North-Eastern Federal University

North-Eastern Federal University
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. 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. 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.
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. Recent reforms in the Russian Federation created a new network of federal universities.
Academics
Institutes
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
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.
Community engagement
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
External links
Information
-Official site in English
Education in the Sakha Republic
Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
Yakutsk
Universities and colleges established in 1956
Buildings and structures in the Sakha Republic
1956 establishments in Russia
Federal universities of Russia
Universities in the Russian Far East