Perm State University (now Perm State National Research University; , , romanised: , ) or PSU, PSNRU (, , romanised: , ), is located in the city of Perm,

Perm Krai Perm Krai (, ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a Krais of Russia, krai), located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is Perm, Russia, Perm. The population of the krai was 2,532,405 (2021 Russian census, 2021 ...

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. Founded in 1916, it claims to be one of the oldest universities in the Ural and eastern territories of Russia. Its current rector is Dmitriy Krasilnikov.

History

Perm State University was founded on 14 October 1916. Its origins lie in the opening of a branch of St. Petersburg University in the city of Perm. This decision of the Russian government was in tune with the strategy of the cultural and geopolitical development of the Urals economic region. The idea of a center of higher education in the Urals was supported by D.I. Mendeleev, A.S.Popov, D.N.Mamin-Sibiryak, and other public figures. A mass shooting occurred at the university on 20 September 2021, by a law student at the university, resulting in six deaths and 23 injuries. After the

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, European and UK partners of the university took a break from student internships and programmes with them. The

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in the UK announced the suspension of preparations for the summer school.

Academics

Today, the university includes 12 faculties, 77 departments and 2 branches. The total number of students was 11,432 in the 2010/2011 academic year, including 7,607 full-time students. The university provides training of scientific specialists in 56 postgraduate specializations (there are about 250 postgraduate students) and 6 doctoral specializations. There are 14 dissertation councils, including 11 councils for the defence of doctoral theses. Academic activities were conducted by 1229 researchers in 2009, including 164 doctors of sciences, professors and 480 candidates of sciences, associate professors. The academic staff includes 4 academicians and 3 corresponding members of the

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, 1 corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, 15 honoured science figures of the Russian Federation and 10 honoured workers of higher education of the Russian Federation. 10 academics hold the status of Distinguished Professor at Perm State University. Perm State University cooperated with foreign partners and international organisations, within the framework of which professors and students of PSU are sent abroad on long-term, mutually agreed with programmes with universities in other countries and international organisations, Perm is visited by professors and students from other universities. Partners of the university are

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(until 2022), many French university centres ( University of Aix-Marseilles, Grenoble-Alpes, Nancy I, Paris III), universities in the USA ( Louisville), Central European countries and Australia. The university cooperates with the

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, the World Bank, the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony and several other organisations.

University rankings

At the end of August 2018, PSU entered the ranking of the best universities in the Eurasian region, compiled by the British publication

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, ranking 61–70. According to the QS University Rankings:

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(Best BRICS Universities) study published on 8 July 2015, PSU was ranked 24th in the Russian list of leading higher education institutions, ahead of several universities with national research and federal research status.

Faculties

As of 2008, the university had 12 faculties: *Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics *Faculty of Physics *Faculty of Chemistry *Faculty of Biology *Faculty of Geology *Faculty of Geography *Faculty of History and Politology *Faculty of Philology *Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology *Faculty of Economics *Faculty of Law *Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

Notable alumni and faculty

* Vladimir Nikolayevich Beklemishev, Soviet

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and

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* Nikita Belykh, Russian politician, former leader of the Union of Right Forces, currently governor of

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* Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (Besikovitch) (1891–1970) was a Russian-Jewish

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, who worked mainly in

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. He was appointed professor at the University of Perm in 1917. * Elena Braverman, Russian, Israeli, and Canadian mathematician * Leonid Brekhovskikh, Soviet-Russian oceanographist * Georgi Burkov, Soviet film actor * Sergei Chernikov, Russian

* Georgii Frederiks, Russian

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* Alexander Friedmann, Russian

and cosmologist * Vladimir Gelfand, Soviet soldier and diarist * Nina Gorlanova, Russian novelist *

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, Soviet historian * Alexander-Paul Henckel, Russian biologist. Founder of Perm State University Botanical gardens. Author of Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. * Zulya Kamalova, Tatar singer currently residing in Australia * Vladimir Kostitsyn, Russian geophysicist * Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov, Russian and Soviet zoologist, paleontologist * Vladimir Porfiriev, Soviet geologist * Victor Pavlovich Protopopov, Ukrainian-Soviet

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, Russian politician, Minister of Economic Development, former Governor of

* Boris Schwanwitsch, Russian-Soviet entomologist * Grigory Abramovich Shajn, Russian-Soviet

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* Nikolay Shaklein, Russian politician, former governor of

* Valentin Stepankov, the first prosecutor general of the

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* Jacob Tamarkin, Russian-American

* Lina Fazylovna Rakhmatullina, Russian mathematician * Dmitry Rybolovlev, Russian

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and oligarch * George Vernadsky, Russian-American historian *

Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov ( rus, Ива́н Матве́евич Виногра́дов, p=ɪˈvan mɐtˈvʲejɪvʲɪtɕ vʲɪnɐˈɡradəf, a=Ru-Ivan_Matveyevich_Vinogradov.ogg; 14 September 1891 – 20 March 1983) was a Soviet mathematician ...

, Russian-Soviet mathematician * Augustinas Voldemaras, first Prime Minister of

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in 1918 * Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian writer * Mark Zakharov, Soviet-Russian theatrical and film director

References

External links

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