Udmurt State University
| Удмуртский Государственный Университет (УдГУ) | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1931 |
| Rector | Galina Merzlyakova |
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Academic staff
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959 |
| Students | 28,089 |
| Undergraduates | 9,272 |
| Location | Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, Russia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | Udmurt State University |
Udmurt State University (Russian: Удмуртский государственный университет) is a public university in the city of Izhevsk, Russia. Established in 1931, UdSU is the oldest educational institution in Udmurt Republic. In 1993, it was named among top twenty classical Russian universities, since then consistently ranks 14-16 out of 64 Russian universities.
As of 2006[update] over 28,000 students are enrolled at the Udmurt State University, which offers 86 different majors. About 9,200 of them are full-time undergraduates.
Udmurt State University is the oldest educational institution in the Udmurt Republic. It was originally established as Udmurt State Pedagogical Institute in 1931. Prior to World War II the Institute's main goal was defining the key elements of its organizational structure. UdSPI have grown tremendously after the end of the war, and by 1958 the Institute opened its own Graduate School with several Ph.D. awarding committees. The institution has evolved and expanded substantially in the 1960s; it ranked among top ten Soviet institutions of its class. As a result, in April 1971 Udmurt State Pedagogical Institute officially became Udmurt State University.
The main campus is on Udmurtskaya street in Izhevsk. Six main buildings and several dormitories occupy prominent position in the center of the city.
As of 2006[update] the University has 14 departments and 7 institutes.
In addition to the main campus in Izhevsk, The Udmurt State University also has several other campuses to service other parts of the Udumurt Republic. In the Udmurt Republic, there are campuses located in Votkinsk, Sarapul, Mozhga, and Debessy. Outside Udmurtia, there are campuses in Kudymkar, Gubkinsky, Naberezhnye Chelny and Nizhnyaya Tura.
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