NSU provides a modern, internationally competitive, classical fundamental education. We pay special attention to the comprehensive development of each student. Education at NSU will teach you how to think more broadly, to find creative solutions, and to achieve success in any field. Together with lectures and seminars, our education includes fieldwork: all students spend part of their summer doing practical work in the field starting in their first years of study. NSU is a national research university, and is closely linked to science.
More than 80% of NSU teachers are scientists from the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which gives students the opportunity to gain first—hand knowledge — to learn about breakthroughs and discoveries long before they are written about in textbooks. There are over 50 scientific laboratories operating at NSU, 9 of which are for youth.