Oryol State Agrarian University
Oryol State Agrarian University named after N. V. Parakhin or Oryol SAU named after N. V. Parakhin is a state agrarian and natural sciences university located in the city of Oryol, the administrative centre of Oryol Oblast.
History
Oryol Agricultural Institute was founded in Oryol in 1975. In 1995, a decision was made to transform the institute into the Oryol State Agricultural Academy. Officially, the transformation took place on 10 February 1996. In 1999, the academy was transformed into the Oryol State Agrarian University.In 2015, Oryol SAU became a member of the Eurasian Association of Universities.
For many years Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolai Vasilyevich Parakhin, was the rector of the university. After his death, on 15 June 2016, the Oryol State Agrarian University received the name of N. V. Parakhin.
On 30 March 2017, Rosobrnadzor banned the admission of students to the Oryol SAU. In April of the same year, after the elimination of violations, this ban was removed.
At the end of 2020, the Oryol State Agrarian University took 9th place among 54 Russian agricultural universities in the “National Recognition” ranking.
Educational and operational activities
The institute includes 7 faculties, 25 divisions, as well as 30 other structural divisions.Rectors
- 2016-2020 – Tatyana Gulyaeva
- from November 2, 2020 – Vladimir Nikolaevich Masalov