Facts and Figures

Petrozavodsk State University is the Flagship University of the Republic of Karelia and one of the leading universities in Northwest Russia.

• Established in 1940
• Trained more than 70 000 qualified specialists
• Offers over 100 educational programs
• Foreign language testing (TORFL, TOEFL, TOLES)
• The only university in Russia that trains specialists in the area of Finno-Ugric languages and culture (Karelian, Vepsian and Finnish)
• The leading international school of programmers' training
• The world’s leading center for research in the field of development and creation of elemental base and equipment for non-silicon micro and nanoelectronics
• Exchange programs with over 20 foreign universities
• Participant and organizer of dozens of international, all-Russian and regional conferences and seminars every year
• 350+ international students from 40+ countries
• Center for official and notarized translations
• 11 dormitories
• A wide range of summer/winter schools and short-term programs