Kostroma State University

Kostroma State University

Костромской государственный университет
Type	Public
Established	1870 (2016 in current form)
Rector	Aleksandr Naumov[1]
Address	Dzerzhinskogo 17 str. , Kostroma , Russia 57°45′35″N 40°56′35″E / 57.759740°N 40.943186°E / 57.759740; 40.943186
Campus	Urban
Nickname	KGU (Russian: КГУ)
Website	www.ksu.edu.ru

Kostroma State University (Russian: Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Костромской государственный университет» (КГУ)) is a public university in Kostroma, the capital city of Kostroma Oblast in Russia. It was created in its current form in 2016 with the merger of the Nekrasov Kostroma State University and the Kostroma State Technological University.