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Penza State University

Coordinates: 53°10′54″N 45°0′13″E / 53.18167°N 45.00361°E / 53.18167; 45.00361
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Penza State University
Пензенский государственный университет (ПГУ)
TypePublic
Established1943
PresidentVladimir Volchikhin
RectorAlexandr Gulyakov
Address
Krasnaya 40 st
,
Penza
,
Russia

53°10′54″N 45°0′13″E / 53.18167°N 45.00361°E / 53.18167; 45.00361
CampusUrban
Websitewww.pnzgu.ru
Building details
Map

Penza State University (Russian: Пензенский государственный университет) is a state university in the city of Penza. It was founded in 1943. The university has nine faculties and five institutes.

History

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It was founded on the basis of the Odessa Industrial Institute, which was relocated to Penza by the order of the All-Union Committee for Higher Education under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR "On resumption of activities of Odessa Industrial Institute in the city of Penza" of July 3 1943.[1] It was opened under the name "Penza Industrial Institute" on November 1,1943 and had 11 departments.

In 1959 by the order of the Minister of Higher Education of the USSR "Penza Industrial Institute" was renamed into "Penza Polytechnical Institute", and on the basis of the Faculty of Construction Penza Civil Engineering Institute was formed. On July 5, 1993 by the order of Chairman of the State Higher Education Committee of the Russian Federation Penza Polytechnical Institute was renamed into Penza State Technical University. On January 22, 1998 by the order of Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, Penza State Technical University was renamed into Penza State University.[2] On April 23, 2012, by order of the Ministry of Education and Science Penza State University was reorganized in the form of joining the Penza Pedagogical University named after V.G. Belinsky as a structural unit.[3]

Institutes

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PSU includes the following institutes:

  • Institute of Military Training
  • Institute of Sport and Physical Training
  • Medical Institute
  • Institute of Ongoing Education
  • V.G. Belinsky Institute of Teacher Education
  • Polytechnic Institute
  • Institute of Economics and Administration
  • Institute of Law

Faculties

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PSU includes the following faculties:

  • Faculty of Computer Engineering (Polytechnic Institute)
  • Faculty of History, Languages and Literature
  • Faculty of General Medicine
  • Faculty of Industrial Technologies, Power Engineering and Transport (Polytechnic Institute)
  • Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Information Technology and Electronics (Polytechnic Institute)
  • Faculty of Dentistry
  • Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Branches

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PSU comprises the following branches:

  • Kuznetsk Institute of Information and Management Technologies
  • Nizhny Lomov branch
  • Serdobsk branch

References

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  1. ^ "PSU history (Film for the 65th anniversary of the university)". Archived from the original on 2011-11-20. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  2. ^ "Пензенский государственный университет :: Энциклопедия". penzanews.ru. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  3. ^ МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ ПРИКАЗ от 23 апреля 2012 г. N 320 О РЕОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОГО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БЮДЖЕТНОГО ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО УЧРЕЖДЕНИЯ ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ "ПЕНЗЕНСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ" И ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОГО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БЮДЖЕТНОГО ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО УЧРЕЖДЕНИЯ ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ "ПЕНЗЕНСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ ИМЕНИ В.Г. БЕЛИНСКОГО"
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