Chuvash State University

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Chuvash State University
(ChuvSU)
Чувашский государственный университет имени И. Н. Ульянова
(ЧувГУ им. И. Н. Ульянова)
Чӑваш патшалӑх И. Н. Ульянов ячӗллӗ университечӗ
Zdanie Cheboksarskogo meditsinskogo tekhnikuma.jpg
Main campus building
Established17 August 1967
Rector Andrey Aleksandrov
Students17,500
Undergraduates 825 (Bacc. / В.Sc., B.A.)
Postgraduates
  • 9218 (Mag./ M.Sc., M.A.)
  • 7000 (Dr. / M.D., J.D.)
  • 446 (Ph.D.)
  • 11 (Dr. Habil.)
Location,
Russia

56°8′44″N47°13′28″E / 56.14556°N 47.22444°E / 56.14556; 47.22444
CampusUrban
Website www.chuvsu.ru

I. N. Ulianov Chuvash State University is a public university located in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. The university is one of the leading institutions of higher learning in Russia and is the scientific, educational and cultural center of the Privolsky Federal Region of the Russian Federation. [1]

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Chuvash State University has over 10,000 students and 3,865 faculty, including 150 Professors (Dr. Habil.) and 600 Docents (Ph.D.). The rector is Andrey Aleksandrov.

History

In 1920 the revolutionary committee and decided to create a university Cheboksary. The question about the creation of the Chuvash State University was raised again in 1958–19, but even then it could not be done because of many problems connected with the absence of the material base and lack of scientific staff in the republic.

The university was formed on 17 August 1967 through a merger of the Volga Branch of the Order of Lenin Moscow Energy Institute and the Historical-Philological Department of the I. Ya. Yakovlev Chuvash State Pedagogical Institute. It was named after Ilya Nikolaevich Ulianov, an educator. Opened already in 1930 the part of historically philological faculty of the Chuvash Pedagogical Institute joined the university.

Faculties

The university has 15 faculties:

These are further subdivided into 88 departments.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. "Organisations: Chuvash State University: Chuvash State University, Russia". www.mathnet.ru. Retrieved 2021-05-07.