page_title: European University at Saint Petersburg
section_title: Governing bodies
hierarchical_section_title: European University at Saint Petersburg / Administration and organisation / Organisations / Governing bodies
caption_attribution_description: English: European University at St Petersburg
context_page_description: The European University at Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as EUSP, is a non-state graduate university located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1994. Today the University is widely recognised as one of the leading academic institutions in humanities and social sciences in Russia.
  The main language of instruction at the University is Russian. However, the Department of Political Science and Sociology in 1998 launched a unique programme in Russian and Eurasian studies IMARES for graduates of Western universities, which is delivered in English. It attracts students from all over Europe and North America. Recently a similar program though more concentrated on Russian cultural history and arts or MARCA has been successfully started. The third MA program with English training, Energy Politics in Eurasia or ENERPO, started in Fall 2012. In addition the University offers a number of smaller international programmes with instruction in English, ranging from a "semester abroad" curriculum, summer schools to Russian language courses.
context_section_description: The European University is effectively governed by three boards:  the University Administration, headed by the Rector (presiding officer); the Academic Council; and the Board of Trustees.  The Rector of European University is the day-to-day administrator of the institution, elected for a three-year term by the Academic Council, subject to the Board of Trustees' approval.
  Three men have served as Rector since the foundation of the University:
  1995 – 2003: Dr. Boris Firsov, a well-known sociologist and the central figure in the foundation of EUSP
  2003 – 2009: Dr. Nikolai Vakhtin, professor in sociolinguistics, a co-author of the initial "Concept of EUSP", held two terms as Rector
  June 2009 – June 2017: Dr. Oleg Kharkhordin, the first Rector with a Western PhD (Political Science, University of California, Berkeley), and a former Vice-Rector for Development under whose auspices the University started setting up its endowment.
  June 2017 – present time: Dr. Nikolai Vakhtin took the position again as an interim rector.
caption: EUSP building in the 21st century
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