Add to your active vocabulary
| classroom | класс, аудитория |
| lecture hall | лекционный зал |
| laboratory | лаборатория |
| gym (gymnasium) | спортзал |
| semester (term) | семестр |
| school year | учебный год |
| course of studies | курс обучения |
| Academy | академия |
| University | университет |
| Institute | институт |
| faculty, college, department | факультет |
| College of physics | факультет физики |
| department, chair of … | кафедра |
| head of the department, chief of the department, chair (man/woman) | зав. кафедрой |
| Professor | профессор |
| teaching instructor (TI) | преподаватель |
| dean | декан |
| rector | ректор |
| teaching staff, faculty members | преподавательский состав |
| full-time student | студент(ка) дневного отделения |
| part-time student | студент(ка)-«вечерник» |
| student of distant (extramural) education | студент(ка) заочник |
| student of preparatory courses | слушатель подготовительных. курсов, |
| undergraduate student | студент 1-4(5) курсов |
| graduate student | студент 5-6 курсов, аспирант |
| master student | магистрант (магистр) |
| Ph.D. student | докторант |
Questions
1. What department are you a student of?
2. Why have you made up your mind to study maths (economics, law, history, philology)?
3. Do you live in a students hostel?
4. Who has encouraged you? Your school teacher or your parents (friend)?
5. What was the most difficult exam in your entrance university examinations?
6. What is your favorite field in modern maths?
7. Have you got any difficulties with English? Why?
8. Is it difficult for you to study at the university? Why?
Знаете ли вы?
1. When was your Institute or University established?
2. Who was its first rector?
3. Were there any famous scientists, engineers, politicians, ministers among the graduates?
4. How many people are currently enrolled?
5. What is the most popular faculty in your University?
Согласны ли вы, что:
1. Larger schools are better than smaller ones.
2. It is impossible to enter the university if you haven’t attended preparatory courses.
3. The best professors deliver the most interesting lectures.
4. It is more fun to live in a dormitory or a student hostel than to rent an apartment.
5. Professors and teaching instructors always know more than students.