Kostroma state university

Kostroma State University was founded in 1949 as Teacher’s Training College. It is situated in the 1^st of May Street on the embankment of the Volga. The University has a student body of about 5000 and a highly qualified teaching staff.

The University occupies six buildings. At present there are 10 faculties at the University. They train students in different specialities. There are not only full-time students at the University, many of them study by correspondence. So part-time students can combine their work with study.

There are a lot of lecture halls, study rooms and laboratories at the University. Research laboratories are provided with the most modern equipment. The University has several modern computer centres. Many students who come to study from other towns and villages live in the University’s hostels. The sport facilities in the university are also very good. There is a particular building with many gym-halls where students can go in for sport.

Every summer many school graduates try to enter the University. They must take two or three entrance exams. Those who managed to enter the University are glad to become students. Attending lectures and seminars, doing their home-works students must always remember about their coming exams. Hard-working students take their exams in due time and usually have good results. Those who are lazy will find January a very difficult time. In winter students have a short vacation. There is a vacation in spring and summer too. The academic year is divided into two terms. Terminal examinations and credit tests are taken at the end of each term. The course of studies lasts for five years. Students have three or four lectures or practical classes a day.

There is a post-graduate course as well. The best students may continue their study and carry on research work. The University has a large, well-stocked library from which our students can borrow any books they need. In the reading-room students can read books they are interested in, look through different magazines and prepare for classes.

It is true that most students go to the university to study some special subjects, a knowledge of which will make it possible for them to earn their living as economists, lawyers, teachers, etc. But it is recognized that the university must do more than supply the facts of economics, law or whatever a man may have to do or teach: it must train its students in such a way that they themselves will always be eager to search for new knowledge and new ideas.

Vocabulary

Teaching staff преподавательский состав

Department отделение

Full-time students студенты очного отделения

To study by correspondence учиться заочно

Post-graduate course аспирантура

Hostel общежитие

Term семестр

Credit test зачет