Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
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The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (Russian
: Российский университет дружбы народов, РУДН) is an educational and research institution located in the South of Moscow
and is ranked by the Ministry of Education of Russia as the country's third-best university after Moscow State University
and Saint Petersburg State University
. It was founded in 1960 as Peoples' Friendship University . Its stated objective at the time was to help nations of the Third World
, mainly in Asia, Africa and South America, at the height of the Cold War
by providing higher education and professional training, but many students from developed countries also attended.
on February 5, 1960. The Soviet government decided to establish Peoples’ Friendship University in response to the requests of former colonial countries. On February 22, 1961, it was renamed in honour of Patrice Lumumba
, the leader of what later became the Democratic Republic of the Congo
, who had been overthrown and murdered in a coup only days earlier. In the first year, 539 foreign students from 59 countries were enrolled (plus 57 Soviet students).
In February 1975, the University was awarded the Peoples’ Friendship Order for contributions in human development of Asian, African and Latin American countries.
On February 5, 1992 the university was renamed 'Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia – State Institute of Higher Education (PFUR)'. The founder of the PFUR is the government of the Russian Federation.
The University staff includes about 7,000 employees; among them there are 732 professors and Doctors of Science, 807 associate professors and candidates of science, 91 academicians and Corresponding Members of academies of Russia, 50 Honoured workers of Science of the Russian Federation, 56 PFUR teachers and professors are full members of international academies and learned societies, as well as other general employees.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
: Российский университет дружбы народов, РУДН) is an educational and research institution located in the South of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and is ranked by the Ministry of Education of Russia as the country's third-best university after Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
and Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg and one of the oldest and largest universities in Russia....
. It was founded in 1960 as Peoples' Friendship University . Its stated objective at the time was to help nations of the Third World
Third World
The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO , or communism and the Soviet Union...
, mainly in Asia, Africa and South America, at the height of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
by providing higher education and professional training, but many students from developed countries also attended.
History
Peoples’ Friendship University was established by the government of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
on February 5, 1960. The Soviet government decided to establish Peoples’ Friendship University in response to the requests of former colonial countries. On February 22, 1961, it was renamed in honour of Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo after he helped win its independence from Belgium in June 1960. Only ten weeks later, Lumumba's government was deposed in a coup during the Congo Crisis...
, the leader of what later became the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
, who had been overthrown and murdered in a coup only days earlier. In the first year, 539 foreign students from 59 countries were enrolled (plus 57 Soviet students).
In February 1975, the University was awarded the Peoples’ Friendship Order for contributions in human development of Asian, African and Latin American countries.
On February 5, 1992 the university was renamed 'Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia – State Institute of Higher Education (PFUR)'. The founder of the PFUR is the government of the Russian Federation.
Goals
The stated purpose of establishing this university was to give young people from Asia, Africa and Latin America, especially from poor families, an opportunity to be educated and to become highly qualified specialists.Founders
The organizations that have been mentioned as founders of the university are:- All-Union Central Soviet of Trade Unions
- Soviet Afro-Asian Solidarity CommitteeSoviet Afro-Asian Solidarity CommitteeThe Soviet Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee was an organization in the Soviet Union, which mobilized solidarity efforts to national liberation movements in Africa and Asia. SKSSAA was founded in May 1956. SKSSAA was a member of the Asian and African Peoples' Solidarity Organisation . SKSSAA...
- Soviet Associations Union of Friendship and Intercultural Relationship
Today
Today, more than 97,000 graduates work in approximately 165 different countries around the world. The university has 57 programmes with about 35,000 students (including postgraduates) of 450 nationalities. About 15,000 of the current students are from outside the Russian Federation, while more than 1,000 are from autonomous regions inside the Russian Federation.The University staff includes about 7,000 employees; among them there are 732 professors and Doctors of Science, 807 associate professors and candidates of science, 91 academicians and Corresponding Members of academies of Russia, 50 Honoured workers of Science of the Russian Federation, 56 PFUR teachers and professors are full members of international academies and learned societies, as well as other general employees.
Schools
- Faculty of Russian Language and Basic Disciplines (Preparatory faculty for International Students)
- Faculty of ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of MedicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
- Faculty of Medicine with English Medium
- Faculty of AgricultureAgricultureAgriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
- Faculty of EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
- Faculty of HumanitiesHumanitiesThe humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and Social Sciences - Faculty of PhilologyPhilologyPhilology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
- Institute of Foreign Languages
- School of LawLawLaw is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
- Ecology Institute of Hotel, Business and Tourism
- Institute of Global Economics and Business
- Institute of Correspondence Studies
Programmes
- Full-time programs (Undergraduate, Graduate and Postgraduate)
- Part-time (Night School Bachelor's Programme)
- Part-time & independent study Specialist programme, 1 week per month evening instruction (often erroneously called a form of correspondence courses)
- Correspondence Courses
- Double Majors
- Additional Education Courses
Degrees offered
- Bachelor's Degree - (4 years of study)
- State Specialist Degree – (5 years of study)
- Medical Doctor Degree – (6 years of Study)
- Master's Degree - (2 years of study following B.Sc.)
- Ph.D – 3 years (after Masters or Specialist)
- D.Sc – 2–3 years (after Ph.D)
See also
- International Lenin SchoolInternational Lenin SchoolSituated in Moscow and shrouded in secrecy, the International Lenin School was founded in 1926 as an instrument for the "Bolshevisation" of the Communist International and its national sections, following the resolutions of the fifth Congress of the Comintern. Between 1926 and 1938 the school...
- 2003 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia fire2003 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia fireThe 2003 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia fire was a fire that occurred about 2:30 a.m. on November 24, in a hostel that stood among other dormitories on the campus of Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in Moscow, Russia...