State Pedagogical Heart University of St. Petersburg
State Pedagogical Heart University of St. Petersburg | |
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founding | 1797 |
Sponsorship | State University |
place | St. Petersburg |
Rector | Sergei Igorevich Bogdanov |
Students | approx. 18,000 |
Website | www.herzen.spb.ru |
The State Pedagogical Heart University of St. Petersburg ( Russian Российский государственный педагогический университет имени А. И. Герцена ; short HEARTS ) is a pedagogical university based in Saint Petersburg .
The university, founded in 1797 by the Russian Emperor Paul I , is today one of the largest universities of education in Russia with over 18,000 students . The college was named after the Russian philosopher, writer and publicist Alexander Ivanovich Herzen .
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Coordinates: 59 ° 56 ′ 2 ″ N , 30 ° 19 ′ 10 ″ E