February 17, 2012
Summer School in Russian Studies

St. Petersburg is a fascinating city, but on rainy days it can be a tough and sinister place. You sometimes end up feeling like one of Dostoyevsky’s characters, trodding the grey pavements with your head down, staring into the black canals, failing to absorb the city’s rustique beauty. When this feeling arrives, it is time to get out of St. Petersburg for a while, and discover another side of Russia.
Read more...February 14, 2012
Russian media, MA in Russian Studies

If you’re considering
IMARES, this program offers many comparative advantages. To begin with, IMARES faculty are unparalleled. They are experts in their fields and always very accessible. Many of them were also trained at top institutions in the West.
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I have participated in several summer and semester study abroad programs. My experience during EUSP’s inaugural summer program was the best. My program included students from various countries, academic levels, and interests. Additionally, the group’s small size made getting to know other students and professors easy.
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I participated in the IMARES program of the European University at St. Petersburg during the academic year 2009/10. I consider the period one of great challenges both academically and personally, but ones that bore great fruit.
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There is nothing quite like leaving your dormitory, with it’s 19th-century facade, and walking down the street every morning for «sirniki» and «chai» and then grabbing your «Rossiiskaia Gazeta» and running off to take classes on Russian history and culture in a marble palace!
Read more...February 13, 2012

If one wants to study the social, political or cultural issues within Russia today and wants to receive a balanced education that is close to reality, not only physically but also scientifically, then I can only recommend the IMARS Program at the EUSP.
Read more...February 13, 2012
MA in Russian Studies

If someone had told me two years ago, that I will ever live and study in Russia, I would have laughed. But look what happened. On 1st of February this year I arrived at the Finland Railway Station in St. Petersburg. Well, perhaps I came not as celebrated as the bald little man before me in 1917. Nevertheless, I was ready to study the spring term in Russia.
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