Orenburg State University

Orenburg State University (Russian: Оренбургский государственный университет, Orenburgskiy gosudárstvennyy universitét), previously known as Orenburg Polytechnic Institute (Russian: Оренбургский Политехнический Институт, Russian: ОГУ, OGU), is a university in Russia.

Orenburg State University
Оренбургский государственный университет
Latin: Universitas Publica Orenburgensis
Former name
evening department of the Kuibyshev Industrial Institute

(14.09.1955-1.1.1971)
Orenburg Polytechnic Institute
(1.1.1971-25.10.1994)
Orenburg State Technical University
(25.10.1994-25.01.1996)
Orenburg State University

(since 25.01.1996)
MottoRussian: Ученье разум просвещает
Motto in English
Learning enlightens the mind
TypePublic
Established1955
RectorZhanna Ermakova
Administrative staff
3,000
Students43,000
Undergraduates40,000
Postgraduates3,000
Location
Orenburg
,
Russia
Campusurban
Websitewww.google.com
OSU Scientific Library at Prospekt Pobedy, 13

History

The university was founded in 1955 as a branch of Kuibyshev Polytechnic Institute.

In 1971, it converted into Orenburg Polytechnic Institute. In 1994, it became Orenburg State Technical University. In 1996, converted into Orenburg State University.

In 2014, Orenburg State Institute of Management integrated with Orenburg State University.

Staff and students

Currently the university employs more than 1,200 academics and 1,800 support staff. More than 40,000 undergraduates and 3,000 advanced degree candidates are enrolled. More than 5,000 specialists participate in refresher courses for career enhancement.

Graduates

Campus
Church in front first camp of Orenburg State University

The university's main campus is composed of four education buildings, a dining hall, a health-improving and physical training gym with sport grounds, a library, students’ polyclinic and the Chapel of Saint Martyr Tatiana.[1] The OSU campus also includes:

  1. Dormitories
  2. Medical Prophylactics Center
  3. Students’ Center
  4. The Palace of Culture "Russia"
  5. The Palace of Youth Creativity "Progress"
  6. The Aesthetic center "Dialogue"
  7. OSU Museum
  8. Geologic Museum

Institutions and research centres
  1. Institute of Bioelements is the satellite centre to Trace Element — Institute for UNESCO in Russia
  2. Institute of Micro and Nanotechnology
  3. Laboratory electronic media for educational purposes
  4. Small Academy of Public Administration
  5. Interdepartmental laboratory of geographic information technologies
  6. Interdisciplinary Regional Centre of Training and Retraining
  7. Meteorological Training Station
  8. Research Institute of History and Ethnography of the Southern Urals
  9. Research Institute of Regional Economy
  10. Research Centre for monitoring of buildings and structures
  11. Research and Education Center of Biochemical Physics of Nanosystems

and several others

Rectors
  1. Aleksander Burba (1971-1983)
  2. Ramses Abdrashitov (1983-1987)
  3. Anatoly Kozachenko (1987-1989)
  4. Victor Bondarenko (1989-2006)
  5. Vladimir Kovalevsky (2006-2015)
  6. Zhanna Ermakova (since 2015)

Notes and references
  1. University Campus

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