Dagestan State University

Dagestan State University
TypePublic
Established1931
RectorMurtazali Rabadanov
Students17,942
Address
43a Gadzhiyeva Street
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42°59′10″N 47°29′38″E / 42.9861°N 47.4939°E / 42.9861; 47.4939
Building details
Map
Websitedgu.ru

Dagestan State University (Russian: Дагестанский государственный университет, romanizedDagestanskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet) is a public university in Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan which is a federal subject in the Russian Federation. It is one of the largest higher educational institutions in Dagestan and a major scientific and cultural center. It was founded in 1931 as the Teachers' Training Institute, and later, in 1957 it was transformed into Dagestan State University (DSU) named after the national poet of Dagestan Suleyman Stalsky.[1] The university includes 16 scientific and educational centers, 17 faculties, 97 departments, 4 branches, 2 museums (biological and historical), a fundamental library, a biological station and a planetarium.[2] The university employs about 3,000 teachers and staff.

  1. ^ "About Dagestan State University". dgu.ru. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  2. ^ "Сведения об университете". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2019-09-19.