Voronezh State University
Established	1918
Type	Liberal Arts
Faculty	17
Students	above 20,000
Location	Voronezh, Russia
Campus	Urban
Website	www.vsu.ru

Voronezh State University is one of the main universities in Central Russia.

The university was founded in 1918, when some staff, students and property from the University of Tartu were transferred by the Soviet government because of the German occupation of Estonia.

The University has 17 departments and an enrollment of 21,000 students from Russia, Europe, Africa, America and Asia.

[edit] Famous alumni

• Pavel Cherenkov, a Nobel Prize in Physics winner

[edit] External links

• Voronezh State University homepage

Coordinates: 51°39′21″N 39°12′22″E / 51.65589°N 39.20609°E / 51.65589; 39.20609