The Department supervises graduate and postgraduate programs. The research is concentrated on theoretical approaches and everyday practices of the multicultural Russian society.
We have longstanding exchange with leading Russian universities, among them Higher School of Economics, Saint-Petersburg State University, Lobachevsky University of Nizhni Novgorod, and other. The same can be said about relations with overseas colleagues from Sweden, Finland, France, Germany, UK, Belgium, and other countries.
The Department currently employs 27 educators, 5 of which are DScis and 17 - PhDs.
The Chair is Vice-Rector, DSci Riyaz Minzaripov.