The Southwest State University is located in Kursk, Central Russia. It is housed in several buildings in different city locations. The main campus is at 50 Let Oktyabrya Street (see map). The University is the city’s most prominent educational institution, with around 11 000 students receiving educations within the 100 main areas of engineering, science, social sciences, and humanities.
We focus on the students. In all aspects – academic, environmental, and personal – the staff at SWSU Campus considers the students’ needs. There is, however, always room for improvement, and we are always interested in your opinion. In the spring of 2011, the Executive Board of the University of Southern Denmark thus launched a project called “De studerende I centrum” (Focus on the students) with five working groups to focus on ensuring and improving an inspirational learning environment in a motivating study environment with the first-class service, as perceived by the students. For example, Head of Campus Kolding, Mrs. Jette Damsted Olsen, participates in the working group that focuses on improving the physical, social and virtual study environment, and two other employees at campus Kolding have also joined the working groups. Below you will find information on our current measures to ensure that we are always focusing on the students. Please let us know if you have any ideas for further improvements.
You will find the literature for your study program both for a loan and for studies in its reading-halls in our library. Also, the library offers access to many search facilities and databases via the internet. Furthermore, you may also access the library database from your smartphone. The University is housed in several premises with its old building in the center of the city and the main campus with a nine-story academic building, student hostels, sports facilities, swimming pool, etc., in a relatively new district. You will find large auditoria and classrooms, computer rooms, and group rooms of various sizes in all buildings. Slides, lifts, and elevators ensure easy access for the disabled or walking-impaired. The surrounding green areas create an inviting social environment.
Research at Southwest State University serves some purposes: creating and sharing new knowledge, supporting teaching, and providing the industry with new tools and processes. The University is solid in information technology, biotechnology, mechanical engineering, mechanical electronics and robotics, construction engineering, space technology and telecommunication, energy-saving and efficiency, economics, and social studies. Outstanding research in other areas has also been acknowledged by establishing several research centers at Southwest State University.
In recent years the development of international cooperation is one of the priorities of Southwest State University. The aim of the University is to expand the professional development of teachers in the leading world universities, to activate the scientific cooperation with foreign colleagues, to strengthen the business relations of the University with foreign and international companies and organizations, to expand the range and scope of educational services and to activate the process of students and teachers exchange.
