Peoples' Friendship University of Russia

The Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Russian: Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы, romanized: Rossijskij universitet družby narodov imeni Patrisa Lumumby, lit. 'Russian university of the friendship of peoples/nations named after Patrice Lumumba'), also known as RUDN University and, until 1992 and since March 2023, as Patrice Lumumba University, in honour of the Congolese politician Patrice Lumumba, is a public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1960 by a resolution from the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR to assist countries that had recently achieved independence from colonial powers.

Type

University

Founded

1960

Students

31,759

Also known as

Lumumba University, PFUR, Patrice Lumumba University, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)