Alecu Russo State University of Bălți

Alecu Russo State University of Bălți
founding	1945
Sponsorship	state
place	Bălți
country	Moldova
Rector	Gheorghe Popa
Website	www.usb.md

The Alecu Russo State University of Bălţi ( Russian Бельцкий государственный университет имени Алеку Руссо ; Romanian Universitatea de Stat "A.Russo» din Bălţi ) is a university in the Moldovan city of Balti . It is named after the Moldovan writer Alecu Russo .

Faculty building in Bălți

history

The listed rectorate building of the university

The university was founded while the country was part of the Soviet Union and was initially called the "State Pedagogical Institute". It has had its current name since 1992. Today the university covers a wide range of study areas and has a scientific library. The training is usually in Russian and Romanian.

Persons connected to the university

Israel Gohberg (1928–2009), Soviet-Israeli mathematician, worked at the university in the 1950s; later honorary doctorate
Nelli Kossko (* 1937), Russian-German writer, former lecturer
Vasile Sănduleac (* 1971), chess player, studied computer science at the university
Vadim Vacarciuc (* 1972), former weightlifter and current athlete, graduate of the university
Renato Usatîi (* 1978), Moldovan politician, graduate