9. Complete the sentences.
1) Young people enter… 2) There are five applicants… 3) Only the best in knowledge are able… 4) Besides day-time study almost all higher schools in Russia… 5) If you want to combine work with study… 6) The study in Russia is … or… 7) Part-time students get… 8) The course of study consists of… 9) An academic year is divided into… 10) Young people get higher education at… 11) At the end of each term… 12) The curriculum consists of… 13) At the end of study… 14) The main purpose of a graduation paper… 15) After graduation…
10. Compose sentences using word combinations:
after leaving secondary schools; to be admitted to the institute; applicants for a vacancy; entrance exams; to be able to pass competitive exams; have an opportunity; to combine smth. with smth.; extra-paid leave; to consist of; to be divided into; comprehensive curriculum; pure (applied) science; standard of knowledge and ability.
11. Answer the questions.
1) Where do young people of Russia get higher education? 2) After what stage of education can people enter higher institutions? 3) What competition is there usually at our higher schools? 4) What kind of young people are admitted to institutes? 5) What opportunities have those young people who have failed to become full-time students? 6) What kind of higher institutions are there in Russia for the people who want to combine their work with study? 7) What privilege have evening and extramural students? 8) How long does the course of study run? 9) When do students have exams? 10) What curriculum have our higher schools? 11) How is the graduates’ standard of knowledge checked up?
12. Put questions to the sentences.
Young people enter higher schools after leaving secondary schools. (When…?)
There are from two to ten applicants for each vacancy at various higher schools. (How many…?)
In our university the course of study lasts five years. (How long…?)
A student submits his graduation project at the end of study. (What…?)
After graduation the graduates get diplomas. (When…?)
13. Give English equivalents for the following word-combinations and use them in the sentences of your own.
высшее образование, вуз, поступить в институт, три претендента на одно место, сдать конкурсные экзамены, иметь возможность получить высшее образование, зачислять (быть зачисленным) в институт, получать стипендию, сочетать работу с учебой, бесплатный, высшее учебное заведение, дополнительно оплачиваемый отпуск, учебный год, в конце семестра, состоять из, делиться на, теоретические и прикладные науки, специальный предмет, защитить проект.
14. Read the text about the University you study at.
The
Technical University was
founded
as the Omsk Machine-Building Institute in the years of the Great
Patriotic War (1942). Originally it was the Voroshilovogradskyi
evening Machine Building Institute evacuated to Omsk in the first
months of the war. At the time of its foundation the institute had
only one Faculty:
the mechanical-engineering. The first 25 engineers graduated
from this faculty in 1947. The first rector
of the institute was Leonid Veniaminovich Zak.
During World War II instructors and students took part in military actions.
In 1993 the Institute became Omsk State Technical University with 12 Faculties, 12000 students, 740 professors and instructors. The rector of the university is Victor Vladimirivich Shalai.
Omsk State Technical University has become one of the leading educational institutions in the Western Siberian Region. It is alma mater for thousands of professionals who work at industrial enterprises of Siberian region now. The University has 3 institutes (Machine Building Institute, Petrochemical Institute, Energy Institute), 7 faculties (Humanities Faculty, Information Technologies and Computer Systems Faculty, Radio Engineering Faculty, Transport Oil and Gas Faculty, Economics and Management Faculty, Extramural and Distance Learning Faculty, Faculty for Pre-University Training), 600 instructors, 14000 students, 8 buildings, Sport centers, 8 Dormitories, Publishing House, Medical Center, Sport Camp.
The University has a Military Faculty that trains students in 5 military specialties with giving reserved lieutenancy. The training at the military department is carried out both on budgeted and contractual basis. The term of studies is 2,5 years starting from the second year of training at the university.
Besides the University has the faculty “the Interpreter in the Field of Professional Communication” attached to the chair of the Foreign languages. Students have an opportunity to get two higher educations simultaneously. Besides, the students who speak poor English can attend the courses for beginners.
There are over 50 Doctors of Science and 360 Doctors of Philosophy working at the University.
Special attention is also paid to the system approach to improving the training-&-educational process and radical improving the content of education. On the basis of the comparative analysis of curricula worked out by the leading higher educational institutions the new curricula have been elaborated. Using these curricula the university has been training students giving them the following three degrees - a bachelor (term of training is 4 years), a specialist (5 years) and a master (6 years).
The university is persistent in introducing the computer and telecommunication technologies in the educational process. The university steadily develops distance training. The inseparable part of the system for continuous engineering training at the university is a structure of the after-university training. Post-Graduate Study is available for persons who got Higher Education. Both Full-time (3 years) and extramural (4 years) courses are possible.