Дальневосточный федеральный университет | |
 University main campus inRussky Island | |
| Motto | Striving for Success |
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| Established | 1899; 126 years ago (1899) |
| President | Boris Nikolaevich Korobets |
| Students | 41,000 |
| Location | , Russia 43°01′27″N131°53′37″E / 43.02422°N 131.89360°E /43.02422; 131.89360 |
| Website | http://dvfu.ru/en/ |
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| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| QS World[1] | 731-740 (2026) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2] | 97 (2022) |
Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU;Russian:Дальневосто́чный федера́льный университе́т,romanized: Dalnevostochny federalny universitet) is apublic university inVladivostok,Primorsky Krai,Russia.
In 2023 the university was ranked #434 by QS World University Rankings and among the 100 best universities by Forbes.[4]
FEFU was established in 1899 during theRussian Empire era by a special order ofTsar Nicholas II as the Eastern Institute (Восточный институт) as ahigher education institution specializing inoriental studies and training for administrative, commercial and industrial institutions in theFar East. The main goal of the university was to train personnel for administrative, commercial and industrial institutions in the East Asian part of Russia and adjacent states. The main courses were the languages: Chinese, Japanese, Manchu, Korean and Mongolian, history and political organization of the Eastern states, jurisprudence etc.[citation needed] The university was reformed into State Far Eastern University (Государственный дальневосточный университет) byFar Eastern Republic authorities in 1920 during theRussian Civil War, until it was closed in the 1930s underJoseph Stalin. It was reinstated in 1956 as Far Eastern State University by theCouncil of Ministers of the USSR, two years afterNikita Khrushchev visited Vladivostok. In 2000, itsEnglish name was changed to Far Eastern National University; however, the name inRussian remained unchanged and references to the university under its old name were common. In 2008, the university was reformed again bypresidential decree into its current form, officially changing the name to Far Eastern Federal University and a new purpose-built campus planned. In 2020 the university was merged with theFar Eastern State Technical University (FESTU),Pacific State University of Economics [ru] (TSUE) and the Ussuriysk State Pedagogical Institute (USPI).[5]
In 2013, FEFU opened a new campus in theRussky Island area of Vladivostok after its buildings hosted the2012 APEC summit.[6] The campus serves FEFU's 41,000 students, and hosts the annualEastern Economic Forum. FEFU is a participant of theProject 5-100 state program of theRussian Ministry of Education and Science.
Far Eastern Federal University consists of:
In 2023 the university was ranked #1,578 in Best Global Universities byU.S. News & World Report, and in 2023 it was ranked #1,880 byCenter for World University Rankings.[12][3]According toQS World University Rankings of 2023, Far Eastern Federal University ranks #15 in Russia and #434 in the world.[13]
The University has a branch inHakodate (Japan). The official name of the school is Hakodate School of Far Eastern Federal University. It was opened in 1994 with the assistance of the city of Hakodate and public organizations. The main focus is on the study of the Russian language. Students also study Russian economics, history, literature and geography.[14] The Hakodate branch, however, is set to close in 2025 due to declining enrollment following thewar against Ukraine in 2022.[15]
The university is a member of theUniversity of the Arctic.[16] UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.[17] The collaboration has been paused after the beginning of theRusso-Ukrainian War in 2022.[18]
FEFU offers international programs combining Internet and face-to-face modes of learning. However, withthe war Russia launched against Ukraine in 2022, many of these partnerships are now paused or closed.
Adual degree program withUniversity of Maryland University College (UMUC), USA, started in 1991 as a classical face-to-face program. In 1999 it became one of the first online dual degree programs in Russia. By October 2003, 265 FEFU students graduated from UMUC with bachelor's degrees in Business and Management, along with their Russian university degrees. Since 1999, UMUC accepts 90 FEFU credits of 120 credits total, required for theundergraduate degree, and offers ten online courses for the remaining 30 credits. Another dual degree program withUniversity of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia, started in 2001. USQ participates in a number of such programs, but FENU was its first Russian university affiliate.[citation needed]
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