The Faculty of Pre-University Preparation and Occupational Guidance was founded in April 1970 in order to provide Foundation Year courses for the prospective University students. Nowadays, the Faculty offers two programmes: preparatory courses for Belarusian applicants (part-time or evening training in Russian) and Foundation Year courses for foreigners (full-time or distance training in Russian or English). Apart from that, the Faculty provides Russian and English-medium course for foreigners, who intend to apply for medical studies. Besides, the Faculty staff teaches the Belarusian Professional Language course to Belarusian students and a course of Russian as a Foreign Language to foreign students.