Vocabulary

Слово	Транскрипция	Перевод	Пример
higher education	['haɪə ˌedju'keɪʃ(ə)n]	высшее образование	Many people want to get higher education abroad
to be established	[ɪs’tæblɪʃt]	быть основанным	When was this college established?
A full-time student	[ful taɪm ‘stjuːd(ə)nt]	студенты очного отделения	Are you a full-time student?
Main	[meɪn]	главный	What is the main idea of the text?
to be situated	[‘sɪtjueɪtɪd]	быть расположенным	Yekaterinburg is situated on the border between Europe and Asia.
Science	[‘saɪəns]	наука	Science is very important for him
research	[rɪ’sɜːʧ]	исследование	Out scientist do research in many fields
teaching staff	[‘tiːʧɪŋ stɑːf]	штат преподавателей	The teaching staff of this school is not very big
merited	[‘merɪtɪd]	заслуженный	He is a merited sport trainer, isn’t he?
Part-time students	[pɑːt taɪm]	студенты заочного отделения	The course for part-time students lasts for 6 years
a bachelor	[‘bæʧ(ə)lə]	бакалавр	I have a bachelor degree.
A chair	[ʧɛə]	кафедра	How many chairs are there at your faculty?
A faculty	[‘fæk(ə)ltɪ]	факультет	Does your friend study at the faculty of foreign languages?
A dean	[diːn]	декан	Who is the dean of your faculty?
to consist of	[kən’sɪst əv]	состоять из	This book consists of 34 chapters.
to last	[lɑːst]	длиться, продолжаться	The meeting lasted from one to five
a hostel	[‘hɔst(ə)l]	общежитие	Do you live in a hostel?
to be equipped with	[ɪ’kwɪpt wɪð]	быть оборудованным	Is your classroom equipped with the computers?
a branch	[brɑːnʧ]	зд. Филиал	There are meny branches of this university all over the country
a purpose	[‘pɜːpəs]	цель	What is the purpose of your research?
a canteen	[kæn’tiːn]	столовая, буфет	Are you going to the canteen?
a stall	[stɔːl]	киоск	Let’s meet near the stall

The Ural State Pedagogical University

The Ural State Pedagogical University is one of the biggest and most prestigious institutions of higher education in Russia. In 2010 our University will celebrate its 80^th anniversary. The USPU was established in 1930 and was named the Ural Industrial Pedagogical Institute first. At that time there were only 66 full-time students. Since 1993 it’s been called the Ural State Pedagogical University. Now its main building is situated in Kosmonavtov Street, 26.

Today our educational institution is one of the oldest universities in Ural. It is included in the top 100 universities of Russia. Our rector is Boris Igoshev. The USPU is a large centre of education, science and research. The university’s professorial and teaching staff is a balanced combination of highly experienced teachers and young specialists who chose teaching as their career. The University employs more than 100 professors, 500 Doctors of Science, many of them are honored workers of science, culture, art, and physical training, merited sport trainers and masters of sports of the Russian Federation and the USSR, merited teachers of high school of the Russian Federation, etc.

More than 20 000 students are trained at the departments and branches of the University. The majority are full-time students and the rest are part-time students. There are more than 70 specializations and 46 specialties of higher education (specialist, bachelor, and master) in many subject areas. The university has 17 academic and 72 scientific chairs, and 4 research centers. It is composed of faculties (departments) or institutes of Foreign Languages, Geography and Biology, Mathematics and Physics, the Russian Language and Literature, Psychology and many others. Every faculty is headed by a dean.

The normal length of the university course is five years after which the students receive a Diploma of Higher Education. The academic year consists of two terms and lasts from September till June.

Our university is quite large and we have several buildings situated in different parts of the city. The University has 4 educational buildings, 4 hostels, and a sports center, equipped with modern facilities. The scientific library of the University numbers more than 800 000 books. Besides, the university has many branches all over the region which provide every person with the opportunity to study by correspondence. At present the University has 5 branches and 9 representations that are fully functional.

There are large halls and smaller classrooms in the main university building. Great importance is attached to IT – there are many computer classes where students can use the Internet for their educational purposes. There are also two museums at the university. It also has a canteen, but many students prefer to buy food at the stall on the ground floor. There are three hostel buildings near the main building of the USPU. Students from other cities live there.

There are many societies and clubs at our university. We have a students’ theatre, a KVN team, a disco studio, a break-dance studio, a rock band and many others. All kinds of sports competitions, exhibitions, concerts, parties and festivals are held at the university every year.