V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (CFU)

Russia

Address: 4 Vernadskogo Prospekt, Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, 295007, Russia

Information Technology, Physics, Agroengineering

Established in 2014 by merging Tavrida National University (founded 1918) and other institutions, CFU is the largest university in Crimea. While comprehensive, it includes faculties for physics, IT, engineering (construction, agroengineering), and natural sciences.

Domains taught:

Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Life Sciences, Physics, Software Engineering

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Doctor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Regional partnerships in agriculture, construction, and tourism; collaborations with other Russian universities.

Research:

Research in astrophysics, materials physics, information systems, agricultural sciences, and regional ecology.

Famous Alumnis:

Igor Kurchatov (studied at Tavrida), Vladimir Vernadsky (taught at Tavrida)

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

3000

Current students***:

30000

Foreign students***:

Cumulative former students***:

200000

Pros

Largest comprehensive university in Crimea, with a broad range of programs including scientific and technical fields.

Cons

Political context of Crimea, ongoing integration of merged institutions.

Best For

Information technology and physics

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Most Similar Schools Locally

Mari State University is the closest domestic counterpart for agriculture, ecology and sustainability and physics; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers electrical and electronics as well.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of physics, software engineering and engineering can consider Ural Federal University, and it is slightly larger, at about 36,000 students against roughly 30,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of agriculture, ecology and sustainability and physics can consider Petrozavodsk State University, and it is smaller, enrolling about 10,000 students against roughly 30,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Also strong in ecology and sustainability, physics and life sciences, Buryat State University makes a sensible second look at home; it is far smaller, with about 9,000 students against roughly 30,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University is the closest domestic counterpart for civil engineering, physics and software engineering; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

King Saud University in Saudi Arabia pursues a similar profile in agriculture, civil engineering and physics, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
Students considering a move abroad can look at University of Canterbury in New Zealand, where civil engineering, ecology and sustainability and physics also form the core, and it also offers mba programmes and covers geotechnics and mathematics as well.
National University of Cuyo in Argentina shares the agriculture, civil engineering and physics orientation of this university, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
If this university is on your list for civil engineering, physics and life sciences, Dresden University of Technology in Germany deserves a comparison, because it has almost the same size, at about 29,000 students, and is also a public institution.
Aarhus University, in Denmark, takes a similar route through agriculture, physics and life sciences; it covers astroscience and nanotechnologies as well, and is slightly larger, at about 38,000 students against roughly 30,000 here.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

Agriculture, Astrophysics, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Physics, Research and Development, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Practices

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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