Branch or parent university? Admission to a branch of a large university What does a branch of an institute mean.

Hello dear readers of the blog site. Today's article is significantly different from the others posted on my blog. Although I have already mentioned about, but today I will quote the words of a person (I allowed myself to call this dialogue "interview", perhaps I am wrong), who studied at a branch of a large university, perhaps it will be more interesting than my articles, and I want variety. So let's get started.

An interview with a person who started his studies at a branch of a large university.

1. Hi. Let's talk about your studies at the institute. You do not mind?

Hi. Don't mind, let's talk. Moreover, there is something to remember.

1. Tell me, why did you first enroll in a branch in your city, and did not go to enter the central branch?

To be honest, I just didn’t really want to leave home and was a little afraid of the big city in which the head university was located, because all my life before I entered my small town and had hardly been anywhere (I mean other cities). At the branch of the university, I studied the first two courses, and for the third I had to go to another city and study at the head university

1. Is it true that admission to a branch is practically guaranteed and not very difficult to enroll?

This is not entirely true. The fact is that branches are located in small towns and even from these small towns many leave to enter the leading universities in large cities. Therefore, relatively few applicants remain in the branches and the competition is lower than in the parent university. For example, when I entered, the ratio was something like this: there were about 40 people for 15 places. At the head university there were about 200 applicants for 33 places. So, admission to a branch of a large university is really easier, simply due to the fact that there are 2 - 3 people for one place, and 6 - 8 at the main university. But this does not mean at all, that everyone will do. I had a couple of acquaintances who could not enter the same university as me. The competition simply did not pass.

1. Let's compare the study at the branch and at the parent university. Does it make a difference, what do you think?

Let's compare. Let's go over the pros and cons in both situations.

Branch training - advantages:

• You study in your hometown, it is morally easier and easier. As the saying goes: “houses and walls help”;
• The branch has significantly fewer students and, in general, people in general (this is a plus for social phobes, misanthropes and simply shy people);
• All classes, as a rule, are held in one building and there is no running around the buildings as in large universities.

Branch training - cons:

• A small number of teachers (who may not always have sufficient qualifications and / or knowledge);
• Few specialties (in my branch there were only 5 specialties: 2 economic and 3 technical);
• The branch has significantly fewer students and, in general, people in general (this is a minus for sociable people, and in general from the point of view of establishing new connections - this is just a "black hole");
• The actions of the branch management do not always agree with the management of the parent university, which is why various problems, stupid rules, etc. are possible. It all depends on the imagination of the branch management.

Studying at the parent university - pluses:

• There are many teachers. Almost all of them have academic degrees and a lot of experience and knowledge. They can teach something really interesting and useful. (But personally, I was not taught.)
• Many people. This is a good springboard for networking and networking.
• Activities outside the university are quite developed: sections, circles, additional courses.

Education at the head university - cons:

• The head university is located in a foreign big city. And this is the problem of housing: a room in a hostel may not be given, and not everyone has money for a rented apartment.
• Often you have to run around the buildings during the school day: one subject in one building, another in another). And it's good if the buildings are nearby. But this also does not always happen.
• It can be very problematic to catch teachers to pass something if they did not pass something on time.

And if we take concrete facts, then here are the statistics: 14 people were admitted to the branch in my group. After the first session, three were expelled. The remaining 11 successfully completed their studies before being transferred to the parent university. After the first session at the head university, out of these 11, only 5 people survived. And out of the remaining five, only three survived to receive their diploma. Received diplomas, one even with honors (me)))). In the group of the head university, the situation was somewhat different: 33 people were admitted. By the third year, only 11 remained, who completed their studies before receiving a diploma.

In total, out of 33 + 14 = 47 people, only 11 + 3 = 14 remained, i.e. less than a third of all applicants.

1. And then there were some difficulties with your studies or is everything as usual?

In my case, there were no difficulties. I was an excellent student both in the branch and in the head university I continued to be one. But the rest of the classmates had difficulties. As I said earlier, after the very first session, 6 of my classmates were expelled from the branch. On the 4th year of the 5 remaining, two more were expelled.

1. What about everyday difficulties? A hostel, a large unfamiliar city or difficulties with joining a new team? Was there anything like that?

Of course it was. The biggest difficulties were everyday ones. When I arrived in a big city, together with two acquaintances from my hometown, we decided to rent an apartment for three. But unfortunately, after the very first session, both of them flew out of the university, and I had to move to the hostel because alone I would not have pulled the payment of the apartment. There were also difficulties with settling in the hostel. There was a chance of not getting a dorm room at all. To the question "how to study if there is nowhere to live?" from the person responsible for the settlement, a specific answer was received: "first we settle the freshmen, then the sophomores, etc., and if there are places left, we will settle you too." By the way, at that moment I was already in my 4th year, and the chance of getting a room was practically zero in such circumstances. Still, I was lucky and got a room in a dormitory (though I had to live in a rented apartment for two extra months and spend a lot of money on rent, because due to bureaucracy they could not give me a room). And yes, the hostel was the oldest and MOST killed out of all 20 hostels available.

1. In your city there is no opportunity to unlearn the entire course in some specialty, will it be necessary to transfer to the central branch?

Why not? There was an opportunity. But in our branch, the full course of study was only in economic specialties: economists, accountants, etc. In technical specialties (which included my specialty), this was not the case. Only the first two courses, and then - to the head university. And in general, in my branch there were only 5 main specialties: 2 economic and 3 technical. There was no particular choice.

1. Do you keep in touch with those with whom you started studying? Did they return home in the majority or did they stay with us?

Hardly ever. From time to time I communicate with only one person. About half of the classmates from the branch returned to their hometown. I know nothing about the fate of the others. As for classmates from the parent university, one of them became my best friend and a couple more became just good acquaintances. I don't know anything about the others. And their fate is not interesting to me.

1. To summarize, would you advise to enroll in a branch or immediately go to the parent university?

Well, here everyone decides for himself. Personally, I have no regrets about studying at the branch. If you want to gradually prepare for student life - you have a direct road to the branch, and if you want to feel like a real student from the very first year, then go to the head university and check into a hostel. Inexpressible feelings are provided.)

1. Thanks for answering your questions, good luck.

And you there too.)))

This is the "interview" done via email.

If you still have questions, write in the comments, I will try to answer as detailed and clearly as possible.

Branches of universities, oh, and we didn't even think about it ...

Good day, dear reader! Today we will talk about the branches of universities and everything that is connected with them.

“I passed the exam badly”, “I definitely won’t do it”, “To enter a university in a large city, you need connections that I don’t have” - such remarks are often heard from applicants who submit their applications to the admissions offices of Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, St. -Petersburg, Moscow ...

Everyone wants to get a high-quality higher education - this is a fact. Therefore, the best applicants flock to large cities from all over the country and abroad. Naturally, many cannot "compete" with the best minds with the results of the exam and Olympiads, and therefore can only harbor illusions about entering a prestigious specialty in an elite, as it seems to them, university, such as St. Petersburg State University or Moscow State University.

However, another fact, even more noticeable from the outside, is that almost all applicants forget that large universities practically all have a branch network throughout the country and neighboring countries. But the majority of applicants either do not know about it (and it is true, in St. Petersburg and Moscow there are already a lot of universities, and you tell us about some branches of universities), or this information is simply ignored. Everyone rushes to big cities, pays big money to study at the “right” university, with a “cool” name. If you belong to this category of applicants who seek to study at institutes and universities with a well-known and prestigious name, then we advise you to take a closer look at the branches of prestigious universities, because this is a real opportunity to get high-quality free or low-cost education.

Advantages and disadvantages of the branches of universities.

Let's talk about the cons first. The main disadvantage of the branches of universities can be called its relative distance from large cities. Suppose a branch is located in the Moscow region, and the university itself is in Moscow. In principle, if you want to get to Moscow by train with a 50% discount (it applies to full-time students of state universities in the period from September 1 to June 15) will not be difficult. However, a relatively small city does not provide the full range of sensations that such a large city as, for example, Moscow can provide.

Indeed, many applicants come to enter a large city from small towns, precisely because they want to feel the real freedom and "power" of a large city. Such people regard 5 years of study as an opportunity to gain a foothold in a large city in order to stay to work in Moscow or St. Petersburg after graduation.

Therefore, many are repelled from admission to university branch precisely the thought that they will study in a relatively small town. However, this disadvantage is relatively small in comparison with the opportunities offered by training in the branch.

Now about the pros. An undoubted advantage is that competition for admission to university branch significantly less than when entering a parent university or institute. Therefore, it is quite possible to enter a budgetary place, even having not super-outstanding USE results. Moreover, if you passed the Unified State Exam successfully, we can say that you have practically entered the budget.

[Submission of documents to the branches of universities practically guarantees you admission to the specialty you want!]

Why can we so boldly assert this? The thing is that in branches of universities basically, only children from local schools or districts of a constituent entity of the federation (oblast, krai, republic) enter. And the rest of the applicants, as we have already said, either simply do not know the fact that a large university has a network of branches, or such information is not taken seriously. Therefore, if you are eager to enter a prestigious specialty, and at the same time on a budgetary basis, then we advise you to take a closer look at the branches.

Even if the situation with your Unified State Exam is compared to a catastrophe (you passed badly for various reasons), and you are sure that you won't even go to a branch on the budget, but you want to study in such and such a university and in such and such a specialty, then branches of the university still give you the opportunity to pay tuition fees several times less than if you studied for a fee (on a contractual basis) at the parent university of a large university. Sometimes the difference in money is 2-3 times.

Think about whether your parents will be able to pay for your education at 100,000 rubles a year at a prestigious university in a large city? And even more. Few are able to pay that kind of money, especially if you came to enter a large city from a small village far away. Moreover, plus accommodation, meals, transport ... The amount accumulates in a year hoo!

Another thing is a branch of the same prestigious university in a relatively small town, where, first of all, it will be easier for you to adapt, because the city in which the branch is located will be more similar in size to yours than St. Petersburg or Moscow. And besides, the cost of training and living in a small town will be almost an order of magnitude, i.e. 10 times less than if you were studying on a paid basis in a large city. Isn't that so, the benefits are tangible?

Now a few words about diplomas. There is an opinion that getting a diploma branch of the university, although a prestigious university, somehow, not solid, or something. Then at work they will say: "We have graduated from some branch." Many people believe that since the study took place within the walls of the branch, and not the parent university, then all the stamps and details will be exactly the branch.

We hasten to say, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE REALITY!

Actually university branch, this is, in fact, the same university, or rather, a branch of the parent university in another city. Yes, of course, all internal documentation in the branch is maintained using local stamps, details, etc. However, the most important things for a future student, and this is a student card, a record book and, most importantly, a diploma, are issued by the head university and therefore all of these listed documents are stamped from the head university, and not from the branch. And according to the documents, you will pass as a student who studied at the head university, and not at the branch. Great, isn't it?

Those. you study in branch of the university 4-5 years, while paying several times less than if you studied at the parent university, or maybe you don't pay anything at all, because it is quite possible to enter a branch even with a relatively poor USE on the budget, and at the same time after graduation you will have in your pocket exactly the same diploma as a graduate of the same university who studied in a large city.

Fuck, tell you! Why hasn't anyone told me about this before? The thing is that branches of universities less hyped, which is understandable. They seem to be "in the shadow" of their older comrades. That is why, even if you find out that the university has branches in other cities, you will not run there headlong, because consider that this is not the same. And this is all as you already understood!

To prove the correctness of our words, let's look at a specific example. university branch, which we can reliably talk about, because We know firsthand what kind of branch it is and what opportunities it gives its students.

A specific example of a branch of a university.

As an example, we will take the well-known Russian university - the Russian State Pedagogical University named after V.I. A.I. Herzen (Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen). Head, i.e. the main university, as you know, is located in the city of St. Petersburg. Let's assume that you don't know if the university has branches in other cities. Therefore, we go to the official website of the Russian State Pedagogical University. A.I. Herzen, which is located at: http://www.herzen.spb.ru/

We go to the site. Selects the item "General":

We are looking for where the site of the university branch is located and click on it:

And the diploma will be the same ...

As you can see, the difference is quite significant. And don't forget about accommodation, transport, meals. All this in the city of Volkhov, Leningrad Region, is much cheaper than in St. Petersburg (the city of Volkhov is located 100 km from St. Petersburg - this is 2.25 hours by train (130 rubles for students)).

Also an undoubted advantage of the Volkhov branch of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after AI Herzen is that although a relatively small number of students (about 600) study here, however, this allows teachers to work with almost every student individually. Can you imagine this in a large city, where only one course is 150-200 people?

In the parent university, almost all students are like a crowd of people that replaces another crowd. And in the branch, the situation is fundamentally different. Here, if the teachers are more human, they can make reasonable concessions. They will always understand, listen to you, help solve a lot of problems related to, for example, payment, accommodation and other problems of visiting students.

Training is structured taking into account the capabilities of each student. This does not mean that everyone is given their own individual program. No. This means that you yourself "forge" your loads depending on your success in mastering the program. Those. you can ask the teacher for an additional assignment, stay for an elective, etc.

By the way, we will also tell you a secret that if you take on additional obligations in the form of participation in KVN or in another competition, you thereby earn "credibility" in the eyes of the entire student and teaching community of the branch, which always affects your grade when passing the session. As they say, according to work and reward.

Taking into account the fact that the average student does not strive for knowledge, let us tell you frankly that in the Volkhov branch of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A. I. Herzen is not forced to work beyond his capabilities. If you want to have no problems - just hand over all the work on time and you will be happy! However, we advise you nevertheless to show interest in scientific activity, because this is one of the priority directions of the university.

By itself, the city of Volkhov is small, with about 50,000 inhabitants. There are 2 large enterprises - the Volkhov aluminum plant and the railway station. Also among the attractions is the oldest working hydroelectric power plant in Europe! The student's life is quite comfortable, there are no problems with the hostel, there are always places. The scholarship is paid regularly, and in each first semester of the academic year they often pay double (we don't even know for any such merits, but oh well). In general, if you are interested in this branch, call, write to its administration.

By the way, if you enter the Volkhov branch of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen on a budgetary basis precisely according to our recommendations, then write to us and you will receive from the site site additional 1000 rubles to the first scholarship! To do this, write to us by e-mail [email protected] letter before August 10, 2011 indicating your full name and attach a screenshot of this article. Also, a prerequisite is a subscription to site updates in any way convenient for you (see the end of the article).

Let's say a few more words about the branch. Few people know, but the branch is taught by the same teachers who teach at the head university in St. Petersburg. They come every Wednesday and Saturday and give lectures and seminars to students. So if you think that the quality of education at the branch is lower than at the main university, then you are wrong. All students receive knowledge at the level of St. Petersburg and Moscow, and taking into account the individual approach to working with students, sometimes even higher!

Also, high-quality education is facilitated by an elegant library, which is timely replenished with fresh scientific and other literature. By the way, students have the opportunity to visit the fundamental library of the Russian State Pedagogical University. AI Herzen, which is located in St. Petersburg. This is also a big plus for the branch students.

Among the disadvantages of the branch, one can note a rather unfavorable location within the city limits. It takes 15 minutes to get there by bus (17 rubles). For some, this may seem like a ridiculous figure, because in St. Petersburg and Moscow sometimes the road takes 1-2 hours, but do not forget that Volkhov is a small city.

Another disadvantage is the canteen of the branch, more precisely the cafe-canteen. The prices are quite high and the menu is not very varied. Not to say that it is scarce, just a limited number of dishes are offered there. However, you can get rid of this disadvantage if you take food prepared in advance in the hostel with you. By the way, most students do this, so it won't be nonsense if you come to study with a meal.

In general, the Volkhov branch of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen is the place where you can get high-quality higher education for little money. This is a higher education institution designed in the style of an American or European campus (formerly a military unit). Students from more than 30 regions of Russia and abroad study at the branch. The branch was founded in 1997.

Conclusion: Today, getting higher education is the norm for a normal life. Therefore, it is not surprising that many applicants strive to enter universities or institutes with prestigious names. However, many of them will not go where they wanted, unfortunately, in view of the tough competition for admission to the parent university in Moscow and St. Petersburg. What should such applicants do? There is a way out - to enter branches of universities.

Studying at a branch is very beneficial, first of all, from a material point of view. As a specific example, we analyzed the Volkhov branch of the Russian State Pedagogical University named after V.I. A. I. Herzen. It is a modern higher educational institution with all the same advantages as the parent university in St. Petersburg. Only here it will be much easier to enter, and it will be easier to study.

We hope this article will inspire you, and you will understand that even if you did not pass the exam poorly, then all is not lost! The main thing is to know the alternatives, then there will be fewer problems.

Apply to branches, and you will be happy! We wish you to go where you want!

- What to choose: a local university or a branch of a capital educational institution?

There can be no definite answer. In the Rostov region, for example, there are non-state Rostov universities and branches of the capital's universities, in which it is easy to study, you can get a diploma, but not get good professional knowledge. There are also (and quite a few!) Educational institutions of higher professional education, in which education is given no worse than in a good capital university. According to the rating of universities, which is annually held by the Ministry of Education of Russia by independent organizations, in the top twenty of the best universities in the country, as a rule, there are few metropolitan universities.

- Is the university responsible for the organization of the educational process and for the quality of training in the branch?

Normative legal documents define a branch as a separate structural unit located outside the location of a higher educational institution.

The branch is not a legal entity, but is licensed independently. In accordance with the charter of the university and the regulations on a specific branch, the director of the branch is usually responsible for organizing the educational process, and the rector of the head university should be interested in high-quality training of specialists, since the branch is accredited as part of the university.

However, our observations of the activities of branches of universities show that those branches that have one task - to get the maximum collection of funds from students and applicants for training - are not in tune with the quality of training. In violation of the Constitution of Russia, everyone is admitted to study at branches without a competition. Such students will be able to master the state educational standards only under very close attention to the branch of the parent university, but such attention is not always shown.

- Does the diploma of the branch and the university differ?

No, it is not different. If the educational programs for which training is conducted at the branch of the university are accredited, graduates receive state diplomas. The approved procedure for filling out the diploma form is mandatory for all universities and their divisions.

- Is it possible to transfer from a branch to the main university and what is needed for this?

Can. The transfer from the branch to the parent university is carried out in accordance with the university being developed on the basis of the federal document Regulations on the transfer of a student from one university to another, including within the university (from the branch to the university). These documents indicate the entire order of translation. It is simple: a student writes an application addressed to the rector, to which a photocopy of the grade book is attached. The rector will be able to transfer a branch student from a budgetary place to the head university only if there is a vacant budgetary seat.