Pushkin Leningrad State University

Pushkin Leningrad State University
Ленинградский государственный университет имени А.С. Пушкина
Established 1992
Rector Vyacheslav Skvortsov
Location Saint Petersburg, Russia
Website http://www.lengu.ru

Pushkin Leningrad State University (Russian: Ленинградский государственный университет имени А.С. Пушкина) is a university in Russia, located in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg. It was established in 1992 as Leningrad Oblast Pedagogical Institute. It provides training at all levels of post secondary education including bachelor degree, masters degree, PhD courses as well as vocational training and continuing education courses. In 1999 the university was given its current name after the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.

It comprises the following Faculties:

as well as 12 branches (institutes) and vocational college

It is currently one of the largest classical universities in Russia

Coordinates: 59°44′23″N 30°23′16″E / 59.7397°N 30.3878°E / 59.7397; 30.3878

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