Among the universities of Sochi there are many branches of Moscow universities. However, Sochi State University is also open in the city , which offers a fairly wide variety of educational programs for undergraduate and graduate programs, postgraduate studies and specialties.
Sochi State University
Sochi's main state university is Sochi State University. The beginning of educational activity was laid in 1988. The mission of the university is to become the leading scientific and educational center of southern Russia. The structural departments of the university are the following faculties:
- socio-pedagogical;
- tourism and service;
- economics and management processes;
- legal, and others.
University students in Sochi are more than 4000 people. The teaching staff of the university includes more than 200 people, of which more than 140 are candidates of science and more than 20 doctors of science. In 2018, the list of educational programs at Sochi State University was replenished with the following:
- commodity science;
- restaurant technology.
The university’s educational programs also include:
- educational psychology;
- hotel business;
- Applied Informatics;
- management;
- architecture, and others.
To enter the Sochi State University on a budgetary basis in the field of Business Informatics in 2017, it was necessary to overcome the boundary of the passing score equal to 214. For the direction of Applied Informatics, it was enough to score more than 119 points.
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (branch in Sochi)
One of the universities in Sochi with budget places is a branch of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. A branch of an educational institution in the city of Sochi was opened in 1944. The structure of the university includes 4 faculties, including economics and law faculties. There are 12 departments on the basis of faculties, namely:
- physical education and sport;
- Russian language and methods of its teaching;
- criminal law and process;
- national and world economy, and others.
For successful enrollment in the ranks of students of the "History" direction, an entrant in the past year needed to score more than 210 points for the sum of several state exams. The cost of training at a paid place is 63,000 rubles per year. For the direction “Linguistics”, the passing score was at the level of 236. The cost of training is 70,000 rubles per year.
Kuban State Medical University
There is no medical university in Sochi, so most of the applicants who want to enroll in a medical professional go to enter the city of Krasnodar at the Kuban State Medical University. Faculties include:
- medical;
- Dental
- medical prophylactic;
- pharmaceutical, and others.
Also, the number of structural units of the university includes 2 clinics:
- basic obstetric and gynecological;
- dental.
66 departments work at the faculty base, 16 of which are theoretical, 50 departments are clinical.
For successful enrollment in the ranks of students of the budget basis for training in the field of “Dentistry” last year, it was required to score more than 236 points in the sum of three unified state exams. For admission on a paid basis, it was necessary to score a little more than the value of 183. At the same time, the number of budget places was 40, and 150 were paid. The cost of training is 170,000 rubles. For admission to the Pharmacy direction, it was necessary to score 236 points, with only 10 budget places. For paid tuition, 146 points were enough, 50 such places. The cost of training is 114,000 rubles a year.
International Innovation University
The number of universities in Sochi also includes the international innovation university, which in 2017 celebrated its 20th anniversary. The structural departments of the university include the faculties:
- humanities, management and service;
- economics and law.
There are 8 departments at the faculty, including:
- criminal law;
- international law and international relations;
- management and humanitarian disciplines, and others.
The university offers applicants the following educational programs:
- organisation management;
- social work;
- tourism;
- psychology;
- law;
- accounting, and others.