Saratov State University

Saratov Chernyshevsky State University is a higher education and research institution in Russia. In 2023 it was ranked #1,156 in the world by US News & World Report.

Named for Nikolay Chernyshevsky, the university was founded in 1909 under the name Imperial Saratov University by the Decree of Emperor Nicholas II. On June 10, 1909, the Emperor signed the "Decree on the foundation of the university in Saratov", which became the tenth University in Russia and consisted of the Medical Faculty only. Professor V.I. Razumovsky became the first university rector. He was a public figure, surgeon, and scientist. Construction of university buildings as well as the university clinic named after S.R. Mirotvortsev was carried out under the supervision of Russian architect Karl Hermann Ludwig Müffke. The Regional Institute for Microbiology and Epidemiology in South East Russia opened in the city in 1919.