The international scientific and practical conference “Elections in Russia and in the World: Society, Law, Technologies” started its work today at Baikal State University. It is organized by the Institute of Legal Studies of BSU. The conference is attended by representatives of the leading universities of the country - St. Petersburg State University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Law University named after O.E. Kutafin and others. 56 applications were submitted for participation in the conference, including from scientists and practitioners from Belarus and Kazakhstan. At the event, the report “Some issues of proof in court in electoral cases” was delivered by the judge of the Irkutsk Regional Court, acting teacher Alexander Papusha.

2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia. Russian-Chinese relations are developing at the highest level. In the future, it is planned to increase achievements through efforts in the most promising areas of cooperation.

international students studying at the Department of Russian Language and Intercultural Communication of the BSU International Faculty met with the staff of the BSU Media Center and its Director Svetlana Gutentog. The guys came to congratulate the Media Center on the beginning of the new academic year and to thank for fruitful cooperation in the last academic year, for attentive attitude, prompt publication of information about scientific, educational and extracurricular activities with Chinese students. The guys presented the Media Center with a Chinese souvenir - a doll in the national costume of the Miao people, one of the 56 ethnic groups in China.

Dedication to students is a unique celebration because it is the first time for every freshman. It is important to spend it brightly and cheerfully, so that memories remain for a lifetime. Russian and foreign students of the International Faculty of BSU organized an event in honor of the dedication of students, which took place on Thursday on the stage of Cultural Center “Khudozhestvenny”.

The Russian Student Parade was held in Irkutsk on September 14. 770 activists of Baikal State University took part in the solemn procession along the main streets of the city. Traditionally, students of our university are distinguished by their large number, brightness and creativity.

The organizational meeting with full-time postgraduate students was held by the First Vice-rector-Rector for Scientific Work of Baikal State University, Professor Oleg Gribunov. He noted that the main task of each graduate student is to write and defend a PhD thesis, and the university has all the opportunities for this. Today the university has three dissertation councils in five areas of study: the council for economic sciences - one major, the council for technical sciences - two majors and the council for legal sciences - also two majors. In addition, the uniqueness of BSU lies in the fact that the university offers a symbiosis of majors that complement each other.

Project-based learning at Baikal State University began in the new academic year. Students of the Department of Construction Economics and Real Estate Management conducted field research on the quality of the urban environment as part of the course “Environmental Design”.

Maria Vasilkova, a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Irkutsk region, a member of the Duma Committee on Industry and Trade, and a former graduate of the university, visited Baikal State University. She talked to the university staff, young scientists, students and teachers.

Dear professors and students, I sincerely congratulate you on the beginning of the new academic year! September 1 is a holiday, which is the starting point of an exciting journey into the world of knowledge and discoveries. It is a day of new meetings and friendships, new perspectives and targets! The Day of Knowledge is celebrated in every family, because it is a holiday that unites all those who teach, mentor and educate, and those who learn and discover new and unknown!

Specialists of the Student Affairs Department organized several orientation tours for first-year students. They saw all the most significant locations of the university: the colloquium, libraries, dining halls, botanical garden, alumni gallery, the Memorial Wall and others. Having got an idea of the internal navigation, the students shared their impressions.

A fair “The First Day of Freshman” was held in the schoolyard of Baikal State University. 12 student associations and the student union prepared their own stations where everyone could perform small tasks and get pleasant bonuses for it: BSU merch, sandwiches, coupons and bonuses from partners. Here it was possible to catch a plastic fish with a joke, make stories out of the given words and, most importantly, to get acquainted with the structure of the university.

The annual event for everyone who loves the romance of hiking tours was a success for Konstantin Kuzor, a third-year student of the Institute of Justice. Several contests were held at once during the Tourist Conference. As part of the direction on the development of new routes “Opening new horizons” Konstantin made a description of the possibilities of the Eastern Sayan Mountains and a new route to Shumak. The project was defended online. The prize fund was unified, the amount of the cash prize was awarded depending on the needs of the project. Konstantin and the student tourist club “Zodiak” received 97,000 rubles, which will be spent on new equipment for the club. In total, more than a thousand projects were submitted to the contest, with only three hundred and fifty winning cash prizes.