Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory named after M. I. Glinka, NNG

• Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia,
• Age of students: from 17 years,
• Type of training: mixed,
• Language of instruction: Russian.

The Conservatory was opened in 1946 in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, at the moment it is the largest center of musical culture of the Volga Federal District.

The learning process includes a course of lectures and seminars, practical and laboratory classes, educational and pre-diploma practice.

The educational process is organized at the following faculties:

• Piano
• Orchestral
• Folk instruments,
• Vocal
• Conductor,
• Composer and musicology,
• General university departments.

The Conservatory held such scientific events as:

• International Scientific and Methodological Conference of Graduate Students, Applicants and Teachers of Universities "Music Education and Science",
• All-Russian conference within the framework of the IV All-Russian Open Choral Festival named after L.K. Sivukhin "Ways of development of choral art",
• Scientific and Practical Conference "Modern Music Pedagogy: Dialogue of Traditions and Schools",
• International Scientific Conference "Russia and France: XVIIth Century",
• Scientific conference "A.D. Ulybyshev: the interaction of Russian and European cultures. Issues of Musicology, Cultural Studies and Philology" within the framework of the Open Festival of Arts "Ulybyshev Assemblies",
• International Youth Forum "Harmony of Cultures – Harmony of Civilizations",
• International Scientific Conference "Music in the Dialogue of Cultures and Civilizations",
• International Scientific Conference "Arvo Pärt's Creativity in the Context of Contemporary Culture",
• International Scientific Conference "Dialectics of Classical and Modern in Music: Current Vectors of Research".

Among the graduates of the NNGC there are such famous personalities as:

• Bazarsadaeva Erzhena Kimovna,
• Bardin Anatoly Yurievich,
• Vaneev Vladimir Borisovich,
• Dobrolyubova Vera Gennadievna,
• Spas, Elena,
• Zandanov Damba Gurzhapovich,
• Kandalova Larisa Vasilievna,
• Kofman Roman Isaakovich,
• Lukonin Mikhail Alexandrovich,
• Skorokhodova Rimma Grigorievna,
• Tomina Olga Nikolaevna,
• Tsanga Eduard Nikolaevich.

The university provides nonresident full-time students with a dormitory with 408 rooms. On the territory there is a car, bicycle parking and a gym.

For meals for students and staff, the university has a canteen for 70 seats.

To involve students in social activities, the university organizes and takes part in the following concerts:

• An evening of organ music,
• Class of Senior Lecturer E. A. Sinichkina,
• International Youth Symphony Orchestra,
• An evening of bassoon music,
• Ensembles of the class of Professor A. A. Petropavlovsky and Associate Professor V. V. Peunov,
• An evening of choral music. "Suite in ancient and modern style",
• "Let us bow down to the great years of those years,"
• "Youth Assemblies",
• "Music of the Young",
• Children's concert program "The World of S.V. Rachmaninoff",
• An evening of chamber music,
• Music for string quartet.

The educational process is carried out in a single educational building, perfectly equipped with classrooms for lectures and practical classes. The classrooms are equipped with modern technology: screens, projectors, computers, electronic whiteboards and video and audio devices. In the premises for practical education there are:

• Piano
• Digital pianos,
• Piano
• Double basses,
• Swords and rapiers,
• Mirrors and choreographic machines,
• Button accordions and accordions.

Students are given access to a library with a reading room for 32 seats.

For sports, the conservatory has two sports halls.

At the conservatory, the academic year is divided into two semesters: autumn and spring. At the end of each of them, an examination session is held, after which students are given a vacation (in winter in January, in summer in July and August).

Additional expenses:

• Residence
• Transport
• Nutrition
• Leisure and recreation.

To enter the conservatory, you must:

• Proof of identity, citizenship,
• State-recognized certificate of education and qualifications,
• Confirmation of registration in the system of individual (personalized) accounting (if any),
• Reference 086-U.

If necessary, the applicant also provides:

• Proof of use of the right to admission within a special quota,
• Confirmation of individual achievements, the results of which are taken into account at admission,
• Proof of disability or disability.
• 2 photos 3x4.

The necessary package of documents is provided to the university:

• By mail,
• In person to the admissions office,
• Through EPGU.

The average passing score for the budget was 473 points, for a contractual basis - 333.

After completing their studies, graduates become qualified musicians. To simplify the search for work and internships, you can contact the conservatory to the person responsible for employment.

For admission to bachelor's and specialist's educational programs, an applicant must:

• Completed education not lower than secondary general,
• Points for entrance examinations not lower than 75:
  • Creative challenge,
  • Interview
  • Professional test.
• Points received for the exam are not lower than:
  • Russian language — 40,
  • References: — 40.

For admission to master's programs, you must:

• Completed higher education,
• Successful completion of entrance examinations with scores of at least 75:
  • Profile creative test,
  • Interview.

For admission to postgraduate programs, you must:

• Completed higher education,
• Successful completion of entrance examinations with scores not lower than the threshold set by the conservatory itself:
  • Special discipline,
  • Philosophy
  • Foreign language.

The following types of scholarships are distinguished:

• State Academic,
• State social,
• of the President of the Russian Federation,
• Government of the Russian Federation,
• Registered
• Students of the preparatory department.

In addition, the university provides financial assistance to students in need.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision