Faculty of Linguistics
Language instruction has occupied a prominent place in the life of South Ural State University ever since its foundation in 1943. Remarkable for its diversity, language instruction at SUSU is a product of the coexistence of more than 300 areas of study in the humanities and sciences, as well as in vocational, technical, and skills-oriented fields. Each of these diverse fields relies on a different set of goals and objectives and therefore calls for its own set of specially designed study programs and curricula.
Charged with the important task of preparing students for the modern workforce is SUSU’s Faculty of Linguistics. Within its purview is the application of the latest educational technologies to professional training in various fields, with a view to providing up-and-coming professionals with the tools they need not only to effectively communicate both in their own and in foreign languages, but also to grow and learn independently, to navigate and manage today’s onslaught of information, and to put their skills and abilities to the ultimate test of a globalized, interconnected world. The Faculty of Linguistics is thus committed to training linguists, language teachers, translators, and interpreters who choose to make language the cornerstone of their professional identity in the 21st century.
The Faculty offers both undergraduate and graduate training programs:
- 035701.65 Specialist of Translation and translation studies, Linguistic support of inter-state relations
- 035700.62 Bachelor of Linguistics, Practical and theoretical translation/ Theory and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages and Cultures
- 035800.62 Bachelor of Fundamental and Applied Linguistics,
- 032700.68 Master of Philology, Theory and practice of translation,
- 032700.68 Master of Philology, Historical, typological and comparative linguistics.
It has research and collaboration agreements with the Faculty of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication of Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, with the University of Modena and Reggio Emila, Italy, and with Zhejiang University, China. In a departure from the traditional four-point descriptive scale of ‘excellent’ through ‘fail,’ some courses have now adopted a much more flexible point-based grading system. With its comprehensive approach to language instruction and a deep appreciation of the principles of lifetime learning, the Faculty is a dynamically expanding academic environment well on its way toward integration into the European education space.
To date, the Faculty has graduated upwards of 700 professional linguists, language teachers, translators, and interpreters. Our professors, students, and graduates are all experiencing increasing academic mobility, with more than 40 faculty lecturers and professors having undergone training at universities both at home and abroad, in countries such as the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, Spain, and France. The Faculty takes special pride in the extraordinary achievement of Sheremetyeva S. O., Litt.D., previously a professor of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication, who in 2007 assumed the role of Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School. This is a true recognition of the contribution of Russian, and in particular of Chelyabinsk linguists, to the collective pool of European and international linguistics.
Upon graduation, students find employment or continue their education not only locally, but also nationally in cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as internationally in the U.S., Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, China, Brazil, and others. Those are linguists, teachers, translators, interpreters, and young scientists who bring glory to the name of South Ural State University. With all it has to offer, the Faculty of Linguistics is one of the most prestigious and sought-after faculties at the University, and one that continues to see its ranks swell with talented, dedicated, and ambitious young people with each passing year.