Student life

• A wide variety of degree programmes allows students to study Russian alongside one or two other languages, or subjects like International Relations, History or English.
• You can start your study of Russian with no previous experience of the language or continue your studies from school.
• You will acquire advanced skills in spoken and written Russian.
• You will have the opportunity to take a wide range of modules in Russian language, literature, intellectual history, etc.
• You will have the opportunity to acquire language and other skills by living in Russia on a study placement.
• You will study in an intimate and friendly environment, taught in small groups by a team of skilled and research-active teachers, with a maximum appropriate use of Russian.

You may join the Russian Society that is run by students and offers a varied programme of cultural and social events during the academic year. There is also a departmental Film Club that shows a variety of Russian-language films on alternate Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons during term. The Department also hosts a series of research seminars to which undergraduate students are welcome. The Department was recently involved in organising two international conferences in St Andrews which were open to students: "The Caucasus: Imagining Freedom, Negotiating Dominion" (April 2010) and "Twenty First Century European Literature: Mapping New Trends" (September 2010).