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     Far Eastern National University is a federal institution of higher education accredited and funded by the Russian Ministry of Education. FENU is the top rated, the largest, and the oldest university of Eastern Russia, established in 1899 by a special order of the Imperor Nikolai II. FENU is the only university of Eastern Russia accredited as a scientific university by the Russian Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology. FENU earned this accreditation for its scientific achievements: according to the Science Citation Index, FENU faculty members contribute 78% publications of all Russian Far East universities and colleges in worldwide peered scientific journals. FENU has joint academic departments with every research institute in natural sciences accredited by the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Russian Far East. FENU offers educational programs and conducts fundamental research in practically all fields of human knowledge.

     The university has 40+ branches in Russia, USA, Japan, China, and Korea. It develops more than 80 partnership projects, including 64 academic exchange programs, with universities at the USA, Japan, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, Great Britain, France, Australia, Thailand, India, and Vietnam. Not only universities are partners of the Far Eastern National University. It has unique partnership projects with Ministries of many countries. Jointly with Ministries of International Affairs and Ministries of Education of People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Japan, India, and Vietnam, FENU established: Center of the Chinese Language Center of Testing Chinese as a Foreign Language Educational Center of the Republic of Korea Japan Center Chair of Indian Studies at FENU (jointly with Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Center of the Embassy of India) Vietnamese Cultural Center at Vladivostok Cultural Center of Germany Cultural Center of Korea Cultural Center of India Among innovative international programs started by Far Eastern National University, the following ones are the most famous: Joint dual degree program in business and management with University of Maryland University College: started in 1991 by a unique order issued by the USSR Ministry of Education.