Irkutsk State University () was founded in October 1918 in

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russ ...

Siberia Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states ...

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

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

, natural, technical and

applied science Applied science is the application of the scientific method and scientific knowledge to attain practical goals. It includes a broad range of disciplines, such as engineering and medicine. Applied science is often contrasted with basic science, ...

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

master Master, master's or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles In education: *Master (college), head of a college *Master's degree, a postgraduate or sometimes undergraduate degree in the specified discipline *Schoolmaster or master, presiding office ...

, post-graduate programs for more than 18,000 students that have opportunity to specialize under the supervision of world-known scientists. For decades, Irkutsk University has trained more than 80 thousand specialists, including State Prize winners and writers V. Rasputin, A. Vampilov, and M. Sergeev.

History

Russian scientists, statesmen, patrons of art and science, such as Nikolai Yadrintsev, Afanasy Shchapov, P.A. Slovtsov, S.S. Shchukin, Grigory Potanin and others were founders of Irkutsk State University, many of whom were advocates of Siberian regionalism. The University was opened on October 27, 1918.

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. *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, creator of a Yakut alphabet * Ivan Naumovich Yazev, astronomer and head of the university's astronomical observatory from 1948 to 1955

Notable alumni

Valentin Rasputin Valentin Grigoryevich Rasputin (; ; 15 March 193714 March 2015) was a Soviet and Russian writer. He was born and lived much of his life in the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Rasputin's works depict rootless urban characters and the fight for ...

, writer * Alexander Vampilov, writer * Erdenebalsuren Damdin, judge on the

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization and International court, international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute ...

* Mark Sergeev, poet * Evgeny Chernikin, zoologist and ecologist

References

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