The Garden and Architecture College in the Northern Capital of Russia annually opens its doors to ninth-grade graduates. In this educational institution, you can get the profession of a gardener, florist, learn landscape design or get a construction specialty.
College Overview
The Garden and Architectural College is located in the Finnish district of St. Petersburg, on Laboratorynaya street, house 15. Both residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, as well as students who came to the Northern capital from other regions of Russia, enter this educational institution.
Student Benefits
The main advantage of training is the opportunity to get a job after graduation. Many graduates were able immediately after receiving a diploma of secondary vocational education to find work in their specialty.
A garden and architecture college can become the basis for subsequent higher education - on the basis of the college, a student can enter a university under a simplified program. This will allow him to get a diploma at the university in just three and a half years.
The shortened program provides many benefits - many subjects from the curriculum are automatically counted. In some cases, the student is marked “good” on the basis that the subject has already been completed at the Garden and Architecture College. If he intends to get the mark "excellent" in this subject, then he will have to go to the exam. Of course, most students are content with the Quartet and pay more attention to new subjects.
Internship
Starting from the second year of study, the Garden and Architecture College in St. Petersburg provides all students with internships in various companies. The direction to practice depends on specialization - most students attend practical classes in construction companies and shops selling flower bouquets.
Many students choose for themselves a more comfortable option for internships - this can be done in the library, collecting documents for the archive. You can learn carpentry, work as a stone carver, or learn how to lay ceramic tiles. The choice is great, the main thing is the student’s desire to master a new business for himself.
According to reviews of former college students, many found a job already during practical training. In this case, the same rules apply as in ordinary life - if a specialist knows his job, then the employer will be interested in it.
Among girls, the florist profession gains more and more popularity every year, training takes place with qualified teachers, diverse knowledge is given to students. The demand for this profession is due to the growing number of salons selling flowers and making bouquets in St. Petersburg. Not only the ability to handle plants is appreciated, but also the ability to skillfully compose unusual and beautiful bouquets of various flowers.
Former college students agree that it was the teachers of the Garden Architecture College who taught them to correctly combine colors and make unusual compositions. Unlike many floristry training companies that offer a short course (one or two weeks), this will cost no less than 20,000 rubles; the college has been training qualified specialists for more than forty years.
Training can be done on a budgetary basis, on the basis of 11 classes of high school you can take the whole course in two academic years.
Student Reviews
In addition to the variety of specialties and professional skills of teachers, many students note the college's emphasis on physical education and community service. Students are often invited to participate in subbotniks when it is required to put in order the territory of the educational institution.
An important plus is that students do not pay for meals in the college cafeteria. Students who finish the semester with good grades can count on scholarships. Participation in exhibitions, sports and productions increases the chances of receiving an addition to the scholarship.
Most college reviews are positive. The school has been operating since 1974 and during this time many qualified specialists have graduated.