Penza State University

Russian university

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Penza State University

Пензенский государственный университет (ПГУ)

Type| Public
Established| 1943
President| Vladimir Volchikhin
Rector| Alexandr Gulyakov
Address|

Krasnaya 40 st

Penza

Russia

53°10′54″N 45°0′13″E﻿ / ﻿53.18167°N 45.00361°E﻿ / 53.18167; 45.00361
Campus| Urban
Website| www.pnzgu.ru

Building details

Penza State University (Russian: Пензенский государственный университет) is a state university in the city of Penza. It was founded in 1943. The university has nine faculties and five institutes.

## History[edit]

Formed on the basis evacuated to Penza Odessa Industrial Institute by Order of the All-Union Committee for Higher Education of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR "On the resumption of the activities of the Odessa Industrial Institute in the city of Penza" signed on July 3, 1943. The Penza Industrial Institute, as it was initially called, opened on November 1, 1943, comprising 11 departments. In 1959, by order of the Minister of Higher Education, Penza Industrial Institute was renamed the Penza Polytechnic Institute, and on the basis of the construction department was formed as Penza Civil Engineering Institute. On July 5, 1993, by order of the Chairman of the State Committee for Higher Education Penza Polytechnic Institute was renamed Penza State Technical University. On January 22, 1998, by order of the Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, Penza State Technical University was renamed Penza State University.

## History[edit]

It was founded on the basis of the Odessa Industrial Institute, which was relocated to Penza by the order of the All-Union Committee for Higher Education under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR "On resumption of activities of Odessa Industrial Institute in the city of Penza" of July 3 1943.[1] It was opened under the name "Penza Industrial Institute" on November 1 1943 and had 11 departments.

In 1959 by the order of the Minister of Higher Education of the USSR "Penza Industrial Institute" was renamed into "Penza Polytechnical Institute", and on the basis of the Faculty of Construction Penza Civil Engineering Institute was formed. On July 5 1993 by the order of Chairman of the State Higher Education Committee of the Russian Federation Penza Polytechnical Institute was renamed into Penza State Technical University. On January 22 1998 by the order of Minister of General and Professional Education of the Russian Federation Penza State Technical University was renamed into Penza State University.

## Institutes[edit]

PSU includes the following institutes:

* Institute of Military Training
* Institute of Sport and Physical Training
* Medical Institute
* Institute of Ongoing Education
* V.G. Belinsky Institute of Teacher Education
* Polytechnic Institute
* Institute of Economics and Administration
* Institute of Law

## Faculties[edit]

PSU includes the following faculties:

* Faculty of Computer Engineering (Polytechnic Institute)
* Faculty of History, Languages and Literature
* Faculty of General Medicine
* Faculty of Industrial Technologies, Power Engineering and Transport (Polytechnic Institute)
* Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Social Sciences
* Faculty of Information Technology and Electronics (Polytechnic Institute)
* Faculty of Dentistry
* Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences

## Branches[edit]

PSU comprises the following branches:

* Kuznetsk Institute of Information and Management Technologies
* Nizhny Lomov branch
* Serdobsk branch

## References[edit]

1. ^ "PSU history (Film for the 65th anniversary of the university)". Archived from the original on 2011-11-20. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

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