Far Eastern State University

Far Eastern Federal University (russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный университе́т, ''Dalnevostochny federalny universitet'') is a university located in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. In 2022 the university was ranked #1,506 in Best Global Universities by '' U.S. News & World Report'', and in 2021 it was ranked #1,804 by Center for World University Rankings.Best Global Universities
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History

FEFU was established in 1899 during the Russian Empire era by a special order of Tsar Nicholas II as the Eastern Institute ( Восточный институт) as a higher education institution specializing in oriental studies and training for administrative, commercial and industrial institutions in the Far East. The main goal of the university was to train personnel for administrative, commercial and industrial institutions in the East Asian part of Russia and adjacent states. The main courses were the languages: Chinese, Japanese, Manchu, Korean and Mongolian, history and political organization of the Eastern states, jurisprudence etc. The university was reformed into State Far Eastern University ( Государственный дальневосточный университет) by Far Eastern Republic authorities in 1920 during the Russian Civil War, until it was closed in the 1930s under Joseph Stalin. It was reinstated in 1956 as Far Eastern State University by the Council of Ministers of the USSR, two years after Nikita Khrushchev visited Vladivostok. In 2000, its English name was changed to Far Eastern National University, however the name in Russian remained unchanged and references to the university under its old name were common. In 2008, the university was reformed again by presidential decree into its current form, officially changing the name to Far Eastern Federal University and a new purpose-built campus planned. The university was merged with the Far Eastern State Technical University (FESTU), Pacific State University of Economics (TSUE) and the Ussuriisk State Pedagogical Institute (USPI).

In 2013, FEFU opened a new campus in the Russky Island area of Vladivostok after its buildings hosted the 2012 APEC summit."Russia Unveils a $2-Billion Campus on the Edge of China" Sept 23, 2012 ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'

/ref> The campus serves FEFU's 41,000 students, and hosts the annual Eastern Economic Forum. FEFU is a participant of the Project 5-100 state program of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

Structure

Far Eastern Federal University consists of:

*Oriental Institute – School of Regional and International Studies
*School of Data Economy
*School of Economics and Management
*School of Education
*School of Engineering
*School of Humanities
*School of Law
*School of Medicine
*School of Natural Sciences

Ratings, accreditation, and funding

In 2022 the university was ranked #1,506 in Best Global Universities by '' U.S. News & World Report'', and in 2021 it was ranked #1,804 by Center for World University Rankings.

Far Eastern Federal University is accredited and funded by the Russian Ministry of Education. FEFU has joint academic departments with research institutes in natural sciences accredited by the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Russian Far East. In 1999, FEFU won a competition among 90 Russian Universities for a one-million US dollar grant from the American Civil Research and Development Fund. Utilizing Internet videoconference technology, FEFU pioneered several educational programs: Russian and Japanese languages, Russian-American joint credit courses in law, and international dual degree programs in business.

International relations

FEFU developed relations with Pacific Rim countries. The university has 40+ branches in Russia, the United States, Japan, China, and South Korea. It developed more than 80 partnership projects, including 64 academic exchange programs, with universities at the United States, Japan, China, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Thailand, India, and Vietnam.

International programs

FEFU offers international programs combining Internet and face-to-face modes of learning. However, with the war Russia launched against Ukraine in 2022, many of these partnerships are now paused or closed.

A dual degree program with University of Maryland University College (UMUC), USA, started in 1991 as a classical face-to-face program. In 1999 it became one of the first online dual degree programs in Russia. By October 2003, 265 FEFU students graduated from UMUC with bachelor's degrees in Business and Management, along with their Russian university degrees. Since 1999, UMUC accepts 90 FEFU credits of 120 credits total, required for the undergraduate degree, and offers ten online courses for the remaining 30 credits. Another dual degree program with University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia, started in 2001. USQ participates in a number of such programs, but FENU was its first Russian university affiliate. Internet videoconference partnership with Waseda University (WU), Tokyo, Japan, started in 2000, and was later extended to a 2002–2005 project.

Partner institutions

Australia

* University of Southern Queensland

Malaysia

* Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

United States

* University of Maryland Global Campus

Notable alumni

* Leonid Korotkov
* Ilya Lagutenko
* Aned Y. Muñiz Gracia
*Mikhail Kim

See also

Japan Campus of Foreign Universities

References

External links

Far Eastern Federal UniversityStudy in Russia

Far Eastern Federal University
(in English and several other languages)

Far Eastern Federal University Research and Education Center for Marine BiotaEmblem and Motto of Far Eastern Federal University

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Education in the Soviet Union
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