About

The National Research State University of Nizhny Novgorod named after N.I. Lobachevsky, (Russian: Нижегородский национа́льный иссле́довательский госуда́рственный университе́т имени Н.И. Лобачевского), also known as Lobachevsky University, is a public research university in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, and one of the biggest classical universities of the country. The university is ranked 1,455th in the world in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities 2022-2023

The university was established on January 17 (31), 1916 as Nizhny Novgorod People's University. From 1932 to 1990 it had the name of Gorky State University. In 2009, it was granted the status of a National Research University.

 

The university comprises 15 faculties and educational institutes, 5 research institutes, and 4 regional branches.[4] As of 2023, the university had about 30,000 students (including international students), over 1,000 postgraduate and doctoral students, 1,200 associate and assistant professors, and 400 professors

According to QS World University Rankings 2023, Lobachevsky University is in the top 1200 of the world's best universities, as well as in the top 550 in Mathematics[12] and Physics.[13] Lobachevsky University is among the top 1,500 universities in the world according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023[14] and is also listed in THE subject rankings in physics,[15] Engineering,[16] life sciences[17] and computer science.[18] UNN is ranked among the top 1000 universities in the world by THE Impact Rankings 2022,[19] which tracks the progress of universities on 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).[20] The university is ranked 1,455th in the world (18th for Russia) in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities 2022-2023, and also ranks 583rd in this ranking for physics. UNN ranks 645th among the world universities in the international Round University Ranking 2023. In the national rankings, in 2022 Lobachevsky University ranked 25-26th in Russia according to Interfax, 35nd according to RAEX Top-100 (Expert RA) and 19th-21nd according to the Three Missions University Ranking (within the 501-550 range in the world). Also, in the SuperJob 2023 ranking of the best Russian universities in terms of graduate salaries, UNN was ranked 9th in IT,[21] 8th in Economics and Finance,[22] and 8th in Law