Petrozavodsk State University
Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU) is a classical university in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia. It was founded in 1940 as the Karelian-Finnish University and was renamed in 1956 to Petrozavodsk State University. The rector of Petrozavodsk State University is Prof. Anatoly V. Voronin. General information There are 16 departments offering a range of disciplines. The university includes 10 faculties, 6 educational institutes, 79 departments, 84 laboratories, development and project departments, 27 innovative departments, 28 small enterprises, 2 techno parks, a publishing house, a scientific library, a botanical garden, and the "Onego" swimming pool. PetrSU faculty numbers about 890 (105 doctors of science, 502 candidates of science, 66 professors, and 329 associate professors). More than 11,670 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at PetrSU. Academic degrees and diplomas awarded: Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science. Language of instruction: Russian. Language courses offered: Russian, English, Finnish, German, and French. History Foundation of the University On April 24, 1940 the congress of the Communist Party KFSSR was held, where the leader of Karelo-Finnish SSR G.N. Kupriyanov showed his report. It claimed that it's needed to pay special attention to the development of