Ulyanovsk State University
Flagship university · Ulyanovsk Oblast
UniversityFounded 1988
About
Ulyanovsk State University (Russian: Ульяновский государственный университет, romanized: Ulyanovskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet) (USU) is a public, research university, located in Ulyanovsk, Russia—the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin. The city of Ulyanovsk (formerly Simbirsk, founded in 1648) is situated on the Volga River, about 710 kilometres (440 mi) east of Moscow and has a population of 700,000. The university enrolls some 16,000 students in six colleges offering 68 majors and claims considerable international ties. USU was one of the first among Russian universities to join the Bologna process to reform its Doctoral, Master's and Bachelor's degrees.
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Key facts
- Type
- Flagship university
- Founded
- 1988