Southern Federal University
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| Established: | 2006 |
| President: | Alexander Belokon |
| Rector: | Vladislav Zakharevich |
| Location: | Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog, Russia |
| Website: | http://www.sfedu.ru |
Southern Federal University is a university in the Rostov oblast, Russia. It was established in 2006, when Rostov State Pedagogical University, Rostov State Academy of Architecture and Art, Taganrog State University of Radioengineering, and Rostov State University were combined to form one of two new federal universities in Russia. The former rector of Taganrog State University of Radioengineering, Vladislav Zakharevich, has been appointed Southern Federal's first rector, and the former rector of Rostov State University, Alexander Belokon, has been appointed SFU's first president.[1]
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[edit] History
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.
[edit] Departments
As of 2005, SFU 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
[edit] Famous alumni and faculty
[edit] Alumni
- Alexander Ankvab - prime minister of Abkhazia
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - author
[edit] Faculty
- Ivan Alekseyevich Kornilov - former general
[edit] External links
- Official Southern Federal University site(Russian)(English)
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