Kursk Oblast

South-West State University

University · Kursk Oblast

UniversityFounded 1964
South-West State University campus
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About

South-West State University (YuZGU; Russian: Юго-Западный государственный университет (ЮЗГУ), Yugo-Zapadnyy gosudarstvennyy universitet) is a university located in Kursk, Russia. South-West State University was founded in 1964 as the Kursk Politechnical Institute as the Kursk branch of a Moscow university. It was renamed Kursk State Technical University in 1995 before receiving its current name in 2010. Its current rector is Sergey Emelyanov.

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Key facts

Type
University
Founded
1964
Students
11,250
Also known as
Jugo-Zapadnyj gosudarstvennyj universitet, Kursk State Technical University, Yugo-Zapadnyj gosudarstvennyj universitet