Nizhnevartovsk State University

Nizhnevartovsk State University

Year of foundation: 1988

Total number of students (including foreign students): 5,000 (75)

Total number of teaching staff: 172

Current positions in rankings

Top 5 in-demand Russian universities according to the International News Agency Russia Today

Every year study programs of NVSU are ranked among the best educational programs of innovative Russia

Membership in Russian and international associations

• International Association for Continuing Education
• Bologna Club
• University of the Arctic (UArctic)

Participation in the international programs and projects

• Jean Monnet Module “Environment, Health and Climate Change. Facing the Challenges and Adapting to Impacts: Experience of the European Union”
• Jean Monnet Module "Developing Green Skills for Entrepreneurship and Business Based on the EU Experience"
• UNISON "University-enterprise cooperation via spin-off companies network"

Strategic projects

The university implements the following research projects:

•  Digital economy vectors: workforce and academic capacity building
•  Natural hazards in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Area - Yugra in the context of climate change: integrated and rational environmental management
•  Ecological regulation of flavonoid and anthocyanin biosynthesis in evergreen plants in swamp ecosystems in the Middle Ob area
•  Monitoring of the state of upland swamps in the context of oil and gas extraction industry
•  Post-cryogenic paedogenesis of the West Siberian Plain

Competitive advantages

• Over 100 study programs (Bachelor's, Master's, postgraduate programs)
• Specialized departments at enterprises
• Successful cooperation with the leading regional enterprises
• 80% of students find employment within their degree field

Nizhnevartovsk State University:

• The acknowledged leader in educational technologies and services that meet international  standards
• The modern university that trains specialists for enterprises and organizations located nationwide, preserves and maintains the academic science traditions
• The large regional research and development complex which is focused on the real economy needs and strives to become an innovation center that places emphasis on applied research, international cooperation, and strong ties with the industry.

Faculties:

• Humanities
• Arts and Design
• Pedagogy and Psychology
• Physical Training and Sports
• Information Technologies and Mathematics
• Ecology and Engineering
• Supplementary Education

The university has five academic buildings with modern facilities and resources including multimedia lecture rooms, computer labs, a comfortable student residence hall, six canteens, a training and field base, an open air museum, a recreation facility with ten gyms, a swimming pool, and exercise rooms with modern sport equipment.

NVSU is a regional center for international cooperation in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Area - Yugra and a regional leader in the number of foreign students and international projects being implemented. To scale up innovation, it successfully participates in major international projects and science and technology cooperation programs.

Internationalization of education and research is one of the university's priorities and a strategically important vector of its development. The university aims to integrate itself into the global academic environment, to improve the quality of education and its compliance with international standards.

The key areas of international activity are participation in international programs and projects, development of education export and academic student and staff mobility, expansion of partnership with foreign universities and international organizations.

NVSU successfully cooperates with 30 foreign universities and international scientific institutions of Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Latvia, Bulgaria, Portugal, Finland, Poland, China, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan.

FOREIGN PARTNERS

• Artesis Plantijn University College (Belgium)
• Varna University of Management, Varna Free University (Bulgaria)
• Rutech Ventures (Great Britain)
• German National Association for Student Affairs, Munich Institute of Language and Interpretation (Germany)
• University College South Denmark (Denmark)
• University of Girona, University of Barcelona, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
• Zhangir khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian Technical University, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Silkway International University (Kazakhstan)
• Yantai Hi-Tech Development Zone (China)
• Liepaja University (Latvia)
• Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)
• Karshi State University, Samarkand State University (Uzbekistan)
• JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä (Finland)
• Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University
• The international student body represents 9 countries (Denmark, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus).

The university implements the following double degree programs:

Master's program in International Business Management with JAMK University of Applied Sciences

Master's program in Information Technology Management with Liepaja University

The university offers a great number of educational programs for international students. The language of instruction is Russian.

NVSU provides high quality preparatory and bridging Russian language courses for foreign students including a full course (2 semesters – academic year) or an express course (1 trimester – 3 months).

The course fee is 400$ per month (which includes the tuition fee, accommodation in the university's hall of residence, course materials, medical insurance if necessary, an invitation letter, and postal expenses)

NVSU is certified to offer TORFL (Test of Russian as a Foreign Language) exam and issue a state-approved certificate of international standard verifying the candidates' knowledge of the Russian language they need to enroll at a Russian university, find a job in Russia or teach Russian.