The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (), also known as RUDN University and until 1992, as Patrice Lumumba University in honor of the Congolese politician Patrice Lumumba, is a public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1960 by a resolution from the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR to help nations to provide assistance to countries that recently achieved independence from colonial powers. The university also acted to further Soviet foreign policy goals in nonaligned countries. RUDN University was considered the 'Oxford' of Russia in the mid-1980s due to the fame it achieved within a short period of time. RUDN University's stance on global issues became neutral after the end of the Cold War with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The University started to admit prosperous students from western and European countries. The university's main goal was to train personnel from Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. RUDN University mainly focuses on research; it has a wide network of connections all over the globe and partnerships with over 2500 foreign universities and research centers. The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia entered the top 150 best universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022 (THE Emerging Economies 2022), moving up 35 positions and taking 144th place. Universities from 47 countries that are classified by the FTSE Group of the London Stock Exchange as “emerging economies”, “secondary developing” or “frontier markets” were able to get on the list. According to QS rankings university was ranked #295 in the whole world. The university was ranked #1,035 in the world by U.S. News & World Report, and #1,635 in the world by the Center for World University Rankings, in 2022. History 1960-89 The university was founded on 5 February 1960. The Soviet Union professed that its purpose was to help developing nations. Many students from developed nations also attended the university. On 22 February 1961, the university was named Patrice Lumumba University after the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba, who had been killed in a coup that January. The stated purpose for establishing the university was to give young people from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, especially from poor families, an opportunity to be educated and to become qualified specialists. The organizations that have been mentioned as founders of the university are the All-Union