Stavropol State Agrarian University

Stavropol State Agrarian University is a state institution of higher education in Stavropol, Northern Caucasus. The previous title of the University is Stavropol State Agricultural Academy.
History
1930 – as a result of Moscow Zootechnic Institute’s reorganization four education institutions were established: Moscow Zootechnic Institute of horse breeding based on the Horse Breeding Faculty, Moscow Cattle Institute, Moscow Sheep-breeding Institute and Moscow Veterinarian Institute.
1933 – Krasnodar Sheep-breeding Institute and Taganrog Institute Department of dairy&meat cattle breeding joined the Institute. It was renamed as Northern Caucasian Zootechnic Institute.
1940 - All-Soviet Union Sheep Breeding Research Institute of People's Commissariat for Agriculture.
1970 – Institution Preparation Department was established.
1976 – the Institute was awarded with Order of the Red Banner of Labour for merits of highly skilled agrarian specialists’ training, for development and implement of scientific achievements into agrarian performance.
1994 - State Higher Education Committee made a decision to transform the Institution into the Stavropol State Agricultural Academy.
2001 – the Academy was renamed as Stavropol State Agrarian University.
Executives
Chief officers of the Northern Caucasian Zootechnic Institute
1930–1934 – Viktor Viktorovitch Viktor
1934–1937 – Yan Yanovitch Virs
1937–1938 – Aleksey Ivanovitch Mikhalin
Chief officer of Voroshilov Zooveterinarian Institute
1938–1941 – Gerasim Khrisanfovitch Alafinov
Chief officers of the Stavropol State Agricultural Institute
1942–1955 – Feodosiy Vasilyevitch Kozel
1955–1961 – Ignatiy Prokofyevitch Salmin
Rectors of the Stavropol Agrarian Institute
1961–1968 – Aleksandr Ivanovitch Zhukov
1968–1984 – Viktor Ivanovitch Lisunov
1984–1999 – Viktor Yakovlevitch Nikitin
Rector of the Stavropol State Agrarian University
Since 1999 – Vladimir Ivanovitch Trukhachev.
Performance
According to the license the University has a right to perform an education activity including 126 programs of HPE (specialist, bachelor, master's degree program), where 18.500 students are studying. University structure consists of 9 faculties, 51 chairs, 90 innovation labs and centers, techno-park “UniverAgro”, publishing complex “AGRUS”, 32 minor innovation ventures, horse physical culture school, vivarium, research library.
The number of Stavropol State Agrarian University staff is 1405 men including 698 teachers. 92,1% of teaching staff has a science-degree, and the average age of staff is 39.
Stavropol State Agrarian University has 66 countries-members, 136 strategic partners, 51 branch chairs on the basis of employers. Every year 235 contracts on creative collaboration are signed. SSAU is the member of Great University Charter since 2008.
Faculties
Faculty of Agronomy
Faculty of Veterinarian Medicine
Faculty of Plants Protection
Faculty of Agricultural Mechanization
Faculty of Hospitality Business and Tourism
Faculty of Technological Management
Accounting and finance faculty
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Electrification in Agriculture
Notable alumni
Mikhail Gorbachev - the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1990), the President of the USSR (1990–1991).
References
External links
Official website
University graduates
Stavropol SAU awards
Stavropol
Agricultural universities and colleges in Russia
Universities in Stavropol Krai