National University of Mongolia
| Монгол Улсын Их Сургууль Mongol Ulsyn I Surguul |
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| motto | Эрдмийн хэт цахиваас, хөгжлийн гал бадармой |
| founding | 1942 |
| place | Ulaanbaatar , Mongolia |
| president | Sanjbegz Tumur-Ochir |
| Students | approx. 10,000 (2012) |
| Website | www.num.edu.mn |
The National University of Mongolia ( Mongolian Монгол Улсын Их Сургууль / Mongol Ulsyn Ich Surguul ) is the largest and oldest Mongolian presence university . It is located in the capital Ulaanbaatar .
history
The National University of Mongolia was founded on October 5, 1942 as the first university of the Mongolian People's Republic at the instigation of the Soviet Union , from where almost exclusively the teaching staff came up until the beginning of the 1960s. At first it was called Tschoibalsan University , named after Chorloogiin Tschoibalsan . In 1942/43 the number of students enrolled was 90. Twenty years later the number rose to 2,200.
The first areas of expertise were education and veterinary medicine. Human medicine, agriculture, natural sciences, foreign languages and Mongolian studies followed later . Some faculties developed into independent universities through spin-offs, such as:
- Mongolian State University of Agriculture (1958)
- Mongolian National University of Medicine (1961)
- Mongolian University of Science and Technology (1982)
The National University of Mongolia today has over 10,000 students. In addition to the main campus in Ulaanbaatar, it also operates branches in the provinces of Dzawchan and Orkhon .
Well-known lecturers and alumni
- Norowyn Altanchujag , politician
- Ryentschinii Tschoinom , writer
- Altangerel Perle , paleontologist
- Bjambyn Rintschen , writer
- Fred Scholz , visiting professor and honorary doctorate from the university
- Galsan Tschinag , writer, worked temporarily as a German teacher at the university
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinz Schnura: Mongolian People's Republic. Verlag Deutscher Friedensrat, 1960, p. 31.
- ^ FU-Berlin, announcements 2010
Coordinates: 47 ° 55 ′ 22 ″ N , 106 ° 55 ′ 9 ″ E