The Faculty of Humanities

The Dean - Raykhan D. Lizunova, Candidate of Linguistics.

The Faculty has the following Departments:

• Humanities Department ,
• Philosophy Department,
• Philology Department,
• International Relations Department,
• Physical Training Department.

To become "specialists in the sphere of international relations" students major in "International relations" 350200 for 5 years. Post-graduate studies are also available.

The Faculty provides enhanced study of modern international relations, national security and foreign policy of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tatarstan and other countries, of foreign languages, such as English, German, French, Arabic, Turkish and Japanese.

Graduates of the Academy can be employed in any state, joint stock and private enterprises dealing with international cooperation occupying the positions of:

• consultant in the sphere of international relations;
• interpreter / translator, consultant-interpreter speaking two foreign languages;
• international relations expert;
• international cooperation and foreign policy analyst;
• political consultant;
• journalist-specialist in international affairs;
• lecturer;
• researcher / scholar,
• professors of Kazan, Moscow, Canada, the USA and the Netherlands.

Education you acquire at the Faculty is on the highest level of world standards. And it is the best way to succeed in any state, social or commercial enterprise.

The main educational program of training international relations specialists is directed to the study of international relations system, the most important international organizations and associations, problems and tendencies of world policy development, questions of national security and foreign policy of Russia and other countries in order to develop scientifically proved practical recommendations on the performance of various authority bodies of the Russian Federation in the sphere of international relations.

1 Corresponding Member, 2 Doctors of Sciences, 15 Candidates of Sciences lecture at the Faculty.

The Faculty of Humanities is one of the youngest faculties at the Academy. The first graduates left it in 2002. Senior students have practical work and pre-diploma practice at the Department of International Relations of the Republic of Tatarstan (the RT), State Council of the RT, Ministry of Trade and Foreign Affairs of the RT, Consulate General of the Turkish Republic in Kazan, Committee for Children and Youth of the RT, Committee of Foreign Economic Relations at Administration of Kazan, KAZAN-IMPEX, Customs of Kazan, Joint Stock Company "Kazan Fair".

State Attestation Committee acknowledged that students have ample theoretical knowledge satisfying the requirements of the specialty "International Relations".

Club of Arabic language "Oasis", clubs of Russian Literature, Tatar, English languages, club of "Philosophy and Life" are available for students at the Faculty.

Such holidays as "Halloween", St. Valentine's Day, Mothers' Day are traditionally celebrated here. Students of the Faculty take part in an annual Scientific and Practical Conference of young scientists and students. Members of the Faculty staff perform research work and take an active part at conferences of different levels taking place both in the Republic of Tatarstan and abroad.

During their summer holidays students go to Germany, Great Britain and the United States of America thus combining their rest with studies. Specialists from foreign countries, such as the USA, Canada, Japan, etc., deliver lectures and conduct classes at the Faculty. During 1999/2000 academic year students had an additional course "USA Foreign Policy" which was delivered by Professor of Political Sciences and International Relations Tom Travis (Becknell University, Pennsylvania, the USA) During 2001/2002 academic year Melissa Graves, Master in Foreign Policy and International Economics (graduated from J.Hopkins University, Washington, the USA) was invited to the Academy to give the additional courses "Problems of Globalization" and "European Integration".

Students wishing to study Japanese were lucky to have Sakadzuma Kimihiko (graduated in March, 1992 from the Faculty of Law of Asakhi University, Japan, and in March, 1995 from the Institute of Russian Language in Tokyo, Japan) as their teacher, who had been invited for two years in the framework of collaboration with the Association "Japan - countries of Eurasia".