Summer is the long-awaited time, and for some people the most important. We are talking about graduates of schools. It is in the summer that their future fate is decided - young men and every girl choose a specialty of interest and a suitable university. In Samara, among a dozen higher educational institutions, many chose before the Volga Social and Humanitarian State Academy (PSGSA). What is this university? Does it exist now? We’ll talk about this.
University creation
The Volga Social and Humanitarian Academy, which existed several years ago, had a rich history inextricably linked with the history of the development of higher education in the country. At the beginning of the last century, it was possible to become a teacher through training at specialized universities, of which there were only a few in the country. One of them was the Samara Teachers Institute.
The opening of the named institution occurred in 1911. In the future, it was several times transformed - it became a pedagogical institute, a faculty of Samara State University. In 1927, the university ceased to exist. It was closed due to insufficient funding and hunger in the Volga region.
Institute revival
The Institute, which became a faculty, was revived in 1929, because the Volga region needed teachers and teachers. The educational institution has again begun its activity, but under a new name. It was the Middle Volga Pedagogical Institute (the future Volga State Social and Humanitarian Academy).
In subsequent years, the university twice changed its name, but its profile remained the same. He continued to train educators and teachers. Only the list of specialties expanded. In 1991, the university was already called the Samara State Pedagogical Institute, and in 1994 it became a university.
The emergence of the Academy and its further fate
In 2009, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia decided to give the university a specialized profile form of the academy. So the Volga Social and Humanitarian Academy (PSGSA, ex. SamGPU) appeared. The educational organization was considered the oldest university in the region. She qualitatively trained students and released from her walls teachers in the Russian language and literature, mathematics, physics, biology, and other general subjects. There were also specialties not related to the pedagogical profile.
Now there is no academy in Samara, but this does not mean that it has ceased to exist. In 2015, it was renamed. The previously existing Volga Social and Humanitarian State Academy is now called the Samara State Social and Pedagogical University (SSPSU).
Acquaintance with a modern university
Socio-pedagogical university today is a prestigious educational organization. It has 10 faculties, 20 laboratories, 24 scientific schools. The educational process and scientific activity is carried out in 10 educational buildings.
Admission committee is waiting for people who want to enter the social and pedagogical university. In PSGSA, she conducted and continues to conduct competitive selection at the SSPSU in the oldest Samara university. The selection committee offers applicants more than 45 areas of training related:
- with foreign languages;
- a story;
- philology;
- culture and art;
- psychology;
- physical education;
- economy, management and service;
- mathematics, physics and computer science;
- geography;
- primary education.
Reviews about the academy and the modern university
A lot of positive reviews were left about the Volga Social and Humanitarian State Academy that existed before. Some graduates say that at the time they were applicants, they doubted their choice. However, with the start of training, they realized that they were in a friendly and at the same time serious atmosphere.
Teachers, judging by the reviews of the PSHSA, forgave students a lot, but demanded only one thing - a conscientious study of the teaching material. In the classroom, the specialists gave the students the necessary information, tried to explain complex topics in a clear language.
About the modern socio-pedagogical university also leave positive reviews. Students talk about the many advantages of a university:
- a wide selection of specialties;
- free places in the hostel;
- Opportunities to issue a European application with a diploma that facilitates the employment and continuation of studies abroad.
The modern social and pedagogical university is an educational institution in which the atmosphere of serious science and cheerful students reigns. Is it worth it to come here or not? The answer to this question should give each applicant for himself. It is worth noting only that people studying now at the university do not regret their choice. They are proud of the university and seek to obtain a diploma that interests employers.