Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after Kh.M. Berbekov (KBSU)

• Location: Nalchik, Russia
• Year of foundation: 1957
• Language of instruction: Russian
• Forms of education: full-time, part-time, part-time
• Number of students: about 15 000
• Type of education: mixed.

Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after Kh.M. Berbekov (KBSU) is the largest higher educational institution in Kabardino-Balkaria, one of the largest universities in the North Caucasus. The basis of KBSU was the Pedagogical Institute, reorganized in 1957. To date, the university bears the name of the first rector - Khatuta Mutovich Berbekov.

The university consists of 12 faculties and several narrow-profile institutes, where eduaction takes place in 30 specialties of bachelor's, specialist's, master's degree, residency, internship, doctoral studies. The university also has colleges that provide students with secondary vocational education in the field of medicine, information technology, pedagogy, and design. They employ more than 500 teachers.

Institutes of KBSU:

• Dentistry, maxillofacial surgery
• Architecture, construction, design
• Social sciences, humanities
• Graduate School of International Education
• Pedagogy, psychology, physical culture and sports education
• Informatics, electronics, robotics
• Law, Economics, Finance
• Physics, mathematics
• Chemistry, biology
• Advanced eduaction, professional retraining.

Students live in 8 dormitories. First of all, places in residential buildings are provided to foreign, non-resident students. The monthly fee for accommodation depends on the number of neighbors, the form of education, utilities: from 300 to 700 p.

Sports sections:

• Team games: football, mini-football, volleyball, rugby
• Karate
• Kettlebell sports, powerlifting.

Classes are held both individually and in groups.

Also, the work of student communities is organized at the university:

• Volunteer Groups
• Squads of ecologists, volunteers, tourist lovers
• Public Observers Club
• Cyber Club
• Studios of cinema, animation, music, amateur photographers
• Association of International Friendship
• Literary community
• Theater, dances, ensembles, rhythmic gymnastics.

Regularly the university holds themed parties, events on public holidays.

• One of the leading scientific, information centers of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
• Equipping the university allows you to occupy leading places among the universities of Russia
• In 1982, KBSU was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples
• International cooperation with institutions of Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and other countries
• International, national ratings: RAEX, Webometrics
• One of the best educational institutions in the CIS, rating class"D".

On the territory of the university there are buildings of faculties, institutes, departments. Among them you can find a library with a fund of 1.5 million books, unique publications. In the reading room of the library and computer classes there is access to electronic resources, databases. The computers of the institution are connected into a single network so that it is convenient for students to receive information without wasting time on long searches.

Classes are held in equipped classrooms, practical laboratories, workshops. Physical education pairs are held in the sports complex, game halls, shooting range, in an open stadium with running tracks, obstacle course.

Many buildings of the university are equipped with auxiliary facilities for students with disabilities.

KBSU publishes a number of scientific journals: "Izvestiya KBSU", "Kavkazology", "Language: History, Modernity", "Actual Problems of Law, Economics".

At the university there are four colleges, a military center. Male students are granted a deferment from the army for the duration of their studies.

The school year begins in early September and lasts until mid-June. There are five days per week, classes are held from 9:00 to 16:20, depending on the schedule. Between pairs there are breaks of 10-45 minutes for rest, visiting the buffet.

There are two semesters in the academic year, after each there is a session.

Additional expenses:

• Residence
• Nutrition
• Medical care
• Transport
• Books, consumables
• Household needs (laundry)
• Personal spending.

You can apply in person at the admissions office or by mail.

Requirements for admission to colleges:

• Application for admission, consent to data processing, enrollment
• School 9th or 11th grade certificate, scorecard
• Personal documents (copies of passport, health insurance, etc.)
• Exam results, if any.

Applications are accepted from June to September.

To enter the bachelor's degree program, specialization you need:

• Application for admission, consent to data processing, enrollment
• Copies of personal documents (passport, SNILS, medical certificate, etc.)
• Copy of the certificate of secondary education, scorecard
• Individual achievements
• Results of the Unified State Exam.

Future masters, doctoral students must provide:

• Application for admission, consent to data processing
• Copies of personal documents (passport, SNILS, medical certificate, etc.)
• Diploma of the previous level of education, transcripts of the courses taken
• Individual achievements: publications, research, etc.

Before enrollment, applicants pass entrance tests.

Application, documents should be submitted from June to August.

Scholarship programs:

• State: academic, social scholarships, increased options for academic success
• State awards for residents, graduate students, masters
• Personal scholarships, awards assigned by legal entities or individuals.
• Programs of the Government, the President of the Russian Federation.

Material support is provided to students in need.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision