Penza State University () is a state university in the city of

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

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 1943. It was opened under the name "Penza Industrial Institute" on

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,1943 and had 11 departments. In 1959 the "Penza Industrial Institute was renamed to "Penza Polytechnical Institute", by order of the Ministry of Higher Education of the USSR. On this basis, the Faculty of Construction Penza Civil Engineering Institute was formed. On 5th July 1993, the Penza Polytechnical Institute was renamed into Penza State Technical University, by the order of the chairman of the higher education committee of the Russian federation. On 22nd January 1998, the university got renamed again to Penza State University, by order of the minister of education of the Russian federation. On 23rd April 2012, the university became reorganised. They joined the Penza Pedagogical University named after

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as a structural unit. This happened by order of the ministry of education and science.

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

Rectors

Since November 26, 2013 - Gulyakov Alexander Dmitrievich

References

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