Penza State University is a modern university, developing rapidly, yet retaining its time-honored traditions. It is a comprehensive university, educating economists, lawyers, teachers, doctors, engineers, administrators, and researchers. Being the most prominent university in the region, it attracts the most talented students and teaching staff. Out of 22 000 students studying at the university now, many will reach the top in their professional career, as previous generations have done during its 70 years' history.
The teaching staff is experienced, knowledgeable, and supportive. Most of them have science degrees: 12% are full professors, 58% are associate professors. From a three-faculty institute to a large university of high rank, the university has come a long way. Achieving and sustaining academic and research excellence will always remain at the heart of its fundamental values.
The world is changing. Education now has become so important as never before. It is not enough to be a specialist in one field. However, it acquires specific knowledge in various fields, keep up with the current pace of technology, learn marketable skills, and develop professional and academic expertise. The university in Penza has reached a sufficient level of maturity and can offer a remarkable range of fields of study, encompassing state-of-the-art technologies and classic disciplines.
The blend of two major educational institutions (technical and teacher training) has given the university its distinct flavor, a union of art and science. Located in a peaceful area, the university attracts people of all religions and nationalities. The Penza region has been renowned for its racial tolerance; since ancient times, it has been a home for Russians, Turkic, and Finno-Ugric peoples. It is not uncommon to hear multilingual voices, and Christian, Moslem, and Jewish places of worship are in the close neighborhood.
Penza is a complex city. Behind an old-fashioned, provincial façade, there hides a modern industrial and scientific center's energy and vigor. Biomedical plants, Cardiovascular Surgery Centre, electronic equipment, machine-building, and instrument plants – all these factors create favorable opportunities for the unity of education, research, and business in the area.
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