After classes life

Alongside with educational the Administration of the University pays grate attention to work with the students after classes. This work has the purpose of all-round development of spiritual and physical opportunities of the students, rallying them in uniform international collective, wide acquaintance with life, national cultures, and traditions of the peoples of Russia and other countries.

The Department for Students' affairs carries out the organization and coordination of these activities in scales of the University. The teachers-advisers organize Work with national and international organizations of the students.

After classes activity is conducted on the following basic directions:

• Acquaintance of the students with the legislation of Russian Federation, with their rights and duties, normative certificates (acts) and instructions about visa, passport and customs modes, rules of the internal schedule of University, rules of residing in hostels of University;
• Development of students' self-management, increase of the initiative of student's collectives, attraction of the students to management of the University;
• Rendering of the organizational help and coordination of activity to international and national students' public organizations created and working at the University according to its Charter;
• Organization and realization of evenings, conferences, " round tables ", exhibitions devoted to significant dates and national holidays of the peoples of Russia and foreign countries;
• Organization and realization of meetings of the students of the University with the outstanding Russian and foreign state and public figures, workers of science, culture and art;
• Development of amateur art creativity of the pupils, creation of national folklore groups and ensembles, acquaintance with national art and cultural traditions of the peoples of the world;
• Realization traditional all-university and faculty functions (dedication and graduation ceremony, parties, folklore and New Year celebrations, various contests);
• Realization of various sports activities and competitions;
• Organization of excursion trips round Moscow, visiting of exhibitions, museums, theatres and concert halls;
• Organization of rest of the students of the University in vacations period on the basis of camps, boarding houses of rest.

Students' organizations

According to the Charter the students of the University have the right to set up public associations and organizations. More than 70 various international and national public organizations work at PFUR. The students' organizations carry out the activity on the basis of the Charters or Rules authorized by the President's Council of the University. Students' committees of the faculties, councils of hostels, female committee and national unions of the students play the most important role in the life of PFUR.

The students' committees of faculties are elected annually at conferences or assemblies of the faculties. Their main tasks are:

• attraction of the students to participation in management of faculties;
• development of their public activity;
• protection of interests of the students;
• rendering of the help in solution of arising educational, social or domestic problems;
• assistance to dean's office and faculties in realization of educational and scientific activity.

Students' committees on preparation and realization of various cultural, public and sports functions carry out the large work. The students' committees regularly report about the work at sessions of Scientific council and at the Presidents' council. The chairmen of students' committees are the members of Scientific council of the faculties and of the Presidents' council.

Councils of hostels are elected annually at assemblies of the students living in them. They assist administration of the University in maintenance of hostels, carry out the control of observance by the students of the rules of residing and internal schedule in hostels, if necessary apply with the offers and inquiries to the administration and various divisions of the University.

The female committee of the University is selected annually and unites representatives of different countries. The female committee carries out measures promoting creation of conditions for normal study, life and rest of girls, development their spiritual, moral and aesthetic outlook, public health services, children's education, organizes meetings with the figures of a science and culture, representatives of various female public organizations of Russia. The chairman of Female committee is the member of the Presidents' council.

The representatives of students' committees of the faculties, councils of hostels and Female committee take part in development, acceptance and perfection of the University's normative acts, touching interests of the students of PFUR.

The Presidents' council registers national unions of the students of one country. Every union has its own Charter, structure and managing bodies. The basic tasks of the students' unions are:

• rendering assistance to the compatriots in adaptation to conditions of life and study in Moscow
• protection of interests of the students, rendering of help in the decision of arising educational, domestic and social problems
• strengthening of unity of the students from one country
• consolidation of friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding with the students from other countries, trained at the University.

The students' unions every 3 years report about their work at the session of the Presidents' council.

Administration of the University, heads of divisions, dean's offices of faculties, the public organizations render to the students' unions all-round help and support in their activity.

Apart from 41 national students' unions, two regional organizations of the foreign students - Association of the African students and Federation of the students from the countries of Latin America and Caribbean operate at the University.

Rector, vice-rectors, chiefs of divisions of the University meet with the chairmen of student's committees of the faculties, councils of hostels and Female committee twice a year, and once a year with the chairmen of national students' unions and regional organizations.

Sports

All necessary conditions for physical culture and sports are created at the PFUR campus. Sports complex includes sports structures for indoor and outdoor activities. The covered sports complex with halls for mini-football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, fitness exercise, karate, acrobatics, and athletic gymnastics. There is a well-equipped skating ring and ski base. Stadium, grassy covered, with 4 racing synthetic paths and tribunes for 2000 men. Three fields for game in football. Field for game in baseball and softball with tribunes for 300 men. Eleven tennis courts (3 covered with synthetic covering, 6 - on the ground and 2 with asphalt covering). The open areas for game in basketball and volleyball.

The students of the University have an opportunity to be engaged in the following sections: football, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, swimming, karate, athletic gymnastics, acrobatics, fitness, softball, arm-wrestling, chess.

Training with the students is carried out by more than 30 teachers and instructors (among them - masters of sports of the international class, ex-champions of Russia, international sports judges). The sports teams of University take part in the championship of Moscow in many kinds of sports. The internal University's championships are held annually in basketball, volleyball, light athletics, ski, football, table tennis, and chess. The teams of national students unions take part in various kinds of sports.

Cultural activity

At the University the large attention is given to questions of organization of rest of the students, their cultural, art and aesthetic education.

Each afternoon the international cultural center of the University invites students according to their interests. Two usual cafes, "Internet-cafe", discotheques work daily. National students unions make parties devoted to national holidays. Many international students of PFUR are known as professional actors, musicians. Some of the national collectives of art amateur performance participate in different festivals, act in concert halls of Moscow.
There are 15 art collectives and circles, among them - choreographic, vocal and theatrical collectives, club author's songs, folklore, vocal and choreographic ensembles of the students' unions. The Rhythms of Friendship and folklore studio "Rainbow" are widely known as an international choreographic ensemble of PFUR.

The most popular events in the cultural life of the University are "Melodies and rhythms of continents", competitions "MISS PFUR" and "MISTER PFUR", traditional Russian student's holiday "Tatiana's day", week of culture of the peoples of the countries of Africa, students' folklore festival "the Peoples of Russia".

Thousands of Moscow residents take part in a traditional international folklore holiday, which is organized annually on the 1-st of May on the central square of the University's campus.

Maintenance of the public order and safety

The University pays a special attention to questions of maintenance of the public order and safety of the students. The Service of protection of the public order including about 200 officers and watchmen functions at PFUR. Besides the unit of the city's police protects the territory of the University. The basic tasks of the security service are protection of public order and prevention of crimes and offences concerning the students, maintenance of the public order and safety in educational premises and hostels, on the territory students' campus