Udmurt State University

Udmurt State University (Udmurtian Удмурт кун университет; Удмуртский государственный университет) is a public university in the city of Izhevsk, Russia. Established in 1931, UdSU is in Udmurt Republic. In 1993, it was named among top twenty classical Russian universities, since then consistently ranks 14-16 out of 64 Russian universities.

over 28,000 students are enrolled at the Udmurt State University, which offers 86 different majors. About 9,200 of them are full-time undergraduates.

History
Udmurt State University is in the Udmurt Republic. It was originally established as Udmurt State Pedagogical Institute in 1931. Prior to World War II the Institute's main goal was defining the key elements of its organizational structure. UdSPI have grown after the end of the war, and by 1958 the Institute opened its own Graduate School. In April 1971 Udmurt State Pedagogical Institute officially became Udmurt State University.

Organizational structure
The main campus is on Udmurtskaya street in Izhevsk. the University has 14 departments and 7 institutes.

Humanities

 * Sociology and Philosophy Department
 * History Department
 * Philology Department
 * Udmurt Philology Department
 * Physical Education Department
 * Journalism Department
 * Professional Foreign Languages Department
 * Arts and Design Institute
 * Foreign Languages and Literature Institute
 * Pedagogy, Psychology, and Social Technologies Institute
 * Social Communications Institute
 * Law, Public Administration and Safety Institute
 * Institute of Economics and Management

Sciences

 * Geography Department
 * Biology and Chemistry Department
 * Mathematics Department
 * Physics Department

Engineering

 * Public Safety Institute
 * Oil and Gas Industry Department
 * Computer Sciences and Technologies Department
 * Medical Biotechnologies Department

Regional campuses
In addition to the main campus in Izhevsk, The Udmurt State University also has other campuses to service other parts of the Udumurt Republic. In the Udmurt Republic, there are campuses located in Votkinsk, Sarapul, Mozhga, and Debessy. Outside Udmurtia, there are campuses in Kudymkar, Gubkinsky, Naberezhnye Chelny and Nizhnyaya Tura.

Faculty
Out of almost 1,000 faculty members 190 faculty members are Associate Professors and 45 Full Professors.

Graduate school
UdSU graduate school offers 11 Ph.D. committees qualified to award Ph.D. and Dr.Sc. degrees in ecology, economics, law, psychology, pedagogics, ethnology, history, culture, linguistics of the Ural region, and Udmurt linguistics.

Research
Since the 1960s UdSU has diversified the scope of its scientific activity, and is currently offering up to 10 subfields of study within the most popular areas of research.

As of 2006 UdSU has 11 research subdivisions:
 * Botanical Gardens
 * Natural and Techogenic Catastrophes Institute
 * Humanitarian Institute
 * Udmurt Department of Russian Philosophical Society
 * Applied Ecology Institute
 * Educational Technologies Institute
 * Gender Studies Center
 * Ecology Studies Center
 * Educational Center "Resonance Technologies"
 * Multimedia and Internet Technologies Center
 * Intellectual Property and Information Division

Several issues of "Vestnik UdSU" journal present faculty members and students research papers every year.

Student facilities and life
The Fundamental Library of the Udmurt State University first opened in 1931. its fund contains over 700,000 units of conservation in both Russian and foreign languages.

Udmurt State University is a home for three museums. Opened in the 1960s Natural History Museum of The Animal Ecology Department remains a resource for biology and zoology students.

Although the initial research for the Museum of Ancient and Medieval History of the Kama and Vyatka Region started in 1973, museum officially began its work only in 1980.

Museum of Arts and Art Gallery established in 1991 showcases paintings, sculptures, and other art works created by UdSU students, faculty, and professional artists of the Udmurt Republic.

Founded in May 1998 The Center for American Studies (Центр американистики) attempts to familiarize UdSU students and faculty members with American culture. Besides various programs devoted to interdisciplinary studies of contemporary American culture, coordinated by both Russian and American specialists from the University of Central Florida, the Center offers tutoring for TOEFL test and Computer Training courses.