Established on December 15, 1943 as Chelyabinsk Mechanical Engineering Institute (CMEI) to meet the demand for engineers during the World War II, the South Ural State University has come a long way to become a major center of education and science in the Urals.
Today it has become an alma mater for more than 45000 students from all over the world, being instructed by 5000 lecturers and professors, most of whom are recognized both nationally and internationally.
Being a classical multi-profile university in every sense of the word, SUSU never stops in its strive to build a dynamic academic and research environment. Today there more than 245 Degree programs are taught here, along with post-graduate Doctoral and Post-Doctoral programs, which attract students and researchers from all over the world.
During the latest years SUSU has started growing more and more international. The international community today includes more than 1100 students from over 20 countries, such as Germany, China, Iraq, Sri Lanka, CIS countries, etc.
This way of development is seen as the one of vital importance, and we at SUSU try to widen our international horizons by working with the leading academic centers all over the world, such as University of Oxford (United Kingdom), Technical University Munich (Germany), Tsinghua University (China), Clark University (USA) and many others.
The University is engaged in numerous international projects with governmental institutions and non-governmental organizations from Russia, European Union, leading world companies: Emerson, Fortum, etc. SUSU is a member of the University SCO (Shanghai Organization of Collaboration).
SUSU is always open gifted young people, world-recognized researchers and lecturers, as well as partners, and invites everyone to become a part of its mobile and dynamic environment, stimulating new development and new achievement.
