North-Eastern Federal University

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QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia	251-300 (2022)

Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU)
Russian: Северо-Восточный Федеральный Университет им.М.К.Аммосова (СВФУ); Sakha: М. К. Аммуоhап аатынан Хотугулуу-Илиҥҥи федеральнай университет
Established	August 23, 1956 (Yakutsk State University was established); April 2, 2010 (North-Eastern Federal University)
Rector	Anatoliy Nikolayev
Academic staff	Building details
	Campus building in August 2013
General information
Coordinates	62°01′17″N 129°42′38″E / 62.02139°N 129.71056°E
Students	16,000
Location	Yakutsk, Russia
Website	http://www.s-vfu.ru/en

The Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, NEFU, (in Russian: Северо-Восточный федеральный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова; in Sakha: М. К. Аммуоhап аатынан Хотугулуу-Илиҥҥи федеральнай университет) previously known as Yakutsk State University (in Russian: Якутский государственный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова), is one of Russia's ten federal universities. NEFU's main campus is in Yakutsk (Sakha Republic), and it has two other campuses in Sakha (one in Mirny and one in Neryungri) as well as one in Anadyr in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

The official name is Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education.^{[clarification needed]} The undergraduate student population numbers over 16,000, while more than 500 students are engaged in postgraduate work. 1,600 academic staff are employed at the university. Of these 200 hold doctor’s degree, 800 are candidate of science degree.^{[citation needed]} There are 15 institutes, 9 faculties, and 3 university branches in Mirny, Neryungri and Chukotka, and 5 major research institutes. Students and staff have free access to the Ethernet and Wi-Fi.^{[citation needed]}

History

NEFU was officially established in April 2010 on the basis of Ammosov Yakutsk State University. The university holds the name of Maksim Kirovich Ammosov, a statesman of Soviet Yakutia.^{[clarification needed]} Recent^[when?] reforms in the Russian Federation created a new network of federal universities.^{[citation needed]}

Academics

Institutes^[2]

of Medicine
of Finance and Economics
of Mathematics and Computer Science
of Physics and Technologies
of Sports and Physical Education
of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies
of Psychology
of Languages and Cultures of the Peoples of the Russian North-East
Teacher Training
Technological
of Civil Engineering
of Natural Sciences
Mining

Faculties

of History
of Philology
of Law
of Road Construction
of Geology and Survey
Faculty of Pre-Undergraduate Education offers preparatory courses to schoolchildren

Branches

Neryungri Technical Institute (branch) of North-Eastern Federal University
Mirny Polytechnic Institute (branch) of North-Eastern Federal University
Chukotka branch of North-Eastern Federal University

Research

Institutes^[3]

There are five research institutions including:

Institute of Mathematics,
Health Institute,
Institute of Applied Ecology of North with LAZAREV MAMMOTH museum and lab,
Institute of Regional Economy of North,
OLONKHO Institute,
KULAKOVSKY Institute.

Traditions

Awards

A Kate Marsden scholarship is given to the best English language program student each year at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies.^[4]

Community engagement^[5]

Institute of Lifelong Professional Education
Faculty of Pre-Undergraduate Education

Notable alumni

Evgeniya Mikhailova (Educator, researcher, philanthropist, and politician)
Georgy Balakshin (Olympic boxer)
Viktor Lebedev (Freestyle wrestler)

Contacts

58, Belinsky Street, Yakutsk

Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RUSSIAN FEDERATION, 677891

References

^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ "Institutes and faculties — NEFU". s-vfu.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
^ "Institutes and faculties — NEFU". s-vfu.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
^ "Miss Mercy". Yakutia Today. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
^ "Institutes and faculties — NEFU". s-vfu.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

External links

Official website
Information
[1]-Official site in English

[QS_World_University_Rankings_2022-1] "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.

[2] "Institutes and faculties — NEFU". s-vfu.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

[3] "Institutes and faculties — NEFU". s-vfu.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

[mercy-4] "Miss Mercy". Yakutia Today. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

[5] "Institutes and faculties — NEFU". s-vfu.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

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University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia^[1]	251-300 (2022)