An old-timer among representatives of higher education in Siberia and the Far East is Tomsk State University. Being a leading classical university of a research type with a recognized scientific, educational and innovative center, it provides high-quality and competitive higher education. Information on TSU - faculties and specialties, passing grades and admission rules - we will consider in more detail in the article.
general information
At the Imperial University of Tomsk, which has been functioning since 1878, today about eleven thousand students study in full-time and four in correspondence. In total, the university represents a choice of 130 areas and specialties, and the quantitative composition of graduate and doctoral studies totals 800 people.
A high degree of competitiveness in the education market is proved by the inclusion of TSU in the list of 15 leading Russian universities (2013) and also fourth place in the 5-100 project (2015)
The university consists of 21 faculties and a training institute, 1 branch and 38 preparatory centers throughout Siberia and Kazakhstan. The teaching staff is represented by 500 doctors and 1000 candidates of sciences, 51 laureates of the State Prize in the field of science and technology. In addition, all-Russian scientific competitions have repeatedly been awarded with awards by students and graduate students of TSU.
TSU passing score may vary from year to year. This is due to its formation on the basis of a general competition among applicants: the higher their scores according to the results of the exam, the more the pass rate increases.
Infrastructure
The developed innovative infrastructure of TSU is represented by scientific, innovative centers equipped with modern technology: the SKIF Cyberia supercomputer, a powerful satellite transceiver station. Small enterprises are responsible for the innovative activities of Tomsk State University, of which there are nearly fifty. When the state implemented the federal target program to support the scientific and pedagogical staff of innovative Russia, TSU became the winner in 156 projects and 8 events.
The social infrastructure of the university is provided by 2 preschool institutions with modern hostels, a stadium with a swimming pool, a sports building with a summer recreation center near the Ob River. In Russia and abroad, they are very fond of laureates of national and international competitions - the choir chapel, the violin ensemble and the jazz orchestra, which work on the basis of TSU.
Military training
For applicants who are “on the shoulder” passing TSU score, the presence of a military department will be a pleasant addition. Working since 1926, it has a highly qualified teaching staff and a modern material and technical base for high-quality military-vocational education.
Students are given the opportunity at a government expense to acquire a military specialty for service in the communications troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under one of two programs:
- training reserve officers - provides for military specialties for the communications and military intelligence forces, as well as the rank of “lieutenant of the reserve”;
- training of rank-and-file and sergeants of the reserve - includes training of liaison officers and motorized riflemen with the assignment of the ranks of “rank-and-file” and “sergeant” of the reserve.
Students who are planning to work in the public service in the future need to finish the military department. In addition, they receive an additional scholarship.
University of the same name
Determining the future place of study, it will not be superfluous to know that there is another higher educational institution with the abbreviation TSU - Tver State University. He offers a choice of 45 applicants. This, of course, is not so much as in Tomsk, but at least two of its advantages in relation to the namesake university can be distinguished:
- Geographical location - if the future student is not a radical Tomsk citizen and does not choose a profession on the basis of territorial proximity, the Tver university may be more acceptable from the point of view of transport interchange.
- The passing score of TSU (Tver) in 2017 was lower compared to the “competitor” of the same name. So, on the specialty “Forestry” in the Tver University, the minimum score was 120, and in Tomsk - 171. And on the prestigious “International Economics” and “Law” last year's scores were 232 and 247, respectively. In similar areas at TSU, you need to score 276 and 288 points.
TSU: faculties, passing score
Tomsk State University is a multidisciplinary university with the widest choice of specializations, united by specialized faculties:
- geological and geographical;
- historical;
- mechanical and mathematical;
- radiophysical;
- journalistic;
- innovative technologies;
- psychological;
- physical education;
- physical and technical;
- foreign languages;
- physical;
- philological;
- philosophical;
- chemical.
At TSU, the passing score on the budget (2017), depending on the direction, ranged from 160 to 288.
Also at the university, seven faculties work in the form of institutes and teach specialties related to:
- jurisprudence;
- biology, ecology, soil science, agriculture and forestry;
- military education;
- art and culture;
- economics and management;
- computer science;
- applied mathematics.
Mini and maxi ratings
After analyzing the passing points of TSU in 2017, we will single out the five specialties with the smallest and the five with the maximum points for this university.
So, applicants with an excellent educational picture can amuse their ambitions and try their hand at:
- legal specialties - 288 points;
- Linguistics - 269-285 (depending on the chosen language);
- journalism - 271;
- literary specialties - 257;
- international relations - 276.
Graduates with more modest USE results should pay attention to the following specialties with a more accessible TSU passing score:
- for training "electronic systems and complexes" you need to score only 160 points;
- “Applied mathematics and computer science” is waiting for applicants with a minimum score of 184;
- to enter the "physics", you need to overcome the barrier of 192 points;
- nature lovers can do "Agronomy" (169) or "Forestry" (171);
- close the top five all specializations of the TSU Institute of Arts and Culture. The passing score on the budget there is only 169.
Admission Rules
Tomsk State University accepts applicants for training at the following educational levels:
- Bachelor, specialist - people with secondary general education can be enrolled here according to the results of the exam or according to the results of examinations conducted by TSU itself (in some cases). Also, graduates of colleges, technical schools and schools with an appropriate diploma are accepted for training. Entrance tests for a separate, more simplified program are provided for them.
- Master - here the university itself determines the order of entrance exams.
Students are admitted to TSU in separate lists:
- on training at the university and its branches;
- in form: day time, correspondence, mixed;
- on educational levels: bachelor, specialist, master;
- on budget and paid flows.
Budget allocation
Regardless of the passing score, TSU allocates places:
- Within the framework of a special quota, this category includes children with disabilities, children with disabilities, orphans and parents left without guardianship, war veterans.
- In the amount stipulated by the target quota.
- Within the control digits obtained by deducting the first two quotas.
On TSU minimum passing scores and additional creative tests
To enter Tomsk State University, you need to score a certain minimum number of points in general subjects. There should be at least 45 in physics and mathematics, 50 in biology, 52 in computer science, history, literature, chemistry and geography, 57 in Russian, social studies and a foreign language.
In addition to general subjects, additional creative tests are provided for some specialties, the minimum score for each of which should be at least 60.
So, in journalism, this test consists of writing a creative work (correspondence, article, essay, review, portrait sketch or report) on one of the topics proposed, as well as an interview on its results.
For "literary creativity", the creative test includes 3 stages. At the first, the applicant is invited to write an author's work in the genre of prose, poetry, literary criticism, drama, essay or children's literature in a given volume. After this follows the writing of a creative etude - improvisation on one of the proposed, not pre-voiced topics that are not related to literary works. The final stage takes place in the form of a creative interview.
Applicants to the areas of "Graphics" and "Fine Arts" should take into account that they will have to go through an additional creative competition consisting of three exams: drawing, composition and painting.
For the “Artistic leadership of the academic choir” an additional test is provided in the form of examinations for conducting, solfeggio and piano.
Future professional athletes of the Faculty of Physical Education need to pass a physical training exam, consisting of six types of tests: running (100 meters and 1.5 km), two kinds of long jumps, as well as throwing the ball or shot put.