Our University not only provides excellence in education and training but also provides the very best facilities for students` personal development and recreation.

There are many different  and varied clubs, groups and societies ranging from political discussion, current affairs, literature and the arts, to sport, dance and music.

For example,  the `Our World` pedagogical group enables students to study basic educator's skills such as games and leisure organization, principles of education, basic acting, conflictology (behavior in conflicts) and age psychology, and master classes in these areas are regularly available. It has already gained recognition at a federal level and has joined the Interregional Commonwealth of Students' Pedagogical Groups in Moscow and was named one of the five best groups in Russia. 

Another popular group is the `Political and Parliamentary Debating Club` and every faculty now has its own such club where students can develop critical thinking, oratorical and communicative skills. Such classes enable personal character growth and broaden the outlook of the students whilst enabling them to assert their own point of view and convince others, as well as recognize their own mistakes.

Our Students Union organises a varied calender of competitions, shows, concerts, debates, theatre productions and other events and regularly liaises with different academic departments to provide an interesting and topical event schedule. Perhaps the most popular show is our regular 'Search for a Star' talent show - many varied and interesting talents have been unearthed over the years .......

The STAM and KVM societies organise varied events ranging from comedy to dance where students present and prepare new acts and routines whilst being judged by their peers. These clubs are very well known in Samara and are rapidly gaining regional recognition due to their innovative and experimental agendas and the exacting standards by which they are judged. Public performances are organised on New Year's Day, Valentines Day, International Women's Day, at the Miss University competition, Students Spring, April Fool's Day and others.

Budding journalists can join the "Journalism Club" where they can prepare articles for critical examination and discussion. The Editor-in-Chief is always happy to publish the very best articles in the university's newspaper 'The Economist'.

If you are a singer, dancer, musician, reader or journalist you'll never be bored here !

However, for those of you who prefer an active lifestyle, we can offer a wide range of activities to suite all tastes and we have previously organised activities such as parachute jumping, paintball, karting, climbing and various other out of town activities. We have 5 sports halls of different sizes for different activities, a martial arts hall, two table tennis halls, and a shaping and arerobics hall. We offer courses and training in basketball, volleyball, table tennis, football, power triathlon, swimming, aerobics, dancing and judo.

Our University sports teams compete at the highest level:

• our women's basketball team takes part in the Russian Student's Basketball league
• our women's volleyball team participates in the Russian Volleyball Championship for High Schools
• our men and women's table tennis teams take part in the Russian Table Tennis Championship for High Schools.

Our University sport teams also participate successfully in regional competitions:

• women and men's table tennis team
• women's volleyball team
• women's basketball team
• men's basketball team

Among our students there are candidates and masters of sport  competing in the Super-league, Russian Table Tennis Premier-league, Basketball and Volleyball Leagues, and Judo competitions.

Our sports halls are regularly used for such competions such as Super-league Basketball games, Volleyball Women Super-league games, Table tennis Russian Cup, as well as aerobics competitions.