TAMBOV STATE UNIVERSITY

Main educational programmes for prospective international students: 216

Additional educational programmes for prospective international students: 73

Founded in 1878, TSU was the first Russian university in Siberia and the Far East. It is currently one of the largest universities in Russia and holds the status of national research university. TSU has more than 15,000 students and its the academic staff includes over 238 Doctors of Sciences and 563 Candidates of Sciences, including 51 winners of the State Prize of Russia in Science and Technology.

TSU has 20 departments, 135 fields and subjects and 42 research schools. Since 2019, the university has been in the top 300 in the overall QS World University rankings and in the top 20 of the QS World University Rankings: BRICS (fourth among Russian universities). 7 centres of excellence have been created by the university – modern laboratories employing 107 researchers from 12 countries, including Nobel Prize winners Jorez Alferov, Thierry Callagan and Harald zur Hauzen.

TSU students have achieved success in a wide range of fields:

• 29 TSU students have been awarded medals of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the top award for academic achievements.
• 562 TSU students were winners of the programme organised by the Foundation for the Promotion of Small Business in Science and Tech.
• In 2013-2015, 16 TSU students were winners of the competition for scholarships from the Vernadsky Nongovernmental Ecological Foundation.
• In 2015, 9 TSU students received governor’s scholarships.
• The TSU team won the Science Game held during the second young scientists forum U-NOVUS-2015.
• Stanislav Artemyev, a TSU student, won in the international competition St. Petersburg Spring 2015.
• TSU Students Olga Khasanova and Dmitry Belyaev won multiple times at Russian and international competitions in acrobatic rock n’ roll.
• In 2016, TSU student Ilya Potaptsev won a silver medal at the Championship of Russia and a bronze medal of the European Championship in track and field.
• Anna Ber, a postgraduate student at TSU, is three-time champion of Europe in finswimming, and a European and Russian champion.
• Ekaterina Matyushina became Russian and World champion in kettlebell lifting.