Education for the Deaf – Primary Education for Children with Hearing Impairments

• We offer state state of the art instruction with a high share of project activities, workshops by top Russian experts in Deaf and Hearing Impaired Education and open lectures by researchers and professors of the Special Education Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, Moscow Pedagogical State University and Moscow City University.
• Due to our close ties with special education institutions, many of the diploma project topics offered to our students come directly from potential employers interested in hiring students focusing on these topics.
• Our students are able to take part in international research and practical conferences on Deaf and Hearing Impaired Education hosted by Herzen University, Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech, Special Education Institute of the Russian Academy of Education, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow City University and Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University.
• You will have an opportunity to participate in student projects and to enter a project contest within the Youth Forum “My Initiative in Education”, as well as in volunteering projects with children.
• Our students can expand their education in additional educational programmes hosted by Herzen University, receiving completion certificates.
• You will have an opportunity to pursue a master’s programme in Herzen University or any other Russian or foreign university.

After graduating, you will be able to find employment as:

• preschool, primary school, additional educa-tion or special needs teacher for hearing impaired chil-dren;
• teacher for deaf and hearing impaired chil-dren at a rehabilitation centre;
• special needs and hearing impaired education expert at a medical, psychological and pedagogical as-sessment board;
• teacher, coach, programme manager or art di-rector at an additional education institution;
• tutor or individual support teacher for deaf and hearing impaired teacher at an inclusive kindergarten or school;
• teacher for deaf and hearing impaired chil-dren at a healthcare or hearing and speech treatment fa-cility;
• teacher at a deaf and hearing impaired centre;
• teacher or methodology expert at a centre for rehabilitation of children and adults after cochlear or au-ditory brainstem implantation;
• homeschooling teacher for hearing impaired children or adults.