2. Voronezh State University is a one of Russia’s leading
public research universities whose history can be traced
back to 1802.
3. Voronezh State University is currently one of the country’s
most renowned universities and it prides itself on being
the largest research university in the Central Black Earth
Region of the Russian Federation.
4. The university comprises 18 faculties, 14 research
laboratories, 14 research and development centres and a
university library which houses more than
3 000 000 books, periodicals and manuscripts.
5. A lot of courses (both full- and part-time) are offered.They centre
around the following major research and teaching programmes:
physics and mathematics
radiophysics
electronics
natural sciences
geosciences
humanities and social sciences
educational theory and pedagogy
medicine and pharmaceutics
economics and management
6. Apart from its 9 buildings and 7 residence halls located primarily in the city
centre, the university’s infrastructure comprises:
a unique Nature Reserve “Galichya Gora” open to staff and students’ research
and study. It is the only university-affiliated nature reserve in Europe
excellent library facilities providing access to numerous learning resources as
well as a collection of old and rare books, some of which date back to the XVIth
century
Folk Culture and Ethnography Museum
Book Museum;
University’s History Museum
Geological Museum
Soil Museum named after prof. P.G. Aderikhin
Museum of the Central Black Earth Region Flora named after prof. I.I. Barabash-
Nikiforov
“Usmanskyi Bor” Natural Museum
Virtual VSU Computer Centre Museum
7. Voronezh State University is a research-led institution
and its research activities are organised within a network
of 17 faculties, 5 research institutes, 14 research
laboratories administered by the Russian Academy of
Sciences.
8. Currently over 1400 staff are actively involved in research
projects.The university’s research portfolio includes as
many as 28 key research areas with strong emphasis on
ground-breaking research into nanotechnologies.
