St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work

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St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work

Санкт-Петербургский государственный институт психологии и социальной работы
Motto	Human dignity Professional competence Social accountability
Type	Public
Established	1992
Rector	Yuriy Platonov
Administrative staff	140
Students	1,259
Address	13A 12th Line, Vasilyevsky Island, 199178 , St. Petersburg , Russian Federation
Website	www.psysocwork.ru

St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work (SPbGIPSR, Russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный институт психологии и социальной работы, СПбГИПСР) is the only Russian state higher education institution of psychological and social profile in the Northwestern Federal District.

As of December 2017, the Institute consists of Faculty of Psychological and Social Work (since 1995) and Faculty of Applied Psychology (since 1999) with a total of seven departments:

• Theory and Technology of Social Work
• Applied Social Psychology and Conflictology
• General, Developmental and Differential Psychology
• Counseling and Health Psychology
• Psychological Counseling
• Pedagogy and Psychology of Deviant Behaviour
• Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Foreign Languages
• Economics, Mathematics and Informatics

Academic structure also comprises the specialized Training and Laboratory Complex (TLC) designed to facilitate the practice-oriented approach in student's training. TLC consists of 6 laboratories and 4 classes:

Institute operates under the university charter^[1] and internal regulations. It has license^[2] and state accreditation.^[3]

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