Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University is a non-state educational institution of higher professional education, implementing educational programs of professional higher and postgraduate, pre-university and additional professional education, carrying out fundamental and applied scientific research in a wide range of sciences, educational areas and specialties.
The university was founded by the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in the person of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992 as the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute.
Full-time education is free (upon receiving your first higher education)
The University accepts citizens for full-time study on the basis of contracts without paying tuition fees, in full-time and part-time forms on the basis of contracts with payment of the cost of training by legal entities and (or) individuals.
PSTGU became the first secular university in the history of Russia, where a lay person can receive a complete higher theological education. According to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, “St. Tikhon’s University opens the opportunity for people, regardless of their social status and gender, to receive a theological education and become useful to the Church.”
The basis of education in all faculties is the principle of basic fundamental university education, based on an in-depth study of Russian history, philosophy and foreign languages. (17 modern and ancient foreign languages are taught at PSTGU).
Master's degree
After completing a four-year bachelor's degree, the student has the opportunity to continue studying to obtain a master's degree. The master's program operates in 9 areas:
- Theology,
- Religious Studies,
- Story,
- Philology,
- Teacher Education,
- Economy,
- art history,
- Decorative and applied arts and folk crafts,
- Conducting.
Second degree
PSTGU provides the opportunity to receive a theological education for people who already have a higher secular education. Among our graduates is the Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation A.V. Konovalov; Director of the Department of Interethnic Relations of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation A.V. Zhuravsky; Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Director of the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.K. Zhirov and others.
Areas of training:
The University has 10 faculties:
Faculty of Theology– directions (bachelor’s degree) “Philology”, “Philosophy”, directions (bachelor’s and master’s degree) “Theology” and “Religious studies”..
Missionary Faculty– directions (bachelor’s degree) “Religious Studies”, “Cultural Studies”, “Tourism”, “Social Work”.
Faculty of Education– direction (bachelor’s and master’s degrees) “Pedagogical education (primary education).”
Faculty of Philology- direction (bachelor's and master's degrees) “Philology” (domestic and foreign philology).
History department– direction (bachelor’s and master’s degrees) “History”.
Faculty of Church Arts– specialty “Painting” (departments of restoration, icon painting, monumental art); directions (bachelor's and master's degrees) “History of Art”, “Decorative and Applied Arts and Folk Crafts.
Faculty of Church Singing– specialty “Artistic direction of opera and symphony orchestra and academic choir”, direction (bachelor’s degree) “Conducting”;
Department of Secondary Vocational Education- Choral school - specialty "Choral conducting".
Social Sciences– direction (bachelor’s and master’s degrees) “Economics”, “Sociology”.
Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics - direction (bachelor's degree) "Mathematical support and administration of information systems."
Faculty of Further Education– professional retraining programs, advanced training programs, short-term distance learning courses in theology and the fundamentals of Orthodox theology and culture.
Department of Pre-University Training carries out training of applicants in all areas of the University.
Students of all faculties receive basic theological education. The list of theological disciplines and their content correspond to the programs adopted in higher theological educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Postgraduate studies and a dissertation Academic Council have been opened for the defense of theological and church historical dissertations for the degrees of candidate, master, doctor of theology, doctor of church history.
Lectures and seminars are held in the University buildings at the following addresses: st. Novokuznetskaya, 23 B; st. Ilovaiskaya, 9; 1st Novokuznetsky lane, 4; st. Bakhrushina, 8, etc. The university has 6 icon painting workshops, 2 mosaic and fresco workshops, 3 church sewing workshops, 1 icon restoration workshop.
International activity
PSTGU carries out extensive international cooperation. The geography of the university's international contacts includes the countries of Eastern, Western and Northern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America and Australia. The university has a number of joint scientific and educational programs with such foreign universities as the Orthodox St. Sergius Theological Institute (Paris, France), St. Vladimir's Theological Academy (USA), University. Humboldt (Berlin, Germany), University of Friborg (Switzerland), Catholic University of Milan (Italy), Catholic University of Paris (France), Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (Nijmengen, Holland), Patriarchal University. Andrew the First-Called (Georgia).
The most successful PSTGU students undergo additional training, internships and internships in foreign educational centers. University teachers travel to give lectures and conduct academic and scientific work in foreign educational and scientific institutions. Foreign experts give lectures to our students.
student life
In 2010, the consecration of the student campus took place at 9 Ilovaiskaya Street (Maryino metro station, Bratislavskaya). It includes a dormitory, academic building, refectory, library and chapel.
In their free time from classes, our students lead an active student life. From the first year, everyone participates in liturgical life, organized by faculties. The faculties host festive performances, concerts, meetings with famous hierarchs, learned theologians, etc. The university's futsal team successfully takes part in various competitions.
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Date of creation: March 12, 1992 Description:The university was established in 1992 as the Theological Institute. In the same year, at the request of the Academic Council, he was given the name of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
The first name of the university is “Orthodox St. Tikhon’s Theological Institute” (PSTI).
In 2004, the institute received state university status and a new name “Orthodox St. Tikhon’s Humanitarian University” (PSTGU).
The institute’s assembly day was the day of the election of St. Tikhon to the Patriarchal throne—November 5/18.
The rector of the university from the moment of its foundation is elected by the Academic Council and appointed by decree of His Holiness the Patriarch.
The university has state accreditation, all graduates receive state diplomas.
Since 1997, the University has had an Academic Council for the defense of candidate and doctoral dissertations for academic degrees in theology and church history.
The university developed and in 2001 approved by the Ministry of Education a second-generation state educational multi-confessional standard in the educational direction “Theology”, and a year later - in the specialty “Theology”. The Orthodox component of the standard is being implemented at St. Tikhon's University.
PSTGU has become the largest educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church. It has about 3,000 students.
The university employs more than 500 teachers, including 60 priests and deacons. Among the teachers, 230 have doctoral and candidate of science degrees, 16 are graduates of MDAiS, 110 are graduates of Moscow State University, 160 are graduates of PSTGU and PSTBI. Doctors of theology, church history - 9 people, candidates of theology - 15 people.
Faculties:
- Theological
- Missionary
- Pedagogical
- Church arts
- Church singing
- Philological
- Historical
- Additional education
- Social Sciences
- Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
There are departments: full-time, part-time (evening), part-time, distance learning (online learning), preparatory.
There is a Choir School at the university, where training is conducted according to the secondary vocational education program.
In all faculties, in addition to the main curriculum, students take an additional course in Fundamentals of Theology, focused on professional training at the faculty; In addition to the main diploma, students receive a certificate of professional retraining in the theological program.
PSTGU was created in the organizational and legal form of a private institution. In order to provide the necessary training for students who wish to subsequently take holy orders, the Theological Institute was reopened at PSTGU, which has the organizational and legal form of a religious educational institution, similar to theological schools. Future proteges study here in parallel with their studies at PSTGU and receive a diploma from a theological school modeled on the Russian Orthodox Church.
Professional training of students is carried out in the following specialties and areas of higher professional education:
- Theology, Religious Studies, History, Philology (Foreign languages: classical philology; ancient languages of the Christian East; Romance language; English. Domestic philology: Russian language and literature with knowledge of the modern Slavic language; applied philology; teaching philological disciplines, Russian language and literature with in-depth study of the modern European language), Cultural studies, Tourism, Social work (social work with youth; social work in the system of non-profit organizations and development of the volunteer movement; information technology in social work), Pedagogical education (primary education; preschool education; religious culture, ethics , cultural, educational and volunteer activities at school), Painting (Restoration of tempera painting. Iconography. Monumental art), History of art, Decorative and applied arts and folk crafts (Church sewing), Conducting an academic choir, Artistic direction of an academic choir, Sociology, Economics , Mathematical support and administration of information systems.
- Theology, including the full use of distance technologies, Religious Studies, History, Philology, Pedagogical Education, Art History, Economics.
Research activities
The key vector for the development of research activities at PSTGU is the relationship between the scientific and educational processes. Solving the problems of developing and conducting fundamental and applied research, scientific developments as the basis for creating new knowledge and mastering new technologies, university scientists are developing theoretical and methodological foundations for the formation and development of higher education.
The main directions of research activities of PSTGU are research in the field of: theology; philosophy; religious studies; theory, history of education and pedagogy; history and culture of the peoples of Russia; cultural studies; philology, sociology of religion in the university education system.
Scientific work at the university is carried out not only in 40 departments, but also in 9 established scientific centers, departments and laboratories.
Research Center for the History of Theology and Theological Education is one of the scientific divisions of the Theological Faculty of PSTGU. The center was created in 2010 on the basis of a team of scientists working at the faculty who studied the history of the Russian theological tradition and spiritual education.
Currently, the Scientific Center is developing two directions: the history of Russian theology of the 18th - early 20th centuries. and the history of higher spiritual education in Russia of the same period. Several projects are being implemented in each direction. In the first direction, the central place is occupied by projects to study the life and legacy of St. Philaret (Drozdov) and the patristic heritage of the synodal era in general. In the second direction, attention is focused primarily on the formation of the Russian scientific and educational theological tradition, the adaptation of European educational models in it and the features of the Russian theological school as a phenomenon.
Within the framework of the Scientific Center there is a weekly seminar, in which not only members of the center participate, but also invited specialists.
Head of the center - Doctor of History, Doctor of Historical Sciences N.Yu. Sukhova.
Research Department of the Contemporary History of the Russian Orthodox Church
The department was created in 1992 in accordance with the Patriarchal blessing “to concentrate in the Institute work on the study of the history of the Russian Orthodox Church of the twentieth century.” The first task was to collect materials, impartial analysis and reconstruct a true picture of the life of the Russian Church in the twentieth century. The starting point for the work was a rich heritage - the archive of the remarkable church historian and ascetic M.E. Gubonina (+1971).
The first publication of the most important documents of the archive in the book “Acts of His Holiness Patriarch Tikhon and later documents on the succession of supreme church authority 1917-1943.” laid the foundation for the multi-volume series “Materials on the Contemporary History of the Russian Orthodox Church.” In subsequent years, the university’s own archive was created, and previously closed state archives were carefully studied. Hard work has brought abundant results: a number of monographs, many scientific articles, reports, a lot of work on organizing large-scale research, as well as studying the investigative files of people buried at the Butovo site, identifying many names of those who suffered for their faith, and a stream of newly discovered documents. The work of the department was highly appreciated by the Hierarchy and representatives of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and contributed greatly to the restoration of the canonical unity of the Russian Orthodox Church.
As a member of the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints, the Rector of PSTGU, Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov, who heads the Department of Contemporary History of the Russian Orthodox Church, took an active part in preparing the glorification of the Council of New Russian Martyrs and Confessors at the Jubilee Council of Bishops in 2000. The materials collected in the university archive were used to create the icon of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors, painted at PSTGU for the Act of Canonization.
Research seminar “Sociology of religion”(http://socrel.pstgu.ru) is a scientific project operating at the Theological Faculty of PSTGU since 2007 under the leadership of the vice-rector of the Theological Institute at PSTGU, Archpriest Nikolai Emelyanov.
In 2015, a research laboratory “Sociology of Religion” was created within the structure of PSTGU, whose employees form the core of the seminar team. The seminar team consists of sociologists, theologians, philosophers, religious scholars and mathematicians - graduates of the Moscow Higher School of Economics and Social Sciences, Moscow State University, Higher School of Economics, and PSTGU. The scientific director of the laboratory is Candidate of Social Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Aspects of Culture of the Theological Faculty of PSTGU Ivan Zabaev.
The “Sociology of Religion” team sees its mission as promoting the growth of unbiased academic research on religion, conducting sociological research necessary for making decisions regarding important issues in the life of the Russian Orthodox Church and secular society, and promoting the growth of self-understanding of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Within the framework of the IL “Sociology of Religion”, fundamental and applied sociological research on religious issues is carried out. One of the main areas of work is the study of the effects of religiosity in societies where the mechanisms of intergenerational transmission of religion have been destroyed; An attempt is made to assess the specifics and dynamics of the diffusion of religion in society, the nature of its influence on people’s behavior in various spheres of life. The research results are presented in the form of publications in scientific journals, and are also presented to practitioners at round tables, workshops, and summer schools. Analytical reports are published on the project website.
Research projects are implemented with the support of the PSTGU Development Fund, Russian and international foundations, including the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation, ISEPI, and the Swiss Science Foundation.
Currently, 10 projects are being implemented in parallel. From 2008 to 2016, about 150 scientific works were published (including articles, reviews, monographs and chapters from collections). In 2016, laboratory staff took part in 44 scientific and practical events, of which 14 were organized at universities abroad.
The laboratory is in constant collaboration with universities and research centers in the USA and Europe, including the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, the University of Bologna and the University of Padua (Italy), the University of Bern (Switzerland), the University of Vienna (Austria), the Abo Academy (Finland) and others. Since 2015, the laboratory has been conducting annual research together with the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service.
Scientific Center for the Psychology of Religion at the Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Aspects of Culture
The center was created in 2014 and is currently the only scientific center on the psychology of religion in Russia.
The goal of the center is to update the psychology of religion as a religious studies discipline in the domestic scientific space.
The main directions of the center’s work are: updating and adapting the main directions of the world psychology of religion in the Russian context; studying the world and domestic history of the psychology of religion in their interrelation; conducting empirical research in the field of psychology of religion.
In 2014-2016 The center’s project “Modern Western Psychology of Religion: Adaptation in the Russian Context” received a grant from the Russian Science Foundation No. 14-18-03771 (project completed).
In 2016-2017 project of the center “Psychology of religion in Russia: XIX - early. XXI century”, received support from the Russian Humanitarian Foundation under grant 16-03-00799.
During the work of the center, its employees published more than 40 scientific articles, a collection of articles and a collective monograph.
Bulletin of PSTGU
“Bulletin of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University” (http://periodical.pstgu.ru) is a scientific publication intended for publishing the main results of dissertation research for the academic degree of Doctor and Candidate of Sciences, the results of other research in scientific areas being developed at PSTGU. The “Bulletin of PSTGU” also publishes original scientific materials that are of interest to socio-humanitarian science and have theoretical and practical significance.
The predecessor of the “Bulletin of PSTGU” from 1997 to 2003 was the “Theological Collection”, which published materials on theology, biblical philology, religious philosophy and church history. In 2003, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy, the “Bulletin of PSTGU” appeared, which included sections “Theology”, “Philology”, “History” and “Pedagogy”. Since 2005, “Vestnik” began to appear in two episodes: “Theology. Philosophy" (I) (since 2016 - "Bulletin of PSTGU. Series I: Theology. Philosophy. Religious Studies") and "History. History of the Russian Orthodox Church" (II), and since 2006 - in four: the series "Philology" (III) and "Pedagogy" were added. Psychology" (IV). Since 2007, the fifth series “Musical Art” (V) has been published, which in 2010 changed its name to “Questions in the history and theory of Christian art.”
In 2010, “Bulletin of PSTGU” was included in the list of the Higher Attestation Commission.
Annual International Theological Conference of PSTGU
The conference has been held annually (since 1992) and covers a wide range of problems related to theology, including related humanities: philosophy; religious studies; theory, history of education and pedagogy; history and culture of the peoples of Russia; cultural studies; philology, sociology of religion in the university education system.
The conference consists of two sessions: autumn, which is dedicated to the day of remembrance of St. Tikhon on October 9, and winter, taking place in late January - early February.
Over the entire period of its existence, it was attended by representatives of domestic and foreign theological schools, theological faculties of secular universities, scientists from Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Ukraine, England, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Cyprus, the Netherlands, USA, Romania, France, etc. In 2016-2017. The twenty-seventh PSTGU Theological Conference has already taken place. The circle of conference participants is constantly expanding, which contributes to the achievement of the main goal - the unity of church and secular science in the field of Christian knowledge. At each session of the conference, more than 20 sections and round tables are held, and up to 250 reports are given.
Based on the results of the conference, the annual collection “Materials of the Annual Theological Conference” is published.
Postgraduate studies at PSTGU have been open since 2004. There are 8 accredited basic professional educational programs for training scientific and pedagogical personnel in scientific fields: Theology, Philosophy of religion and religious studies, Classical philology, Byzantine and modern Greek philology, Russian history, General pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education, Russian language, Russian literature, Musical art . Most programs are implemented both full-time and part-time. Budget places are available in the areas of Theology and Religious Studies.
Educational and educational work
The idea of organizing open theological education for the laity in the Russian Orthodox Church, which was actively discussed before the revolution (such educational structures were formed in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan on the eve of the revolution or immediately after it), was most successfully implemented by Russian emigrants in Paris (St. Sergius Theological Institute), and then in New York (St. Vladimir's Theological Academy). These educational institutions played a huge role in the development of Orthodox church life in the West. Of the graduates of the Parisian Sergius Theological Institute, more than fifty became bishops of various Orthodox Churches; many priests and laymen who received theological education at the Russian Institute worked to establish Orthodoxy throughout the world.
The task of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute, created when the Russian Orthodox Church gained freedom after a long period of persecution, was to train qualified personnel necessary for church work in all areas of church and public life. In addition, the Church had to take advantage of the new freedom and make available theological and Orthodox humanities education for all who sought to return to Orthodox culture, to the Orthodox faith, to the spiritual roots of the Russian people.
The educational work at PSTGU was based on the usual principle of basic fundamental education for classical universities, combined with a serious study of foreign languages, philosophy and national history. As the professional level increases, the highly specialized load increases. In senior years, students complete coursework, then choose a topic for their thesis and a supervisor. The fourth year ends with the defense of a thesis. In case of successfully completed study program and defense, a bachelor's diploma is issued. Those who wish to deepen their knowledge and acquire a higher professional level enroll in a master's program. The master's degree also ends with the defense of a master's thesis. To accomplish this, future masters often have to undergo an internship abroad, become proficient in a foreign language, and actively work in foreign archives and libraries. The next level is postgraduate study and preparation of a candidate's dissertation. At all levels, students listen to lectures, work in seminars, take tests and exams, and participate in any general faculty or university-wide additional loads.
From the first year, students work in summer work camps; in subsequent years, missionary trips and various internships are organized (depending on the specialty). From the first year, all students participate in liturgical life, usually organized by department. At the faculties there are student scientific circles, festive performances, concerts, meetings with famous hierarchs, learned theologians, etc. are organized.
The university has a number of joint scientific and educational programs with domestic and foreign educational institutions, scientific organizations and foundations, international student and teacher exchange programs are implemented, and international conferences are held.
Constant contacts are maintained with foreign educational centers: Orthodox St. Sergius Theological Institute (Paris, France), St. Vladimir Theological Academy (USA), theological faculties of the universities of Belgrade (Serbia), Bucharest (Romania), Sofia (Bulgaria), Institute of Orthodox Studies (Cambridge, UK), Christian Theological Academy (Warsaw, Poland), Institute of Eastern Christian Research (Nijmegen, Holland), Faculty of Theology of the University. Humboldt (Berlin, Germany), University of Friborg (Switzerland).
Every year, about 150 citizens from the CIS countries, near and far abroad study at PSTGU. For internships lasting more than 1 semester, the university accepts an average of 11 foreign students every year. In turn, more than 10 PSTGU students undergo internships at foreign universities every year.
Students study in nine faculties: theology, history, philology, pedagogy, church arts, church singing, social sciences, computer science and applied mathematics, and additional education. There is a full-time department (at all faculties, except the faculty of additional education), an evening department (at the faculties of theology, missionary, pedagogy, church singing, theoretical department of the faculty of church arts, faculty of additional education), correspondence department (at the faculties of theology, missionary, pedagogical, social sciences, additional education). The Institute of Distance Education operates to facilitate distance learning. Every year the university takes part in many scientific conferences.
Lectures and seminars are held in buildings in Likhov Lane, 6, (Theological Faculty), in 1st Novokuznetsky Lane, 4, Building 1, 2 (Faculties of Church Singing, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics) and on Ilovaiskaya Street, d.9 (other faculties).
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Theological and catechetical courses
The idea of creating an Orthodox university, where, unlike theological seminaries and academies, everyone could study, and not just those preparing to be ordained, was formed in the 1980s among the students and spiritual children of Archpriest Vsevolod Shpiller (d. 1984 ) and Hieromonk Pavel (Troitsky). In the late 1980s, as soon as relative religious freedom arrived, they organized several lecture halls that had spiritual, educational and missionary goals. As Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov recalled, “at first we gathered in cinemas. As soon as the announcement was posted, the cinemas were packed. People listened to the lectures eagerly, asked questions - it was lively, intense communication. After some time, we were offered to teach a year-long course. We agreed to rent a magnificent hall in the CDKZh on Komsomolskaya Square, and for a whole year, every week, we held lectures there. Several more priests were attracted, including Father Gleb Kaleda, who was then still hiding his priesthood and came simply as a professor, doctor of sciences. The performances continued to attract many people: all of Moscow became aware of them. Entry was free. We spent two years like this. In the spring, when the lectures ended, they began to ask us to open courses - people wanted to get at least a small theological education.”
In the fall of 1990, work began on the creation of theological and catechetical courses. The initiative group included priests Vladimir Vorobyov, Gleb Kaleda, Sergiy Romanov and Arkady Shatov. Most often they gathered in the parish house of Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov next to the dilapidated Church of St. Mitrophan of Voronezh, which had just been transferred to the Church. The main objective of the courses was to combine academic freedom of the educational process and canonical obedience to the hierarchy. When the charter of the courses was finally approved, Patriarch Alexy II blessed their opening.
The first educational council of the courses included archpriests Valentin Asmus, Vladimir Vorobyov, Gleb Kaleda, Nikolai Sokolov, Sergiy Romanov, Alexander Saltykov, Dimitry Smirnov, Arkady Shatov, professors Nikolai Emelyanov, Andrey Efimov. Professor Archpriest Gleb Kaleda was elected rector of the courses, through whose efforts premises were allocated for the courses at the Moscow Higher Technical School. The first lesson of the course took place on February 6, 1991.
In the spring of 1991, Archpriest Gleb Kaleda, in connection with his appointment as the head of the sector in the newly formed Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechesis, asked to be relieved of his post as rector; on May 29, at a meeting of the educational council of the Theological and Catechetical Courses, a new rector was elected by secret ballot - Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov.
The courses initially had six teachers, a secretary and 300 students; Mostly these were the spiritual children of the organizing fathers, but there were also students who came as part of an announcement. Each group consisted of about 50 students; in reality, up to 40 people were present at the classes. There were no textbooks; we had to use lecture notes. By the end of the academic year, half of the students remained on the courses. In the fall of 1991, the second intake was announced.
Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute
On May 25-27, 1992, the Theological Institute held the first conference entitled “Readings in memory of Archpriest. Vsevolod Shpiller”, in which Protopresbyter John Meyendorff took an active part. Patriarch Alexy II came to one of the meetings of the Readings. He spoke about his communication with Archpriest Vsevolod and gave his blessing to the Theological Institute.
In September of the same year, at the request of the Academic Council, the Theological Institute was given the name of Patriarch Tikhon, thus the university received the name “Orthodox St. Tikhon’s Theological Institute.” The assembly day of the institute was the day of the election of St. Tikhon to the Patriarchal throne - November 5/18. The first faculties were: the pastoral and theological faculty, conceived as an analogue of theological schools; missionary and catechetical faculty for training teachers of the Law of God; Faculty of Education for teachers of secular disciplines; Faculty of Church Arts for training specialists in the field of church singing, icon painting and architecture.
On December 8, 1992, the Solemn Act of the Institute took place in the Main Building of Moscow State University, which was headed by Patriarch Alexy II. The Act was attended by Moscow Mayor Yu. M. Luzhkov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yu. S. Osipov and other honored guests. During the presentation, the Institute's Board of Trustees was formed, headed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, and an agreement on cooperation in the development of PSTBI was signed between the Moscow Patriarchate and Moscow State University. The rector of the new institute noted that due to the deplorable financial situation of PSTBI, teachers did not receive salaries, and students did not receive scholarships, and the entire life and activity of the institute was built on the enthusiasm of students and employees
On May 7, 1993, the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute was issued a license to conduct educational activities in the field of higher professional education.
In August 1993, a correspondence department was opened, where more than 1,000 students from various dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church began their studies.
In October 1993, the Spassky Brotherhood received a small building next to the Nikolo-Kuznetsky Church, which housed the administration of the Institute and classrooms. The institute enjoyed the support of Moscow State University, the 1st City Hospital and the hospital church of Tsarevich Dimitri, art workshops of the Church of St. Nicholas in Klenniki, the correspondence department conducted examination sessions in the premises of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Gryazekh.
According to the rector, Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov: “Over time, the flow of adults who entered the evening department of the theological faculty decreased, but school graduates began to flock to us. Not all of them went with the intention of becoming priests, but there were many who wanted to receive an Orthodox education in the humanities.<…>In Soviet times, the entire humanities were deprived of their religious and cultural roots and “transplanted” onto atheistic soil, which, of course, crippled it.” In connection with this, a pedagogical faculty was created, which had departments of history and philology.
On June 8, 1994, Patriarch Alexy II consecrated the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Pyatnitskaya Street, attached to the Nikolo-Kuznetsky Church, which became the base temple of the Institute.
In July 1997, Patriarch Alexy II approved a specialized Academic Council at the PSTBI for the defense of candidate and doctoral dissertations in theological sciences and church history. The council included representatives of the Moscow and St. Petersburg theological schools, academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Education, professors and teachers of Moscow State University and the Theological Institute.
On July 20, 1998, after passing certification, PSTBI received state accreditation in the areas of religious studies and pedagogy. In 1999, accreditation was received in the educational direction of Theology and the specialties of History, Philology, art history, and religious studies. At the end of 2000, the following specialties were accredited: choral conducting, painting, decorative and applied arts and folk crafts, after which all faculties were able to award state diplomas to graduates.
In 2002, the Institute underwent re-certification and accreditation in 13 educational areas and specialties, including 3 new specialties. In connection with the next accreditation, with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy, the organizational and legal form of the Institute was changed: initially registered as a religious association, the Institute was transformed into a non-state educational institution of higher professional education while maintaining its affiliation with the Russian Orthodox Church.
In 2003, the Faculty of Further Education was opened with four departments. Postgraduate studies were licensed in seven scientific areas. The first teachers received special training and began developing Distance Education courses. At the beginning of 2004, the first enrollment of students for new distance programs took place.
Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University
On May 21, 2004, by the decision of the Accreditation Board based on the results of a comprehensive assessment of the activities of the university in 2004, the National Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education and by order of the Ministry of Education of Russia dated May 25 of the same year, state accreditation status was established as a higher educational institution of the “university” type. This became the first time in new Russia that the highest state status was awarded to an educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church. In this regard, on October 7, 2004, by decision of the Holy Synod, the name was adopted: “Orthodox St. Tikhon’s Humanitarian University.”
In 2004, the problem of classrooms was largely resolved. The University's Board of Trustees provided the University with temporary use of a building located in the residential area of Ochakovo, where the Missionary, Philological, Historical, Pedagogical faculties and the Faculty of Additional Education are located, as well as the correspondence department, library, and administrative services. In addition, the rector of the Church of the Great Martyr George on Poklonnaya Hill, Archpriest Sergiy Suzdaltsev, provided the University with premises for the Faculty of Church Arts, in which major renovations were carried out. In the same year, the graduation of masters of theology took place for the first time.
Over time, due to the restrictions imposed by the law on education on non-state educational institutions, which PSTGU has been since 2002, there has become a need to move the training of clergy to a separate educational institution, without essentially separating it from the educational process and the life of the theological faculty of PSTGU. In 2005, the Theological Department was created as an "Orthodox religious organization - an institution of professional religious education", which was renamed the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute in 2008.
On July 29, 2005, by decision of the Russian Government, the building of the Moscow Diocesan House in Likhov Lane was transferred to the parish of the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Kuznetsy, which the institute had been seeking since 1992.
At the beginning of 2007, PSTGU was given a five-story building at the address: st. Ilovayskaya, no. 9. Repair work was carried out there, and on October 28 of the same year, the rector of PSTGU, Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov, concelebrated by the priests of the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church, consecrated the university dormitory, which housed about 300 students.
On April 9, 2007, PSTGU received a license to conduct educational activities in the specialty and direction of “Sociology”. At the same time, the sociological department of PSTGU began its work, which became the first such precedent in the history of educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 2009, the Faculty of Sociology and the Faculty of Economics and Law were merged into the Faculty of Social Sciences.
In the fall of 2007, the Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics was opened at PSTGU with a training program that included: fundamental mathematical training corresponding to the basic part of the course in university mathematics departments; specialized training, including a wide range of courses related to computing and programming and the acquisition of practical skills; basic theological education. After the opening of this department, PSTGU ceased to be a purely humanitarian educational institution.
On May 28, 2010, by order of the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science at the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University, a dissertation council was opened for the defense of doctoral and master's theses in the specialty 07.00.02 - Russian history (historical sciences) and specialty 09.00.14 - Philosophy of religion and religious studies (philosophical sciences).
On September 2, 2010, Archbishop Evgeniy (Reshetnikov) of Vereisky consecrated the new academic building of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University and the chapel in honor of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'. Bishop Kirill (Pokrovsky) of Pavlovo-Posad and prefect of the South-East Administrative District of Moscow Vladimir Zotov were present at the service. Six faculties moved to the new building: missionary, philological, historical, pedagogical, social sciences and additional education. Also in the new building there is a refectory, a library, a student personnel department and other departments.
In 2012, the university-wide implementation of distance educational technologies began, for which, for the purpose of centralized coordination and technical support of the project, the PSTGU Distance Learning Department was created, servicing the PSTGU Distance Learning System. Initially, distance learning was fully implemented only in additional educational programs of the Faculty of Further Education, but it was intended to involve all faculties of the university. Since 2015, all distance education programs at PSTGU have been implemented within the framework of the Institute of Distance Education.
In September 2016, classes began in the main building on Likhov Lane, where the Theological Faculty moved. The faculty of church singing and the faculty of church arts moved to the building in Kuznetsy, where it was previously located.
Faculties
Faculty of Theology
Dean of the Faculty - Archpriest Pavel Khondzinsky
Faculty of Church Arts
It is one of the leading centers for training professional specialists in all areas of church art. Founded in 1992 as the Faculty of Ecclesiastical Arts.
Departments:
Faculty of Church Singing
Opened in 1992 among the first faculties. Its emergence was a response to the need for choral specialists with extensive knowledge in the field of church singing. The faculty has accumulated experience in combining the traditions of secular and sacred music education. Students receive basic musical education at the level of secular universities, and also master the theory and practice of liturgical singing.
Faculty of Philology
The Faculty of Philology of PSTGU is called upon to contribute to the increase in society (including outside the church structures itself) of the number of bearers of traditional culture, receptive to Christian meanings and values and capable of creatively expressing them through words.
Departments
Faculty of Education
Created in 1992. The faculty sees its mission in reviving the traditions of Christian pedagogical service.
History department
Main article: Faculty of History of PSTGU
The Faculty of History of PSTGU has existed since 1994, when it was formed from the Department of Russian History, created within the framework of the Faculty of History and Philology of PSTBI in 1994. In 2000, the Faculty of History was created on the basis of the Department of Russian History. Ph.D., Associate Professor, Priest Andrei Posternak was appointed dean.
The Faculty of History trains specialists in Russian history and historical and archival studies, teachers of Russian history and general history for secondary schools (bachelor, master). There are state licenses and accreditation. The duration of full-time (day) study is 4-6 years; the full-time and part-time (evening) form has been closed.
Departments
- The Department of Russian History and Archival Studies provides training in the field and specialty of Russian history, provides the university with a complex of general academic disciplines in the history of Russia from ancient times to the end of the 20th century, source studies and historiography, methods of teaching history and other special disciplines. The department is headed by Dmitry Andreevich Tsygankov.
- Department of General History - provides a complex of academic disciplines on the history of the ancient world, the history of the Middle Ages, modern and contemporary history of Western Europe and America, biblical archaeology, the history of Asian and African countries, the history of the southern and western Slavs, etc. The department is headed by Degas ( Dmitry) Vitalievich Deopik.
Faculty of Social Sciences
The faculty was organized in 2007 with the aim of training specialists for the Russian Orthodox Church, state and municipal authorities and management, public organizations, and modern Russian business. Education at the faculty is built on the principle of combining traditional sociological, economic and theological education. Classes are taught by teachers from PSTGU, Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov, institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Departments
Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
The faculty provides training in the specialty “Mathematical support and administration of information systems” with the qualification “mathematician-programmer”. The faculty has a department of mathematics, a department of computer science and a research laboratory of information retrieval systems. Full-time form of education . The founder and first dean was Emelyanov Nikolai Evgenievich. The first intake of students took place in 2008.
Students gain practical skills in working with the main modern operating systems, programming languages, DBMS and will master some of them perfectly in accordance with their chosen specialization.
PSTGU has accumulated many years of experience in applied developments in the field of information technology related to the maintenance of the well-known database “Those who suffered for Christ” and the database “Iconography of Church Art”.
Departments:
Institute of Distance Education
The Institute of Distance Education (IDE) was created at PSTGU in 2015 on the basis of the Department of New Technologies in Humanitarian Education (NTHE). The director of the institute was the PSTGU vice-rector for academic affairs, Archpriest Gennady Egorov. In the same year, all disciplines included in the programs in the implementation of which distance educational technologies are used were assigned to the Department of Science and Technology.
All educational programs of the institute are implemented remotely, via the Internet. The first distance learning program at PSTGU in 2004 was the course “Fundamentals of Orthodoxy,” which remains the most popular IDO program to this day. In addition, the Institute of Distance Education is implementing a 3.5-year professional retraining program “Theology”. In 2016, Russia’s first fully distance theological master’s program “Orthodox Theology and Philosophy in Contemporary Discourse” was launched.
Over 14 years, more than 2,000 people from 127 countries have graduated from PSTGU distance programs. The majority of foreign graduates are residents of Ukraine, with representatives of Germany in second place. The top ten popular countries include Belarus, the Baltic states, Kazakhstan, the USA and Canada.
Specialists of the Department of Science and Technology conduct research in the field of organizing distance learning and adapting students and teachers to it. Based on the experience gained, an original teacher training course was developed to work in the PSTGU distance learning system.
IDO PSTGU (together with SAP and Surgutneftegaz companies) co-founded the first International scientific and practical conference “Digital Education. XXI century”, held in Moscow on September 24, 2018. The purpose of the conference was to create a permanent platform for the exchange of experience among professional practitioners in the field of digitalization of education.
Bulletin of PSTGU
“Bulletin of the Orthodox St. Tikhon’s Humanitarian University” is intended for the publication of “the main results of dissertation research for the degree of Doctor and Candidate of Sciences, the results of other research in scientific areas being developed at PSTGU, as well as for the publication of original scientific materials of interest to socio-humanitarian sciences that have theoretical and practical significance."
Since 2010, “Bulletin of PSTGU” has been included in the list of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications of the Higher Attestation Commission. In 2018, Series I: Theology. Philosophy. Religious studies was included in the Scopus scientometric database.
Publishing house PSTGU
Founded in 1992. The publishing activities of PSTGU are carried out in various areas - the publication of books by famous theologians, philosophers and church writers written in the 19th-20th centuries, and the publication of scientific works by university teachers, the publication of manuals for students of theological educational institutions, the publication of missionary public literature about the Orthodox faith and life. Publishing work on the tragic history of the Russian Orthodox Church of the 20th century occupies a significant place in the life of the university.
Branches
In addition to campuses in Moscow, “distance learning points” or branches were created so that residents of different cities in Russia and the CIS could study by correspondence without coming to Moscow. Test and examination sessions were conducted on site by visiting PSTGU teachers. There were 18 such branches in total. But subsequently the Ministry of Education demanded that the branches be closed. As Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov noted: “Thanks to these branches, it was possible, in those years when there were no Orthodox personnel far from the capitals, to train teaching and administrative staff locally. Among the graduates of our branches are not only priests, but also many employees of various diocesan departments, teachers of local seminaries and theological schools, and departments of theology in state universities. Thus, the branches radically helped in solving the most urgent personnel problems of that time."
Instead of branches, Internet education was opened at the Faculty of Further Education.
Ratings
In June 2015, PSTGU entered, with a degree in education and pedagogical sciences, into the Top 10 higher educational institutions in Moscow according to the Kommersant newspaper, whose graduates get high-paying jobs.
According to the ranking of the demand for universities in the Russian Federation in 2016, PSTGU took third place, behind MSU and MSU.
According to the ranking of the demand for universities in the Russian Federation in 2018, published by MIA Russia Today, PSTGU has become the most popular among humanitarian universities, ahead of the Moscow City Pedagogical University and the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A. I. Herzen.
Notes
- St Tikhon's Orthodox University
- Chernykh A. The head of Rosobrnadzor thanked PSTGU for the standard in theology // Kommersant, 11/20/2017
- http://pstgu.ru/faculties/
- http://abiturient.pstgu.ru/Shemy-proezda-k-fakulytetam
- History of the University on the official website of PSTGU.
- “St. Tikhon’s University is 20 years old: At first they gave lectures in cinemas...” Orthodoxy and the World, November 17, 2012.
- Memorable date "Small leaven". Official website of PSTGU, February 6, 2011.
- Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University (PSTGU) // Patriarchy.ru
- Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov: It is naive to expect holiness from all those who call themselves Christians today // Patriarchy.Ru
- Glukharev E. // Newspaper “Kommersant” No. 56 dated 12/09/1992
- Self-examination report
- Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov: The main result of PSTGU is our graduates // Pravoslavie.Ru
- // PSTBI
- Section “Distance learning” on the official website of PSTGU
- Charter of the non-state educational institution of higher professional education "Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University"
- JOURNALS of the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church dated October 7, 2004 // Patriarchia.Ru, 06/09/2005
- Report of Archbishop Eugene of Vereisky // Russian Line, 10/04/2004
- Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated July 29, 2005 No. 1085-r “On the gratuitous transfer into the ownership of the Orthodox parish of the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Kuznetsy, Moscow”
- The consecration of the dormitory of St. Tikhon's University took place // Patriarchia.Ru, 10.30.2007
- Chronicle of the Faculty // PSTGU
- The Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics is opening at PSTGU / News / Patriarchy.ru
- Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics Emelyanov Nikolay Evgenievich (08/18/1939 - 01/14/2010)
- A dissertation council for the defense of doctoral and master's theses has been opened at PSTGU // Pravoslavie.Ru, June 25, 2010
- Archbishop Eugene of Vereisky consecrated the new academic building of St. Tikhon’s University // Patriarchia.ru, 09/02/2010
- http://pstgu.ru/news/university/2016/09/02/67543/
- http://pstgu.ru/faculties/theological/chairs/
- http://pstgu.ru/faculties/theological/chairs/scripture/common/
Archpriest Vladimir Nikolaevich Vorobyov was born on March 28, 1941 in Moscow. Father Vladimir's grandfather - Archpriest Vladimir Nikolaevich Vorobyov - was a member of the Moscow Diocesan Council under Patriarch Tikhon, rector of the Moscow Church of St. Nicholas in Plotniki on Arbat. He was arrested several times, he spent 10 years in prisons, camps and exile. Died in prison in 1940.
In 1959, the future Fr. Vladimir entered the physics department of Moscow State University, from which he graduated in 1965. He worked at Moscow State University, from 1966 he studied in graduate school, and from 1970 he worked at the Computing Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1973 he defended his dissertation and received the academic degree of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
In 1980 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Seminary, in 1982 - the Moscow Theological Academy.
He served in the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Kolomenskoye, then in the St. Nicholas Church near the Transfiguration Cemetery. In 1984 he was transferred to the Assumption Church in Veshnyaki, in 1990 - to the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kuznetsy. In 1997 he was appointed its rector. At the same time, he became the rector of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Vishnyaki assigned to her, which was opened and restored under the leadership of Father Vladimir.
Under the leadership of Fr. In Vladimir, the Orthodox St. Peter's comprehensive school and the Sunday school of the St. Nicholas-Kuznetsk Church, children's camps, and the bookstore "Orthodox Word" were created.
In 1990 O. Vladimir became one of the organizers of the Theological and Catechetical Courses in May 1991. was elected rector. After transforming the courses into the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute, in March 1992 he became its rector. In May 2004, the institute received university status and was transformed into the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University (PSTGU).
Under the leadership of Fr. Vladimir at PSTBI/PSTGU, a state educational multi-confessional standard in theology was developed, which became the basis for the opening of the specialty “Theology” in the state classifier and the creation of theological faculties and departments in state universities. Since October 2015 Fr. Vladimir is the chairman of the federal educational and methodological association in the system of higher education in theology.
Father Vladimir is one of the organizers of the study of the modern history of the Russian Church in the 20th century. Heads the Scientific Department of Contemporary History of the Russian Orthodox Church at PSTGU. He is the editor-in-chief of the scientific series “Materials on the Contemporary History of the Russian Orthodox Church,” in which 25 monographs have been published since 1994, including unique documents and memoirs.
In 1998, Fr. Vladimir entered the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints, took an active part in preparing the large-scale canonization of new martyrs and confessors of Russia at the Anniversary Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000. Under his leadership, an icon of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia was painted at PSTGU for canonization. In the fall of 2015, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, Fr. Vladimir was appointed secretary of the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints.
Thanks to the efforts of Fr. Vladimir, in 2004 the former Diocesan House - the meeting place of the historical Local Council of 1917-1918. - was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. O. Vladimir organized the restoration of the house with the restoration of the memorial area - the Cathedral Chamber and the Prince Vladimir Church. July 26, 2015, during the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the death of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, the temple and building were consecrated by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow of All Rus'. Currently, the Diocesan House is the main building of PSTGU.
At PSTGU Fr. Vladimir teaches the course “Introduction to the liturgical tradition of the Orthodox Church,” at various times he lectured on “Pastoral Theology” and led seminars on the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament. He is the editor-in-chief of the PTSGU periodicals: Theological Collection (1992 - 2003) and, after 2003, the PSTGU Bulletin (in five series), as well as the editor-in-chief of the PSTGU Publishing House.
Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov is the author of more than 120 publications on church history, liturgical tradition, pastoral theology, religious education, and on various problems of church life. Consultant for three films dedicated to PSTBI / PSTGU.
In 1997, Prot. Vladimir Vorobyov received the title of professor. In 2007, he received the degree of Doctor of Theology Honoris Causa from the Orthodox St. Sergius Theological Institute in Paris.
Father Vladimir is the deputy chairman of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church on licensing, accreditation and standards (since 2002), head of the theological education sector, member of the Inter-Council Presence (commission on issues of parish life and parish practice and commission on issues of spiritual education and religious enlightenment ), member of the board of the Coordination Center for the Development of Theological Science in the Russian Orthodox Church, the Board of the Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, the scientific and editorial board for the publication of the "Orthodox Encyclopedia", the editorial board of the magazine "Orthodox Conversation" and other church and secular scientific and educational associations and organizations.
Father Vladimir is married. He and mother Olga have 4 children and 25 grandchildren.
Father Vladimir was awarded church and secular awards.
Church awards:
orders
Saint Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, II degree; St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna III degree; Rev. Sergius of Radonezh III degree, 2015 - Order of St. equal to book Vladimir III class; medals
St. Seraphim of Sarov, II degree; St. Sergius of Radonezh; St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna; patriarchal badge “For his work in spiritual and moral education”
Secular awards:
medals
“In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow”; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree; badge "Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation"; diploma of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, badge of the Russian Federation "For mercy and charity"
Scientific works, publications:
Modern problems of pastoral ministry // Bulletin of the Pastoral Seminar. - 1996. No. 1. P. 10–15;
Orthodox teaching on marriage // Orthodox conversation. - 1996. No. 5. P. 9–14;
Repentance. Confession. Spiritual guidance. - M., 1997;
Prospects for higher Orthodox school // V International Christmas educational readings: Sat. reports. - M., 1997. P. 57–67;
Features of documents of investigative cases of the 20-40s. // Annual Theological Conference of PSTBI: Materials, 1997. - M., 1997. pp. 163–166;
Memory of the New Martyrs and the Contemporary History of the Russian Orthodox Church // Ibid., 1998. - M., 1998. pp. 182–186;
Some problems of theological-historical science and church life in Russia on the eve of the 2000th anniversary of the Nativity of Christ // Ibid., 2000. - M., 2000. pp. 257–267;
Pastoral ministry in the Russian Orthodox Church. XX century // PE. T.: ROC. - M., 2000. P. 295–304;
Some problems of the canonization of saints today // PSTBI Annual Theological Conference: Materials, 2002. - M., 2002. pp. 156–162;
Religious education in modern Russia // Religion and school in modern Russia: Documents. Materials. Performances. Proceedings of the conference “Interaction between the state and religious associations in the field of education” (Moscow, October 10-11, 2002). - M., 2003. P. 89–107.
UNIQUENESS OF PSTGU While studying at PSTGU, students have the opportunity to simultaneously develop in different directions, taking into account individual needs. On the one hand, the University offers 52 training programs in the field of humanities education in popular specialties at 9 faculties with the issuance of state-recognized diplomas. On the other hand, the offered programs allow you not only to obtain a current specialty, but also to expand your range of competencies by studying foreign languages and obtaining several professions.INTERNSHIPS IN LEADING UNIVERSITIES IN EUROPE PSTGU creates opportunities to gain first professional experience through internships and internships. The university has partnerships with 12 universities in Europe and the USA, where PSTGU students can undergo training and practice under exchange programs. Thus, each student can build an individual development trajectory, which may include obtaining several specialties at once, good language and theological training. CRITERIA FOR EDUCATION QUALITY The quality of education is an important criterion for assessing the activities of PSTGU, which is achieved through the university’s scientific activities, its own methods, the high level of qualifications of teachers and famous invited specialists. PSTGU teachers are high-level experts in their fields, often speaking at Russian and international scientific conferences, as well as giving lectures at other universities. Students from Europe and the USA also undergo training and internships within the university. PSTGU AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES For those wishing to devote themselves to scientific activities, the university provides the opportunity to continue their studies in master's and postgraduate studies, publish works in PSTGU publications, work in scientific centers, and participate in conferences.STUDENT LIFE The university has an active and diverse student life and hosts numerous scientific and cultural events. MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL BASE OF PSTGU The good material and technical base of the university allows the use of modern technologies in the learning process. Students can also use libraries, electronic resources, canteens, and even a coworking studio to prepare for classes and relax. A dormitory is provided for non-resident students. AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET PLACES AND HOSTELS In 2018 the university offers applicants 375 “budget” places, some of which are financed from the state budget, partly from own funds, as well as 392 places on a paid basis. During their studies at PSTGU, young men of military age are granted a deferment from the army. Studying at PSTGU requires students to be purposeful, hard-working and willing to learn. Only in this case, all the opportunities that the university provides will allow you to get a good base and advantages necessary for further employment.PSTGU is waiting for its students!