Ural Federal University

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Ural Federal University, named after the first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, (Уральский федеральный университет имени первого Президента России Б.Н. Ельцина, ''Uralʹskiĭ federalʹnyĭ universitet imeni pervogo Prezidenta Rossii B.N. Yelʹtsina'', often shortened to UrFU, УрФУ) is an educational institution in the Ural region of Russia. The Ural Federal University was formed by a merger of the Ural State Technical University and Ural State University. It is one of 10 Russian Federal Universities. The university cooperates with the Russian Academy of Sciences and serves as a research and innovation center for the Ural region. UrFU offers educational programs in four areas of knowledge and 108 academic majors.

In 2024 UrFU was ranked 516 in the world by QS World University Rankings, 701-800 in the ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'', 1001-1200 by World University Rankings by ''Times Higher Education.'' In 2023, it was ranked 959 in the Best Global Universities Rankings by ''U.S. News & World Report''.

In 2022, the university's rector Victor Koksharov signed the address letter in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Provided by Wikipedia