| Oryol State Agrarian University named after N. V. Parakhin (Oryol SAU) | |
| Native Name: | Орловский государственный аграрный университет имени Н. В. Парахина (Орловский ГАУ им. Н. В. Парахина) |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Established: | 1975 |
| Type: | Public |
| Rector: | Vladimir Nikolaevich Masalov, Doctor of Biological Sciences |
| Students: | 5217 |
| City: | 69 General Rodin street, Oryol |
| Country: | Russia |
| Coor: | 52.9767°N 36.0333°W |
| Former Names: | Oryol Agricultural Institute; Oryol State Agricultural Academy; Oryol State Agrarian University |
Oryol State Agrarian University named after N. V. Parakhin or Oryol SAU named after N. V. Parakhin (Oryol SAU;[1] Russian: Орловский государственный аграрный университет имени Н. В. Парахина; Орловский ГАУ им. Н. В. Парахина, Orlovskiy gosudarstvennyy agrarnyy universitet imeni N. V. Parakhina; Orlovskiy GAU im. N. V. Parakhina) is a state agrarian and natural sciences university[2] located in the city of Oryol, the administrative centre of Oryol Oblast.
Oryol Agricultural Institute was founded in Oryol in 1975. In 1995, a decision was made to transform the institute into the Oryol State Agricultural Academy. Officially, the transformation took place on 10 February 1996.[3] In 1999, the academy was transformed into the Oryol State Agrarian University.[4]
In 2015, Oryol SAU became a member of the Eurasian Association of Universities.[4]
For many years (1982-1986, 1994–2008, 2010–2016) Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolai Vasilyevich Parakhin, was the rector of the university.[5] [6] After his death, on 15 June 2016, the Oryol State Agrarian University received the name of N. V. Parakhin.[7]
On 30 March 2017, Rosobrnadzor banned the admission of students to the Oryol SAU.[8] In April of the same year, after the elimination of violations, this ban was removed.[9]
At the end of 2020, the Oryol State Agrarian University took 9th place among 54 Russian agricultural universities in the “National Recognition” ranking.[10]
The institute includes 7 faculties (Faculty of Economics; Institute for Rural Development and Additional Education; Faculty of Agrotechnics and Energy Supply; Faculty of Biotechnology and Veterinary Medicine; Institute of Civil Engineering; Multidisciplinary College; Faculty of Agribusiness and Ecology), 25 divisions (chairs), as well as 30 other structural divisions.[11]