South Ural State University is the center for educational, scientific, cultural and athletic activities in the city Chelyabinsk and the region.
Founded in 1943 as Chelyabinsk Mechanical Engineering Institute, the university was reorganized into Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute in 1951, and in 1990 it became the Chelyabinsk State Technical University.Since 1997, the university is known as South Ural State University. In 2010 it was assigned the status as a National Research University.
The university is ranked as one of the top 10 among 96 Russian universities according to the rating compiled by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. It is also a member of Russian universities’ Alpha League, which is a top part of the rating among all universities of the country.
Today, South Ural State University is comprised of 32 faculties and 142 departments located in Chelyabinsk, in addition to 2 branches in other cities. The structure of the university also includes four secondary vocational education institutions, military education and college preparatory faculties, two special faculties of professional development and skill upgrading for university degree specialists, an Institute of International Education, a Continuing Education Institute and a Open and Distance Education Institute. University together with its branches numbers around 50 000 students (full-time, part-time and evening education combined).
Mission
The mission of SUSU is to create and implement of scientific knowledge, to prepare new generation of leaders capable to solve the problems of the sustainable global development.
The University aims at most effective ways to pursue its goals by following “smart” decisions. The concept of SMART University relies on the strong points of SUSU corporate culture and presents integrating basis of the university target model.
Key characteristics of SUSU as a Smart University:
