| Mari State University | |||||
| Established: | 1949 | ||||
| Type: | Public research | ||||
| Rector: | Mikhail Shvetsov | ||||
| Students: | 8,000 | ||||
| City: | Lenin Square 1, Yoshkar Ola | ||||
| Country: | Russia | ||||
| Campus: | Urban | ||||
| Coordinates: | 56.6315°N 47.8892°W
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Mari State University was founded in 1972 in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic. Mari State University consists of 6 faculties and 6 institutes that train well-educated specialists for most sectors of the Russian national economy. Mari State University is one of the five founder members of the International Association of Finno-Ugric universities, one of the forty-one members of Russia's Association of Classical Universities.Classes are taken in Russian medium and English medium.