Russian federal state-owned higher education institution

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Saint Petersburg State University

<p><b>Saint Petersburg State University</b> (<b>SPBU</b>; <a href="/en/Russian_language" title="Russian language" class="wl">Russian</a><span>: </span><span>Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет</span>) is a <a href="/en/Public_university" title="Public university" class="wl">public</a> <a href="/en/Research_university" title="Research university" class="wl">research university</a> in <a href="/en/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg" class="wl">Saint Petersburg</a>, <a href="/en/Russia" title="Russia" class="wl">Russia</a>. Founded in 1724 by a decree of <a href="/en/Peter_the_Great" title="Peter the Great" class="wl">Peter the Great</a>, the university from the beginning has had a focus on fundamental research in science, engineering and humanities.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Other name, Former names, Motto, Motto in&nbs...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size:125%;">Saint Petersburg State University</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="nickname">Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Coat_of_arms_of_SPbU.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Coat_of_arms_of_SPbU.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Coat_of_arms_of_SPbU.svg/175px-Coat_of_arms_of_SPbU.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="175" data-file-type="drawing" height="204" width="175" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Coat_of_arms_of_SPbU.svg/263px-Coat_of_arms_of_SPbU.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Coat_of_arms_of_SPbU.svg/350px-Coat_of_arms_of_SPbU.svg.png 2x" alt="Coat_of_arms_of_SPbU.svg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname"><a href="/en/Latin_language" title="Latin language" class="mw-redirect wl">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Universitas Petropolitana</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Other name</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">St Petersburg University</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Petersburg Pedagogical Institute (1804–1814)<br><a href="/en/Main_Pedagogical_Institute" title="Main Pedagogical Institute" class="mw-redirect wl">Main Pedagogical Institute</a> (1814–1819)<br>Saint Petersburg University (1819–1821)<br><a href="/en/Saint_Petersburg_Imperial_University" title="Saint Petersburg Imperial University" class="wl">Saint Petersburg Imperial University</a> (1821–1914)<br>Petrograd Imperial University (1914–1918)<br>Petrograd State University (1918–1924)<br>Leningrad State University (1924–1991)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Hic tuta perennat</i> (<a href="/en/Latin" title="Latin" class="wl">Latin</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Motto in<span>&nbsp;</span>English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Here all in safety lasts</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Public_university" title="Public university" class="wl">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1724<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>299<span>&nbsp;</span>years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1724</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)" class="wl">Rector</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Nikolai M. Kropachev</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Administrative staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">13,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">32,400</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education" class="wl">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">26,872</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education" class="wl">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5,566</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Address</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="street-address">7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034</div>, <div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/en/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg" class="wl">Saint Petersburg</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">Russia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">Both <a href="/en/Urban_area" title="Urban area" class="wl">urban</a> and <a href="/en/Suburban" title="Suburban" class="mw-redirect wl">suburban</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/School_colors" title="School colors" class="wl">Colours</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#9F2D20; color:white;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span> <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:#A8ADB4; color:black;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span> <a href="/en/Terracotta_(color)" title="Terracotta (color)" class="mw-redirect wl">Terracotta</a> and <a href="/en/Gray" title="Gray" class="mw-redirect wl">gray</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Association_of_Professional_Schools_of_International_Affairs" title="Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs" class="wl">APSIA</a>, <a href="/en/BRICS_Universities_League" title="BRICS Universities League" class="wl">BRICS Universities League</a>, <a href="/en/European_University_Foundation_-_Campus_Europae" title="European University Foundation - Campus Europae" class="wl">Campus Europae</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data">Boris the Funny Looking Owl<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span>
<div style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">Building details</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border"><a href="/en/File:Spb_Vasilievsky_Island_Twelve_Collegiums_asv2019-09.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Spb_Vasilievsky_Island_Twelve_Collegiums_asv2019-09.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Spb_Vasilievsky_Island_Twelve_Collegiums_asv2019-09.jpg/240px-Spb_Vasilievsky_Island_Twelve_Collegiums_asv2019-09.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="7626" data-file-height="4766" data-file-type="bitmap" height="150" width="240" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Spb_Vasilievsky_Island_Twelve_Collegiums_asv2019-09.jpg/360px-Spb_Vasilievsky_Island_Twelve_Collegiums_asv2019-09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Spb_Vasilievsky_Island_Twelve_Collegiums_asv2019-09.jpg/480px-Spb_Vasilievsky_Island_Twelve_Collegiums_asv2019-09.jpg 2x" alt="Spb_Vasilievsky_Island_Twelve_Collegiums_asv2019-09.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="text-align: center">The <a href="/en/Twelve_Collegia" title="Twelve Collegia" class="wl">Twelve Collegia</a> building on <a href="/en/Vasilievsky_Island" title="Vasilievsky Island" class="mw-redirect wl">Vasilievsky Island</a> is the university's main building and the seat of the administration.</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
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<p>During the <a href="/en/Soviet_period" title="Soviet period" class="mw-redirect wl">Soviet period</a>, it was known as <b>Leningrad State University</b> (<a href="/en/Russian_language" title="Russian language" class="wl">Russian</a><span>: </span><span>Ленинградский государственный университет</span>). It was renamed after <a href="/en/Andrei_Zhdanov" title="Andrei Zhdanov" class="wl">Andrei Zhdanov</a> in 1948 and was officially called "Leningrad State University, named after A. A. Zhdanov and decorated with the <a href="/en/Order_of_Lenin" title="Order of Lenin" class="wl">Order of Lenin</a> and the <a href="/en/Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour" title="Order of the Red Banner of Labour" class="wl">Order of the Red Banner of Labour</a>." Zhdanov's was removed in 1989 and Leningrad in the name was officially replaced with Saint Petersburg in 1992.</p>

<p>It is made up of 24 specialized faculties (departments) and institutes, the Academic Gymnasium, the Medical College, the College of Physical Culture and Sports, Economics and Technology. The university has two primary campuses: one on <a href="/en/Vasilievsky_Island" title="Vasilievsky Island" class="mw-redirect wl">Vasilievsky Island</a> and the other one in <a href="/en/Petergof" title="Petergof" class="wl">Peterhof</a>.</p>



Saint Petersburg State University is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great, the university from the beginning has had a focus on fundamental research in science, engineering and humanities. During the Soviet period, it was known as Leningrad State University . It was renamed after Andrei Zhdanov in 1948 and was officially called "Leningrad State University, named after A. A. Zhdanov and decorated with the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour." Zhdanov's was removed in 1989 and Leningrad in the name was officially replaced with Saint Petersburg in 1992. It is made up of 24 specialized faculties and institutes, the Academic Gymnasium, the Medical College, the College of Physical Culture and Sports, Economics and Technology. The university has two primary campuses: one on Vasilievsky Island and the other one in Peterhof. 