Irkutsk State University

University in Irkutsk

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Irkutsk State University

Motto| Intelligence, Humanism and Uniqueness
Established| 1918
Rector| Prof. Alexander Schmidt

Academic staff

| 1155
Students| 18,000
Location|

Irkutsk

Russia

52°16′36″N 104°16′41″E﻿ / ﻿52.2767°N 104.278°E﻿ / 52.2767; 104.278
Website| http://www.isu.ru
University rankings

Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1]| 251-300 (2022)

Irkutsk State University (Russian: Ирку́тский госуда́рственный университе́т) was founded in October 1918 in Irkutsk, Siberia. Nowadays Irkutsk State University is a scientific and educational institution training students in humanities, natural, technical and applied sciences. ISU facilities include 8 educational institutions, 11 faculties, the scientific library that is one of the largest University libraries in Russia. ISU offers bachelor, master, post-graduate programs for more than 18,000 students that have opportunity to specialize under the supervision of world-known scientists.[2]

For decades, Irkutsk University has trained more than 80 thousand specialists, including State Prize winners and writers V. Rasputin, A. Vampilov, and M. Sergeev.

## History

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Russian scientists, statesmen, patrons of art and science, such as Nikolai Yadrintsev, Afanasy Shchapov, P.A. Slovtsov, S.S. Shchukin, Grigory Potanin and others were founders of Irkutsk State University, many of whom were advocates of Siberian regionalism. The University was opened on October 27, 1918.

## Faculties and Institutes

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At present, the University consists of 11 faculties and 8 educational institutions. Over 14500 thousand students, including 880 foreign students from 23 countries, and more than 1155 lecturers (142 Dr. Sc. and 625 Cand. Sc. professors) work there.[3]

Irkutsk State University Faculty of History

* International Institute of Economics and Linguistics
* Institute of Mathematics and Information Technologies
* Institute of Social Sciences
* Continuing Education Institute
* Pedagogical Institute
* Law Institute
* Baikal International Business School
* Law Institute
* Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages and Media Communication
* Faculty of Biology and Soil Studies
* Faculty of Business and Management
* Faculty of Chemistry
* Faculty of Geography
* Faculty of Geology
* Faculty of History
* Faculty of Psychology
* Faculty of Physics
* Faculty of Business-Communications and Computer Science
* Preparatory Faculty for Foreign Citizens
* Siberian-American Faculty of Management [4]

## Notable faculty members

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* Semyon Novgorodov, creator of a Yakut alphabet
* Ivan Naumovich Yazev, astronomer and head of the university's astronomical observatory from 1948 to 1955[5]

## Notable alumni

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* Valentin Rasputin, writer
* Alexander Vampilov, writer
* Erdenebalsuren Damdin, judge on the International Criminal Court
* Mark Sergeev, poet
* Evgeny Chernikin, zoologist and ecologist

## References

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1. ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
2. ^ "Irkutsk State University". old.isu.ru. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
3. ^ Official website of ISU
4. ^ "ИГУ - Факультеты и институты" [ISU - Faculties and Institutes]. Irkutsk State University.
5. ^ "ISU Astronomic Observatory". Irkutsk State University. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

## External links

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* Irkutsk State University Official
* Institutes and faculties
* Scientific-Research Institutes
* Branches in Angarsk and Bratsk
* Botanic Garden of Irkutsk State University Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine or Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* 2

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* Germany
* United States
* 2
* Australia
* Czech Republic
* 2
* Norway
* Poland
* Israel

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