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What is Voronezh State University?

• 18 faculties
• International Education Institute
• Advanced Training Institute
• the Centre of Career Development of the VSU Department of Innovation and Business
• 6 research institutes:
  • Geology Research Institute
  • Mathematics Research Institute
  • Political and Social Research Institute
  • Interregional Institute of Social Sciences
  • Physics Research Institute
  • Chemistry and Pharmaceutics Research Institute
• 10 academic, research, and production centres, in collaboration with the leading companies of the region
• 16 research laboratories founded in collaboration with the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Business School
• 2 corporate universities (Siemens IT Solutions and Services, EFKO), as well as a corporate master's programme (in collaboration with Sberbank of Russia)
• 2 branches (in Stary Oskol and Borisoglebsk)
• the university library is one of the largest research libraries in Russia, housing about 3 000 000 books, periodicals, and manuscripts, in over 40 ancient and modern languages
• Military Training Centre
• a Publishing house
• an Internet centre
• a free wi-fi network for students and staff
• the first student TV network
• Students' Cultural Centre
• VSU Volunteer Club
• Venevitinovo sport and fitness complex
• 7 dormitories
• 11 museums
• a unique university-affiliated Galichya Gora nature reserve has been included in the Guinness book of records as the smallest one in the world
• Internship
• Postgraduate degree programme
• Postdoctoral degree programme (Dr. Habil.)
• Centre for Doctoral Training
• about 100 more professional education programmes for applicants, students, and other people.

VSU: Famous people

• Prof P.A. Cherenkov, Nobel Prize Winner in physics
• Prof V.M. Ievlev, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Prof N.M. Chernyshov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
• Prof I.F. Khitskov, full member of the Russian Academy of Agriculture
• I.V. Pereverzeva, Chairman of the European Council Institutional Committee of Local and Regional Authorities (Strasbourg)
• Yu.M. Danilov, former judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
• V.O. Luchin, theatre director
• V.I. Gusev, writer, literary critic
• A.A. Zhilyaev, distinguished painter

VSU: Names

• In 2011, a project of a universal 3D scanning software complex "Russian3DScanner" by Andrew Krovopuskov – a student of the Faculty of Computer Sciences at VSU – won the first prize in the "Innovation Technology Business – 2011" national competition, and its author was granted an opportunity to complete an internship programme at the Silicon Valley business incubator (USA, California);
  
  
• In May 2011, a course on "Modern Web Technologies" by Alexander Sychev – Associate Professor of the Faculty of Computer Sciences at VSU – was the most popular training course in the world among those posted on the website of the Microsoft Facility Resource Center, which aims to assist lecturers, students, and various professionals, in learning Microsoft technologies;
  
  
• In December 2011, Artem Kozhokin – a student of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at VSU – became the first person from Voronezh to win the first prize in the Traditional Karate World Cup in Serbia;
  
  
• In May 2014, Yuriy Perin – Lecturer of the Faculty of Physics at VSU – came first in the Masters category of the V International Berlin Swimming Championship, setting a 100 m backstroke and a 200m backstroke record;
  
  
• In May 2014, a project on creating a new chitosan-based wound-healing medicine by Pavel Fedosov, a student of the Faculty of Pharmaceutics, won the first prize at the regional "StartUp Search – 2014" campaign. It was granted support and consulting assistance for participation in the V National Forum "Youth Innovation Centre – 2014";
  
  
• In May 2014, Alexey Efremov – Associate Professor of the Law Faculty of VSU – became a winner in the "Information Law" nomination of the "Legal Russia" IX National Professional Competition;
  
  
• In June 2014, the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of Voronezh State University was awarded to Prof Vitaliy V. Naumkin, Dr. habil. in History, Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who has given a public lecture at VSU;
  
  
• In September 2014, Zhores Alferov, the winner of 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics, guest lectured at Voronezh State University.

VSU: Numbers

• VSU has the largest number of students in Voronezh – over 21 thousand;
• VSU has the most buildings (10) and dormitories (7) among all the universities in Voronezh;
• VSU is engaged in collaboration with more than 120 international universities;
• VSU is one of the oldest universities in Voronezh – it is going to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2018;
• at VSU, there are 8 creative associations aimed at developing the students' talents;
• at VSU, there are 42 clubs in 25 kinds of sports, including football, cross-country skiing, orienteering, wrestling, chess, wushu, karate-dō, rock climbing, dance sport, etc;
• there are 6 European languages, 5 Slavic languages, and 3 Oriental languages, taught at VSU.