Pacific State University

Pacific State University is one of the largest higher educational institutions in the Russian Far East. It was established in early 1958 and was originally called Khabarovsk Automobile and Road Institute. Its first rector was M.P. Danilovsky, he led the university for 30 years. The first enrolment of students was 150. Their training was carried out in 4 specialties: civil and industrial construction, road transport, highways, road and construction machines and equipment. The first graduation of engineers took place in 1963. In the first years of the university’s activity, there was the construction of laboratory and educational buildings, as well as dormitories and other buildings of the campus.

By 1962, the university had formed 5 faculties: mechanical, construction, road, automotive and forest engineering, in which training was carried out in 10 specialties. The enrolment has grown to 1,550. Currently, the University of the Pacific employs about 800 teaching staff, among them more than 420 candidates of science and about 120 doctors of science. There are also 20 scientific schools that have received recognition abroad.