Irkutsk State University (russian: Ирку́тский госуда́рственный университе́т) was founded in October 1918 in

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

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. Nowadays Irkutsk State University is a large scientific and educational institution training students in

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

, natural, technical and

applied sciences Applied science is the use of the scientific method and knowledge obtained via conclusions from the method to attain practical goals. It includes a broad range of disciplines such as engineering and medicine. Applied science is often contrasted ...

. ISU facilities include 8 educational institutions, 11 faculties, the scientific library that is one of the largest University libraries in

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. ISU offers

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, post-graduate programs for more than 18,000 students that have opportunity to specialize under the supervision of world-known scientists. Among other facilities Irkutsk State University has the Center for Advanced Training and Retraining, 3 research institutes, Interregional Institute of Social Sciences, Center for New Information Technologies, Baikal Research and Education Center, department for post-graduate and doctoral courses, scientific libraries, astronomical observatory and botanic garden. The University faculties and institutions are located in 14 educational buildings in Irkutsk. The majority of these buildings are of great historical and architectural value. They date back to the 18th-19th centuries. Senior students of all the faculties have specialized courses and internship in laboratories and scientific research institutions of ISU and

Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SBRAS) was established by the Decree of the Government of the USSR which was based on the proposal of Mikhail Lavrentyev, Sergei Sobolev and Sergey Khristianovich in 1957 as a regional divis ...

. For decades, Irkutsk University has trained more than 80 thousand highly qualified specialists, famous scientists, teachers, writers, and statesmen, including State Prize winners and famous talented writers V. Rasputin, A. Vampilov, and M. Sergeev.

History

Russian scientists, statesmen, patrons of art and science, such as N.M. Yadrintsev, A.P. Shchapov, P.A. Slovtsov, S.S. Shchukin, G.N. Potanin and many others were founders of Irkutsk State University. The University was opened on October 27, 1918. It became the major educational, scientific and cultural center on the vast territory of

Eastern Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive region, geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a ...

and Far East region. During the 1930s, the University continued to grow and develop and soon in Irkutsk the first higher educational institutions emerged from it. They were Medical Institute, Pedagogical Institute and the Institute of National Economy. At present, the ISU graduates work in scientific institutions of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Medical Sciences, as well as they represent highly qualified personnel of teachers in higher educational institutions of Irkutsk and Siberia.

Faculties and Institutes

At present, the University consists of 11 faculties and 8 educational institutions. Over 14500 thousand students, including 880 foreign students from 23 countries, and more than 1155 lecturers (142 Dr. Sc. and 625 Cand. Sc. professors) work there. Among other facilities Irkutsk State University has the Center for Advanced Training and Retraining, 3 research institutes, Interregional Institute of Social Sciences, Center for New Information Technologies, Baikal Research and Education Center, department for post-graduate and doctoral courses, scientific libraries, astronomical observatory and botanic garden. Irkutsk State University, Philological Faculty

Irkutsk State University, Philological Faculty

*International Institute of Economics and Linguistics *Institute of Mathematics and Information Technologies *Institute of Social Sciences *Continuing Education Institute * Pedagogical Institute *Law Institute *Baikal International Business School *Law Institute *Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages and Media Communication *Faculty of Biology and Soil Studies *Faculty of Business and Management *Faculty of Chemistry *Faculty of Geography *Faculty of Geology *Faculty of History *Faculty of Psychology *Faculty of Physics *Faculty of Business-Communications and Computer Science *Preparatory Faculty for Foreign Citizens *Siberian-American Faculty of Management

Notable faculty members

Semyon Novgorodov Semyon Andreyevich Novgorodov ( sah, Семен Андреевич Новгородов, ''Semen Andreyevich Novgorodov'', the older orthography sah, Сэмэн Ноҕоруодап, ''Semen Noğoruodap'', russian: Семён Андреевич � ...

, creator of a

Yakut alphabet There are 4 stages in the history of Yakut writing systems: * until the early 1920s – writing based on the Cyrillic alphabet; * 1917–1929 – Novgorodov's writing system, which is based on the Latin alphabet; * 1929–1939 – a unified alpha ...

Notable alumni

Valentin Rasputin Valentin Grigoriyevich Rasputin (; russian: Валентин Григорьевич Распутин; 15 March 193714 March 2015) was a Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's w ...

, writer *

Alexander Vampilov Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov (russian: Александр Валентинович Вампилов) (19 August 1937 – 17 August 1972) was a Soviet playwright. His play ''The Elder Son'' was first performed in 1969, and became a national succ ...

, writer *

Mark Sergeev Mark Sergeev (1926–1997) (Russian: Марк Сергеев) was a Russian poet. As a writer, Sergeev is known by his books ''Rail Tracks'', ''A Ballad About Poplars'', ''Carving'', ''Connection of Times'', and ''Evening Birds''. He has published ...

, poet *

Evgeny Chernikin Evgeny Mikhailovich Chernikin (russian: Евге́ний Миха́йлович Черни́кин, uk, Євген Михайлович Чорникiн) (20 July 1928 – 17 August 2009) was a Soviet/Russian zoologist and ecologist, known for h ...

, zoologist and ecologist

References

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Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University The Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University is a botanic garden in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia. It is the only botanic garden in Baikalian Siberia (the Lake Baikal region) and is known as the Irkutsk Botanic Garden. Its mission is "to protec ...

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