The Faculty of Political Science of St. Petersburg State University is one of the oldest main universities in the Northern capital. Located next to the Smolny Cathedral, the Faculty of Political Science provides a prestigious and high-quality education. That is why every year thousands of applicants from St. Petersburg, other cities of Russia and the world strive to become its students. In order to enter the Faculty of Political Science on a budgetary basis of education, applicants must score at least 80 points in each subject of the Unified State Examination.
Faculty address
The Faculty of Political Science of St. Petersburg State University is located in the Central District of St. Petersburg at st. Smolny, house 1/3. The faculties of sociology and international relations are also located nearby.
About faculty
The structure of the Faculty of Political Science of St. Petersburg State University includes 6 departments, among them:
- Department of International Political Processes;
- Department of Russian Politics;
- ethnopolitology and others.
Currentlycurrently acting dean of the faculty doctor of political sciences, well-known professor Kurochkin A. V.
The faculty provides education at all levels of study: bachelor's, master's and postgraduate studies. In order to obtain a bachelor's degree, a student must complete a 4-year course, pass a state attestation exam and defend a final qualifying work. Admission to the magistracy is possible only after completing the undergraduate studies.
Education at the bachelor's degree of the faculty is carried out according to one program. The master's program, however, includes 3 educational programs:
- political science;
- ethnopolitical processes in the modern world;
- public policy and political governance.
The program "Ethno-political processes in the modern world" is conducted on a part-time basis and has no budget places. The remaining two programs are exclusively full-time and have both state-funded and tuition-paying places.
All students of the faculty during the educational process undergo industrial practice in the state bodies of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. This allows them to study the process from the inside, as well as to know and feel the future profession more subtly.
The duration of postgraduate studies is 3 years. Upon completion of the training, all students are awarded the qualification of a teacher-researcher. Also, all alumniget the opportunity to defend their Ph. D. thesis and receive a Ph. D. The final certification is the defense of the final qualifying work. The best of the best can be invited to work at the university.
Admission to the Faculty of Political Science of St. Petersburg State University
In order to enter the undergraduate program, an applicant must successfully pass the exam in history, Russian language and social studies. The minimum score for each subject is 65. This is the value below which USE certificates for admission to the faculty are not accepted.
The Admission Committee of the Faculty of Political Science of St. Petersburg State University is located in the main building of the educational institution, located on Universitetskaya embankment, house 7/9. Also, additional information can be found in the faculty building and on the official website.
The target figures for admission of students for 1 course on a budgetary basis in 2018 are 40. It is planned to enroll 35 students on a paid basis. Also, 4 places are allocated for a special quota. The passing score at the Faculty of Political Science of St. Petersburg State University in 2017 on a budgetary basis of education was over 270 points in the sum of three USE. To enter on a paid basis, it was necessary to score about 200 points in the sum of three USE.
The cost of studying at the Faculty of Political Science of St. Petersburg State University in 2017 was 196,000 rubles per year for Russian citizens and 257,000 rubles per year for foreign citizens.
Reviews
Reviews about the Faculty of Political Science of St. Petersburg State University are generally positive. Students and graduates note the high quality of education. They also notethat the teaching staff for 80% consists of professors and associate professors, candidates of political sciences. Most teachers are also practitioners.
Applicants for the most part admit that it is quite difficult to get such high scores in the Unified State Examination for admission to the budget, but the university selects the best of the best among its students. It is very prestigious to get an education at this university.
