and master foreign languages but also to facilitate adaptation to the modern world. Engineering academy was founded in 1961. It has more than 2,600 students and 16 departments. It has more than 240 teachers, among them 17 corresponding members and academicians of various academies of sciences, 46 full professors, and 110 PhDs. The main aim of the Engineering faculty is to prepare specialists who, apart from their major qualifications, could head enterprises and run businesses. The Faculty of the Russian language and general educational disciplines was founded in 1960. It has more than 1,000 students and 9 departments. It has about 200 teachers, among them 7 full professors and 62 PhDs. The faculty teaches the Russian language to foreign students so that they can study at PFUR's main faculties and other Russian universities. Every year more than 1,000 students from more than 140 countries study at the faculty to continue with 62 lines of study and specialties at the main faculties. Scholars of the faculty organize international scientific-research conferences on the problems of teaching Russian as a foreign language and interdisciplinary communication. Institute for Medicine was founded in 1961. It has more than 2,300 students and 43 departments and 2 independent courses. It has 420 lecturers – 5 academicians and 2 corresponding members of the Russian academy of medical sciences; 24 academicians and corresponding members of social academies, 15 Honored scientists of the Russian Federation (RF), 3 laureates of RF State Prizes, 2 laureates of government State Prizes, 132 full professors and 220 PhDs. Functioning at the faculty are the Students’ scientific society that helps students become familiar with research from the beginning; the Young medical doctors’ community; the Students’ theatre «Hippocrates», the lecture center where lectures in literature, music, and history are presented. The pre-university education is provided at the «Medik» medical-biological school (preliminary courses). Today, the Institute for Medicine of PFUR is equipped with 14 novel clinical laboratories; in the training process, computer testing and TV broadcasting are used. For refinement in practical treatment, subdivisions of computer tomography, liver fiber scanning, and andrology have been created. Faculty of Science. It was founded in 1961. It has about 900 students and 16 departments, and about 280 lecturers, among them 65 full professors and 160 PhDs. The Philological faculty was founded in 1996 (the after re-organization of the Historical-philological faculty). It has more than 2800 students and 9 departments. It