About faculty

The faculty of International Relations has been created by the Rector’s order № 58 on 10^th July, 2000, initially, the faculty had 4 departments: International Relations, Political Science, Social Science and Foreign Languages.

Until July 2010 the faculty had the departments of Political Science, International Relations, Regional Studies and Foreign Languages.

By the July 13^th 2010 Rector’s order the faculty structure was expanded by adding two departments of Oriental studies and Turkology, which are developing new Bachelor’s degree programs.

Currently the work of the faculty is organized in the composition of five departments:

• Department of International Relations
• Department of Oriental studies
• Department of Regions studies
• Department of Foreign languages
• Department of Turkology

At the faculty works the highly-qualified teaching staff, including 15 Doctors of Sciences, professors; 26 Candidates of Sciences, 4 PhD and 22 Masters.

The faculty provides degrees in the following specialties:

Bachelor’s degrees:

050202, 5В020200 - International Relations

050505, 5В050500 - Regional Studies

050209, 5В020900 - Oriental Studies

5В021200 - Turkology

050210 - Foreign philology (two foreign languages)

Master’s degrees:

6N0202, 6М020200 - International Relations

6М050500 - Regional Studies

5М020900 - Oriental Studies

6N0205 - Philology (Turkic languages)

6N0205 - Philology (Turkic philology)

PhD degrees:

6D050500 - International Relations

6D020900- Regional Studies

In the academic year 2010-2011 PhD programs by the specialities “Oriental Studies” and “Turkology”are planned to open.