Simurgh University is a private institution of higher learning in Saint Petersburg, offering programs in continuing professional education.
| The University specializes in humanities programs, with a particular focus on philosophy, psychology, literary and art studies. Simurgh designs and develops original, author-driven courses dedicated to emotional maturity, identity work, the reading and interpretation of texts, and to nurturing a dialogue between scientific knowledge and lived human experience. |
A central mission of Simurgh University is to build bridges between cultures and to create a space for respectful dialogue in a multipolar world. We aim to show that the same phenomena can be understood in different ways within different traditions, and we deliberately avoid simplified, one-dimensional readings of complex human and cultural realities.
As it expands its international cooperation, Simurgh welcomes researchers, lecturers, and students from across the world who are committed to the themes of emotional maturity, intercultural understanding, and a responsible attitude toward heritage: personal, family, and civilizational.
Vania Markovich
Founder and Director of the University
- Doctor of Psychology.
- Systemic psychologist, author of the "Emotional Maturity" method and founder of Simurgh University.
- She is an active participant in social and charitable initiatives (including a school for children with albinism in Africa, "Yom-Yom", "Miloserdie Detyam" ["Mercy for Children"], "Alma", and others).
- Author of more than fifteen original programs on emotion management, the development of emotional maturity, parenting, effective communication, and the cultivation of inner stability and self-support.
- Head of the Committee for Work with Psychologists of the New People party at the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
- Member of the Psychotherapy League.
35 Furshtatskaya Street, Office 17, 191 123 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Simurgh University