Safin Lenar Rinatovich
Safin Lenar Rinatovich
The Rector
Over its 220-year history, Kazan University has passed a truly glorious path of formation and development, preparing a whole pleiad of great scientists, educators, state and public figures. Today, Kazan University is a developed educational and research complex. The university trains highly qualified specialists for the benefit of the native Fatherland, as well as for foreign countries, contributing to the strengthening and expansion of multicultural ties between Russia and the world.

About the University

Kazan University is one of the oldest universities in Russia. On November 5, 1804, Alexander I signed the Approval Certificate of the Kazan Imperial University and its Charter. During the life and activities of Kazan University, scientific schools were formed there, which received worldwide recognition. Here, non-Euclidean geometry was born, the creator of which, mathematician N.I. Lobachevsky, played an outstanding role in the development of the university, leading it for two decades. The university is a center not only of science and scientific education, but also of culture and enlightenment; it is associated with the emergence of the book industry in the region, the appearance of the first provincial newspaper, the development of theatrical life, and much more. At the university, in different years, the founder of the Soviet state V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin, writers S.T. Aksakov, L.N. Tolstoy, P.I. Melnikov-Pechersky, V.V. Khlebnikov, composer M.A. Balakirev, artist V.I. Jacobi, and others studied.

We are in numbers

55 000
students study at Kazan University
12 678
foreign students
16
institutes, 1 higher school, 4 branches
10 000
employees and teachers
415
research laboratories

university infrastructure

Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden of Kazan University is considered one of the oldest; it was founded in 1806. One of the most important tasks of Kazan University is to create a center for scientific, educational, and educational activities of the Republic of Tatarstan based on the Botanical Garden.

Astronomical observatory

The astronomical observatory complex of KFU is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. KFU is the only Russian university with a modern digital planetarium and astronomical observatories in Turkey and Russia.

sports complexes

At Kazan Federal University, there are 11 sports complexes and facilities for physical education and setting sports records.

During the 2013 World Universiade, daily training and sports competitions were held here.

KSK "UNICS"

"UNICS" is the largest cultural, physical culture, health, and sports center in Kazan, located "under the wing" of Kazan University.

Contacts

Site
Address
Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan), Kazan, Kremlin Street, 18k1, 420008
KFU
Kazan (Volga) Federal University