Facts & Figures

What is Voronezh State University?

18 faculties
International Education Institute
Advanced Training Institute
the Centre of Career Development of the VSU Department of Innovation and Business
6 research institutes:
- Geology Research Institute
- Mathematics Research Institute
- Political and Social Research Institute
- Interregional Institute of Social Sciences
- Physics Research Institute
- Chemistry and Pharmaceutics Research Institute
10 academic, research, and production centres, in collaboration with the leading companies of the region
51 research laboratories
Business School
2 corporate universities (Siemens IT Solutions and Services, EFKO), as well as a corporate master's programme (in collaboration with Sberbank of Russia)
branch in Borisoglebsk
the university library is one of the largest research libraries in Russia, housing about 3 000 000 books, periodicals, and manuscripts, in over 40 ancient and modern languages
Military Training Centre
a Publishing house
an Internet centre
a free wi-fi network for students and staff
the first student TV network
Students' Cultural Centre
VSU Volunteer Club
Venevitinovo sport and fitness complex
9 dormitories
11 museums
a unique university-affiliated Galichya Gora nature reserve has been included in the Guinness book of records as the smallest one in the world
Internship
Postgraduate degree programme
Postdoctoral degree programme (Dr. Habil.)
Centre for Doctoral Training
about 100 more professional education programmes for applicants, students, and other people.

Prof P.A. Cherenkov, Nobel Prize Winner in physics
Prof V.M. Ievlev, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof N.M. Chernyshov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
Prof I.F. Khitskov, full member of the Russian Academy of Agriculture
I.V. Pereverzeva, Chairman of the European Council Institutional Committee of Local and Regional Authorities (Strasbourg)
Yu.M. Danilov, former judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
V.O. Luchin, theatre director
V.I. Gusev, writer, literary critic
A.A. Zhilyaev, distinguished painter

VSU has the largest number of students in Voronezh – over 21 thousand;
VSU has the most buildings (10) and dormitories (9) among all the universities in Voronezh;
VSU is engaged in collaboration with more than 120 international universities;
VSU is one of the oldest universities in Voronezh – it is going to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2018;
at VSU, there are 8 creative associations aimed at developing the students' talents;
at VSU, there are 42 clubs in 25 kinds of sports, including football, cross-country skiing, orienteering, wrestling, chess, wushu, karate-dō, rock climbing, dance sport, etc;
there are 6 European languages, 5 Slavic languages, and 3 Oriental languages, taught at VSU.