UNN is one of the top classical universities in Russia. As an innovative university, the University of Nizhni Novgorod provides high-quality research-based education in a broad range of academic disciplines. The combination of high educational quality and accessibility of education due to a great variety of academic programmes and forms of training is a distinctive feature of the University. By the decision of the Russian Government, UNN was awarded the prestigious status of a National Research University in 2009.

The University has over 30,000 students including approximately 1000 postgraduate (Ph.D.) and postdoctoral students. At the University of Nizhni Novgorod, academic education is based on research.
UNN is a regional knowledge integrator. UNN is a member of the European University Association (EUA).
The Faculty for International Students of UNN was opened in 2005.

For more than 290 years, St Petersburg State University has been committed to advancing science and training highly qualified professionals. The University dates back to 1724, when Peter the Great founded the Academy of Sciences and Arts as well as the first Academic University and the university preparatory school in Russia.

We take special pride in the constellation of our outstanding staff and alumni. SPbU has given the world many famous people in science, politics, business, sports, literature, and art. The University has Nobel Prize winners among its staff and alumni: physiologist Ivan Pavlov, biologist Ilya Mechnikov, physical chemist Nikolay Semyonov, physicists Lev Landau and Aleksandr Prokhorov, mathematician and economist Leonid Kantorovich. SPbU is also an alma mater to outstanding researchers, scholars, academics, political and social leaders: Dmitry Mendeleev, Vladimir Vernadsky, and Dmitry Likhachev to name but a few. The world owes to our University most prominent cultural leaders, writers and artists: Ivan Turgenev, Pavel Brullov, Alexander Blok, Alexandre Benois, Sergei Diaghilev, and Igor Stravinsky. Among the University alumni we are also proud to mention leaders of the Russian Government: Boris Stürmer, Alexander Kerensky, Vladimir Lenin, Presidents of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.

Today, by bringing together traditions and innovations, St Petersburg University sets the pace for the development of science, education, and culture in Russia and across the world. We are consistently ranked highly in international university rankings (Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities) and subject rankings, which proves the success of our development strategy. We have leading universities and major corporations as our academic and business partners.

The University is fully-equipped to provide a diverse range of opportunities for education, research, and creativity: the richest Research Library named after Maksim Gorky, a comprehensive digital collection of scholarly editions, a state-of-the-art Research Park, laboratories headed by leading scientists, museums, a publishing house, sports clubs, a University choir, orchestras, drama and dance studios, and many more.

In 2009, the Federal Law granted St Petersburg State University and Moscow State University the special status of ‘unique scientific and educational complexes …. instrumental in the development of the Russian society.’ SPbU was granted a privilege to set its own educational standards, award its own diplomas and state-recognised academic degrees of Candidate of Sciences and Doctor of Sciences.

SPbU runs an open competition to finance research in priority branches of science and create new research laboratories. We are actively developing postdoctoral programmes and provide corporate housing for our academic staff.

Private educational institution of higher education of the Russian Federation.

The Nevsky Institute was established in 1996 on the basis of the educational center "Orvelink" in which foreign students were taught Russian.

Students from Russia, far and near abroad are trained at the Nevsky Institute.

More than 60% of the faculty have academic degrees and titles, and combine teaching activities with practical work in a read discipline.

 Currently, the Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture and the Eastern Institute are being merged, which will significantly expand the programs on Linguistics and Regional Studies with the inclusion of the Eastern region, as well as Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Nevsky Institute is located in the historical center of St. Petersburg, in the Petrogradsky district, five minutes walk from the metro station "Chkalovskaya" and fifteen minutes walk from Krestovsky and Kamenny islands.

The Oriental Institute is located on Vasilievsky Island, between the stations of the metro station Sportivnaya-2 and Vasileostrovskaya. (Tuchkov lane, house 11/5)

The institutes have a modern educational and material base. To the services of students are well equipped with technical means of teaching the audience, two language laboratories, computer classes with free access to the Internet, a library.

Mission of the Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture
 
Maximally promote youth in obtaining quality education and developing their creative potential. To train socially responsible specialists who are able to join the international dialogue of cultures
 
"International recognition and social responsibility!"
 
The motto of the Institute
 
Unique opportunities for single-minded!
 
Philosophy of the Institute
  
 
The Neva Institute of Language and Culture is an international university whose educational and scientific activities are in demand in the society; This is an institution that provides an opportunity to do your favorite work in a creative team with a decent salary
 
Policy
 
The leadership of the Neva Institute of Language and Culture, aware of its responsibility to the community, declares its commitment to the Policy and the quality objectives and believes that the knowledge, support and implementation of the Policy are the responsibility of all the staff and students of the Institute.
Only the interest and participation of the entire team in the implementation of the Quality Policy can be the key to the success of the university.