Smolny Institute of the Russian Academy of Education

Smolny Institute of the Russian Academy of Education is a higher educational institution. He is in the Leningrad region. Previously, the institution had the status of a university. Smolny Institute (address: Polyustrovsky Avenue, 59) is now considered one of the most respectable educational institutions of the country.

Historical background

The Smolny Institute was established in 1998 at the suggestion of Academician N.D. Nikandrova, who is the president of RAO. This organization acted as the founder of the described educational institution. The holding company "Electroceramics" became its strategic partner in the implementation of the University in 2004.

A few years later the Scientific and Educational Complex Smolny Institute of the Russian Academy of Education appeared. The decision was taken by the Presidium of the State Academy of Education in conjunction with the board of directors of the company "Electroceramics". The resulting project has several advantages. The creation of such a complex made it possible to arrange another experimental site for the implementation of innovative ideas. At the same time, there is the possibility of transforming the company from highly specialized to multidisciplinary. This can be achieved by using the Academy's intellectual resources and attracting the most talented young people. Increasing the efficiency of the holding company will be provided by new persons who will be involved in the company's production activities.

The purpose of the scientific and pedagogical complex

Smolny Institute performs many different functions:

1. Scientific.

2. Research.

3. Educational.

4. Educational.

5. Publishing.

6. Educational.

The complex includes various faculties. Among them there are following directions:

1. Economic.

2. Service.

3. Humanitarian.

4. Information technology.

5. Art criticism.

6. Security.

7. Cynology.

General information about the Faculty of Economics

It was founded at the end of the 20th century. Every year, various specialists are invited to develop the scientific and educational activities of the faculty. Among them there are leading domestic economists from research organizations, various spheres of business and government bodies. The faculty includes two departments. The Scientific Council is its supreme governing body. It includes the following links:

1. Dean.

2. Substitutes.

3. Heads of departments.

4. Teachers who have been selected as representatives.

5. Scientists.

6. Students.

The Smolny Institute in St. Petersburg has its own charter. It regulates the solution of strategic issues arising during the operation of the institution. The Academic Council is elected for day-to-day management.

Modernity

At present, the Smolny Institute is a multidisciplinary institution with a flexible organizational educational system. Now the institution carries out educational activities in several groups of directions. Among them are the following:

1. Social.

2. Humanitarian.

3. Teaching.

4. Educational.

5. Economic.

6. Managerial.

7. Cultural.

8. Art criticism.

9. Information security.

10. Computer technology.

11. Informatics.

12. Service areas.

13. Means of transport.

The institution carries out the preparation of bachelors in twenty areas of pedagogy, graduate graduates in fourteen specialties, as well as masters of information systems and technologies. The curriculum of the Institute fully complies with the state standards of higher professional education. The institution is constantly improving, and also organizes a number of courses in special disciplines. Fourteen doctors and several dozen candidates of sciences carry out their activities in the institution. On the internal form of training the number of students reaches several thousand people.

Profile

The educational structure includes the following activities:

1. Economic.

2. Managerial.

3. Humanitarian.

4. Information security.

5. Service.

6. Informatics and computer technology.

7. Artistic.

The scientific structure includes such activities:

1. Medico-social research.

2. Noospheric social science.

3. Human ecology.

4. Telecommunication and information technologies.

The international structure includes the following activities:

1. Training of personnel for the CIS countries and the Middle East.

2. Organization of international symposiums and conferences.

3. Establishment of centers for studying the cultural heritage of the peoples of the CIS.

The main tasks set by the Smolny Institute

1. Guarantee of high quality of education in demanded specialties in the field of information technology.

2. Development and implementation of innovations in the educational process, exercise control over it.

3. Research activities in the field of telecommunications and informatics.

4. Guarantee of continuous and unified educational process at each stage of training - from pre-school to graduate school inclusive, and in the same institution.

5. Participation in programs to improve the integration of national and Russian schools.

6. Contribution to the formation of a unified educational system in the CIS countries.

7. Training highly qualified personnel.

Activities of the project "Education and peace in the Caucasus"

The purpose of the program is integration. The task is to create a union of universities in St. Petersburg to organize the training of students who live in Central Asia and the North Caucasus. Educational activities will be carried out according to the programs of the higher professional institutions of the Russian Federation. The organization plans to develop its activities in the Republic of Dagestan.

Vector work

The project has several main tasks. Among them are the following:

1. Training of local specialists.

2. Creating the necessary living conditions in St. Petersburg for residents of the North Caucasus. Priority is given to those citizens who are students of higher educational institutions of the city.

3. Creating the necessary conditions for joint activities in such areas as creative, educational, sports, cultural, etc.

4. Implementation of exchange training programs in the system of open education.

5. Carrying out various stage and exhibition events.

6. Opening of the College of Women's Education in the Republic of Dagestan.

Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens. Historical reference

There is a long tradition. According to him, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna planned at the end of her life to move to a quiet monastery. Responsible for the creation of the project and the erection of the building was appointed Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. The essence of the idea was to build a convent at the place where the Smolny Palace was located. The laying of the foundation took place in the middle of the 18th century. The plan, drawn up by the architect, required a lot of expenses. At that time, the Seven Years War began, there was not enough money to complete the construction. As a result, the monastery was never used for its intended purpose. Only in 1764 the Smolny Institute was opened. The architect V.P. Stasov continued to work on the cathedral.

The development of events after the death of the Empress

In subsequent years, the fate of the Smolny Monastery was in the hands of Catherine II. She decided to dispose of it in her own way. At that time in the Russian Empire there was not a single institution in which girls could be trained. Noble daughters were educated mainly at home. At the same time, girls from poor families did not study at all. For this reason, the Empress decided to open the "Educational Society" in the monastery. So the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens began its existence . A special decree was issued on the opening of the institution. It said that the building of the Smolny Institute will henceforth be used to enable women to receive education. In the future, they could become exemplary mothers, useful members of the family and society.