Voronezh State Agrarian University n.a. Emperor Peter the Great

The Voronezh State Agrarian University named after Emperor Peter the Great (Voronezh SAU) was founded in 19 12 as a monument to the contribution of Peter the Great to the Voronezh region.

It's the first higher institution in the Central Black Earth Region and one of the oldest agricultural university in Russia. Its creation was the beginning of the formation of an agricultural educational system in Russia which currently includes 54 universities.

According to the results of the rating of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia the Voronezh SAU is among the leading agricultural universities, besides it occupies 4-8 positions in many other national independent ratings.

The quality management system of Voronezh SAU is certified for compliance with ISO9001:2015 by DQS Holding GmbH(Germany).

The university carries out  educational activities in 82 programs at the level of higher education (19 directions of undergraduate degree, 3 specialties, 18 directions of postgraduate degree) and secondary vocational education(4 specialties).

407 academic staff (383 of them have scientific titles and degrees) work at 7 faculties, 32 Departments and the Department of secondary vocational education. More than 12 thousand students study at the university.

Its structure includes educational-research-technological center "Agrotechnology"(120 hectares of experimental fields, a pomological garden), Botanical Garden n.a.B.A.Keller, School of Training Refresher Courses, Research Centers, an Exhibition Complex with Techno-park, a network of 24 centers for access to  information resources, 45 basic schools and 38 basic departments. Additionally Voronezh SAU has more than 300 industrial partners.

The university has got 5 Dissertation Councils for the defence of PhD thesises, 5 periodical Research Journals. lso it collaborates with 45 foreign partners in 20 countries. The Preparatory Division for foreign citizens works at Voronezh SAU.