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Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU)
Russian: Северо-Восточный Федеральный Университет им.М.К.Аммосова (СВФУ) Sakha: М. К. Аммуоhап аатынан Хотугулуу-Илиҥҥи федеральнай университет
Established
August 23, 1956 (Yakutsk State University was established) April 2, 2010 (North-Eastern Federal University)
The Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, NEFU, (in Russian: Северо-Восточный федеральный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова; in Sakha: М. К. Аммуоhап аатынан Хотугулуу-Илиҥҥи федеральнай университет) previously known as Yakutsk State University (in Russian: Якутский государственный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова), is one of Russia's ten federal universities. NEFU's main campus is in Yakutsk (Sakha Republic), and it has two other campuses in Sakha (one in Mirny and one in Neryungri) as well as one in Anadyr in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
The official name is Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education.[clarification needed] The undergraduate student population numbers over 16,000, while more than 500 students are engaged in postgraduate work. 1,600 academic staff are employed at the university. Of these 200 hold doctor’s degree, 800 are candidate of science degree.[citation needed] There are 15 institutes, 9 faculties, and 3 university branches in Mirny, Neryungri and Chukotka, and 5 major research institutes. Students and staff have free access to the Ethernet and Wi-Fi.[citation needed]
History
NEFU was officially established in April 2010 on the basis of Ammosov Yakutsk State University. The university holds the name of Maksim Kirovich Ammosov, a statesman of Soviet Yakutia.[clarification needed] Recent[when?] reforms in the Russian Federation created a new network of federal universities.[citation needed]
Institute of Applied Ecology of North with LAZAREV MAMMOTH museum and lab,
Institute of Regional Economy of North,
OLONKHO Institute,
KULAKOVSKY Institute.
Traditions
Awards
A Kate Marsden scholarship is given to the best English language program student each year at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies.[4]
