Ulyanovsk State University

Ulyanovsk State University (USU) is a federal state-funded public university located in Ulyanovsk, Russia. Founded in 1988 as a branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University, it became an independent university in 1996 by Presidential Decree. In 2017 it was awarded Flagship University status by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. USU offers bachelor's, specialist, master's, postgraduate, and residency programs across medicine, law, engineering, economics, natural sciences, humanities, and more. The university has over 13,000 students, including approximately 2,490 international students from 41 countries, and employs more than 900 academic staff including 123 doctors of sciences.