• Motto in Latin: Cogitare. Agere. Consequi.
• Motto in English: Think. Act. Achieve.
• Established: 1920
• Total Enrollment: around 35 000
• Faculty Members: more than 4 000
• Alumni: more than 360 000
• Number of Educational Programs: around 400
• About 2 500 international students from 80 countries

Ural Federal University (UrFU) is one of the largest higher educational institutions in Russia bringing together fundamental education and innovative approach towards the challenges of modern times.

Our aspiration is to become a world-class university in the heart of Eurasia committed to the complex and sustainable development of research and teaching. 

Currently the university is home to almost 35 000 students from 80 countries of the world and more than 4 000 faculty members including the top-notch global experts in the spheres of natural sciences, engineering and social sciences. Our Institutes offer about 400 Bachelor, Master and Doctoral Programs in natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities, economics and management taught in Russian and English. The number of UrFU alumni exceeds 360 000 people.

Breakthrough studies are pursued in 72 research excellence centres. The university is open to international collaboration having almost 400 partners all over the globe and being an active participant of such initiatives as BRICS Network University, SCO Network University, CIS University.

Ural Federal University constantly works on building its global reputation and is currently ranked amongst the world's top universities:

• placed 12th among Russian universities (Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2018)
• 48th of the best universities of the Emerging Europe and Central Asia (QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2017);
• top-500 (QS World University Rankings 2017);
• placed 12th among Russian universities (“Expert RA” rating agency 2017);
• placed 15th in the ranking of national universities by the Interfax Rating Agency 2017;
• placed 63rd among BRICS countries universities(QS World University Rankings: BRICS 2017)
• top 251-300 in Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings 2018 
• QS WUR Rankings by Subject 2018: Mathematics 251-300;  Mechanical Engineering 351-400; Arts and Humanities 401-450; Natural Sciences 451-500; Physics and Astronomy 401-450; Social Sciences and Management 451-500