Irkutsk State University (Russian: Ирку́тский госуда́рственный университе́т) was founded in October 1918 in Irkutsk, Siberia. Nowadays Irkutsk State University is a scientific and educational institution training students in humanities, natural, technical and applied sciences. ISU facilities include 8 educational institutions, 11 faculties, the scientific library that is one of the largest University libraries in Russia. ISU offers bachelor, master, post-graduate programs for more than 18,000 students that have opportunity to specialize under the supervision of world-known scientists.
For decades, Irkutsk University has trained more than 80 thousand specialists, including State Prize winners and writers V. Rasputin, A. Vampilov, and M. Sergeev.
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History
Russian scientists, statesmen, patrons of art and science, such as Nikolai Yadrintsev, Afanasy Shchapov, P.A. Slovtsov, S.S. Shchukin, Grigory Potanin and others were founders of Irkutsk State University, many of whom were advocates of Siberian regionalism. The University was opened on October 27, 1918.
Faculties and Institutes
At present, the University consists of 10 faculties and 10 educational institutions. Over 14500 thousand students, including 880 foreign students from 23 countries, and more than 1155 lecturers (142 Dr. Sc. and 625 Cand. Sc. professors) work there.
Notable faculty members
Semyon Novgorodov, creator of a Yakut alphabet
Ivan Naumovich Yazev, astronomer and head of the university's astronomical observatory from 1948 to 1955
Notable alumni
Valentin Rasputin, writer
Alexander Vampilov, writer
Erdenebalsuren Damdin, judge on the International Criminal Court
Mark Sergeev, poet
Evgeny Chernikin, zoologist and ecologist