Perm State University

Public university in Perm, Perm Krai, Russia

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Perm State UniversityMotto| Vivat, Crescat, Floreat

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Type| Public
Established| 14 October 1916
President| Dr. Vladimir Malanin [ru]
Rector| Dr. Dmitriy Krasilnikov [ru] (interim)

Academic staff

| 1,800
Undergraduates| 18,000
Location|

Perm

Perm Krai

Russia

58°00′27″N 56°11′12″E﻿ / ﻿58.0075°N 56.1867°E﻿ / 58.0075; 56.1867Coordinates: 58°00′27″N 56°11′12″E﻿ / ﻿58.0075°N 56.1867°E﻿ / 58.0075; 56.1867

Building details

Campus| Urban
Website| www.psu.ru

Perm State University (now Perm State National Research University; Russian: Пермский университет, Пермский государственный университет, Пермский государственный национальный исследовательский университет, romanised: Permskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet, Permskiy gosudarstvennyy natsionalynyy issledovatelskyy universitet) or PSU, PSNRU (Russian: ПГУ, ПГНИУ, romanised: PGU, PGNIU), is located in the city of Perm, Perm Krai, Russia. Founded in 1916, it claims to be one of the oldest universities in the Ural and eastern territories of Russia. Its current rector is Dmitriy Krasilnikov.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 A modern university
* 3 University rankings
* 4 Faculties
* 5 Famous alumni and faculty
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## History[edit]

Perm State University was founded on 14 October 1916. Its origins lie in the opening of a branch of St. Petersburg University in the city of Perm. This decision of the Russian government was in tune with the strategy of the cultural and geopolitical development of the Urals economic region. The idea of a center of higher education in the Urals was supported by D.I. Mendeleev, A.S.Popov, D.N.Mamin-Sibiryak, A.G.Denisov-Uralsky [ru] and other outstanding public figures.

A mass shooting occurred at the university on 20 September 2021, resulting in six deaths and 47 injuries.[1][2]

## A modern university[edit]

Today, the university includes 12 faculties, 77 departments and 2 branches. The total number of students is 11,432 (2010/2011 academic year), including 7,607 full-time students. The university provides training of highly qualified scientific specialists in 56 postgraduate specializations (there are about 250 postgraduate students) and 6 doctoral specializations. There are 14 dissertation councils, including 11 councils for the defence of doctoral theses.[3]

Academic activities are conducted by 1229 researchers (2009), including 164 doctors of sciences, professors and 480 candidates of sciences, associate professors.[3] The academic staff includes 4 academicians and 3 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, 15 honoured science figures of the Russian Federation and 10 honoured workers of higher education of the Russian Federation.[3] 10 academics hold the status of Distinguished Professor at Perm State University.

Perm State University cooperates with foreign partners and international organisations, within the framework of which professors and students of PSU are sent abroad on long-term, mutually agreed with programmes with universities in other countries and international organisations, Perm is visited by professors and students from other universities. Partners of the University are Oxford University, many French university centres (University of Aix-Marseilles, Grenoble-Alpes, Nancy I, Paris III), universities in the USA (Louisville), Central European countries and Australia. The University cooperates with the European Commission, the World Bank, the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony and several other organisations.[3]

## University rankings[edit]

At the end of August 2018, PSU entered the ranking of the best universities in the Eurasian region, compiled by the British publication Times Higher Education, ranking 61-70.[4][5][6]

According to the QS University Rankings: BRICS (Best BRICS Universities) study published on 8 July 2015, PSU was ranked 24th in the Russian list of leading higher education institutions, ahead of several universities with national research and federal research status.[7]

## Faculties[edit]

As of 2008, the university has 12 faculties:

* Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
* Faculty of Physics
* Faculty of Chemistry
* Faculty of Biology
* Faculty of Geology
* Faculty of Geography
* Faculty of History and Politology
* Faculty of Philology
* Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology
* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

## Famous alumni and faculty[edit]

* Vladimir Nikolayevich Beklemishev, Soviet zoologist and entomologist
* Nikita Belykh, Russian politician, former leader of the Union of Right Forces, currently governor of Kirov Oblast
* Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (Besikovitch) (1891–1970) was a Russian - Jewish mathematician, who worked mainly in England. He was appointed professor at the University of Perm in 1917.
* Leonid Brekhovskikh, Soviet-Russian oceanographist
* Georgi Burkov, Soviet film actor
* Sergei Chernikov, Russian mathematician
* Georgii Frederiks, Russian geologist
* Alexander Friedmann, Russian mathematician and cosmologist
* Nina Gorlanova, Russian novelist
* Boris Grekov, Soviet historian
* Alexander-Paul Henckel, Russian biologist. Founder of Perm State University Botanical gardens. Author of Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
* Zulya Kamalova, Tatar singer currently residing in Australia
* Vladimir Porfiriev, Soviet geologist
* Victor Pavlovich Protopopov, Russian-Soviet psychiatrist
* Boris Schwanwitsch, Russian-Soviet entomologist
* Grigory Abramovich Shajn, Russian-Soviet astronomer
* Nikolay Shaklein, Russian politician, former governor of Kirov Oblast
* Valentin Stepankov, the first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation
* Jacob Tamarkin, Russian-American mathematician
* Dmitry Rybolovlev, Russian cardiologist and oligarch
* George Vernadsky, Russian-American historian
* Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian-Soviet mathematician
* Augustinas Voldemaras, first Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1918
* Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian writer
* Mark Zakharov, Soviet-Russian theatrical and film director
* Maxim Reshetnikov, Russian politician, Minister of Economic Development, former Governor of Perm Krai
* Vladimir Kostitsyn, Russian geophysicist

## See also[edit]

* List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
* List of universities in Russia
* Perm State University faculty
* Perm State University alumni

## References[edit]

1. ^ Chernova, Anna; Said-Moorhouse, Laurne (20 September 2021). "6 people killed in shooting at Russian university". CNN. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
2. ^ "Появились новые данные о погибших и пострадавших в результате стрельбы в Перми". Новости России и мира 24 часа в сутки - N4K.RU (in Russian). Retrieved 21 September 2021.
3. ^ a b c d "PSU in Brief – Perm State University". Retrieved 30 July 2021.
4. ^ "The best universities in Eurasia". Times Higher Education (THE). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
5. ^ "Пермский университет вошел в рейтинг лучших вузов Евразийского региона". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
6. ^ "ПГНИУ вошел в рейтинг лучших вузов Евразии". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 3 September 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
7. ^ "Пермский университет вошел в рейтинг лучших вузов стран БРИКС | Приволжский ФО". ФедералПресс (in Russian). Retrieved 30 July 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Пермский государственный национальный исследовательский университет - Russian
* Official Perm State University - English
* 彼尔姆国立大学，俄罗斯 - Chinese

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