The Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, NEFU, (in
Russian
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: ''Северо-Восточный федеральный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова''; in
Sakha: ''М. К. Аммуоhап аатынан Хотугулуу-Илиҥҥи федеральнай университет'') previously known as Yakutsk State University (in Russian: ''Якутский государственный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова''), is one of Russia's ten federal universities. NEFU's main campus is in
Yakutsk
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Sakha Republic
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), and it has two other campuses in
Sakha (one in
Mirny and one in
Neryungri
Neryungri ( rus, Нерюнгри, p=ˈnʲerʲʊnɡrʲɪ; , ; ) is the second largest town in the Sakha Republic, Russia and the administrative center of Neryungrinsky District. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 61,747.
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* Anadyr District
* Anadyr Estuary
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* Anadyr Lowlands
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in the
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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The official name is Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education. The undergraduate student population numbers over 16,000, while more than 500 students are engaged in postgraduate work. 1,600 academic staff are employed at the university. Of these 200 hold doctor’s degree, 800 are candidate of science degree. There are 15 institutes, 9 faculties, and 3 university branches in Mirny, Neryungri and Chukotka, and 5 major research institutes. Students and staff have free access to the Ethernet and Wi-Fi.
History
NEFU was officially established in April 2010 on the basis of Ammosov Yakutsk State University. The university holds the name of Maksim Kirovich Ammosov, a statesman of Soviet Yakutia. Recent reforms in the Russian Federation created a new network of federal universities.
Academics
Institutes
Source:
* of Medicine
* of Finance and Economics
* of Mathematics and Computer Science
* of Physics and Technologies
* of Sports and Physical Education
* of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies
* of Psychology
* of Languages and Cultures of the Peoples of the Russian North-East
* Teacher Training
* Technological
* of Civil Engineering
* of Natural Sciences
* Mining
Faculties
* of History
* of Philology
* of Law
* of Road Construction
* of Geology and Survey
* Faculty of Pre-Undergraduate Education offers preparatory courses to schoolchildren
Branches
* Neryungri Technical Institute (branch) of North-Eastern Federal University
* Mirny Polytechnic Institute (branch) of North-Eastern Federal University
* Chukotka branch of North-Eastern Federal University
Research
Institutes
There are five research institutions including:
* Institute of Mathematics,
* Health Institute,
* Institute of Applied Ecology of North with LAZAREV MAMMOTH museum and lab,
* Institute of Regional Economy of North,
* OLONKHO Institute,
* KULAKOVSKY Institute.
Traditions
Awards
* A
Kate Marsden
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scholarship is given to the best English language program student each year at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies.
Community engagement
* Institute of Lifelong Professional Education
* Faculty of Pre-Undergraduate Education
Notable alumni
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Evgeniya Mikhailova (Educator, researcher, philanthropist, and politician)
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Georgy Balakshin
Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (; born March 6, 1980, in Antonovka, near Nyurba, Sakha Republic) is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times.
Career
Balakshin won the gold medal in 2002 and defended ...
(Olympic boxer)
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Viktor Lebedev
Viktor Nikolaevich Lebedev (; born March 10, 1988, in Tomponskiy Ulus) is a Russian freestyle wrestler from the Sakha Republic, two time World Champion, multiple international tournaments winner. He won the gold medal at the 2015 Summer Europ ...
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Freestyle wrestler
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)
Contacts
58, Belinsky Street, Yakutsk
Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RUSSIAN FEDERATION, 677891
References
External links
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InformationOfficial site
in English
{{Authority control
Education in the Sakha Republic
Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
Yakutsk
Universities and colleges established in 1956
Buildings and structures in the Sakha Republic
1956 establishments in Russia
Federal universities of Russia
Universities in the Russian Far East