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Established
  
1878

Website
  
en.tsu.ru

Phone
  
+7 382 252-98-52

Motto
  
Mens Mundo Aperiens

Students
  
15,000

Total enrollment
  
16,440 (1 Apr 2015)

Founded
  
28 May 1878

Tomsk State University

Former names
  
The Siberian Imperial University (1878 - 1967)

Rector
  
Dr. Eduard V. Galazhinsky

Address
  
Lenin Ave, 36, Tomsk, Tomskaya oblast', Russia, 634050

Notable alumni
  
Ekaterina Stoliarova, Vladimir Yevseyevich Zuev, Viktor Panin, Mikhail Bashkatov, Abram Ilyich Fet

Similar
  
Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk State University, Tomsk State Pedagogi, Siberian State Medical, Tomsk State University

Profiles

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Tomsk State University, TSU (Russian: Томский государственный университет; full official name: Tomsk State University) is a public research university located in Siberia, Russia. On May 28, 1878, Emperor Alexander II signed a decree on the establishment of the first and only higher education institution in the vast expanses from the Russian Urals to the Pacific Ocean – the Siberian Imperial University in Tomsk, Russia.

Contents

TSU was opened in 1888. The first classes for the first 72 students began on September 1, 1888 at the single, Medical Faculty. Classes were given by eight professors, aided by seven assistants and laboratory technicians. Professor Nikolai Gezekhus was appointed the first rector of the University.

At present, there are 21 Faculties and Institutes with 151 Departments and about 15,000 students (among them are about 2,000 international students).

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Strategic Academic Units

StrAUs are Strategic Academic Units that focused on the study of the transformation taking place with the man, society, and the natural and man-made environment.

TSU has 4 StrAUs, Institute of Biomedicine, Institute of the Human of the Digital Era, Institute of Smart Materials and Technology and Siberian Institute of the Future.

The Research Library

The Research Library and Tomsk State University were opened in the same year, 1888. The founder of the library was Vasily Florinskiy – physician and writer, organizer of Tomsk University. Both Tomsk State University and the Research Library was given a status of a Particularly Valuable Object of the Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of the Russian Federation. In 2016 The Library contained 3.8 million depositary units, including over 124,000 manuscripts and rare books.

References

Tomsk State University Wikipedia