In 1975 the Faculty of Radiophysics and Electronics was split off from the Faculty of Physics, and in 1989 the Faculty of Philosophy and Economics was established. The expansion of Belarusian State University continued after Sevchenko's retirement. In 1967, the university was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Construction of a new main building for the university was undertaken in 1958-1962, and new buildings of the Physics and Chemistry faculties were opened in 19, respectively. Enrollment increased rapidly, from 8,000 in 1962 to 15,000 in 1970. The university-operated Research Institute for Applied Physics Problems was founded in 1971. The Faculties of Journalism and Applied Mathematics were opened in 19, respectively. In 1958, the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics was split into two, the Faculties of Physics and Mathematics. He led the university for the next 15 years and oversaw its significant expansion. In 1957, the prominent spectroscopist Anton Sieŭčanka was appointed rector of Belarusian State University. By 1957, the university consisted of seven faculties the faculty counted 29 professors, 160 assistant professors, and 150 lecturers. The pre-war research facilities were mostly restored by the early 1950s. In 1949, the university was named after Vladimir Lenin to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Byelorussian SSR. A monument to the students, faculty, and staff who died in World War II was opened on campus in 1975. The university relocated back to Minsk in the summer of 1944 and classes resumed. In October 1943, around 300 students were enrolled. Equipment, textbooks, teaching aids, and around 18,000 volumes of scientific literature were donated to the university by the higher education establishments of Moscow. In May 1943, Belarusian State University was re-opened in the town of Skhodnya, 12 km northwest of Moscow. During World War II several university buildings were destroyed, while others were used by the Germans as hospitals and offices. After Minsk was occupied by Nazi Germany in June 1941, some students and academic staff were evacuated to the east, but over 450 joined the Soviet Army or partisan brigades. The university enrolled 1337 undergraduate and 60 graduate students the faculty included 17 professors, 41 assistant professors, and over 90 lecturers.
There was also a Workers Faculty that provided part-time education to full-time employees of factories and plants, as well as special part-time Polish- and Yiddish-language sections. In 1941 the university consisted of six Faculties: Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics, Biology, History, Geography, and Languages. In May 1931, the People's Commissariat for Education of the Byelorussian SSR decided to reorganize some faculties of Belarusian State University into new establishments of higher education: the Minsk Medical Institute, the Higher Pedagogical Institute, the Institute of National Economy, the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, and the Minsk Institute of Law (reintegrated into Belarusian State University as the Faculty of Law in 1955). The faculty and staff had expanded to include 49 professors, 51 assistant professors, 44 lecturers, and over 300 research personnel.
In 1928, the university actively participated in the creation of the Institute of Belarusian Culture, that was later reorganized into the Belarusian Academy of Sciences.īy 1930, the university consisted of six faculties: Workers, Medicine, Pedagogical, National Economy, Law and Soviet Development, Chemical Technology.
Construction of the campus was started in the fall of the same year. The university started offering post-graduate programs in 1927. The first class that counted 34 economists and 26 lawyers graduated in 1925. In 1922, the Pedagogical Faculty was established. The faculty included 14 professors, 49 lecturers and 10 teaching assistants, most of whom were transferred from the universities of Moscow, Kazan and Kiev. Initially, the university comprised three faculties (Workers, Medicine, and Humanities) that enrolled a total of 1,390 students. The historian and slavist Uładzimier Pičeta was its first rector. However, the occupation of Minsk by the Polish army delayed these plans, and the university's opening had to be set back to October 30, 1921. On February 25, 1919, the Central Executive Committee of the Belorussian SSR resolved to establish the first national university in Belarus. 13 Criticism and political controversies.4.3 Centers of sharing use of unique research equipment.