Herzen University The Herzen State Pedagogical University of

Herzen University

The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (formerly Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute) one of the largest universities in Russia; 20 faculties and more than 100 departments; named after the Russian writer and philosopher Alexander Herzen; 13 May 1797 (B-day); Alexander Herzen

The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (formerly Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute) The Imperial Foundling House developed as a complex educational establishment carrying progressive ideas of upbringing based upon charity and patronage; foundling orphans, disabled children, and children from failed marriages; The Imperial Foundling House

The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (formerly Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute) basis for women's pedagogical education; 1837 - the "Women's Foundling Institute"; After 1885 it was called Nicholas' Foundling House; the Women's Pedagogical Institute – 1903; Rusudana is sitting in the second row with her academic mentors, ... Students and Professors in the Women's Pedagogical Institute Chemical Laboratory, 1915

The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (formerly Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute) The first Russian pedagogues for deaf children were educated and their first works on the subject were created here; In 1864, a pedagogical seminary was created for countryside students; M. V. Chistyakov, V. A. Zolotov, K. D. Ushinsky had an influence on restructuring the departments of the foundling house; K. D. Ushinsky

The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (formerly Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute) In 1918 - the First Pedagogical Institute; the first higher education facilities in Russia that specialized in pre-school and primary school education and defectology.

People who worked in Herzen University Kurchatov, the father of the Russian nuclear physics school; professor A. Gershun, the founder of the optical industry; the astronomer S. Glasenapp; academician V. Ipatieff, an army general and a chemist; A. Fersman, the pioneer of geochemistry, professor V. Perekalin, P. Kapterev, V. Soroka-Rossinsky, and A. Pinkevich; chemists V. Verkhovsky, and A. Favorsky, the botanist V. Komarov, geographers V. Semenov-Tian-Shansky and Yu. Shokalsky, physiologists L. Orbeli and K. Bykov, the mathematician G. Fikhtengolts, historians E. Tarle, V. Struve, A. Presnyakov, S. Oldenburg, B. Grekov, philologists S. Ozhegov, L. Scherba, V. Zhirmunsky, N. Marr, writers M. Gorky and E. Zamyatin, and many others. L. Vygotsky

The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (formerly Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute) The University employs: more 1700 scholars; 1000 of whom hold Candidate of Science degrees; 300 are Doctors of Science; 6 are academicians; 9 are corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Education; 23 are Honoured Scientists of the Russian Federation; n 2012 Professor A. Grib, Department of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, was awarded the gold medal by the Telesio-Galilei Academy of Science (TGA 2012)

The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (formerly Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute) Famous graduates: N. Zabolotsky, A. Kushner, V. Sangi, A. Chepurov, L. Reznikov, A. Morozov, L. Egorova; 15 January 1998 Herzen University was included in the list of the State Corpus of Heritage Sites in Russia; N. Zabolotsky

HERZEN UNIVERSITY TODAY 5 institutes; 21 faculties; 3 affiliations in the towns of Volkhov, Vyborg, and Makhachkala; over 130 departments; 3 research centers; 27 educational and cultural centers including the Linguistic Center, the DAAD Resource Center, and the St. Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation.

HERZEN UNIVERSITY TODAY 57 educational programs integrated in 10 groups (32 Bachelor’s programs, 2 Specialist programs and 23 Master’s programs) programs in Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences;

HERZEN UNIVERSITY TODAY Faculty Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty of Biology Faculty of Life Safety Institute of Foreign Languages Faculty of Information Technologies Faculty of Russian as a Foreign Language Faculty of Special Education Faculty of Mathematics Institute of Economics and Management Faculty of Physics Faculty of Music Institute of Economics and Management Faculty of Law Faculty of Geography Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Physical Education Faculty of Human Philosophy Faculty of Philology Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Technology and Entrepreneurship Institute Institute of Childhood Institute of the People of the North Institute of Natural Science Institute of International Relations Institute of the Humanities Institute of Postgraduate Education Research Institute of Continuous Teacher Education Research Institute of General Education CENTERS St.Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation DAAD Information Center in St.Petersburg American Studies Resource Center Chinese Cultural Center Center of Spanish-speaking Cultures Center of Portuguese Language and Literature Cultural and Educational Center «Fennoskandia»

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