Ulyanovsk State University was founded in 1988 as a branch of Moscow State University, the highest Russian educational institution, one of the most reputable universities in the world. In 1995, the branch of MSU in Ulyanovsk was transformed into Ulyanovsk State University. Ulyanovsk State University unites 8 independent faculties of higher education, 4 institutes and 4 subdivisions of secondary vocational education. The university is rightly proud of its human resources. Today, 834 teachers (565 full-time), including 123 doctors of science (105 full-time) and 442 candidates of science (342 full-time) work at UlSU. The university professors include world-famous scientists, members of Russian and international academies of science, honored scientists of the Russian Federation. More than 2000 is the total number of scientific publications in 2018, of which 1383 are published in the Russian Science Citation Index; 127 articles in foreign journals indexed by the Web of Science; 149 articles in foreign journals indexed by Scopus; 57 monographs. Ulyanovsk State University considers international cooperation one of its main priorities. The Russian-German and Russian-American faculties that are part of the Institute of International Relations implement joint academic programs and allow ULSU students to undergo training and internships in Germany and the United States with obtaining relevant diplomas and certificates; In accordance with the signed cooperation agreements with foreign universities-partners, USU is collaborating with the United States, Germany, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Brazil, Poland, Finland, China, the Republic of Korea, India, and Japan. In accordance with the signed cooperation agreements, USU is working with universities in the near abroad: universities of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan. In 2018, UlSU entered into cooperation agreements with five universities in the near and far abroad — Wesleyan College (USA), Shanxi Medical University (China), the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek, Samarkand State University, Kokand State Pedagogical Institute (Uzbekistan).
Institute of Medicine and Ecology
Faculty of Medicine:
Faculty of Physical Culture and Rehabilitation
Faculty of Ecology
Faculty of Postgraduate Medical and Pharmaceutical Education
Student Accommodation
Each dormitory has a self-training room, computers connected to the Internet, a sports hall.
Dormitories are in a convenient geographical location: within a radius of 100-200 meters you can find a library, reading room, dining room, public transport stop, stadium, parking lot, rental service, shops…
A great deal of importance is given to organizing extracurricular work with residents in the dormitory. During the year, more than 50 events are organized in different directions: competitions, sports competitions, spartakiad, creative evenings, concerts, discos, etc.
Each dormitory has a student council of dormitories.
Ulyanovsk City
Ulyanovsk is a city in the European part of Russia, the capital of the Ulyanovsk region, standing on Privolzhsky hill, on the banks of the Volga River (Kuybyshevsky water reservoir) and the Sviyaga River, 879 km southeast of Moscow.
Ulyanovsk places of interest
Ulyanovsk can rightly be called a city of museums. Numerous museums offer exhibitions about the city’s history, culture and architecture. The history of several museums has its origins in the distant past, when Simbirsk scholars and merchants collected and presented to their hometown great cultural and scientific heritage.
The most popular museums in Ulyanovsk are:
Museum of the History of Civil Aviation – one of the largest aviation museums in Russia. It is located near the airport Ulyanovsk Central also known as Baratayevka (Mozhaiskogo Street, 8/8).
The Memorial Museum of Vladimir Lenin opened in 1941. The unique exhibition of the museum introduces the life and work of Lenin on the background of the political history of the Russian Empire in the late 19th – the early 20th centuries, his contemporaries, allies, opponents. The collection of lifetime editions of Lenin, illegal and forbidden literature, satirical magazines is very interesting (Lenina Square, 1).
The museum “Urban Planning and Architecture of Simbirsk-Ulyanovsk”. This museum located in an old mansion was opened in 2001. The mansion was part of the estate complex and was typical for the architecture of Simbirsk in the middle of the 19th century. The exposition occupies seven halls (Tolstoy Street, 24).
The museum “Simbirsk in the late 19th – the early 20th centuries”. The museum is located in the former estate of the priest I.A.Anaksagarov. It is not like an ordinary museum. There are several thematic rooms: ladies’ room with a miniature dressing table, elegant bottles etc.; dining room ready for dinner of the 19th century; living room with an old piano and furniture (Lenina Street, 90).
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