towns throughout the Soviet Union. Political positions; invasion of Ukraine On 17 April 2022, members of the community of Novosibirsk State University issued a joint statement strongly condemning the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling on the Russian state to immediately withdraw the Russian troops from Ukraine, and bring to justice those responsible for the war crimes during the invasion, and saying “There are no reasonable grounds for this war, thousands of Ukrainian and Russian military and civilians of Ukraine have already died in it, and every day of hostilities brings more and more victims.” Structure Novosibirsk State University has the following educational divisions: Institute for the Humanities Vladimir Zelman Institute for Medicine and Psychology Institute for the Philosophy and Law Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics Faculty of Physics Faculty of Geology and Geophysics Faculty of Natural Sciences Faculty of Information Technologies Faculty of Economics Institute for Retraining and Advanced Training Centre of additional education The structure of the University also includes 9 dissertation councils. Educational programmes As of 2020, Novosibirsk State University conducted training on 43 four-year bachelor's programmes, 7 five-year specialist's programmes, 1 six-year specialist's programmes, 93 two-year master's programmes, 9 two-year residency's programmes, 25 three-year graduate school programmes, 32 four-year graduate school programmes taught in Russian, and 5 two-year master's programmes, 1 two-year residency's programme taught in English. Additional military education As of 2022, Novosibirsk State University doesn't have a military training center. Earlier, the University had military department which conducted the training reserve commissioned officers from among students of the University, but this department was disbanded in 2008. Language centres The University has language centres which offer courses in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese as a second language. Education for foreign students Grants and scholarships Every year, international students have an opportunity to apply for the Russian Government Scholarship which covers full tuition and provides a monthly living allowance. Travel costs, living expenses and a health insurance policy are not included. These Scholarships are granted on a competitive basis; the selection criteria and procedures as well as the number of scholarships available depend on the home country of applicant. Additionally, students from NSU's partner universities have the opportunity to apply to such programs as Erasmus+, DAAD, and the Fulbright Program. Distributed education In September 2015, NSU announced its first courses delivered on the Coursera platform. Since January 2016, 12 courses have been offered on