Volgograd State University (VolSU, ) is a public university and one of the leading institutions of higher education in Volgograd, Russia.
History
The first year enrollment (250 people) was made in 1980 and offered only 5 majors: Mathematics, Physics, History, Philology, and Linguistics on the sole at the Faculty of Sciences and Humanities. Today, the structure of the university includes Volzhsky Humanitarian Institute and five campuses in the cities of Volgograd Region: Kalach-na-Donu, Uryupinsk, Mikhaylovka, Frolovo and Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan Oblast).
Academics
VolSU has 48 faculties and research centers, 22 four-year bachelor () degrees, 11 two-year master's () degrees, 42 kandidat nauk (Candidate of science, equals PhD) postgraduate degrees, and 9 doktor nauk (Doctor of science) degrees.
The university is attended by more than 14 thousand students and postgraduates. Established partnerships with the Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University, University of Cologne, University of Sorbonne, InHolland University (Netherlands) and other higher educational institutions of Russia, Europe and America.
Faculties and departments
History, International Relations and Social Technologies
Department of Archeology and Foreign History
Department of History of Russia
Department of International Relations, Area Studies and Political Science
Department of Sociology
Department of Psychology
Department of Political Science
Department of Social Work and Pedagogics
Mathematics and Information Technology
Department of Mathematical Analysis and Function Theory
Department of Fundamental Informatics and optimal control
Department of Computer Science and Experimental Mathematics
Department of Information Systems and Computer Modeling
Department of Laser Physics
Department of Radiophysics
Department of Theoretical Physics and Wave Processes
Priority Technologies
Department of Forensic and physical material
Department of Telecommunication Systems
Department of Information Security
Philology and Intercultural Communication
Department of Literature, publishing and literary
Department of Russian Language
Department of Journalism
Department of Linguistics and bond of Document
Department of English Philology
Department of Professional foreign language communication
Department of Romance Philology
Department of German Philology
Department of Theory and Practice of Translation
Economy and Finance
Department of Corporate Finance and Banking
Department of Theory of finance, credit and taxation
Department of Global and Regional Economics
Department of Accounting, Analysis and Audit
Department of Economic Theory and Economic Policy
Office and the Regional Economy
Department of Marketing
Department of Mathematical Methods and Computer Science in Economics
Department of Management
Department of State and Municipal Management
Department of Economic Informatics and Management
Law
Department of Civil Law and Procedure
Department of Theory of State and Law
Department of Criminal Law
Chair of the criminal process and criminology
Department of International Law and Human Rights
Department of Philosophy
Natural Sciences
Department of Biology
Department of Ecology and Nature Resources Management
Department of Geography and Cartography
Continuing Education
Department of Physical Education and Health Technologies
Ranking
In 2015 VolSU was ranked among the best 150 schools of developing Europe and Central Asia according to Quacquarelli Symonds . In 2015 VolSU was ranked among top-20 best schools of Russia in the category "economics and management".