Novosibirsk State University
Novosibirsk state university, located in the heart of Akademgorodok, is a world-famous research center of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Results of the research conducted by the university staff in the fields of nuclear physics, particle physics, biotechnology, the creation of nano-materials, laser systems of new generation, innovative methods of cancer treatment, are known all over the world.
The main areas of training and research: Elementary particle physics, Photonics, and Quantum Optics, Research of the Arctic, Cancer Therapy Innovation, Chemistry, Materials and Technologies, Genomic Technologies, Biomarkers and Social Behavior, Archeology. We are the 2nd best university in the QS University Rankings: Emerging Europe and Central Asia 2015.
Quick facts:
- 317 position in the main QS Ranking (NSU is among the top 2% of best universities in the world)
- 6000 students
- More than 100 scientific laboratories and research centers using advanced equipment
- More than 1000 international students from 37 countries
- 72 Russian-taught Master’s programs
- 15 English-taught Master’s programs
- 3 English-taught Ph.D. programs
- 28 scientific internships for international students
- 29 international joint programs
- 132 partner universities from 29 countries
Faculties of Novosibirsk State University:
- General Medicine
- Mechanics and Mathematics
- Physics
- Information Technology
- Economics
- Science
- Geology and Geophysics
- Humanities
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Journalism
- Foreign Languages
- Law
Student Accommodation
Students stay in bedroom for two or three and share facilities like bathrooms and kitchen facilities, although some institutions may provide apartment-style rooms with private bathrooms and kitchenettes. All utilities (electricity, gas and water) are included in the fees, and internet access is usually provided in each room, which is free of costs.
Novosibirsk City
Novosibirsk is a city in Russia, the capital of the Novosibirsk region and Siberian Federal District. It is the third largest city of the country after Moscow and St. Petersburg, one of the largest Russian business, cultural, industrial, scientific, trade, and transport centers.
Novosibirsk features
Novosibirsk is located in the south-eastern part of the West Siberian Plain, near the reservoir formed by the dam of the Novosibirsk hydroelectric power station. The city has a continental climate. The average temperature in January is minus 16.5 degrees Celsius, in July – plus 19.4 degrees Celsius.
Novosibirsk City Day is officially celebrated on the last Sunday in June. The largest hotels in Novosibirsk are Marins Park Hotel Novosibirsk, Hotel River Park (Ob hotel), Azimut Hotel Siberia, Tsentralnaya (Central) Hotel, Zolotaya Dolina (Golden Valley) in Akademgorodok. Also the city has hotels of such global hotel chains as Swissotel, Hilton Hotels, Radisson, Marriott International, and others.
It is a major transport hub connecting Siberia, the Far East, Central Asia with the European part of Russia. The city is served by the international airport “Tolmachevo” located 17 km from the center of Novosibirsk. The airport offers regular passenger flights to major cities of Russia, countries of the former Soviet Union, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus, Vietnam, Thailand. The Trans-Siberian Railway passes through the city. Novosibirsk is also an important port on the Ob River.
The main industries are machine building, electric power generation, metallurgy, and food. Novosibirsk is home to the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences located like almost all other higher education institutes in a separate suburb named Akademgorodok (meaning “the town of academicians”).
