Taras Shevchenko Transnistria State University


The Taras Shevchenko Transnistria State University is a public university located in Tiraspol, Transnistria.
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History

The original university in Tiraspol was founded in 1930 as the State Pedagogical Institute in the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, then being a constituent part of the Ukrainian SSR located in modern Transnistria. The institution was renamed in 1939 to honor the Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko, on his 125th birthday.
In 1940, after the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia, part of the territory of the MASSR, including the city of Tiraspol, was allocated to the new Moldavian SSR formed by the Soviets.
In July 1992, as a result of the Transnistria War, the university was officially moved to Chișinău, where it continued to function under the name of Tiraspol State University , while in Tiraspol it was reorganized as the Transnistrian State University . Thus the university was split in two, both claiming to be the original institution founded in 1930. In the summer of 2022, the Natalia Gavriliță government adopted a government decision on the reorganization of some of the educational institutions it manages, by which Tiraspol State University '' in Chișinău was to be merged with the Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University of Chișinău. On January 1, 2023, the university officially merged with Ion Creangă, and Tiraspol State University was abolished. In Chișinău, the university had 5 faculties and 7 departments, offering studies in 42 specialties, 17 specializations, and 5 scientific specialties.

Structure

The Taras Shevchenko State University consists of 12 buildings. It offers internationally accredited courses in partnerships with universities in Russia. Students can study both internally and in absentia. Not only citizens of Transnistria can study there but also people from abroad. Education can be either free or paid. The university employs over 1,000 teaching staff including 36 Doctors and 220 Masters of Science. Among its publications, the Atlas of Transnistria is often used as a source for data, specialized maps and statistics on Transnistria.
The university has 8 faculties and 84 chairs, offering 54 different majors. Classes are taught mainly in Russian, with only a few programs in Romanian and Ukrainian.
There are also four institutes and branches.