USU holds more than 20 postgraduate programs of scientific and pedagogical personnel training since 2014 under the Federal-State education standards.

MAIN STAGES OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES:

• mastering basic educational disciplines (history and philosophy of science, a foreign language, a special discipline of a scientific specialty, an optional discipline);
• pedagogical and research practice training  (giving trial lectures, holding  seminars, managing laboratory and practical work);
• writing a literature review;
• conducting experiments (if necessary);
• presentation of the results of the work in the form of scientific articles, their publication;
• writing a research  work in the form of a dissertation;
• preparation  for  the  state examination
• pre-defense of the dissertation at the department;
• presentation of a scientific report on the main results of the scientific qualification work prepared (dissertation).

 DURING TRAINING   THE GRADUATE STUDENT IS OBLIGED TO:

• fulfill an individual plan

• pass candidate exams

• complete work on the dissertation on time;

• pass the state final certification.