Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University named after Kozma Minin

• Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia;
• Age of students: 15+;
• Type of training: mixed;
• Language of instruction: Russian.

The university was founded on October 30, 1911 as the Nizhny Novgorod Teachers' Institute. The name of Kozma Minin was assigned to the modern university in 2012.

Priority training programs for the university are pedagogical areas.

In the educational process, active teaching methods are used:

• Discussion;
• role-playing games;
• business games;
• solving problem problems;
• analysis of specific situations;
• intellectual games;
• round tables;
• problem conferences. 

Subdivisions of Minin University:

• design, fine arts and media technologies;
• Humanities;
• physical culture and sports;
• management and social and technical services;
• psychology and pedagogy;
• natural and mathematical sciences;
• information technology;
• linguistic.

On the basis of the university, 14 scientific schools in social, humanitarian and natural sciences conduct their activities.

In 2021, the university submitted 104 applications for grants and competitions of scientific foundations.

In 2021, the following are organized for students:

• 31 competitions for the best research work;
• 2 All-Russian Student Olympiads:
  • "I am a professional";
  • "Foresight Pedagogy";
• 15 student scientific conferences;
• more than 50 round tables, online discussions, seminars, foresight sessions, interactive lectures, panel discussions and other events. 

The university was a co-organizer of the international student scientific conference "Christian values in the culture of modern youth" (Minsk, Institute of Theology named after Saints Methodius and Cyril - BSU).

NSPU named after K. Minin is the founder of 3 scientific journals.

The total number of teaching staff is 388 people, of which 287 people have academic degrees and titles, including 58 doctors of science.

The university has 3 dormitories, 477 rooms are available for accommodation.

The university has 49 student associations in 10 areas:

• Student sports and healthy lifestyle. Within the framework of this direction, the Fiery Wolves Student Sports Club and the Square Bear Tourist Club have been created and are functioning;
• Intercultural dialogue and international cooperation. In this direction, the discussion club "Kolokol" and the International Student Association "AiLaoVay" operate at the university;
• Social standards and rights of students;
• Professional competencies. In this direction, there is the Headquarters of student detachments "Sputnik", which includes 4 detachments of pedagogical orientation and 2 detachments of conductors;
• Culture and creativity. The university is actively developing the "Student Creative Center", which includes vocal, choreographic and theatrical groups;
• Volunteering. In this direction, there is a student association "Volunteer Center of Minin University";
• Historical and patriotic education. In this direction, the student association "Eternal City" operates at the university;
• Direction "Science and Innovation" – 10 student associations; 
• Environmental direction — student ecological association "Green Minin";
• Student information resources — mininSTV student television.

On the basis of the university there are 14 national teams:

• women's and men's volleyball;
• in women's and men's basketball;
• women's and men's futsal;
• athletics;
• floorball;
• cheer sports;
• cheerleading;
• sambo;
• in judo;
• in boxing;
• in hockey. 

The work of 12 student sports sections has been organized. 

To ensure the educational process, the university has 6 academic buildings. As part of the areas used:

• 55 lecture halls;
• 34 classrooms for practical and seminar classes;
• 19 computer classes;
• 2 multifunctional centers;
• 38 laboratories;
• 21 specialized audiences;
• 5 workshops;
• 8 project auditoriums;
• 11 classrooms for individual consultations;
• Scriptorium;
• RUMC;
• STA – studio;
• gymnasium;
• 5 gyms;
• 6 sports halls;
• modernized athletics arena;
• media laboratory;
• library;
• 2 reading rooms;
• observatory;
• planetarium;
• literary cabinet;
• physical cabinet;
• astronomical cabinet;
• 2 buffets;
• 3 canteens (for 270 seats);
• 2 assembly halls (for 252 and 141 people);
• a medical center licensed to carry out medical activities.

 5 zones are organized for independent work of students. 

The classroom fund is fully equipped with modern furniture and equipment. 

In the building of the educational building No. 2 there is a modern collective work space "Boiling Point - Minin University" for various events (trainings, master classes, round tables, seminars, foresight sessions, open lectures, sessions, accelerations, etc.), equipped with transformable partitions, mobile furniture and state-of-the-art multimedia equipment. 

On the basis of Minin University in the educational building No. 7, a technopark of universal pedagogical competencies and a quantorium have been created. 

In the educational building No. 1, the exposition and exhibition space "Museum of Enlightenment" is open and operates.

To conduct laboratory and practical classes in the summer, the university has an agrobiostation in the village of Dmitrievskoye, Krasnobakovsky district, Nizhny Novgorod region. On the territory of the agrobiostation there are 3 panel houses, a brick building for students and teachers, 2 laboratories. 

The university also includes a driving school with its own circuit, where drivers of categories B and aircraft are trained. 

In the summer, a sports and recreation camp "Veselyi Bereg" opens for students and employees of the university on the shore of the Gorky reservoir of the Gorodetsky district. It has 35 residential wooden houses of summer type, 3 log houses, a dining room, warehouses, a medical center, a modernized sports ground, 3 sanitary blocks. At the same time, 250 students and teachers rest in the camp.

All educational buildings, dormitories, a sports and recreation camp, an agro-biological station are equipped with fire safety systems, video surveillance systems are installed in the buildings and dormitories. 

The University has the necessary equipment and various technical means to ensure the effective conduct of various events: acoustic systems, radio systems, power amplifiers, laptops with the necessary software, sets of musical instruments, costumes for amateur groups.

The educational process is organized by periods - academic years, containing a sequence of academic semesters, sessions, practices and holidays.

Additional costs include dormitory accommodation (for non-residents), meals, leisure and other expenses.

List of documents:

• Passport/passport;
• Certificate/diploma;
• SNILS (if any);
• Documents confirming special rights and/or individual achievements; 
• Medical certificate.

Ways to submit documents:

• personally;
• Mail;
• through EPGU;
• through the official website of the university.

About 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students study at Minin University.

Specialized partner organizations for the practice and employment of graduates:

• educational organizations of Nizhny Novgorod and nizhny Novgorod region;
• representatives of small, medium and large businesses:
  • Sberbank PJSC;
  • VTB Bank (PJSC);
  • LLC "Vodohod";
  • JSC "Grinatom";
  • EFKO Group;
  • Wildberries;
  • GAZ Group;
  • PJSC Rostelecom;
  • RUSSIAN POST JSC;
  • MTS PJSC;
  • Special Economic Zone "Alabuga";
  • Skolkovo Technopark;
  • Institute of Urban Studies;
  • LLC StalKrov-NN et al.

Applicants for the university must have:

• age from 17 years;
• completed education not lower than secondary complete general.

The minimum number of points according to the results of the Unified State Exam:

• Mathematics – 39;
• Russian language – 40;
• Physics – 39;
• Chemistry – 39;
• Informatics – 44;
• Biology – 39;
• Geography – 40;
• Social Studies – 45;
• History – 35;
• Literature – 40;
• Foreign language – 30.

Types of scholarships:

• State Academic;
• State social;
• Increased state academic;
• President of the Russian Federation;
• Government of the Russian Federation;
• named after A.I. Solzhenitsyn;
• named after E.G. Gaidar;
• named after D.S. Likhachev;
• named after academician I.N. Blokhina;
• named after A.M. Gorky;
• named after A.S. Pushkin;
• named after Academician Yu.B. Khariton;
• named after Professor A.F. Khokhlov;
• to encourage students from the families of employees of the education system of the Nizhny Novgorod region;
• named after academician G.A. Razuvaev of the Nizhny Novgorod region for postgraduate students;
• City personal scholarship named after K. Minin and D. Pozharsky;
• City personal scholarship for socially unprotected categories of students.

The university provides material support to students who find themselves in a difficult life situation.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision