Last Friday, many guests gathered in the assembly hall of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University: representatives of city and regional administrations, rectors of Tomsk universities, staff, teachers and students of the TSPU came to participate in the anniversary of the leading pedagogical university of the country. 

In the evening, a gala concert with live music was held in the Teacher's Park of the TSPU. Students had fun and danced, there were contests with valuable gifts and photosession for everyone. The rector of the TSPU V.V. Obukhov had awarded the most active students with insignia. A special surprise of the evening was a festive cake with the image of the university and all of the faculties of TSPU. Everyone was able to blow out an improvised candle, make a wish and taste a piece with the thought: "TSPU. Everything starts here ... "

Specialists of the Center for additional physical and mathematical education of TSPU invite school and university students as well as teachers and everyone who is interested in astrology to the open lection by Ugolnikov Oleg Stanislavovich “Eclipse of the Sun and the Moon”

Ugolnikov Oleg Stanislavovich is a famous popularizer of astronomy, chairman of the Central Subject-Methodological Commission and jury of the All-Russian Astronomy Olympiad for Schoolchildren, Chairman of the Subject Commission of the Moscow City Astronomical Olympiad, Senior Fellow of the Federal Space Research Institute "Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Candidate of physical and mathematical sciences.

Lecture will take place on 28 of September 2017 at 19-00.

The first building of the TSPU, 75 Komsomolsky prospect, room 335.

On the 8th of September 2017 Tomsk State Pedagogical University – the oldest pedagogical University of Siberia and the leader of pedagogical education in Russia – had marked its 115 anniversary.

Historical background

Tomsk state pedagogical university was designed as Teacher institute on the first of July 1902 by highest order of emperor Nikolay II and it was opened in September in the same year. The first beyond the Urals and the tenth on the territory of Russian Empire the Teacher institute was a real pride of West Siberian educational district. The famous Russian writer A. M. Volkov who graduate from the institute in 1910 recalled that Tomsk teacher institute was a «true oasis as compared to the dullness and conservatism» that were common in the educational institutions over that period.

At the beginning the institute was intended only for men but as the result of the reform conducted by the Russian Provisional Government in the June 1917 13 women were included in the list of the institute’s students. The Institute acquired a new status, the three new branches were formed in its structure: the historical-philological, physical-mathematical and natural-geographical.

In the prewar years, the institute had a solid highly qualified teaching staff, consisted of more than 30 professors, which had a great influence on strengthening the scientific potential of the university.

During the Great Patriotic War hundreds of employees and students were called up for military service or went to the front as volunteers. Almost a hundred of them died a hero's death on the battlefields. Graduate of the Institute Kalashnikov A.P. was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

During the restoration of the national economy, the Tomsk State Pedagogical Institute also had been developing: the number of faculties and specialties was expanded, new educational buildings and hostels, a suburban sports base, and a reading room were built.

By the 1940s the formation of a well-known scientific linguistic school had begun in the university, and in the 1970s - the international scientific school of theoretical physicists had been organized. Active research activities of the Institute's staff, foreign contacts with scientific institutions and universities of the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, France, Hungary, Poland, Japan, etc. had widen the international and Russian authority of the Tomsk State Pedagogical Institute.

June 26, 1995 the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, considered the scientific potential of the educational institution and the high quality of specialist training, has given the Tomsk Pedagogical Institution a status of the university.

At the present time, the TSPU carries out multilevel vocational training in 14 specialties and directions. The structure of the university includes 11 faculties, 2 scientific research institutes, a scientific library, and a publishing house. The University has ten educational buildings, including a sports and fitness center, a swimming pool, a stadium, a countryside practice base, an agricultural and biological station , several modern student hostels.

Tomsk State Pedagogical University in oriented on needs of the education system of the region. Several successful projects are being implemented: "City summer" and "Leader's school" projects give students an opportunity to work with children during vacation time; business incubator of social orientation; several projects of career guidance work. In the university structure there are the Center for Additional Physical and Mathematical Education and the Children's Center for Educational Robotics, oriented to work with talented children.

The university conducts research in 25 main scientific areas. Three journals of the TSPU - "Bulletin of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University"; "Tomsk Journal of Linguistic and Anthropological Research"; "Scientific and educational review" - the first among the Tomsk scientific publications were included in the list of scientific journals compiled by the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles.

According to the effectiveness of scientific activity, Tomsk State Pedagogical University is the leader among the pedagogical universities of the Russian Federation, in particular, regarding the citing of scientific publications in the international databases Scopus and Web of Science.

According to the rating agencies of Interfax, Expert-RA, the ARES, TSPU is included in the list of top hundred best universities in Russia. According to the national rating of universities, which was conducted by the Interfax agency, it ranks first among pedagogical universities and the fiftieth place among the all universities in Russia.

According to the Webometrics rating, TSPU ranks 24th among all Russian universities and the first among pedagogical universities in Russia.

The number of student academic exchanges in the format of the Bologna Process with the Wroclaw University (Poland), the University of Palacky in Olomouc (Czech Republic), the University of Bristol (Great Britain), the University of Ochanomizu and Hiroshima University (Japan), Mudanjiang and Hubei Universities (China) .

During its history that now lasts more than a century Tomsk Pedagogical has trained about 60,000 specialists in science, education and culture. We are proud of our graduates, among them famous "storyteller of the XX century" A. Volkov, folk teacher B. Vershinin, vice president of the Russian Academy of Education I. Zverev, director of the first television center in Siberia G. Yeltsov; writers V. Lipatov, Yu. Strekhnin, A. Dremov; artists L. Guzarov and V. Panteleyev; actress N. Veselovskaya; Olympic champion N. Baranova and others.

Dear Professor V. V. Obukhov,

Congratulations on the 115th anniversary of TSPU!

It is almost impossible to imagine this length of time in real life,
especially considering invaluable contributions to academia as well as
to the society TSPU has been continuously and steadily making.
I truly appreciate and respect all the efforts you have made to maintain
the high reputation of TSPU. Of course I am confident that you will make
TSPU yet more prominent and prestigious for years to come, and I am
thrilled to see your further success in the future!

With very best regards,

Misao Sasaki

Dear Professor Obukhov, Rector at TSPU:

From Professor Sergei Odintsov I have been informed that your
institution has its 115 anniversary this year.

My best congratulations on this occasion! I remember with pleasure your
visit here back in 2003, together with a group of colleagues from TSPU.
And I have continued to have fruitful scientific contact with
researchers from your university, also through the later years.

With best regards,

Iver Brevik

NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Dear Prof. Obukhov.

please find enclosed in attachment my letter regarding TSPU 115th
anniversary.

With my best regards

Sergio Zerbini

Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics
Trento University

Trento, Italy

Dear Professor V. V. Obukhov,

I congratulate you as the Rector of Tomsk State Pedagogical University
on the occasion of the 115 anniversary of the University.
Please see the enclosed letter.

With best regards

Prof. Emilio Elizalde
Senior Research Profesor and P.I.
National Higher Research Council of Spain

Dear Professor V. V. Obukhov,
the Rector of Tomsk State Pedagogical University,

Congratulations for 115 years anniversary celebration of Tomsk State
Pedagogical University!
I am really proud that I am an honorary professor of the excellent
University. I remember your very kind hospitality when I visited TSPU in
August 2014 for the ceremony.
I of course know that TSPU is a top pedagogical University in Russia but
I believe that TSPU is also a top university in research.
I would like to keep the collaboration between TSPU and Nagoya
University, which will also keep and proceed the friendly relations
between Russia and Japan.

Best regards,

Shin'ichi Nojiri
Director of Center for Theoretical Studies,
Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the
Universe,
Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602, JAPAN

On 04.09.2017 according to the ranking system Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics 2017) for the world's pedagogical universities Tomsk State Pedagogical University took the second place, having improved its positions by one place (previously TSPU was ranked third). According to the rating TSPU's web-site is remaining the first among the other Russian pedagogical universities.

Besides, the web-resources of Tomsk State Pedagogical University is included in the list of top 100 web sites of Russian Universities and in the last edition of the rating it took 24 place, having improved its stats by 8 positions comparing with the results of previous rating (previously TSPU took 32 place).

Dear colleagues – students, postgraduate students, teachers, employees of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University – the oldest pedagogical university in Siberia – I congratulate you with the day of knowledge!

Knowledge makes you stronger, smarter, kinder, it helps you to discover new truths, to reveal secrets of human and nature. No wonder the day of knowledge has become an all-Russian holiday – this happened due to the special social significance of science and education.

Soon TSPU will mark its 115 anniversary and this date we will celebrate as the leaders of education which is proved by top positions in the rating of Russian pedagogical universities.

I wish the team of TSPU to hold the leading position.

May you be happy, healthy and successful!

Rector of TSPU V.V. Obukhov 

The last weekend students from the faculty of physical culture and sports and the faculty of foreign languages had took part in the Tomsk stage of all-Russian military and patriotic game «Zarniza».

Each year our students show good results and "Zarnitsa" 2017 was not an exception: after passing a series of difficult tests, the team of the TSPU earned an honorable second place,  having lost only in favour of the representatives of the Center for Professional Training of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The participants had competed in overcoming the obstacle course, storming the block station and releasing the "hostage", rendering first aid to the injured. The participants underwent a test in putting on a combined-arms protective kit, assembling / disassembling automatic weapons, shooting. Players demonstrated physical and combat training, showed themselves in the tactical quest and fire relay. Organizers of "Zarnitsa" noted that, despite the complexity of the stages, the participants showed a high level of preparation, and most importantly - tested their skills in difficult conditions of the competition.

The student team of the Tomsk State Pedagogical University became the leader of the regional stage of the game among amateur participants. Now the guys are waiting for a trip to Ulyanovsk, where they will take part in the final stage of the IV All-Russian military-patriotic game "Zarnitsa". 

In the July issue of the popular scientific journal Physics Reports the article "Modified gravity theories on a nutshell: Inflation, bounce and late-time evolution" written by SD Sergey Odintsov in co-authorship with his collegue from Japan S. Nojiri was published. The article focuses on research in the field of modified methods of gravity, dark energy and inflation. Physics Reports journal is one of the most influential scientific titles in the world with impact-factor estimating to 17,425. The articles by leading scientists in physics and astronomy first must be approved by the editorial staff.

The group of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) published the "Ranking Web of Universities" rating of the Internet sites of the world universities (Webometrics 2017), according to which the Tomsk State Pedagogical University took the first place among Russian pedagogical universities.

The web environment of Tomsk State Pedagogical University took 24th place and was included in the top 100 sites of Russian universities. In the rating of web pages of Russian pedagogical universities, TSPU remains on the first position of the rating.

The rating is based on several criteria, according to which the success of the university is evaluated depending on its position in the Internet: citation - the number of unique links to the site from other resources, the size - the total number of pages of the site, the number and relevance of "data files" - publication files of research and scientific works.

On the last Saturday the unique project «Space lesson» organized and developed on the initiative of TSPU took place at the TSPU scientific library. This time the event has gained an all-Russian status: apart from Tomsk students the educational program was also available for students of «Sirius» educational center (Sochi).

The summer season of «Space lesson» was dedicated to research in open space conditions. The lesson was developed by the pedagogical staff of Tomsk State Pedagogical University with the support by the Tomsk Oblast Administration, the State Corporation "ROSKOSMOS", the Federal Agency of Scientific Organizations, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Russian Academy of Sciences, "Tomsk" broadcasting company, the Institute of Physics and Strength of Materials Science of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, were traditionally involved in the development of the lesson program.

The head of the Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin held an opening speech: «A very interesting topic was picked for the today’s lesson. The International Space Station is a super laboratory. Cosmonauts are not only travelers, but also scientists. And we all have to help them ... When you grow up, you too can participate in the scientific work that takes place in space»

During the third «Space lesson» the children traditionally went on the air the cosmonauts. The commander of the Russian crew of the International Space Station (ISS) Fyodor Yurchikhin told the children about scientific work in space; the participants of the Lesson presented the projects of the greenhouse and the flying drone for planet research. 

Postgraduate group of Chinese students have received their diplomas on 7th of July after the two years of studying Russian as a foreign language on the History and philology faculty of TSPU. It was the first graduation of Chinese students in TSPU history. Foreign postgraduate students have demonstrated spectacular results: according to the results of governmental certification 11 from 13 students have got excellent marks for defending their master’s degrees.

Postgraduate students from China have charmed teaching staff their diligence, responsible attitude to study and personal interest in the results.  «They are kind and sympathetic students that love Russian language, Russian culture and Russian people. During the period of study at the Master's program, foreign master students have increased the level of proficiency in Russian, each student more than once had participated in various conferences and had its articles published in Russian most approved scientific journals» - TSPU specialists say.

Students told us the time they spent in Tomsk and Tomsk State Pedagogical University was one of the most bright, significant events in their lifes. Memories of the studying the Master’s course at TSPU will forever remain in their hearts.