Buryat State Agricultural Academy named after V.R. Filippov

About Buryat State Agricultural Academy named after V.R. Filippov

Buryat State Agricultural Academy named after V.R. Filippov (in Russian, Buryat GSKhA) is a federal state budgetary university in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia. According to its official site, it was created on 13 August 1931 as the Buryat-Mongolian State Agro-pedagogical Institute, by a decision of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture of the USSR. The institute was renamed several times. It received the name Buryat State Agricultural Academy in 1995. The founder is the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. The main address is 8 Pushkin Street, Ulan-Ude, 670010.

Institutes and research

The academy describes itself as the "East Siberian centre of integration of agrarian education, science and production". It states that it is a member of the Association of Arctic Universities (certificate of 26 June 2012) and of the Association of European Life Science Universities, ICA (certificate of 29 October 2013).

The structure page lists these faculties and institutes: - Faculty of Agronomy - Engineering Faculty - Technological Faculty - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Economic Faculty - Institute of Land Management, Cadastre and Melioration - Institute of Continuing Education

The Agrotechnical College is also part of the academy. The Institute of Continuing Education and the college are at 148 Trubacheeva Street, Ulan-Ude.

The academy lists cooperation agreements signed in 2023 and 2024 with partners in China, including Henan Agricultural University and Northeast Forestry University.

Housing

The academy has five dormitories, and internet access is provided in all five. Dormitory No. 2, at 27a Chertenkova Street, is open to students with disabilities.

Teaching computer classes number 37, with 477 computers. Wi-Fi covers the academy buildings.