About Us

Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University (SyktSU) is a rapidly developing university with more than a half century of history. It is the largest university in the Komi Republic and provides all levels of higher education. The university has an advanced infrastructure for science and innovation that are supported by university’s active¬ cooperation with the local business community and the policy-makers. In 2017 SyktSU received the status of the Russian flagship university (among only 33 Russian HEIs) . The university’s 434 staff members, who take care of the teaching at the university, are highly skilled professionals — 58% of them have a Ph.D. and 15% a D.Sc. degree. Moreover, the university offers its students a wide variety of educational programmes: more than 7,800 university students are spread over to about 100 bachelor’s and master’s programmes. SyktSU has more than 35000 alumni who got good positions as true professionals in the different fields of life activity. Entering SyktSU is a good challenge for you to show and develop your skills and finally be proud of becoming a member of the large university family.