Comrat State University

Comrat State University

Gagauz: Komrat Devlet Universiteti Romanian: Universitatea de Stat din Comrat Russian: Комратский государственный университет
The main building
Former names	Gagauz National University
Type	Public
Established	1991 / 2002
Rector	Zinaida Arikova
Students	500
Location	Comrat, Gagauzia, Republic of Moldova
Website	kdu.md

The Comrat State University is a public university in Comrat, Moldova. It is the successor of the Gagauz National University, founded on 11 February 1991, by the decision of the Russian Education Foundation and the Executive Committee of Comrat Regional Council of Deputies. In 2002, it became a state university, by the Resolution of the Government of Moldova.

Structure

The university has 4 faculties:

• National Culture Faculty
• Economic Faculty
• Law Faculty
• Agricultural-Technological Faculty.

In total there are 17 departments in the University providing training on 38 specialties, which meet the demands of region. There are as well two scientific centers, an Agro-ecological center, and a center of informational technology

The university’s distinctive objectives is meeting the needs of the Republic of Moldova and Gagauzia especially in highly skilled professionals - university graduates

All the students learn the Gagauz language, the official language of Gagauzia, in the Republic of Moldova, although almost all classes are taught in Russian language. The classes of the “Gagauz language and literature” specialty are taught in Gagauz; additionally, the course papers and final thesis papers are written in this language. Classes are also held in Romanian, Bulgarian, English.

The CSU organizes scientific conferences; the annual scientific conferences devoted to anniversaries of the university take place in January–February of each year. The Moldovan-Russian symposium is of a special significance.

Doctorate studies are available in the fields of Gagauz Philology, Economics and Management at the University. The university contains 6 language and culture centers of a number of foreign countries. These have been created with the assistance of the German, UK, US, Turkish, Azerbaijan and Greek Embassies in Moldova.

The university maintains wide international relations with the Balkan Universities Network^[1] and other Higher Education Institutions from Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, Germany and China that provide the possibility of student and teaching staff exchange for the improvement of educational and scientific work.

The university is actively involved in the international TEMPUS project.

• 2006 – project “Tempus” in collaboration with Swedish Royal University; as a result the Business - Informational Center was founded.
• 2008 – the project “The connection of universities and businessmen” together with the Technical University of Moldova was implemented;
• 2009 – in cooperation with German University of Koblenz-Landau the project on creation of the educational centre for administrative staff was carried out.
• Of great importance are the public lectures of the ambassadors accredited to the Republic Moldova in CSU.

Affiliations

The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.^[2]

See also

• List of universities in Moldova
• Education in Moldova

References

External links

• Webpage State University Comrat
• Information concerning University Comrat

Universities in Moldova
Public	Moldova State University Technical University of Moldova Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy Agricultural State University of Moldova Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts National Institute of Physical Education and Sport State University of Tiraspol Alecu Russo State University of Bălţi Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu State University Comrat State University Taraclia State University Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Moldova International Relations Institute of Moldova Alexandru cel Bun Military Institute Ştefan cel Mare Police Academy
Private	Cooperative-Commercial University of Moldova Free International University of Moldova Imi-Nova International Management Institute University of European Studies of Moldova Univers-Moldova University Dniester Institute of Economics and Law Slavonic University Perspectiva Institute of International Relations High Anthropological School Academy of Transport, Computer Science and Communication

Balkan Universities Network
Albania	University of Tirana University of Medicine (Tirana) Epoka University Eqrem Çabej University Fan S. Noli University Luigj Gurakuqi University Vitrina University
Bosnia and Herzegovina	University of Mostar University of Sarajevo University of Tuzla University of Zenica
Bulgaria	American University in Bulgaria Burgas Free University Medical University–Varna Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen Sofia University University of Library Studies and Information Technologies Technical University of Gabrovo Technical University of Varna University of National and World Economy University of Food Technology Varna Free University Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo
Croatia	University of Zadar University of Zagreb
Cyprus	European University of Lefke Northern Cyprus
Greece	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Democritus University of Thrace University of Ioannina University of Macedonia University of Thessaly
Kosovo (disputed status)	Iliria College University of Pristina
Macedonia	FON University International Balkan University St. Clement of Ohrid University of Bitola Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje South East European University State University of Tetovo
Moldova	Comrat State University
Montenegro	Mediterranean University University of Montenegro
Romania	Babeș-Bolyai University
Serbia	University of Arts in Belgrade University of Belgrade University of Kragujevac University of Niš University of Novi Sad
Turkey	Atatürk University Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Dokuz Eylül University Fırat University Galatasaray University Istanbul University Kırklareli University Namık Kemal University Süleyman Demirel University Trakya University Bozok University
Guest members	Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Baku State University University of Graz

Coordinates: 46°17′59″N 28°39′12″E / 46.29972°N 28.65333°E / 46.29972; 28.65333