Organization:Yugra State University

Short description: Education organization in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Yugra State University

Russian: Югорский государственный университет
Type	public
Established	2001 (2001)
Rector	Roman Kuchin
Students	3200
Address	16 Tchekhova Street , Khanty-Mansiysk , Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug , Russia [ ⚑ ] 61°00′04″N 69°01′48″E
Campus	urban
Website	ugrasu.ru

The Yugra State University (YUSU; Russian: Югорский государственный университет, ЮГУ) is a public university in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

History

The university was founded in 2001 by the initiative of the Government of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug on the basis of branches of educational institutions existed in Khanty-Mansiysk: the Tyumen State Agricultural Academy, the Nizhnevartovsk State Pedagogical Institute, and the Siberian State Automobile and Highway Academy.

In 2003, a new main building was built for the university. At that time it became the tallest building in Khanty-Mansiysk. In 2007, the university included the following state educational institutions: the Surgut Petroleum Technical School, the Nizhnevartovsk Petroleum Technical School, the Lyantor Petroleum Technical School, and the Nefteyugansk Industrial College. They became branches of the YUSU. In 2013, the university became a center for training the Olympics 2014 volunteers.

Education

The YUSU provides education of different qualification levels:

• secondary vocational education,
• higher professional education (Bachelor's degree and master's degree),
• post-graduate studies in a number of scientific areas.

In the university the education process is organized at four departments:

• the Institute of Humanities (Northern studies),
• the Institute of Digital Economy,
• the Institute of Oil and Gas,
• the Institute of Law.

External links

• Official website (in Russian)