Abkhaz State University
| Abkhaz State University | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1932 (as a pedagogical institute) 1979 (conversion to university) |
| place | Sukhum |
| state | Sukhumi Raion |
| country | Abkhazia |
| Rector | Aleko Gwaramija |
| Students | about 3000 |
| Website | agu.site |
The Abkhazian State University ( Abkhaz Аҧснытәи Аҳәынҭқарратә Унивирситет / Apsnytwi Achwyntqarratu Uniwirsitet ; Russian Абхазский государственный университет / Abchasski gossudarstwenny uniwersitet ; abbr. АГУ / AGU) is the only University of Abkhazia . It is based in the capital Sukhumi . Around 3000 students are currently enrolled and around 400 lecturers are employed.
history
On February 4, 1932, the Agricultural Education Institute was founded by a decision of the People's Education Commission of the Abkhaz ASSR . In 1933 the Gorky State Pedagogical Institute Sukhumi was created , which was converted into the Abkhaz State University in 1979 by a resolution of the Ministry of Education of the Georgian SSR . The founding rector was Zurab Antschabadze. The university initially consisted of an Abkhazian, a Russian and a Georgian department. The demands of Georgian students to make the Georgian department a branch of Tbilisi University sparked riots in Sukhumi in 1989. After the armed conflict over Abkhazia and the country's de facto independence from 1993, a university in exile was established in Tbilisi . In 2006, the Abkhazian State University officially received the status of a self-governing (autonomous) university by a decree of the Abkhazian President.
Aleko Gwaramija, professor of physics and mathematics, member of the Abkhaz Academy of Sciences has been the rector of the university since 1989 .
There are eight faculties and 41 chairs. She is a member of the Association of Eurasian Universities . The inter-university exchange is currently limited - also due to the foreign policy isolation of Abkhazia - largely to the post-Soviet area. Russia naturally plays a special role in this. Since 2011 there has also been a partnership with the University of Urbino in Italy.
The buildings are located on the extreme southeastern outskirts of Sukhumi. Lectures are held in Abkhazian and Russian.
Faculties
- Physico-mathematical faculty
- Faculty of Biology and Geography
- Historical faculty
- Philological Faculty
- Law Faculty
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Pedagogical Faculty
- Faculty of Agricultural Engineering
Well-known former students and lecturers
- Wladislaw Ardsinba , politician
- Raul Chadschimba , politician
- Lyudmila Khojashvili , politician
- Alexander Orlow-Kretschmer , social scientist and Caucasus scientist
- Bagrat Schinkuba , writer
Web links
- Official website (Abkhazian, Russian)
- Description on the website of the Association of Eurasian Universities
- University page on the Abkhaz government website
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 42 ° 58 ′ 34 ″ N , 41 ° 3 ′ 59 ″ E