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Voronezh State University is a research-led institution. Its research activities are organized within 18 faculties, six research institutes, and 16 research laboratories administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences. Our ten research and development centers have a strong record of collaborating with the region's leading commercial and public sector organizations. We pride ourselves on fundamental cutting-edge research currently carried out in the Nanotechnology Centre and the Science Park, which house state-of-the-art facilities and implement advanced technologies enabling us to retain high rankings among the leading Russian Universities consistently. We are among the Top 100 BRICS Universities (17th in Russia and 90th in BRICS). We have an excellent academic portfolio of over 100 postgraduate courses available both to Russian and international students. Aiming to provide more significant research opportunities, we expand our postgraduate courses every year across different faculties. We offer a multitude of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses (both full- and part-time) which center around the following primary research and teaching programs: Physics and mathematics Radiophysics Electronics Natural sciences Geosciences Humanities and social sciences Educational theory and pedagogy Medicine and pharmaceutics Economics and management. Over 1400 staff are currently actively involved in research projects, including 100 research fellows, three full members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 70 academicians and corresponding Russian and foreign Academies, and 292 professors. A total of 43 staff members hold various honorary titles awarded by the Russian Federation government for their outstanding achievements and notable contribution to their research fields. The university's research portfolio includes as many as 28 key research areas, emphasizing ground-breaking research into nanotechnologies. Throughout its long and glorious history, Voronezh State University has formed more than 40 internationally recognized academic and research communities that annually undertake more than 200 research projects and are regularly awarded national and international grants to pursue their research. Currently, the staff is actively engaged in 8 international projects as part of TEMPUS and FP7 .programs. Voronezh State University is home to 25 Dissertation Defense Boards, which oversee the preparation and the defense of Ph.D., Dr. Phil. habil, and Dr. Phil. Nat. habil dissertations and submit recommendations to the Supreme Certifying Committee for the award of postgraduate degrees. Voronezh State University is highly committed to distributing and exchanging knowledge and expertise generated by our researchers. We have rightfully earned a reputation as a leading research center in Russia due to a total of more than 60 national and international conferences that we host on an annual basis. We also view it as our number-one priority to uphold a long-established tradition of international quality academic publishing over more than 95 years of our history. We are proud to have awarded degrees to more than 100 000 graduates. Nearly 1650 academic staff work at the university, including 277 professors and 856 senior lecturers. Some of the university's most notable members of staff include. VSU's Mission is to generate scientific knowledge, conduct interdisciplinary programs to train highly qualified professionals, and implement innovative solutions, ensuring a high quality of life under the national interest and global market demands. VSU sees itself as: An achievement-oriented world-class center of research and education for the Sciences and Natural and Human Resource Management A center of interdisciplinary training of Russian and international students in academic programs which are competitive at the international level An entrepreneurial university whose activities are focused on accelerating technology transfer and the adoption of innovative technologies in the hi-tech sector of the economy of the Central Black Earth Region and Russia as a whole A dedicated institutional leader in the Central Black Earth Region committed to pooling the higher education system's intellectual and cultural resources to enhance the socio-economic prosperity and improve the people's living standards. VSU is among the top four Russian universities in international students and the number of contacts with the leading international universities. The history of teaching international students at VSU comprises over 50 years. About 15 thousand overseas students, postgraduate students, and interns from 126 different countries received various degrees from VSU. Currently, there are about 1 000 international students at VSU. View full university

Voronezh State Technical University is the Voronezh region's flagship university, which combines the educational, scientific, staff, and technical capacity of the two leading technical universities in the region: Voronezh State Technical University and Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Today, Voronezh State Technical University is a modern scientific, academic and technological institution that offers higher education programs and further and advanced training for professionals working at industrial and construction enterprises and organizations of the region. Twenty thousand students are currently studying at the university, including international students from 57 countries of Asia, Africa, South America, the Middle East, and CIS. The teaching staff is 1 000 highly-qualified, experienced professionals, with 160 awarded doctoral degrees in the respective fields. Competitive Advantages of VSTU: Long working experience, good reputation, high positions on the lists of the best technical universities of Russia Lifelong multi-level education that includes training and further training of academic staff renowned scientific schools Advanced research and innovation infrastructure (an interbranch engineering center equipped with a unique high-performance computing cluster and specifically designed software centers of collective use of scientific equipment, an innovative business incubator for students and academic staff, named after professor Y.M. Borisov an association of smaller innovative enterprises established with the participation of the University High availability of information resources and technologies, a wide range of applied software used in academic and scientific activities Cooperation with potential employers (establishment of specialized departments within the enterprises, an opportunity to complete all internships at the partner enterprises employment rate of more than 98%) Military educational center and military department providing training of 150 officers annually Availability of education for persons with disabilities Advanced social infrastructure (dormitories, canteens, sports center with a swimming pool, recreation centers, etc.). For many years VSTU has been providing enterprises of the region with young professionals in mechanical and aerospace engineering, radio electronics and information technology, energetics, construction, architecture, road construction, building materials production, etc. Scientists from Voronezh State University are conducting scientific research in all these areas. Such research is actively introduced at enterprises of the region, which allows increasing production efficiency. The University continually implements strategic breakthrough projects providing modernization and enhancement of the region's innovative potential. VSTU is a member of 7 out of 9 industrial clusters existing in the Voronezh Region and plays a crucial role in the regional economy. As a crucial center of education, science, technology, and engineering of the Central Chernozem Region, Voronezh State Technical University is shaping "growth points" in the most important economic sectors of the city and region by creating an environment that enables to establish smaller innovative enterprises and develop them within regional industrial clusters. Scientific and innovative activities of VSTU as a flagship university are aimed at breakthrough projects that provide modernization and enhancement of innovative potential of the regional industrial and agricultural sectors. The University conducts scientific research of fundamental and applied nature in the following priority areas within the Strategy of Social and Economic Development of Voronezh Region: New materials and coatings Resource and energy efficiency technologies Ecology. New technologies of waste disposal and water purifying. Affordable housing, construction technology, and housing and utilities. Construction of cheap housing from composite and organic materials. Heat pumps Electronic technologies and robotics. Microrobots, design of unique electronic devices Transport technologies and road construction. New technologies of highway construction Engineering. Technologies of aviation and space engineering. View full university

The State Budgetary Institution of Higher Professional Education «Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko» of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation is known as one of its leading research and teaching centers with a total of about 5,000 students. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in Russia. Its history goes back to 1802 – Dept University foundation, which moved to Voronezh in 1918. In 1930, its medical faculty became an independent medical institute, which achieved its academy status in 1994. The University has proved its worth as an academic institution providing high-quality education and conducting advanced scientific research in Medicine, Biology, and Pharmacy. The quality of its performance is reflected in the rating scale, according to which the University is included in the top ten medical schools of Russia. Its foundation has prepared more than 40 thousand medical specialists, including foreign ones from 56 countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The Founder of the University is the R.F. Government. The Founder's powers and competencies belong to the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation. The University has a perpetual license for educational activity and state accreditation. The University carries out its activities based on the Statute. Seven faculties and three educational institutes now present the structure of the University. The Faculties of General Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Preventive Medicine train specialists based on complete secondary education. The Faculty of Healthcare Management Development trains qualified healthcare executives to work efficiently in a new social and economic environment. The Faculty of Graduate Studies allows continuing studies in internship programs according to a chosen major or at the residency course, which is a part of the Russian Federation's multilevel structure of higher medical education. The International Institute of Medical Education and Cooperation trains specialists for foreign countries. The Institute of Advanced Nursing trains specialists based on special professional and complete secondary education. The Institute of Advanced Training supports the advancement of professional skills and medical staff retraining. More than 800 staff members, including 149 Doctors of Medical Sciences, 91 professors, and 525 Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, are involved in teaching and scientific work at 78 departments of the University. The educational activity of Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko is conducted in conformity with the school's leading educational programs based on the state educational standards for higher professional education and secondary professional education with due regard to suggested programs of the courses approved by the affiliated educational and methodological associations. View full university

Voronezh State Agrarian University was founded in 1912 and named after Emperor Peter the Great. Therefore, the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education, Voronezh State Agrarian University, is the oldest academic institution in the Central Black Earth economic region and the second-largest agricultural academic institution after Moscow State Agrarian Academy, named after K.A.Timiryazev. The establishment of Voronezh State Agrarian University laid the foundation of the Agricultural Academic Institutions Development Project in the Russian Empire. Adam Dietrich designed the campus's architectural complex, and seven objects of the university architectural complex are currently regarded as cultural property sites. After the October revolution in 1917, the University was renamed Voronezh Institute of Agrarian. All the tsar names were removed from the names of the cities and establishments in SFSR. In 1967 Voronezh State Agrarian Institute was named after its first Rector K.D. Glinka. On January 11, 1991, Voronezh State Agrarian Institute became Voronezh State Agrarian University n.a. K.D. Glinka. On May 23, 2011, by the Ministry of Agriculture, our University got back its historic name, Voronezh State Agrarian University, named after Emperor Peter the Great. Back in 1912, the Royal Government bought out over 800 ha of private lands and handed them over for training and research to the newly-established University. The research and production complex of the University kept expanding. In 1962 a training farm, "Berezovsky," located in Ramonsky district 30 kilometers away from the university campus with 7500 ha, was established. Over 80 thousand specialists graduated from our University during the past century. The past and the present of our University are inextricably connected with our country's history: the First and the Second World Wars, the October Revolution 1917, the Civil War, the Collectivization, purges, the Great Patriotic War, post-war restoration, modern history. You can get more information on our University's history in the VSAU History Museum, on this site, and from the books. At present, Voronezh State Agrarian University n.a. Peter the Great is one of the largest agrarian universities in Russia and the research, educational and cultural center of the Black Earth Region. It is also one of the leaders in international cooperation: the University has partners in more than 25 countries. More than 15,000 students studying at the University can choose from 19 majors, 30 specializations, and 52 qualifications. Post-graduate students can choose from 36 specializations. The total number of the staff is more than 1,400, including 664 teachers (of which 440 have Candidates' (Ph.D.) or Doctors' degrees and 105 hold Professors' posts). The University houses eight faculties (of Rural Engineering, Agrarian Science, Agrarian Chemistry and Ecology, Accounting and Finance, Veterinary Science and Animal Breeding, Humanities and Law, Land Survey, Technology, and Merchandising, Economy and Management), two institutes and a Professional Development School, eight boards, 12 branches and 48 farms, an exhibition center. The team of the University headed by the Rector created a new program of strategic development and has already started its realization. The program's main objective is to make Voronezh State Agrarian University a leader in the Russian market of agricultural education. View full university

Voronezh Institute of High Technologies (VIHT)is an autonomous non-profit educational organization of higher education. VIHT has been carried out fundamental and professional training of high-skilled personnel in the fields of IT-technologies, Computer Science and Engineering, Economics and Management, Human Resource Management, Service and Tourism since 1992. VIHT provides training for students from near and far abroad countries to realize the comprehensive studies system: pre-university training secondary professional education higher education - Master degree programs Postgraduate Studies - advanced professional training. The mode of study for international students is full-time. IHT has international certification by the International Education Society Ltd. ISO 9001-2008 quality certification of educational programs. VIHT introduces new technologies and teaching methods cooperating with main study centers of international companies such as Cisco Network Academy, which provides access to CCCNA qualification for further employment in the field of telecommunications Softline Study Centre and Microsoft IT Academy, which allow going through further professional certification in the field of IT-Technologies. The VIHT founders are Voronezh State Technical University, Voronezh State Medical Academy, Voronezh Regional Diagnostic Centre, Voronezh Mechanical Plant, Research Centre for the Specialist Training Quality Problems, Russian Fund of Attestation, Accreditation and Scientific Expertise of Higher Educational Institutions Rosvuzattestatsiya." Iakov Evseevich Lvovich, D. Sc., Professor, the honored scientist of the Russian Federation, the member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, was elected for a Rector position by the decision of the Board of Founders. VIHT provides training for students from near and far abroad countries to realize the comprehensive studies system: pre-university training secondary professional education higher education - Master degree programs, Postgraduate Studies - advanced professional training. The mode of study for international students is full-time. VIHT has international certification by the International Education Society Ltd. ISO 9001-2008 quality certification of educational programs. VIHT introduces new technologies and teaching methods cooperating with main study centers of international companies such as Cisco Network Academy, which provides access to CCCNA qualification for further employment in the field of telecommunications Softline Study Centre and Microsoft IT Academy, which allow going through further professional certification in the field of IT-Technologies. VIHT takes up the leading positions in the ranking of higher education institutions offering IT-education in Voronezh. All of this enabled VIHT to become one of the leading non-governmental higher educational institutions of the Voronezh Region of Russia, as evidenced by its high ratings and awards in National, Federal, and Regional competitions, programs, and exhibitions such as The best education program of innovative Russia, The best education center, The top company of the Voronezh Region in the field of education, inclusion in the Federal Register The All-Russian Book of Honor, etc. as well as favorable reviews of graduates and employers. View full university