Education in Siberia
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Education in Siberia expanded greatly after the Trans-Siberian Railway
Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. It is the longest railway in the world...

 was completed in the 19th century. While Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...

 became part of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 in the 18th century it was not until the 20th century under the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 that education was transformed Siberia to economic importance. This was aimed at uniting the people under the Soviet. For example, the Irkutsk State Linguistic University
Irkutsk State Linguistic University
Irkutsk State Linguistic University is a university in Irkutsk, Siberia in eastern Russia founded in 1948....

 served as "as a conduit between Russia and these native peoples by teaching languages" during the communist era.http://www.sras.org/sub_program.phtml?m=31 Imperial Russia began uniting Siberia to Russia by founding Siberia's first university, Tomsk State University
Tomsk State University
Tomsk State University , formerly Imperial Tomsk University, is the first university in Siberia—it was founded in 1878 in Tomsk, Russia. TSU opened in 1888 with only one department, the medical school...

, in 1878.

As teaching language helped to connected Siberia with Russia, currently there is a high demand for English to connect Siberia to the outside world. The Siberian Intercultural Bridges helps place English teachers throughout Siberia to bridge the gap between the Western world
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...

 and the remote areas of Siberia.http://www.siberian-bridges.org/Homepage/index.html Meanwhile, the Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n government has also been encouraging English teachers to educate the population.http://www.jobs.languagelink.ru/

Currently, higher education in Siberia has sought to revive the regional culture. Kemerovo State University
Kemerovo State University
The Kemerovo State University was established in 1973 as a successor to Kemerovo Pedagogical Institute. It is a leading educational and scientific center of Kemerovo Oblast with five branches throughout the region in Belovo, Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Novokuznetsk, Prokopyevsk, and in Ulan Bator...

 has specialized in Shor language
Shor language
The Shor language is a Turkic language spoken by about 10,000 people in the Kemerovo Province in south-central Siberia. In the history of the Turkic states and China, Shors played an important role, mostly connected with their offshoot Shatuo. Presently, not all ethnic Shors speak Shor, and the...

 to increase usage and document the language's history in Siberia.

Universities and colleges

  • Abakan State Institute of Education
  • Abakan State University of Pedagogy
  • Altai State Technical University
    Altai State Technical University
    The leading scientific university of the Altai region, Altai State Technical University is one of a number of universities of the city of Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia. It is one of the largest institutions of higher learning in Russia....

  • Amur State University
    Amur State University
    Amur State University is a university in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia....

  • Bratsk State Technical University
  • Buryat State Agricultural Academy
  • Buryat State University
    Buryat State University
    Buryat State University is a tertiary education facility in Ulan Ude, Buryat Republic. Courses are taught in Russian and Buryat. It was established in 1932 as Buryat State Teachers' Training College, and it became a university in 1995. It is a member of the University of the Arctic.BSU is located...

  • Chita State University
    Chita State University
    Chita State University is an institution of higher education in Chita, Russia. It is the largest educational, scientific and innovative center in Zabaykalsky Krai...

     (1966)
  • Chita State University of Medicine
  • Chita State University of Polytechnics
  • Eastern Institute of Economics, Humanitarian Sciences, Management, and Law
  • Eastern Siberian State Technological University
  • Eastern Siberian State Academy of Culture and Arts
  • Far Eastern State Technical University (1930)
  • Far Eastern State University (1899)
  • Irkutsk Institute of Railway Engineering
  • Irkutsk State Academy of Agriculture (Irkutsk Institute of Agriculture)
  • Irkutsk State Academy of Economics
  • Irkutsk State University
    Irkutsk State University
    Irkutsk State University was founded in October 1918 in Irkutsk, Siberia.At present, the University consists of 10 faculties, 4 educational institutions and 2 branches. Over 18 thousand students including 300 foreign students from 27 countries study at University in 52 specialties. More than 620...

     (1918)
  • Irkutsk State Linguistic University
    Irkutsk State Linguistic University
    Irkutsk State Linguistic University is a university in Irkutsk, Siberia in eastern Russia founded in 1948....

     (1948)
  • Kemerovo Agricultural Institute
  • Kemerovo Art Academy
  • Kemerovo Medical Academy
  • Kemerovo State University
    Kemerovo State University
    The Kemerovo State University was established in 1973 as a successor to Kemerovo Pedagogical Institute. It is a leading educational and scientific center of Kemerovo Oblast with five branches throughout the region in Belovo, Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Novokuznetsk, Prokopyevsk, and in Ulan Bator...

     (1973)
  • Kemerovo Technological Institute of Food Industry
  • Khakass Technical Institute
  • Krasnoyarsk State University
    Krasnoyarsk State University
    Krasnoyarsk State University was founded in 1963 in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.In November 2006 it merged with other 3 universities and became an Institute of Arts and Sciences within newly formed Siberian Federal University....

     (Russian abbreviation is KGU) (1963) (Started as a division of Novosibirsk State University, became standalone university in 1969)
  • Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Trade and Economics
  • Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy (Russian abbreviation is KrasGMA)(1942)
  • Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University (Russian abbreviation is KGPU)(1932)
  • Krasnoyarsk State Technical University (Russian abbreviation is KGTU)(1956)
  • Kuzbass State Technical University
    Kuzbass State Technical University
    Kuzbass State Technical University is one of higher schools which trains specialists for the economy of Kuzbass, Russia.-History:...

     (1950)
  • Kuzbass State University
  • Norilsk Industrial Institute
  • Novokuznetsk State University of Pedagogy (Russian abbreviation is KuzGPA) (1939)
  • Novosibirsk State Agricultural University
  • Novosibirsk State University
    Novosibirsk State University
    Novosibirsk State University was founded in May 1959 in the USSR by Soviet academicians Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentiev, Sergei Lvovich Sobolev and Sergey Alekseyevich Khristianovich in a program of establishing a Siberian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences...

     (1959)
  • Novosibirsk State Technical University
    Novosibirsk State Technical University
    Novosibirsk State Technical University , until 1992 the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute , is one of the major research and educational centers of Russia as well as one of the top technical universities located in Novosibirsk, Russia....

     (1950)
  • Omsk State Technical University
    Omsk State Technical University
    Omsk State Technical University in Omsk, Russia , is one of the leading educational institutions in the Western Siberian Region. It is alma mater to thousands of professionals who now work at industrial enterprises in the Siberian region....

     (1942)
  • Omsk Academy of Law
    Omsk Academy of Law
    Omsk Academy of Law is a university in Omsk, Russia....

  • Omsk Medical Academy
    Omsk Medical Academy
    The Omsk State Medical Academy was founded as the Medical Faculty in The Siberian Institute of Veterinary and Zoology in 1920; the faculty was reorganized into the West-Siberian State Medical Institute in 1921...

  • Omsk Road-Transport Academy
  • Omsk State Transport University
    Omsk State Transport University
    Omsk State Transport University is a university in Omsk, Russia. It was established in 1961....

     (1961)
  • Omsk State Agrarian University
    Omsk State Agrarian University
    Omsk State Agrarian University is a university in Omsk, Russia. It was established in 1918....

     (1918) (connected with Omsk State Veterinary Institute and Institute of Agribusiness and Continuing Education)
  • Omsk State Pedagogical University
    Omsk State Pedagogical University
    -External links:*...

  • Omsk State University
    Omsk State University
    Omsk F. M. Dostoevsky State University , usually referred to as Omsk State University was founded in 1974 in the city of Omsk, Russia. The university has since grown significantly...

     (1974)
  • Omsk University of Consumer Service Technology
  • Omsk University of Physical Culture
  • Seversk State Technological Academy
    Seversk State Technological Academy
    Seversk State Technological Academy is a post-secondary educational institution in the City of Seversk, Tomsk Oblast, Russia. The school has 1,150 students, of whom 500 study full time and 75 professors...

  • Siberian Federal University
    Siberian Federal University
    Siberian Federal University is a modern multidisciplinary university located in the eastern part of Russia, Krasnoyarsk, that combines fundamental and applied research and teaching...

  • Siberian Academy of Public Service
  • Siberian State Aerospace University (Russian abbreviation is SibGAU)(1960)
  • Siberian State Academy of Motorcars and Roads
  • Siberian State Industrial University
  • Siberian State Technological University
    Siberian State Technological University
    Siberian State Technological University is the oldest university in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. It was established in 1930 as the Siberian Institute of Forest...

     (Russian abbreviation is SibGTU), the oldest in the city, founded in 1930 as the Siberian Institute of Forest)
  • Siberian State University of Communication
  • Siberian State University of Telecommunication and Information Sciences
  • Siberian University of Small Business
  • South Ural State University (1943)
  • Sukachev Institute of Forest
    Sukachev Institute of Forest
    Institute of Forest SB RAS is the first academic institution of forest profile in Russia. It was founded in 1944 in Moscow by an outstanding native biologist academician Vladimir Nikolayevich Sukachev. The institute was named after him in 1967...

     (1944)
  • Tuvan Institute of Humanitarian Research
  • Tuvan State University
    Tuvan State University
    TheTuvan State University is based in Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva, Russia, and is the only university in Tuva. The university logo features an open book, the mountains and plains of Tuva and the monument erected at the claimed geographical centre of Asia....

  • Tyumen State Oil and Gas University
    Tyumen State Oil and Gas University
    Tyumen State Oil and Gas University is the largest university in the Tyumen region of Russia. It has 7 schools, including construction, social sciences, engineering, and the Institute of Management and Business....

  • Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service
    Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service
    Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service , or VSUE , is a university located in Vladivostok, Russia.The university was founded in 1967 as Far Eastern Technological Institute , or FETI...

     (1967)
  • Yakutsk State University
    Yakutsk State University
    Ammosov North-Eastern Federal UniversityNEFU in figuresThe total number of employees - 3,622.The faculty • NEFU all together – 1,239 peoplePh.D...

     (1956)

Tomsk

  • Tomsk State University
    Tomsk State University
    Tomsk State University , formerly Imperial Tomsk University, is the first university in Siberia—it was founded in 1878 in Tomsk, Russia. TSU opened in 1888 with only one department, the medical school...

     (1878) (First university in Siberia)
  • Siberian State Medical University
    Siberian State Medical University
    The Siberian State Medical University is a medical school in Tomsk, Russia. Previously, it was called the Tomsk Medical Institute. Founded in 1888 as the Faculty of Medicine of the Imperial Tomsk University, this is one of Russia's oldest medical schools. The school is also the oldest medical...

     (1888)
  • Tomsk Polytechnic University
    Tomsk Polytechnic University
    Tomsk Polytechnic University in Tomsk, Russia, is the oldest technical university in Russia east of the Urals. The university was founded in 1896 and opened in 1900 as the Tomsk Technological Institute. In 1923, the school was renamed the Siberian Technological Institute and in 1930, the institute...

     (1896) (First technical university in Siberia)
  • Tomsk State Pedagogical University
    Tomsk State Pedagogical University
    Tomsk State Pedagogical University is a university in Tomsk, Russia. It is the successor of the Tomsk Teaching Institute founded in July 1902. The University is the oldest professional establishment for training teachers in Siberia. It was opened on the basis of Tomsk Institute of teachers...

     (1902)
  • Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
    Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
    The Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building is located in Tomsk, Russia.The university was founded in 1952 as the Tomsk Institute for Preparation of Construction Engineers. In 1953 the name was changed to the Tomsk Institute of Engineering and Building . In 1993, the school became...

     (1952)
  • Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics
    Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics
    The Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics is an engineering university in Tomsk, Russia. It was founded as the Tomsk Institute of Radioelctronics and Electrotechnology in April 1962...

     (1962)
  • Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics Siberian Branch of RAS
    Russian Academy of Sciences
    The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....

  • Institute of Petroleum Chemistry Siberian Branch of RAS
    Russian Academy of Sciences
    The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....

  • Institute for Monitoring Climatic and Ecological Systems Siberian Branch of RAS
    Russian Academy of Sciences
    The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....

  • Republican Scientific-Technical Center at ISPMS SB RAS
    Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS
    Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences — one of the institutes of Tomsk Research Center of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is located in Tomsk Academic City. The Institute consists of 5 buildings with a...

  • Institute of Atmospheric Optics Siberian Branch of RAS
    Russian Academy of Sciences
    The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....

  • High Current Electronics Institute Siberian Branch of RAS
    Russian Academy of Sciences
    The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....

  • Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS
    Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS
    Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences — one of the institutes of Tomsk Research Center of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is located in Tomsk Academic City. The Institute consists of 5 buildings with a...


See also

  • Akademgorodok in Novosibirsk
    Akademgorodok
    Akademgorodok , is a part of the Russian city Novosibirsk, located 20 km south of the city center. It is the educational and scientific centre of Siberia...

  • Akademgorodok in Tomsk
    Akademgorodok (Tomsk)
    Tomsk Akademgorodok is an estate in the Soviet area of Tomsk, Siberian Federal District, in which are research institutes, and have employees of the Tomsk Scientific Center Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences . Tomsk Akademgorodok is located in the eastern part of the Tomsk and on all...

  • Akademgorodok in Krasnoyarsk
    Akademgorodok (Krasnoyarsk)
    Akademgorodok – a major scientific center of Siberia; located in the west of the city Krasnoyarsk . Set up during the Soviet times, it was a healthier, privileged enclave for academics to live in, with plenty of trees and vegetation throughout, while the dirtier industrial areas were...

  • List of Russian scientists

Links

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