Kazan University
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Former names
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Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin Kazan State University, Kazan Imperial University |
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| Type | Public/Federal university |
| Established | 5 (new style: 17) November 1804 |
| Rector | Ilshat Ghafurov |
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Academic staff
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~ 4026 |
| Students | ~ 43700 |
| Address |
18 Ulitsa Kremlevskaya, Kazan 420008, Tatarstan, Russia, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia 55°47′27″N 49°07′19″E / 55.7907°N 49.1219°ECoordinates: 55°47′27″N 49°07′19″E / 55.7907°N 49.1219°E |
| Campus | Both urban and suburban |
| Language | Russian, English |
| Colours | Blue and grey |
| Website | eng.kpfu.ru |
Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin Kazan State University,
Kazan (Volga region) Federal University (Russian: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет, Kazanskiy (Privolzhskiy) federalnyy universitet; Tatar: Cyrillic Казан (Идел Буе) федераль университеты, Latin Qazan (İdel Buye) federal' universitetı) is located in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
Founded in 1804 as Kazan Imperial University it is the second oldest among Russian universities. Famous mathematician Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky served there as the rector from 1827 until 1846. In 1925, the university was renamed in honour of its most famous student Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin). The university is known as the birthplace of organic chemistry due to works by Aleksandr Butlerov, Vladimir Markovnikov, Aleksandr Arbuzov, and the birthplace of electron spin resonance discovered by Evgeny Zavoisky.
In 2010, Kazan University received the federal status. It is also one of 15 Russian universities that were selected to participate in 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project coordinated by the Government of the Russian Federation and aimed to improve their international competitiveness among the world’s leading research and educational centers.
As of November 1, 2015, the University consists of 16 Institutes, 3 Higher Schools, Faculty of Law, and 2 regional branches. More than 40,000 students enrolled in 479 degree programs at undergraduate and postgraduate level (including 85 doctoral and 8 double-degree programs with partner universities).
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