Who to be? This is the most important question that worries high school students. Fortunately, modern universities offer a huge selection of specialties, so that each applicant can choose what he likes. However, everyone wants to choose a university or institute in which they will give a quality education.
In the city of Yoshkar-Ola, there are two budgetary universities, in which for many decades trained first-class specialists in all fields and fields of activity. These are Mari State University and Volga State Technological University.
MarSU
Mari State University is one of the main higher educational institutions of the Mari El Republic . Qualified lawyers, accountants, journalists, philologists, doctors, physicists, biologists, teachers, energy supply engineers, historians, pharmacists, chemists come out of the walls of this university. And this is not a complete list of specialties that are presented at the faculties of Mari State University. The university is improving every year, providing its students with new opportunities and prospects.
The full name of the university is Mari State University. It is located in the capital of the Republic of Mari El. In 2008, the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after N.K. Krupskaya. The university is multidisciplinary, training is conducted at 6 faculties and 6 institutes. At its disposal there are 8 dormitories, in which there is everything necessary for a comfortable life for students.
The University is among the 100 best universities in Russia, and this is a very important indicator. It is worth noting that each faculty and institute of the university has its own departments.
For example, at the Department of History and Philology 3 departments:
- Russian language, literature and journalism;
- domestic history;
- general history.
Mari State University in Yoshkar-Ola is the main university of the region, because it trains specialists of almost all profiles
Institutes of MarSU
- Agrarian and technological trains such specialists as a zoo engineer, agro engineer, agronomist, geneticist. And that's not all. All graduates of this institute are very popular, because the republic has well-developed agriculture and animal husbandry.
- Pedagogical graduates highly qualified teachers of all profiles.
- The Institute of National Culture and Intercultural Communication appeared in 2013. He trains scientific and teaching staff in the field of Mari and Finno-Ugric linguistics, librarians, public relations specialists and many others.
- The Institute of Economics, Management and Finance graduates economists, accountants, financiers, managers, and trade specialists.
- The Institute of Natural Sciences and Pharmacy trains chemists, biologists, pharmacists, and pharmacists.
- The Institute of Continuing Education offers vocational training and conducts continuing education courses.
Faculties of MarSU
- The Law Faculty of Mari State University is the only one in the republic that trains lawyers. Among its teachers are about 50 candidates of science, 12 doctors of science, acting judges.
- Physics and mathematics has a very large list of areas of training, which includes mathematicians, physicists, teachers, specialists in information systems and technologies, and others.
- Historical and philological training is not only for historians and philologists. Journalists also study at the faculty, who go through familiarization and production practice in local mass media.
- Faculty of Medicine was founded in 2014. He is the youngest at the university. It trains district physicians and pediatricians, which are so urgently needed by medical institutions of the republic.
- The Faculty of Power Engineering trains specialists in the field of power supply.
- Faculties of the Pedagogical Institute, where teachers of physical education, foreign languages, psychology are trained.
PSTU
In Yoshkar-Ola, there is another reputable university, which trains excellent technical specialists. From 1995 to 2012, it was called Mari State Technical University, and now has a proud name - Volga State Technological University. All university students are given a place in the hostel. As a part of PSTU 7 buildings work.
Faculties and institutes of PSTU

- The Institute of Construction and Architecture trains specialists in such areas as industrial and civil construction, water protection and many others.
- The institute of forest and nature management plays an important role in the life of the republic. Graduates specialists in landscape architecture, standardization and metrology and other areas.
- Workers in the field of mechanical engineering and the military-industrial complex of the country are leaving the walls of the Institute of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering.
- The Faculty of Radio Engineering prepares software engineers, specialists in the field of digital equipment and IT.
- Accountants, economists, tax specialists, financiers study at the Faculty of Economics.
- The Faculty of Informatics and Computer Engineering consists of 4 departments, where first-class specialists in the field of modern computer technologies are trained.
- Management employees are trained at the Faculty of Management and Law.
- At the Faculty of Social Technologies, one can get an education in the following specialties: tourism, service, hotel business and other areas.
Conclusion
Mari State University and Volga State Technological University are the two main universities of the Mari El Republic, in which students study for free. Admission is carried out according to the results of the exam, however, in order to enter the budget department, you need to score a sufficient number of points in specialized subjects (all faculties have their own requirements). In addition, universities have places for tuition on a fee basis for those who have not enrolled for free but who wish to graduate.
Both universities provide classical education using the most modern technologies and developments. Among the teachers of these universities are many professors, doctors and candidates of sciences.