perm and studied. he incidentally, in perm university in 1916 , perm university became the first institution of higher education in the urals. today, perm state national research university is one of the largest universities in the country, a finalist in national and international rankings. member of the russian barscience minoo program priority 20-30 its goal is to identify and support leaders in creating new scientific knowledge of technologies and developments for implementation in the russian economy and social sphere independent experts call him one of top universities in the country for social studies and campus amenities. today the university is a commonwealth. fifteen faculties, half of them humanities half natural sciences and exact sciences, 14,000 students study here. and actually he is the founder. or mm the point from which the beginning of the entire system of higher education in our region is counted dmitry georgievich krasilnikov rector of perm university doctor of political sciences professor in recent years, university very busy with new technologies. first of all, we photonic these technologies. now, in fact, we create were leaders, and asid