The Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology was established on September 1, 2025 as a result of the merger of two faculties: socio-pedagogical and psychological-pedagogical.

The faculty begins its history in 1957, when the specialty «Pedagogy and Methods of Primary Education» was opened at the Faculty of Language and Literature. In 1969, the Faculty of Language and Literature and the Training of Primary School Teachers was divided into two independent faculties: Philology and Pedagogy. In connection with the opening of the specialty «Psychology» at the Faculty of Pedagogy in 1999, the faculty was renamed Psychological-Pedagogical. Socio-Pedagogical Faculty traces its history back to February 1, 1984, when the Faculty of Preschool Education was established. In 1982, the first enrollment of students in the specialty "Pedagogy and Psychology of Preschool" took place in full-time and correspondence departments. The students were accepted to the Faculty of Primary Education. The first graduation of specialists took place in 1986. In 2006, due to the opening of new specialties, the faculty was renamed the Socio-Pedagogical Faculty.

In total, 61 teachers (58 full-time and 3 part-time) work at the departments of the faculty. 36 people have scientific degrees, including 4 professors, doctors of sciences and 32 candidates of sciences.

FACULTY TODAY

Currently, the faculty provides training in 7 specialties: Preschool Education, Primary Education, Psychology, Speech Therapy, Social Pedagogy, Special and Inclusive Education with the specialization «Speech therapy», Socio-Pedagogical and Psychological Education.

The faculty has 4 scientific schools:

• «Pedagogy and methods of higher education» (the founder of the school is Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Sender Anna Nikolaevna)
• «Nominative and functional linguistics» (the founder of the school is Doctor of Philology, Professor Senkevich Vasily Ivanovich)
• «Practical psychology of childhood» (the founder of the school is Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor Valitova Irina Evgenievna)
• «Psychology of cognition subjects» (the founder of the school is Doctor of Psychology, Professor of the department Medvedskaya Elena Ivanovna).

Faculty members keep in touch with scientific, pedagogical and educational centers of the country and abroad.

Faculty members are involved in the development of research topics. All faculty members, both during academic and extracurricular hours, participate in the organization, management and conduct of students' research activities in various forms. The main form of research activity of students during academic hours is the performance of scientific research within the framework of course and diploma projects. Considerable attention is paid to the formation of students' scientific competencies and research methodology skills. To participate in the Republican contest of scientific papers of students of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus, the faculty annually presents the best graduate studies, which are awarded the highest categories.

The faculty carries out research activities of 17 student research associations. The topics of work of student scientific research associations are quite variable, which makes it possible for students to be involved in research activities in a wide variety of areas. Students discuss the results of their work at scientific conferences and seminars. Science Days are held annually at the faculty. The result of scientific round tables, discussions, and presentations is a scientific student conference, at which students of all specialties of the faculty make presentations in various scientific fields in various sections. The results of student scientific research are published in a collection of articles.