Smolny Institute of the Russian Academy of Education is a higher educational institution. It is located in the Leningrad region. Previously, the institution had the status of a university. The Smolny Institute (address: 59 Polyustrovskiy Ave.) is currently considered one of the most respected educational institutions in the country.
Historical information
Smolny Institute was established in 1998 at the suggestion of Academician N. D. Nikandrov, who is the president of the RAO. This organization was the founder of the described educational institution. The holding company "Electroceramics" became its strategic partner in the implementation of the university's activities in 2004.
A few years later, the Scientific and Educational Complex "Smolny Institute of the Russian Academy of Education" appeared. The decision was made by the Presidium of the State Academy of Education together with the board of directors of the Electroceramics company. The resulting project has a number of advantages. The creation of such a complex made it possible to arrange another experimental platform for the implementation of innovative ideas. At the same time, there is the possibility of transforming the company fromhighly specialized to multidisciplinary. This can be achieved by using the intellectual resources of the academy and attracting the most talented young people. Improving the efficiency of the holding will provide new people who will be involved in the production activities of the company.
The purpose of the scientific and pedagogical complex
Smolny Institute performs many different functions:
1. Scientific.
2. Research.
3. Educational.
4. Educational.
5. Publishing.
6. Enlightenment.
The complex includes various faculties. Among them are the following areas:
1. Economic.
2. Service.
3. Humanitarian.
4. Information Technology.
5. Art criticism.
6. Security.
7. Cynology.
General information about the Faculty of Economics
It was founded at the end of the 20th century. Every year, various specialists are invited to develop the scientific and educational activities of the faculty. Among them are leading domestic economists from research organizations, various business areas and government bodies. The faculty includes two departments. The Academic Council is its highest governing body. It includes the following links:
1. Dean.
2. Deputies.
3. Heads of departments.
4. Teachers who were selected as representatives.
5. Scientists.
6. Students.
Smolny Institute in St. Petersburg has its own charter. It regulates the solution of strategic issues that arise in the course of the institution's activities. The Academic Council is elected for day-to-day management.
Modernity
At present, the Smolny Institute is a multidisciplinary university with a flexible organizational educational system. Now the institution carries out educational activities in several groups of areas. Among them are the following:
1. Social.
2. Humanitarian.
3. Pedagogical.
4. Educational.
5. Economic.
6. Managerial.
7. Cultural.
8. Art criticism.
9. Information security.
10. Computing.
11. Informatics.
12. Service industries.
13. Vehicles.
The institution trains bachelors in twenty areas of pedagogy, graduates in fourteen speci alties, as well as masters of information systems and technologies. The curriculum of the institute fully complies with state standards of higher professional education. The institution is constantly improving, and also organizes a number of courses in special disciplines. Fourteen doctors and several dozen candidates of sciences carry out their activities in the institution. In full-time education, the number of students reaches several thousandman.
Profile
The educational structure includes the following activities:
1. Economic.
2. Managerial.
3. Humanitarian.
4. Information security.
5. Service.
6. Informatics and Computer Engineering.
7. Artistic.
The scientific structure includes the following activities:
1. Medical and social research.
2. Noospheric social science.
3. Human ecology.
4. Telecommunication and information technologies.
The international structure includes the following activities:
1. Personnel training for the CIS countries and the Middle East.
2. Organization of symposia and international conferences.
3. Creation of centers for studying the cultural heritage of the peoples of the CIS.
The main tasks set by the Smolny Institute
1. Guarantee of high quality education in demanded speci alties in the field of information technology.
2. Development and implementation of innovations in the educational process, control over it.
3. Research activities in the field of telecommunications and informatics.
4. A guarantee of a continuous and unified educational process at every stage of education - from preschool to graduate school, inclusive, and in the system of one institution.
5. Participation in improvement programsintegration of national and Russian schools.
6. Making contributions to the formation of a unified educational system in the CIS countries.
7. Training of highly qualified personnel.
Activities of the project "Education and Peace in the Caucasus"
The goal of the program is integration. The task is to create an association of universities in St. Petersburg to organize the training of students who live in Central Asia and the North Caucasus. Educational activities will be carried out according to the programs of higher professional institutions of the Russian Federation. The organization plans to develop its activities in the Republic of Dagestan.
Work vector
The project has several main objectives. Among them are the following:
1. Training of local specialists.
2. Creation of the necessary living conditions in St. Petersburg for residents of the North Caucasus. Priority is given to those citizens who are students of higher educational institutions of the city.
3. Creation of the necessary conditions for joint activities in such areas as creative, educational, sports, cultural, etc.
4. Implementation of exchange training programs in the system of open education.
5. Holding various stage and exhibition events.
6. Opening of a college for women's education in the Republic of Dagestan.
Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens. Historical background
There is an old legend. According to him, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna planned to move to a quiet monastery at the end of her life. Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli was appointed responsible for the creation of the project and the erection of the building. The essence of the plan was to build a nunnery on the site where the suburban Smolny Palace was located. The laying of the foundation took place in the middle of the 18th century. The plan drawn up by the architect required a lot of expenses. At that time, the Seven Years' War began, and there were not enough funds to complete the construction. As a result, the monastery was never used for its intended purpose. Only in 1764 the Smolny Institute was opened. Architect V. P. Stasov continued to work on the cathedral.
Development of events after the death of the Empress
In subsequent years, the fate of the Smolny Monastery was in the hands of Catherine II. She decided to dispose of them in her own way. At that time, there was not a single institution in the Russian Empire in which girls could study. Noble daughters were educated mainly at home. At the same time, girls from poor families did not study at all. For this reason, the Empress decided to open an "Educational Society" in the monastery. So the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens began its existence. A special decree was issued on the opening of the institution. It said that the building of the Smolny Institute would henceforth be used to ensure that women had the opportunity to receive an education. In the future, they could become exemplarymothers, useful members of the family and society.
