In September 1989 the specialty ‘History’ was opened at Philology Faculty. In 1991 the Faculty of History was established.

FACULTY TODAY

The total number of full-time students is 260, of which 125 are in the state-funded form of education, and 135 are in the fee-based form. The total number of students in the correspondence department is 92.

There are 27 full-time teachers at 3 departments of the faculty, 23 of them have academic degrees and titles (85.2%), including Doctors of Science (3); Candidates of Sciences (20). The level of full-time teachers with an academic degree at the departments of the faculty is: Department of General History - 88,9%; Department of the History of Belarus - 100%; Department of History of Slavic People - 75%, the Department of Political Science and Sociology - 80%. Out of 23 teachers with academic degrees, 2 has the academic title ‘Professor’ and 20 – ‘Associate Professor’. In addition, 4 senior lecturers, 4 laboratory assistants, 1 specialist in organizing and supporting the educational process, 1 secretary of the dean's office work at the departments of the faculty.