The Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University is part of the structure of the humanities faculties of St. Petersburg University. The teachers of the faculty are honored workers of the Russian Federation and professors, candidates of philological sciences.
About faculty
The structure of the Faculty of Philology includes:
- 35 departments, 19 of which are graduates;
- 2 institutions;
- test center;
- educational center add. qualifications.
Dean of the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University is Verbitskaya Lyudmila Alekseevna. She also holds the position of President of St. Petersburg State University. Verbitskaya L. A. herself once graduated from the Faculty of Philology, now she herself is a doctor of philological sciences.
The philological faculty of St. Petersburg State University opened its doors for the first time in 1819 in the form of the faculty of historical and verbal sciences, and only much later was it transformed into the philological faculty. The faculty is located next to the main building of St Petersburg University on Universitetskaya embankment.
Admission to Bachelor's degree
The Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University accepts students for the following study programs:
- linguistics;
- philology.
For admission to the bachelor's degree program "Linguistics", an applicant must score more than 65 points for each USE. The number of budget places in 2018 is 100, 70 places for students with tuition fees.
For admission to the bachelor's degree program "Philology", the applicant must also score at least 65 points for each USE. Number of budget places 40. Number of paid places 15.
Admission to graduate school
Master's programs of the Faculty of Philology include the following areas of student training:
- teacher education;
- literary translation;
- Slavistics;
- legal linguistics;
- textology and others.
Passing points
In order to enter the state-funded places in the bachelor's degree programs of the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University, an applicant in 2017 had to score at least 89 points in each USE. In order to enter a place with tuition fees, it was also necessary to score fairly high scores - at least 68.
It is worth noting that the number of places with tuition fees at the philological faculty of St. Petersburg State University is very limited and averages no more than 20% of state-funded places.
Additional programs
For schoolchildren and applicants Faculty of Philologyprepared a number of educational programs aimed at studying foreign languages, the Russian language, as well as preparing for the Unified State Examination.
The following educational programs have been prepared for students in grade 10:
- Russian;
- English;
- literature.
The duration of training is at least 8 months, recruitment is carried out in August, and the training itself is in September.
The following programs have been prepared for schoolchildren studying in grade 11:
- short-term preparatory courses for the Unified State Examination in the Russian language;
- short-term preparatory courses for the exam in literature;
- training courses for the Unified State Examination in Russian language and literature, which have a duration of 9 months;
- preparation courses for the Unified State Examination in Russian language and literature, which have a duration of 5 months.
Reviews about the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University
Students and graduates of the faculty speak positively about the quality of their education. Most of them note the high professionalism of the teaching staff of the faculty. The Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University is included in the best ratings that assess the quality of higher education.
It is worth noting that applicants express dissatisfaction with the rather high passing scores that must be scored for admission to the budgetary basis of education. Also, the cost of education at the faculty is quite high and exceeds 250,000 rubles. per year.
