Rostov State University

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Rostov State University

Rostov State University - the main building. The departments of history and biology are located here
Established	1915
Location	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Website	http://www.rsu.ru

Rostov State University was the university in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It was founded in 1915 as a successor to Warsaw Russian University (founded 1869). In 2006, according to the order of the Russian government it was merged with three other educational institutions of Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog to form Southern Federal University.[1][2]

1 History
2 Departments
3 Famous alumni and faculty
- 3.1 Alumni
- 3.2 Faculty
4 External links
- 4.1 Department sites

[edit] History

[edit] Departments

The building of the departments of psychology, of sociology and political science and of philosophy and cultural studies

As of 2005, RSU includes these departments:

Department of biology and soil science
Department of chemistry
Department of economics
Department of geology and geography
Department of history
Department of hi-tech
Department of law
Department of mathematics and mechanics and computer science
Department of philology and journalism
Department of philosophy and cultural studies
Department of physics
Department of psychology
Department of regional studies
Department of sociology and political science
Department of military training

The department of military training is not a department in strict sense, it offers optional military training course for students from the other departments; now, according to the order of the Ministry of Defence no new students are allowed and upon graduation of its last students it will be closed.