Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank celebrates its 100th anniversary. Today, exactly a century later, it is one of the leading universities of the country.
Nadezhda Sivakova, 1st year student of the Faculty of social and pedagogical technologies of BSPU: I love working with children and in general I am very fond of children. I have a family of teachers on my mother's side.
Minsk Pedagogical Institute opened on November 21, 1914. Today it is a huge university, with 13 faculties, preparing teachers of 70 specialties.
Alexander Zhuk, Rector of BSPU: One hundred medalists came to us this year. This is five times more than last year. Admission scores increased by 20 - 70 for different specialties. Some specialties require the admission score of over 300.
Students from other countries come to Minsk every year in order to acquire Belarusian education.
Only in the last five years the number of foreign students at the Belarusian Pedagogical University increased 2.5 times. Applicants from Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Israel, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Poland come here. Altogether about half a thousand foreign students from 20 countries are now studying at the university.
This year the University has renewed the tradition of teaching classes. From now on, the future teachers will be prepared in accordance with a special program starting from their own school years. In 2015 similar classes will be opened in more than 10 schools in the capital. Such classes are planned to be opened across the country.













