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.

Students of Baikal State University became active participants of the Baikal Youth Forum. They shared their impressions with us.

On the territory of Mukhor Bay, on the shore of the Maloye Sea, the closing ceremony of the Baikal International Youth Forum was held on August 15, attended by Igor Kobzev, Governor of the Irkutsk Region. Within the framework of the forum closing, the results of two grant contests were announced: the All-Russian contest of youth projects of Rosmolodezh and the regional grant contest of the Ministry of Youth Policy of the Irkutsk region. Thus, 59 young people received grant support totaling 14 million rubles.

The Baikal International Youth Forum is a platform for the most active and brave. In 2024, more than 600 participants who successfully passed the competitive selection process will take part in the Forum. The Baikal Forum takes place from August 12 to 16 on the shores of Lake Baikal in Khuzhir-Nugai Bay.

Baikal State University celebrates its 94th Birthday on August 11. It was in these summer days in 1930 that the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR issued a decree on the formation of the Irkutsk Institute of Finance and Economics. Later its name changed to the Institute of National Economy, then it became Irkutsk State Economic Academy, then - Academy of Economics and Law, Baikal State University of Economics and Law. Finally, a few years ago it became Baikal State University.

The representatives of Shenyang Polytechnic University graduated from the summer language school of Baikal State University. On August 6, they were awarded certificates of completion of the course of Russian as a foreign language in a ceremonious atmosphere. During two weeks they were engaged in conversational practice, studied Russian grammar and Russian country studies.