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The Faculty of Natural Geography was one of the first faculties at Herzen University. Today it is making strides in developing education in the field of geography in Russia.
Faculty of Geography graduates go on to work in educational institutions, international and regional environmental organisations, and various businesses. They are also involved in tourism.
Faculty of Geography graduates go on to work in educational institutions, international and regional environmental organisations, and various businesses. They are also involved in tourism.
Bachelor degree
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Geography
- Geography
- Geography Education
- Foreign Regional Studies
- Geoecology
Biology
Foreign Regional Studies
Environmental Studies and Management of Natural Resources
Master degree
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Geography
- Management of Natural Resources and Social Regional Structure
- Geography Education
- Educational Tourism
- Environmental Studies and Geology
- Geoecology
Pedagogical Training
Environmental Studies and Management of Natural Resources
PhD degree
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Geography
- Physical Geography and Biogeography, Soil Geography and the Geochemistry of the Landscape
- Economic, Social, Political and Recreational Geography
- Geomorphology and Evolutionary Geography
- Methods of Teaching Biology and Environmental Studies
- Geographical Environmental Studies
The Theory and Methodology of Education and Moral Development
Environmental Studies and Management of Natural Resources
Our Benefits
Field research trips to the Leningrad Region and the University’s own geography facility
Long-distance field research trips to various areas in Russia (the Urals, the Altai Mountains, Crimea, the North Caucasus) and neighboring countries
Academic Staff
- 10
Doctors of Sciences
- 36
Candidates of Sciences
Famous graduates
Yury Kublitskiy
and
Petr Leontiev
geographers and teachers at Herzen University, are currently engaged in reconstructing the history of Antarctic lakes by studying their bottom sediments.
Veniamin
Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
A Russian and Soviet statistician and geographer, and the author of landmark works on the geographical demarcation of urban and rural settlements, made a huge contribution to the theoretical underpinnings of geography and is considered to be the first Russian theoretician of political geography.
Mikhail
Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
A prominent geographer and statistician, was the author of fundamental works on geography.
