LOBACHEVSKY UNIVERSITY

🏛 University Overview & Prestige.

Founded: January 31, 1916 — one of the earliest “People’s Universities” in Soviet Russia; officially became a National Research University in 2009.
Type: Public, research-focused institution named after renowned mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky .
Student Body: Over 30,000 students, including ~2,500 international students and more than 1,000 postgraduate and doctoral candidates.
Staff: Around 400 professors and 1,200 associate staff members.

Offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degrees across 15 faculties and institutes, including General Medicine (MBBS), Dentistry, Biology & Biomedicine, Physics, IT, Law, Economics, and more.
MBBS is a 6‑year program (5 years of academics plus 1-year clinical internship) taught in English, with Russian language support.
University is recognized by WHO, NMC (India), ECFMG, FAIMER, WFME, and listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools.

Ranked in the 1,001–1,200 band globally by QS World University Rankings (2025) and 1,455th by U.S. News (2023) .
A leader in research: first in Russia to establish the Radiophysics faculty and institute (1945–56); also home to cutting-edge institutes like Applied Mathematics & Cybernetics and Neuroscience .
Hosts Russia’s fourth most powerful university supercomputer (“Lobachevsky”) — 570 TFlops — supporting advanced scientific and medical research.

Over 140 international partnerships, active in the Erasmus+ and Erasmus Mundus networks, and offers double-degree programs with universities in Europe and beyond .
International Units support incoming and outgoing mobility, visas, housing, orientation, language courses, and academic advising

Located in Nizhny Novgorod, a historic, safe, and economically vibrant city on the Volga River.
Infrastructure includes modern labs, digital libraries (2.2 million volumes), hostels (including a new 8‑floor international dorm from 2019), canteens, sports facilities, and a supercomputer centre .