EDUCATION
IN RUSSIA
FOR FOREIGNERS

Established:  1916

Total students:  26301

Foreign students:  1000

Department: 18

Teachers:  1746

  • Professors 222
  • 764 associate professors
  • Doctor of Science 326
  • PhD 941
  • Foreign teachers 9

Basic educational programs for foreigners:  372

  • Undergraduate 135
  • Master 150
  • Specialty 19
  • Training of highly qualified personnel 68

Additional educational programs for foreigners: 18

  • prevocational training program 10
  • The study of Russian as a Foreign Language 5
  • Short Program 3

Contact information:  603950, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Prospekt Gagarina 23 e, the UNN.

Megagranty with participation of leading scientists from around the world: 7
International research laboratories and centers: 27
Supercomputer "Lobachevsky" - 24 supercomputers among the universities of the world: 1
Patents: 64
Small innovative companies: 23
Lobachevsky University Media Center: 1
Botanical Garden of the University Lobachevsky: 1
Sports and recreation student camp 2

Nizhny Novgorod State University - one of the best Russian classical universities, where students get a fundamental education in the best traditions of the Russian higher education. Since 2009, the university has the status of national research university.

A distinctive feature of the university - a combination of high-quality education and access to education. The university is a wide range of educational programs and forms of education are available scholarship and grant programs.

Lobachevsky University is recognized in the world. The university is part of the European University Association (EUA), represented in the executive committee of the European academic network Deans (DEAN). In 2013-2015. Lobachevsky University entered the top 100 universities in the BRICS international rating QS University Rankings: BRICS.

English language learning takes place in six areas:

International Relations (Bachelor's degree);
Economics (Bachelor's degree);
Mathematics and Computer Science (Master);
Management (MA);
fundamental science and information technology (Bachelor's, Master);
Biology, Neuroscience (Master).

In 2014, the university launched a new compute cluster "Lobachevsky", he took 24th place among the most powerful university supercomputers in the world.

Now the University of experts work on a new biomedical cluster. Its opening is planned for 2016 - the year when the university celebrates its 100th anniversary.

international partnership

Lobachevsky University cooperates with more than 100 educational centers of the world, as well as such global companies as "Gazprom", "Rosatom", "Sberbank of Russia», National Instruments, Teleca, MERA, INTEL, MICROSOFT, NVIDIA, CISCO SYSTEMS, YAZAKI, etc. .

Among the programs implemented in cooperation with foreign partners:

Projects "Tempus-TACIS" and "Erasmus Mundus" European Commission;
Russian-French University (Pierre Mendes France University);
Russian-Italian University (University of Calabria);
The "Eureka" (University of Maryland-College Park, Purdue, USA);
A joint program with the University of Florida (USA);
Double degree program (University of Siena, Italy; University Pierre Mendes-France, France, Nottingham Trent University, UK);
Training programs (Vienna University of Economics, Austria; University of Nottingham, UK, the University of Leiden, Radbouda University, the Netherlands and others.).