Penza State University (russian: Пензенский государственный университет) is a state

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in the city of

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-l ...

. It was founded in 1943. The university has nine faculties and five institutes.

History

Formed on the basis evacuated to Penza Odessa Industrial Institute by Order of the All-Union Committee for Higher Education of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR "On the resumption of the activities of the Odessa Industrial Institute in the city of Penza" signed on July 3, 1943. The Penza Industrial Institute, as it was initially called, opened on November 1, 1943, comprising 11 departments. In 1959, by order of the Minister of Higher Education, Penza Industrial Institute was renamed the Penza Polytechnic Institute, and on the basis of the construction department was formed as Penza Civil Engineering Institute. On July 5, 1993 by order of the Chairman of the State Committee for Higher Education Penza Polytechnic Institute was renamed Penza State Technical University. On January 22, 1998, by order of the Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, Penza State Technical University was renamed Penza State University.

History

It was founded on the basis of the Odessa Industrial Institute, which was relocated to Penza by the order of the All-Union Committee for Higher Education under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR "On resumption of activities of Odessa Industrial Institute in the city of Penza" of

July 3 Events Pre-1600 * 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. * 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revol ...

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

. It was opened under the name "Penza Industrial Institute" on

November 1 Events Pre-1600 * 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...

and had 11 departments. In

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

by the order of the Minister of Higher Education of the USSR "Penza Industrial Institute" was renamed into "Penza Polytechnical Institute", and on the basis of the Faculty of Construction '' Penza Civil Engineering Institute'' was formed. On

July 5 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus ( Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius. * 1316 – The Burgundian a ...

1993 by the order of Chairman of the State Higher Education Committee of the Russian Federation Penza Polytechnical Institute was renamed into Penza State Technical University. On

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...

1998 by the order of Minister of General and Professional Education of the Russian Federation Penza State Technical University was renamed into Penza State University.

Institutes

PSU includes the following institutes: * Institute of Military Training * Institute of Sport and Physical Training * Medical Institute * Institute of Ongoing Education * V.G. Belinsky Institute of Teacher Education * Polytechnic Institute * Institute of Economics and Administration * Institute of Law

Faculties

PSU includes the following faculties: * Faculty of Computer Engineering (Polytechnic Institute) * Faculty of History, Languages and Literature * Faculty of General Medicine * Faculty of Industrial Technologies, Power Engineering and Transport (Polytechnic Institute) * Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Social Sciences * Faculty of Information Technology and Electronics (Polytechnic Institute) * Faculty of Dentistry * Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Branches

PSU comprises the following branches: * Kuznetsk Institute of Information and Management Technologies * Nizhny Lomov branch * Serdobsk branch

References

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