The Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology was established on 1 September 2025 as a result of the merger of two faculties: socio-pedagogical and psychological-pedagogical.
The faculty begins its history in 1957, when the speciality «Pedagogy and Methodology of Primary Education» was opened at the Faculty of Language and Literature. In 1969, the Faculty of Language and Literature and Primary Teacher Training was divided into two independent faculties: the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Pedagogy. In connection with the opening of the speciality «Psychology» at the Faculty of Pedagogy in 1999, the faculty was renamed the Psychological-Pedagogical Faculty. The Socio-Pedagogical Faculty dates back to 1 February 1984, when the Faculty of Preschool Education was established. In 1982, the first cohort of students was enrolled in the speciality «Pedagogy and Preschool Psychology» for full-time and part-time study. The students were admitted to the Faculty of Primary Education. The first graduation of specialists took place in 1986. In 2006, in connection with the opening of new specialities, the faculty was renamed the Socio-Pedagogical Faculty.
FACULTY TODAY
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The faculty's departments employ 70 lecturers (66 full-time and 4 part-time). Of these, 35 hold academic degrees: 4 are professors and doctors of sciences, and 31 are candidates of sciences.
The faculty currently offers the following specialities: Preschool Education, Primary Education, Psychology, Speech Therapy, Social Pedagogy, Special and Inclusive Education (with a focus on Speech Therapy), and Socio-Pedagogical and Psychological Education.
The faculty operates four research schools:
- Pedagogy and Methodology of Higher Education (founded by Professor Anna Nikolaevna Sender, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences)
- Nominative and Functional Linguistics (founded by Professor Vasily Ivanovich Senkevich, Doctor of Philological Sciences)
- Practical Psychology of Childhood (founded by Professor Irina Evgenievna Valitova, Doctor of Psychological Sciences)
- Psychology of the Cognizing Subject (founded by Professor Elena Ivanovna Medvedskaya, Doctor of Psychological Sciences)
The faculty's lecturers keep in touch with scientific, pedagogical and educational centres in the country and abroad.
Faculty lecturers take part in the development of research topics. All members of the faculty are engaged in organising, managing and conducting student research in various forms, both within and beyond the curriculum. The primary form of student research during academic hours is the completion of research as part of course and diploma projects. Significant emphasis is placed on building students' research competencies and methodological skills. Every year, the faculty submits its best diploma research projects to the Republican Competition of Research Works of Students of Higher Education Institutions of the Republic of Belarus, where they receive the highest categories.
The faculty hosts 11 student research associations. Their topics are highly varied, giving students the chance to engage in research across a wide range of fields. Students discuss the results of their work at research conferences and seminars. Each year, the faculty hosts Science Days, culminating in a student research conference where students from all specialisations present papers in various sections. The results of student research are published in a collection of articles.
