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

Perm Perm or PERM may refer to: Places *Perm, Russia, a city in Russia **Permsky District, the district **Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005 **Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005 **Perm Governorate, an administrat ...

Perm Krai Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 re ...

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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

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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

. This decision of the Russian government was in tune with the strategy of the cultural and geopolitical development of the

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. The idea of a center of higher education in the

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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 47 injuries. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 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

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

, 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 (

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), Central European countries and Australia. The University cooperates with the

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, 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

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

and

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

Nikita Belykh Nikita Yuryevich Belykh (russian: Ники́та Ю́рьевич Белы́х, born June 13, 1975) is a Russian politician and former leader of the Union of Rightist Forces party. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai until 2 ...

, Russian politician, former leader of the

Union of Right Forces )"Liberty, Property, Legality"(russian: "Свобода, Собственность, Законность") , headquarters = Moscow , newspaper = Just Cause , membership_year = 2007 , membership = 57,410 , ideology ...

, currently governor of

Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census). Geography N ...

Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (or Besikovitch) (russian: link=no, Абра́м Само́йлович Безико́вич; 23 January 1891 – 2 November 1970) was a Russian mathematician, who worked mainly in England. He was born in Berdyansk ...

(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

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, alt ...

Alexander Friedmann Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (also spelled Friedman or Fridman ; russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Фри́дман) (June 16 .S. 4 1888 – September 16, 1925) was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematicia ...

, Russian

and

cosmologist Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosopher ...

* Vladimir Gelfand, Soviet soldier and diarist *

Nina Gorlanova Nina Viktorovna Gorlanova (russian: Нина Викторовна Горланова, born 23 November 1947) is a modern short-story writer and novelist who has been living in a provincial Russian city Perm. Biography Gorlanova was born in 1947, ...

, Russian novelist *

Boris Grekov Boris Dmitrievich Grekov (; in Mirgorod, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire – 9 September 1953 in Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet historian noted for his comprehensive studies of Kievan Rus and the Golden Horde. He was a member of the S ...

, Soviet historian * Alexander-Paul Henckel, Russian

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually speciali ...

. Founder of Perm State University Botanical gardens. Author of

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. *

Zulya Kamalova Zulya Nazipovna Kamalova (russian: link=no, Зуля (Зульфия) Назиповна Камалова; tt-Cyrl, Зөлфия Нәсип кызы Камалова; born in Sarapul, Udmurt ASSR) is an Australian singer. She currently resides ...

, Tatar singer currently residing in Australia *

Vladimir Kostitsyn Vladimir Kostitsyn (born 2 July 1945) is a Russian geophysicist. He attended at the Perm State University. Kostitsyn served as a full-time member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences The Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Russian: Р ...

, Russian geophysicist * Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov, Russian and Soviet zoologist, paleontologist * Vladimir Porfiriev, Soviet geologist *

Victor Pavlovich Protopopov Victor Pavlovich Protopopov ( ua, Протопопов Віктор Павлович; October 22, 1880, Poltava Governorate – 1957, Kiev) was a famous Ukrainian Soviet psychiatrist and, member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Being a pupil of Vla ...

, Ukrainian-Soviet

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their ...

* Maxim Reshetnikov, Russian politician, Minister of Economic Development, former Governor of

* Boris Schwanwitsch, Russian-Soviet entomologist *

Grigory Abramovich Shajn Grigory Abramovich Shajn (russian: Григорий Абрамович Шайн) (April 19, 1892 – August 4, 1956) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Shayn, but his astronomical d ...

, Russian-Soviet

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either o ...

Nikolay Shaklein Nikolay Ivanovich Shaklein (russian: Николай Иванович Шаклеин; 20 December 1943 – 16 May 2023) was a Russian politician who served as governor of Kirov Oblast in Russia. He rose in the ranks of the state prosecution servi ...

, Russian politician, former governor of

Valentin Stepankov Valentin Stepankov (born 1951) was the first prosecutor general In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorney ...

, the first prosecutor general of the

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Jacob Tamarkin Jacob David Tamarkin (russian: Я́ков Дави́дович Тама́ркин, ''Yakov Davidovich Tamarkin''; 11 July 1888 – 18 November 1945) was a Russian-American mathematician best known for his work in mathematical analysis. Biography ...

, Russian-American

* Dmitry Rybolovlev, Russian

cardiologist Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular he ...

and oligarch *

George Vernadsky George Vernadsky (Russian: Гео́ргий Влади́мирович Верна́дский; August 20, 1887 – June 12, 1973) was a Russian Empire-born American historian and an author of numerous books on Russian history. European years ...

, 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 Augustinas Voldemaras (16 April 1883 – 16 May 1942) was a Lithuanian nationalist political figure. He briefly served as the country's first prime minister in 1918 and continued serving as the minister of foreign affairs until 1920, representin ...

, first Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1918 * Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian writer *

Mark Zakharov Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (russian: Марк Анатольевич Захаров; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue best known for his fantasy parable movies. He ...

, Soviet-Russian theatrical and film director

References

External links

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