenburg State University campus stretches all over the city and accounts for more than 100 buildings, including a new fundamental electronic library. A highly qualified faculty and scientists, a vast stock of current educational services, computer rooms and laboratories, huge research potential, active innovation policy, and cherished traditions are some of the most appealing features of studying at OSU.
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