Established in 2012 by merging three major Stavropol universities, NCFU is the largest federal university in the North Caucasus region, offering a wide range of programs in engineering, IT, natural sciences, agriculture, and humanities.
Address: 1 Pushkin St., Stavropol, Stavropol Krai, 355009, Russia
Oil and Gas Engineering, Information Technology, Nanotechnology
Domains taught:
- Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Food Science, Geotechnics, Life Sciences, Nanotechnologies, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Focus on regional development, partnerships with industrial and agricultural enterprises in the North Caucasus; some international links.
Research:
Research in oil and gas technologies, food security, nanotechnology and new materials, biodiversity of the Caucasus, and information systems.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
2000
Current students***:
24000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
100000
Pros
Largest comprehensive university in the North Caucasus Federal District.
Cons
Relatively new as a merged entity, regional focus.
Best For
Oil & gas engineering and information technology
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- The comparison with North-Eastern Federal University is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on geotechnics, life sciences and software engineering, and it covers civil engineering and ecology and sustainability as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 16,000 students against roughly 24,000 here.
- Kuban State Technological University offers a comparable education in chemical engineering, food science and geotechnics: it is slightly smaller, at about 17,000 students against roughly 24,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Penza State University takes a similar route through nanotechnologies, life sciences and software engineering, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- The comparison with Saint Petersburg State University is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on nanotechnologies, life sciences and software engineering, and it is slightly larger, at about 30,000 students against roughly 24,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of nanotechnologies, software engineering and engineering can consider Southern Federal University, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers robotics and ecology and sustainability as well.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Looking internationally, Federal University of Bahia in Brazil is where food science, life sciences and engineering get a comparable treatment; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and is slightly larger, at about 30,000 students against roughly 24,000 here.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on geotechnics, life sciences and software engineering is University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and it covers civil engineering and ecology and sustainability as well, and is slightly larger, at about 27,121 students against roughly 24,000 here.
- Abroad, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) covers nanotechnologies, life sciences and software engineering in a comparable way, and it also offers mba programmes and covers chemistry and physics as well.
- Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in Ukraine pursues a similar profile in nanotechnologies, life sciences and software engineering, and it has almost the same size, at about 22,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- For nanotechnologies, life sciences and software engineering outside the home country, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in Ukraine is a natural reference; it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
*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, Biodiversity, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Food Safety, Information Technology (IT), Nanotechnologies, Research and Development, Sustainable Development
*: 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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