Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages and Media Communications

Contacts

6 ul. Krasnaya, room 310, building 5, Kemerovo
+7 (3842) 58-27-45
ifiyam@kemsu.ru
http://lingva.kemsu.ru

Departments

• Department of Russian Language and Literature
• Department of Stylistics and Rhetoric
• Department of Journalism and Russian Literature of the 20th century
• Department of Foreign Languages
• Department of Translation Studies and Linguistics
• Department of Romance and Germanic Philology

Educational programs

Bachelor’s programs
• 42.03.02 Journalism
  Specialization: Universal Journalist
• 45.03.01 Philology
  Specialization: Russian Philology
• 45.03.01 Philology
  Specialization: Foreign Philology
• 45.03.02 Linguistics
  Specialization: Theory and Practice of Intercultural Communication

Specialist’s program
• 45.05.01 Translation and Interpretation Studies
  Specialization: Specialized Translation

Master’s programs
• 44.04.01 Pedagogical Education (Teaching a foreign language and literature in educational organizations)
  
• 45.04.01 Philology:
  Speech Communication Technologies;
  Foreign Languages in Professional Communication.

About the Institute

The Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages and Media Communications is a new structural division of Kemerovo State University founded in 2016 by combining the Faculty of Philology and Journalism and the Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology.

The Faculty of Philology and Journalism

The Faculty started in 1949 within the Faculty of History and Philology at Kemerovo Pedagogical Institute. In 1953, it gained independence as the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature at Kemerovo State Pedagogical Institute. In 1974, it was renamed the Faculty of Philology at Kemerovo State University. Finally, it became the Faculty of Philology and Journalism in 1993, following the foundation of the Department of Journalism. The Faculty’s alumni include over 180 candidates of sciences, 15 doctors of sciences, and more than 3,000 graduates with higher philological education.

The Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology

1962: the Faculty of Foreign Languages was founded at Kemerovo Pedagogical Institute. The graduates from Gorky Pedagogical Institute came to train teachers for Kemerovo schools.

1974: the Faculty of Foreign Languages was renamed the Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology.

More than 7000 philologists, teachers of foreign languages and literature, translators and interpreters have graduated from the faculty. The Faculty’s alumni include more than 100 candidates of science and 10 doctors of science.

2016: the Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages and Media Communications was established on the basis of these two faculties.     

The Institute is proud of its alumni renowned for their significant contribution to science (Sergey Proskurin, Ivan Esaulov, Galina Elizarova, etc.), literature (Vladimir Sokolov, Alexander Ibragimov, etc.), education (Tatiana Volodkina, Ludmila Urmanova, etc.) politics (Tatiana Alexeyeva), theater and mass media (Evgeniy Grishkovets, Vadim Takmenev, etc.)

The Institute organizes different scientific and cultural events, as well as various contests for students and schools, such as:
• Scientific events: Concept and Culture, an international conference; International Language School; the Week of Science.

Contests:
• Etoile, a French song contest; Golden Giraffe, a contest of journalists; English Phonetic Competition.

Professional holidays:
• Translator’s Day;
• International Day of Francophonie;
• Foreign Language Week; etc.

Events for school children:
• Sunday School for Young Philologists and Journalists, Polyglot holidays; etc.