University

OREL STATE UNIVERSITY was founded in 1931 with the establishment of the Orel Industrial-Pedagogical Institute. In 1932 it was renamed to Oryol State Pedagogical Institute, and in 1993 – to the Oryol State Pedagogical University. Orel State University is located in the city of OREL. The distance between Moscow and Orel is 325 kilometers. University is recognized as a leading institution of higher education in the region and has the highest rating among the classical universities in Russia. Today the Institute is the successor of the best traditions of Russian classical medical education. At present, the institute has 17 departments, which employ more than 100 full-time teachers, of whom more than 30 Doctor’s Professors, 77 Associate Professors, 3 Honored Scientists of the Russian Federation, 8 Honored Doctors of the Russian Federation, one Honored Worker of Higher Education, 12 Academicians and 11 corresponding members of various public academies.Orel State University is unique in many ways. It is the only classical university Orel, a member of the Association of classical Russian universities. It is the only institution in the region, which is training on a wide range of areas and specialties of higher and postgraduate education, training, re-training (more than 300). It is the only institution that gives professionals the region most humane professions - doctors and teachers. Combining fundamental classical training with professional practice-oriented, Orel State University - the only one in the region - produces chemists, physicists, biologists, mathematicians and other professionals in the priority areas of science and economy.