Orenburg State University

The university was founded in 1955 as a branch of Kuibyshev Polytechnic Institute.

In 1971, it converted into Orenburg Polytechnic Institute. In 1994, it became Orenburg State Technical University. In 1996, converted into Orenburg State University.

In 2014, Orenburg State Institute of Management integrated with Orenburg State University.

Currently the university employs more than 1,200 academics and 1,800 support staff. More than 40,000 undergraduates and 3,000 advanced degree candidates are enrolled. More than 5,000 specialists participate in refresher courses for career enhancement.

• Vladimir Elagin was a governor of Orenburg Oblast in 1991–1999 years
• Nikolay Grigoryev is the Rector of The Moscow State Technological University
• Yuriy Berg is the governor of Orenburg Oblast since 2010 year

Church in front first camp of Orenburg State University

The university's main campus is composed of four education buildings, a dining hall, a health-improving and physical training gym with sport grounds, a library, students’ polyclinic and the Chapel of Saint Martyr Tatiana.[1] The OSU campus also includes:

1. Dormitories
2. Medical Prophylactics Center
3. Students’ Center
4. The Palace of Culture "Russia"
5. The Palace of Youth Creativity "Progress"
6. The Aesthetic center "Dialogue"
7. OSU Museum
8. Geologic Museum

1. Institute of Bioelements is the satellite centre to Trace Element — Institute for UNESCO in Russia
2. Institute of Micro and Nanotechnology
3. Laboratory electronic media for educational purposes
4. Small Academy of Public Administration
5. Interdepartmental laboratory of geographic information technologies
6. Interdisciplinary Regional Centre of Training and Retraining
7. Meteorological Training Station
8. Research Institute of History and Ethnography of the Southern Urals
9. Research Institute of Regional Economy
10. Research Centre for monitoring of buildings and structures
11. Research and Education Center of Biochemical Physics of Nanosystems

and several others

1. Aleksander Burba (1971-1983)
2. Ramses Abdrashitov (1983-1987)
3. Anatoly Kozachenko (1987-1989)
4. Victor Bondarenko (1989-2006)
5. Vladimir Kovalevsky (2006-2015)
6. Zhanna Ermakova (since 2015)

• Orenburg State University