| International Sakharov Environmental University | |
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| Международный государственный экологический университет имени А.Д. Сахарова | |
| Established | 1992 |
| Type | State |
| Provost | Vladimir I. Krasovsky |
| Rector | Semjon P. Kundas |
| Students | 1,273 |
| Location | Minsk, Belarus |
| Former names | International Sakharov Higher College on Radioecology, International Sakharov Institute on Radioecology |
| Website | http://www.iseu.by |
International Sakharov Environmental University (ISEU) is a university in Minsk, Belarus.
The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. As on February, 2011 1,273 full time students were enrolled.
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International Sakharov Environmental University was formed on January 20, 1992 after the resolution of the Republic of Belarus in compliance with the recommendations of the International Sakharov Congress (Moscow, May, 1991) by means of the United Nations Organization.
The necessity of founding such an educational institution appeared as a result of the tragic events of 1986 (Chernobyl disaster), when there were practically no specialists professionally trained for minimization of the consequences of radiation accidents. Following the initiatives of the International Congress of memory of Andrei Sakharov “Peace, progress, human rights” and the program “Chernobyl” controlled by the United Nations Organization, Sakharov college was inaugurated in Minsk. The next stage of the development was 1994, when after the resolution of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Belarus the college became independent International Institute of Radioecology. In 1999 after the state accreditation the Institute acquired the status of University.
The university consists of five faculties, as delineated below.
The Faculty of Environmental Monitoring contains seven academic departments, encompassing nuclear and radiation safety, environmental monitoring, physics, mathematics, as well as philosophy, sociology and economics.
International Sakharov Environmental University has currently no dorms in property.