BFU them. Kant. The Baltic University. Baltic Federal University

The Baltic Federal University named after Immanuel Kant (Kantian, BFU named after I. Kant) is a higher educational institution in Kaliningrad, the oldest in the entire Kaliningrad region. The history of the university began almost at the same time with the history of the new region of Russia, which was formed on the land of the former East Prussia after its conquest in 1945 by the Red Army. Every year a huge number of entrants strives to enter this institution, more than all other universities in Kaliningrad. This is not surprising, because today Kantiana - the leading university in the region, which is part of the "Club of nine" (nine federal universities in Russia), one of the centers of science and higher education in the North-Western Federal District of Russia. Most of the city's students dream of studying at the BFU. Kant: the medical faculty attracts those who decided to devote their lives to saving people; About getting on an economic dream, those who want to do business in the future; Lovers of chemistry and biology want to get bioengineering education ... Yes, one can be proud of studying in such a university!

History of the educational institution

BFU named after Kant was created by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the basis of the RSU them. Kant on October 13, 2010. In general, the history of the university began in 1947, when the Kaliningrad State Pedagogical Institute was formed. Then in 1966 he was transformed into the Kaliningrad State University, and in 2005 renamed the Russian State University. Kant.

Preservation of traditions

Kantiana, being one of the innovative universities in Russia, honors and augments the academic traditions of his predecessor, Albertine (Königsberg University). The history of this oldest educational institution in Europe totals 460 years. In Albertina in different years lectured and taught Herder, Linderman, Helmholtz, Gaman, Jacobi, Gilbert, Bessel; There he studied theology Donelaitis - the founder of Lithuanian literature; Listened to lectures on philosophy Hoffmann - composer and writer. However, in the history of the University of Königsberg, undoubtedly, the biggest figure is Immanuel Kant, the greatest thinker who for some time was a Russian subject. By his name he forever linked Albertina with the history of the culture of mankind, which became the visiting card of Koenigsberg.

Symbols of the University

On the logo of BFU. Kant is a bridge and a sea wave. The wave symbolizes that the university has a seaside location, and also shows a constant development, moving forward. An educational institution is an inexhaustible space of knowledge. The image of university life is aimed at sociocultural mutual understanding in the Baltic Sea region - undoubtedly, one of the most prosperous macro-regions of the world, which includes the countries with the highest rating in the field of global competitiveness.

The bridge symbolizes integration and connection, it is a sign of academic mobility and the promotion of innovative and educational Russian technologies abroad. This is possible on the basis of the development of the highest national school and familiarization with European educational traditions. At the same time, the bridge also symbolizes the understanding that even today the Baltic University is connected by invisible strands of history with the fate of Albertina, the once famous Königsberg educational institution.

Mission of the university

The task of BFU them. Kant - to ensure the exclave of the Kaliningrad region long-term competitiveness in the environment of the European Union by forming in the region of the Baltic Sea a recognized scientific and educational center with a European level. The goal of strategic development is to form a university that will be recognized and recognized among the leading educational institutions of Russia of world class and will set technological standards for the territory, as well as train highly skilled professionals who have the prospect of building a career anywhere in the world. According to the strategic vision of BFU them. Kant, by 2020 the university will be clearly positioned among the twenty leading universities in Russia in such areas as medical biotechnology, mathematical modeling, information technology, functional materials. This should give him the opportunity to stand on a par with educational institutions with a recognizable brand, and to ensure fame in the university space of Europe.

BFU them. Kanta Today

Now the university is the largest scientific, educational, educational, cultural center of the Kaliningrad region - the westernmost region of the Russian Federation. In the past five years, the university has successfully implemented a program of vertical and horizontal diversification of major educational programs. The number of courses and specialties has doubled, the programs for the preparation of masters and bachelors are being implemented, which, from the number of all applied educational standards, make 6 and 30 percent respectively. In addition, training programs for specialists with secondary vocational education have been opened.

Cantiana in figures

In total, about three hundred educational standards of higher / secondary / postgraduate / additional professional education are being implemented at the Baltic University. Over 2,000 employees work here, and about 16,000 students, students and graduate students are enrolled. At the moment BFU them. Kant has eleven institutes on the rights of faculties, the European Business School, two higher schools (pedagogy and physical culture and sports) and a college.

Scientific activity

The Baltic University is carrying out applied fundamental research in 40 laboratories and scientific centers and 65 departments, including the Center for Russian Language, the Center for Russian Culture in the South-Eastern Baltic, the Center for New Information Technologies, the Marine Research and Training Station, and others. In the educational institution there have been established scientific schools on the research of Russian philosophy, landscape and territorial planning, cant science, exploration of the World Ocean, nuclear and quadrupole magnetic resonance, the study of language mode The study of the Baltic region in the complex, the propagation of radio waves and geomagnetic processes, and the physics of the ionosphere. The University actively participates in international research projects and programs, for example, Interreg and Tacis.

University buildings

Despite the fact that the BFU them. Kant is considered the successor of Albertine, he uses in fact only one building belonging to the renowned University of Konigsberg. This building, where the faculties of geoecology, bioecology and geography are located, is located on Universitetskaya Street. The building destroyed in the period of military operations was restored in 1964 in a heavily rebuilt form (virtually all decorative elements were removed), and in it until 1967, when the corps was finally handed over to the Kaliningrad State University, school No. 32 functioned.

In the campus specially built for the educational institution, there are the buildings of the mathematical and physico-technical faculties, the faculty of service, as well as the swimming pool and the administrative building. In the building of the former technical German school of Gippel and Kraus there are the buildings of the psychological, historical, economic faculties and the faculty of physical culture and sports. In the neighborhood, in another building, there are offices of international communication, linguistics, journalism and Slavic philology.

Now it is planned to recreate the University of Königsberg (the so-called old university) functioning on the island of Kneiphof in accordance with the Reconstruction Program of the Kaliningrad city center.

Additional Information

• The rector of the university is Klemeshev Andrey Pavlovich, who has held this post since 1998.
• The legal address of the BFU. Kanta: the city of Kaliningrad, A. Nevsky Street, house 14.
• The University is one of the ten Russian universities that are leading in international exchange. The greatest attention in this aspect is paid to cooperation with Lithuanian and Polish educational institutions.
• In 2001, a branch of the BFU named after Vitaliy was opened. Kant in the city of Chernyakhovsk (Kaliningrad region).
• In 2008, a representative office of the University was founded in the city of Riga (Latvia).
• Since 1977, the educational institution was the office-museum of I. Kant, in 1995 it was expanded and renamed the Museum of the University.