Students of Siberian universities celebrated the International Olympic Day with a sports tournament among representatives of the Association of Student Basketball. The team of Tomsk State Pedagogical University became the best among women teams that took part in the competition.

The games were held in a format of street basketball on one of the city's sports ground. The eight-hour Tomsk marathon was attended by teams from Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo. The basketball players of TSPU shoed excellent results : the girls won the competition and got the cup!

Summer session of "Summer in the city project" was opened by the TSPU team "With kindness in hears". During two weeks (until the 7th of July) students of the university will be working with kids who are spending summer vacation in the city.

Every day from 10.00 to 14.00 the students of the camp will organize cultural and educational activities for kids of Tomsk: workshops, creative activities, detachment work, sports games, games that help making friends etc. This season, the work of the camp is dedicated to the Year of the Volunteer. Following the topic, the initiators and organizers of the project, employees and students of the TSPU, plan to introduce the children to different areas of volunteer activity, as well as communicate with representatives of the volunteer movement, who will tell in detail about themselves and their business.

Despite the summer, ciltural and educational activites are in full swing at the TSPU. Participants of "Summer in the city" project entertain and educate the youngest children of Tomsk. Older kids decided to spend summer time at the TSPU centre for additional physicomathematical and natural education.  The first weeks of June students of the gymnasium № 18 spent at the TSPU.

Teachers and students of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics organized entertaining lessons in physics, mathematics, computer science and astronomy for participants of the summer course. The children got acquainted with the amazing properties of the liquid , understood the actions of simple mechanisms, got acquainted with the main constellations of the star sky, got an idea of ​​the structure of the solar system and size of space objects, carried out practical work, competed  in the mathematical game, created their own computer game.

In the end of "Summer School of Entertaining Science" there was an exciting quest game "In search of sacred knowledge." Not all of the quests' tasks turned out to be simple for the participants, but no one gave up, the kids passed all the tests with honor and obtained the "sacred knowledge".

Today, the doors of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University has opened for future students - applicants of 2018. The specialists of the admission committee has begun their hard work: our assistants will anwer all your questions concernong the admission, help you to fill in the documents, tell you about the peculiarities of studying under the programs of full-time and correspondence forms of bachelor, specialist and master programs at the faculties of TSPU.

According to the tradition, the staff of the university congratulated the first-year students of the full-time and extramural courses with the memorable gifts. The first applicant of 2018 became Barysheva Ekaterina Anatolyevna , who came from the city of Strezhevoy to enter the faculty of psychological, pedagogical and special education. In the future, Ekaterinadreams of becoming a speech therapist. Higher education, obtained at the Tomsk State Pedagogical University, is an essential step towards achieving this goal! Skvortsov Maxim Viktorovich decided to associate his life with sport and applied for the faculty of physical culture and sports.

We are waiting for applicants every day from 9.00 to 17.00  in the main building of TSPU (Kievskaya str., 60). Reception of documents at the Tomsk State Pedagogical University will last until July 26 for people applying on the basis of unied state exams results, and until July 14 for incoming according to the results of TSPU tests. Find out information about admission in advance on the site of the TSPU: abiturient.tspu.ru. Find us in social networks: https:/vk.com/tspu_ru, oir e-mail: pktspu@tspu.ru and adv-pr@yandex.ru and phone number 8 (3822) 311-411.

The Center for Additional Physical, Mathematical and Natural Science Education of the TSPU hosted a mini competition "Martian roboralli", which was the result of the common work of the research and development club on astronomy and cosmonautics.

The amount of earned points was based on the results of the obstacle course, and the time that took competitors to pass it. The first place was taken by the team "Feras" of the School No. 64 (consisting of Fedotov Victor and Pochekutov Arseniy). The teams "Vezdehod" (consisting of Denisov Daniil and Vasiliev Evgeniy) and "Ferra" (consisting of: Andrey Tarasenko and Veronika Starikova) scored the same number of points and divided the second place. All participants of the competition were awarded with certificates and sweet prizes.

The cosmonautics and astronomy clubs was organized within the framework of the TSPU grant project "Design and Research Activities of Schoolchildren in the Sphere of Astronautics and Astronomy" (part of All-Russia projects "People of the Future").

The team of employees of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University won the third place in the basketball competitions that took place within the framework of the 12th Sport competitions among the Workers of the Soviet District of the City of Tomsk.

Our specialists managed to demonstrate excellent sports training. As a result of the competition, the TSPU team won the III place and was awarded with the cup. All participants received medals, diplomas and souvenirs.

The annual summer project of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University "Summer in the city" has begun its work in the streets of Tomsk. Six cultural and educational platforms were opened for children staying at home for the summer holidays.

Active and educational entertainment was provided by the team of the Unicersity "The way of kindness"; sports and creative events, games, quests, workshops are awaiting kids of Tomks right on their backyards.
Every day (untill the 23th of June )  from 10.00 to 14.00 students will wait for the children at the playgrounds of our city. And on Monday, June 25, the first of four traditional shifts of the city camp will be launched, each of which will be stretched for two weeks (until the 17th of August).

Four shifts of "City summer" in 2018 will be take place in 32 yards. Exact addresses of the organization of the city camp will be placed immediately before the beginning of each shift on the TSPU website and in the official pages of the university in social networks.

The best of the best graduates of Tomsk universities participated in the annual party by the Governor of the Tomsk region at the Drama Theater.

This year, more than seven hundred undergraduate and graduate students of full-time and correspondence courses of Tomsk State Pedagogical University graduated with honors from the university. Representatives of TSPU together with graduates of other universities gathered in the main theater hall. The ceremony was opened by the Deputy Governor of the Tomsk Region on the scientific and educational complex Lyudmila Ogorodova: "Dear students, future researchers, teachers, dear rectors, you are the main people of Tomsk! And of course, today's holiday is the main holiday in our city. I congratulate you on behalf of the Governor of Tomsk region and the entire Administration. Universities in Russia were created to train specialsits for the whole Russia, but we are very pleased that more and more graduates are still working in the Tomsk region. We are so proud of you, and may Tomsk always be in your life!"

The leaders of all universities and key employers of the region addressed graduates the kindest words. On behald of the TSPU Andrei Nikolaevich Makarenko, the first vice-rector of the TSPU, made a speech for students of Tomsk universities. Svetlana Alekseevna Yaroslavtseva, director of Tomsk Secondary School No. 2, gave her farewells to the graduates on behalf of employers.

The organizers of the reception showed short presentations prepared by Tomsk universities, and graduates of this year shared their impressions of the time spent at their Alma maters.

At the end of the evening, invited to the reception of the graduates were awarded with memorable gifts - breastplates with a sculpture depicting Saint Tatiana , the famous patroness of students.

The Interfax news agency presented the results of the 9th annual National University Ranking. Tomsk State Pedagogical University has confidently confirmed its status as one of the leading universities of Russia, showing high results for all the indicators evaluated by the agency. TSPU took 51st place in the general ranking of higher educational institutions of Russia (according to the data by the Ministry of Education and Science in total 769 universities are registered in Russia).

According to the "University Brand" indicator, TSPU took the 25th position, improving the result of 2017.

Brands of universities were evaluated by following indicators: contribution to the formation of the national elite, communication with target audiences, media activity, perception of research by international and Russian-speaking academic communities.

 Also, TSPU significantly improved last year's results in the areas of "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" (40 positions), "Education" (17 positions) and "Internationalization" (6 positions).

 Research project The National University Ranking (unirating.ru) has been implemented by the Interfax Group since 2010. Its purpose is to develop mechanisms and procedures for an independent evaluation system for Russian universities and their educational programs; increase the competitiveness of the Russian education system, scientific research and technological entrepreneurship and to develop federal and regional universities, whil will form a basis of a the new economy of the country.

"The Night with a Book" interactive project was held in Tomsk with the participation of the volunteers from  the "Point of view" team of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University.

Representatives of youth organizations, creative groups, participants of the volunteer movement met in the main square of the city and organized workshops, gaming, entertainment and educational grounds, a big concert.

TSPU, activists of the volunteer detachment "Point of View" told the guests about their activities and shared their experience in organizing and carrying socially significant events in Tomsk and the Tomsk region. The important cultural and educational project "Children of one sun", held in TSPU for children with disabilities, was not disregarded. Citizens were interested in the activities of our team and received informational leaflets about the mission of the "Point of View" and ways to implement it. Young Tomsk citizens received sweet presents from volunteers.