UNIVERSITIES

Saransk is the city of the students and universities. There several universities in our city like Ogarev Mordovia State University, Mordovia State Pedagogical Institute named M.E. Evseveva and other. If you walk in the city center you will see the main beautiful building of Ogarev Mordovia State University near Millennium Square. 

The photo of main building:

The university was founded in 1931 as the Agronomy Pedagogical Institute it gradually expanded and granted the University status in 1957. Its appearance was a milestone in the evolution of quality education in the Republic of Mordovia. The great majority (about 75%) of eligible Mordovian students attend Ogarev Mordovia State University. This determines its pivotal role as a centre of education, research, culture and services for Mordovia and its people.

Ogarev Mordovia State University is situated in Saransk (popul. 298,000), capital of the Republic of Mordovia, 620 kilometers south east of Moscow. With its 28 academic buildings, 12 residence halls (9 for undergraduate students and 3 for graduate students and academic staff) it is active in other Mordovian towns where it has 2 filiations.

The University has a student population composed of over 13.000 full timers, 8.000 part timers and 240 evening students. There are also over 300 international students.

All information about university you can find on official website: http://www.mrsu.ru

Near the building you find a monument of N.P. Ogarev. He was Russian poet, writer, revolutionary, a close friend of A.I. Herzen: