General information about the faculty

The Faculty of Philology is one of the oldest faculties of Tomsk State University. It is considered a cradle of humanities scholarship in Siberia. Our philologists take pride in their history and put a classical education to use in contemporary life.

High-quality teaching is provided by the faculty's experienced professors and associate professors, whose work is recognised in Russia and abroad.
The faculty offers postgraduate research and higher doctoral studies in two research specialities: Russian literature and Russian language. It also has a doctoral dissertation defence council.

Faculty resources:

an archaeography laboratory collecting and studying Siberia's book heritage;
a research laboratory studying and publishing the creative legacy of V. A. Zhukovsky;
a research laboratory of general and Siberian lexicology and lexicography;
the Regional Council for Classical Philology;
a dissertation defence council;
the Centre for Ancient Culture;
a Russian language teaching and advisory centre;
a preparatory department for international students;
a language laboratory;
a modern computer classroom with internet access;
classrooms with specialised audio and video equipment.

Opportunities for our students:

studying sought-after specialities and specialisations at one of Russia's leading philology faculties;
placements at well-known Russian research centres, including Moscow State University and St Petersburg University, and at research centres abroad;
participation in all-Russian academic competitions and international and Russian scholarship programmes;
independent research, including conferences, publications and preparation for master's and postgraduate research study.

The faculty holds the annual all-Russian young researchers' conference “Current Issues in Linguistics and Literary Studies”. Our students present their research at Tomsk State Pedagogical University and Tomsk Polytechnic University, and take part in conferences in other cities, including Novosibirsk, Kemerovo and Barnaul.

Our achievements:

in 2020, the faculty completed a comprehensive assessment and received certification of compliance with an international quality standard;
all-Russian academic competitions in linguistics, literary studies and Latin have been organised;
a Summer School of Russian Language has been established at the faculty;
high-achieving students win Potanin Foundation scholarships each year;
students study at major educational centres around the world each year.