| Comrat State University | |
| Native Name: | Komrat Devlet Universiteti Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Universitatea de Stat din Comrat Russian: Комратский государственный университет |
| Established: | 1991 / 2002 |
| Type: | Public |
| Rector: | Sergey Zakharia[1] |
| Students: | 500 |
| Former Names: | Gagauz National University |
| Website: | kdu.md |
Comrat State University (KDU;) is a public university in Comrat, Moldova. It is the successor of the Gagauz National University, founded on 11 February 1991, by the decision of the Russian Education Foundation and the executive committee of Comrat Regional Council of Deputies. In 2002, it became a state university, by the Resolution of the Government of Moldova.
The university has 4 faculties:
In total there are 17 departments in the university providing training on 38 specialties, which meet the demands of region. There are as well two scientific centers, an Agro-ecological center, and a center of informational technology
The university's distinctive objectives is meeting the needs of the Republic of Moldova and Gagauzia especially in highly skilled professionals – university graduates
All the students learn the Gagauz language, the official language of Gagauzia, in the Republic of Moldova, although almost all classes are taught in Russian language. The classes of the “Gagauz language and literature” specialty are taught in Gagauz; additionally, the course papers and final thesis papers are written in this language. Classes are also held in Romanian, Bulgarian, English.
The CSU organizes scientific conferences; the annual scientific conferences devoted to anniversaries of the university take place in January–February of each year. The Moldovan-Russian symposium is of a special significance.
Doctorate studies are available in the fields of Gagauz philology, economics and management at the university. The university contains 6 language and culture centers of a number of foreign countries. These have been created with the assistance of the German, UK, US, Turkish, Azerbaijan and Greek Embassies in Moldova.
The university maintains wide international relations with the Balkan Universities Network[2] and other Higher Education Institutions from Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, Germany and China that provide the possibility of student and teaching staff exchange for the improvement of educational and scientific work.
The university is actively involved in the international TEMPUS project.
The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.[3]