Unit 8 altai state university

There are eight higher educational institutions in Barnaul and only one of them – Altai State University – gives classical education.

ASU is very young: it was founded in 1973 and had only 3 faculties: of law, of philology, of economics and history. Nowadays it occupies the top position among all the city’s establishments of higher learning. It includes 16 faculties and three research institutes, aimed at providing our students a high level of modern education. They offer 84 specialties for bachelors, 57 branches of research for graduate students, 58 scientific programs for postgraduates and 20 scientific specialisms for doctoral candidates.

The names of the faculties point to the profile educational disciplines which students choose to major in and finally to obtain a bachelor’s degree: History, Economics, Law, Mathematics, Physics and Technology, Chemistry, Biology, Philology, Geography, Sociology, Political Studies, Arts, Journalism and Psychology. Several new fields of study are offered to the students every year, such as Marketing, Management, Ecology, Social Work, Clinic Psychology and others.

All in all, about three thousand new entrants are annually enrolled for full-time, evening and correspondence study. The education process is carried out by 66 departments where 15 academicians, 92 doctors of sciences, 300 candidates of sciences and 551 instructors are sharing their boundless knowledge with 16 300 students on a daily basis.

ASU possesses all modern facilities for study, research and recreation: nine educational buildings equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories, reading halls, computer classes, auditoriums with video projectors and audio systems, and the Internet centre. Besides, we have four dormitories, a number of voluminous scientific libraries, canteens, a sports arena for in-door sports games, a botanical garden, “The Universe” picture gallery, a museum of archeology and an out-of-town student lodge for recreation where the students and the teaching staff can have a short rest.

Our Alma Mater maintains close ties of cooperation with various educational centers in Europe, Asia and North America. We participate in several international educational programs. One can see constant progress and development within the extensive system of grants and scholarships from foreign and home organizations and funds. During the past years we have essentially expanded cooperation and student exchange programs with many universities here in Russia and abroad in the sphere of education, business and information technologies.

At present the university administration is cultivating a high-tech education and research community in order to train highly-qualified professionals for Russia of the 21-st century. Authorities encourage students’ initiatives to become start-up entrepreneurs and IT innovators. Our student scientific society seeks to boost the intellectual potential of creative students by providing them with funds they need for their new research projects. The university is becoming an innovation center and a paragon of scientific development in western Siberia.

ASU is proud of its accomplishments and is eager for more.

Exercise 1.

Memorize the following words and word combinations.

to participate участвовать

postgraduate course аспирантура

department отделение; кафедра

teaching staff педагогический коллектив

admission приём, зачисление

scholarship стипендия

research научные исследования

to be enrolled быть зачисленным

to train готовить, обучать, тренировать

educational establishment учебное заведение

to expand cooperation расширять сотрудничество

to found основывать

applicant абитуриент

entrant абитуриент

to possess владеть

facilities оборудование

full-time department дневное отделение

correspondence department заочное отделение

evening department вечернее отделение

Bachelor of Arts бакалавр гуманитарных наук

Master of Science магистр естественных наук

Master of Arts магистр гуманитарных наук

PhD = Philosophy Degree докторская степень

term (semester) семестр

tuition fee плата за обучение

to major специализироваться

to enter поступать

education образование

Political Studies политология

instructor ассистент

to graduate заканчивать (вуз)

Exercise 2.

Match the English words and phrases with their Russian equivalents.

1. to receive a scholarship а. учебный предмет по выбору

2. private institution b. закончить (университет)

3. selective course c. абитуриент

4. part-time student d. студент-заочник

6. to graduate e. дистанционное обучение

7. applicant f. частное учебное заведение

8. academic degree g. диссертация

9. distant education h. получать стипендию

10. thesis i. учёная степень

11. alumnus j. родной вуз

12. alumna k. деканат

13. alumnae reunion l. выпускник

14. dean’s office m. встреча выпускников

15. rector’s office n. первокурсник

16. fresher o. студент 4 курса

17. sophomore p. студент 3 курса

18. junior q. студент 2 курса

19. senior r. студент 1 курса

20. Alma Mater s. ректорат

Exercise 3.

Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Хотя АлтГУ основан сравнительно недавно, он является одним из лидеров среди вузов нашего города.

2. Выпускники классического вуза получают всестороннее образование высокого качества по современным отраслям знания.

3. В настоящее время более 16 тысяч студентов обучаются на дневном, вечернем и заочном отделениях нашего университета.

4. Преподавательский корпус состоит из 15 академиков, 102 докторов наук, 400 кандидатов наук и 560 ассистентов.

5. Педагогический состав трудится на 66 кафедрах 16 факультетов.

6. Аспирантура готовит молодых учёных по двадцати специальностям.

7. Учебный год делится на 2 семестра, каждый из них заканчивается зимней или летней сессией.

8. Каждый год сотни молодых специалистов заканчивают университет.

9. Наши выпускники работают в различных областях национальной экономики.

10. Их можно встретить в учреждениях культуры и образования, в судах и средствах массовой информации. 11. Ежегодно 8 февраля наш вуз отмечает День науки в ознаменование учреждения Российской Академии наук в 1724 г.

Exercise 4.

Translate the following advertisement into Russian. Can you enlarge the range of educational services and modern amenities offered by ASU?

The Altai State University of today means:

• International standards of education;

• Bachelor’s degree in 84 fields of study;

• Open admission for foreign students;

• European Diplomas;

• A vast choice of additional educational programs;

• A possibility to obtain a second university degree;

• All types of postgraduate training : a Master’s program, a postgraduate course, a doctorate course, on-job training;

• Department of Public Relations;

• Open Education Department;

• Teacher Training Course;

• Research Institute of Environmental Monitoring;

• Institute of Humanitarian Studies;

• Wood thermoplastics research laboratory;

• Altai School of Political Studies;

• Biotechnology research center;

• Herbarium ALTB (which numbers 80 000 sheets);

• “Nano-Bio-Engineering” Access Center;

• Center for Political Analysis and Technology;

• Psychological Center “PSY-contact”;

• Modern infrastructure that is well adjusted to life, studies, sports and arts activities;

• Nine academic buildings:

BUILDING “A” is located in Anatoly street, 122;

BUILDING “Д” is located in Dimitrov street 66;

BUILDING “K” is located in Krasnoarmeisky street, 90;

BUILDING “Л” is located in Lenin avenue, 61;

BUILDING “M” is located in Lenin avenue, 61-a – our main edifice with the major administration offices;

BUILDING “П” is located in Papanintsy street, 115;

BUILDING “С” is located in Sotsialistichesky avenue, 68;

BUILDING “Ш” is located in Union of Republics street, 36;

BUILDING “Э” is located in Emily Alekseev street, 6.

(For more information visit http://www.asu.ru).