Russian State Hydrometeorological University
{{Infobox university
| name = Russian State Hydrometeorological University
| native_name = Российский государственный гидрометеорологический университет
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = 0653Aa1. Полярная академия.jpg
| caption = Building of the former State Polar Academy on Voronezhskaya Street, 79 (current legal address)
| established = {{Start date|1930}}
| type = Public
| rector = Valeriy Mikheev
| city = St. Petersburg
| country = Russia
| coor = {{Coord|59|54|33|N|30|20|33|E|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| campus = {{unbulleted list|Urban}}
| website = {{url|https://www.rshu.ru/eng/}}
| logo = RSHU logo.png
}}
Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU) ({{langx|ru|Российский государственный гидрометеорологический университет}}) is a coeducational and public research university located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was founded on July 23, 1930. For all the time RSHU have trained more than 20,000 professionals, with more than 3,000 for foreign countries. Current rector is acting Valeriy Mikheev due to the death of the previous rector Lev Karlin.
History
Russian State Hydrometeorological University was established on July 23, 1930, on the basis of Geophysical Department of the Faculty of Physics of the MSU as Moscow Hydrometeorological Institute.
After World War II the university was transferred to Leningrad and renamed as Leningrad Hydrometeorological Institute (LHI). The institute became the world's first institution of higher education with hydrometeorological profile.
In 1992, it was renamed the Russian State Hydrometeorological Institute (RSHI). In 1998, it was renamed as Russian State Hydrometeorological University (current name).
Faculties
RSHU consists of 8 faculties:
- Meteorological Faculty {{cite web |url=http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/meteo/ |title=РГГМУ | Метеорологический факультет |website=www.rshu.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106100714/http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/meteo/ |archive-date=2008-11-06}}
- Hydrological Faculty {{cite web |url=http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/hydro/ |title=РГГМУ | Гидрологический факультет |website=www.rshu.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802061649/http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/hydro/ |archive-date=2010-08-02}}
- Oceanological Faculty {{cite web |url=http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/ocean/ |title=РГГМУ | Океанологический факультет |website=www.rshu.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802061659/http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/ocean/ |archive-date=2010-08-02}}
- Ecological Faculty {{cite web |url=http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/ecol/ |title=РГГМУ | Экологический факультет |website=www.rshu.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731091416/http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/ecol |archive-date=2010-07-31}}
- Information Systems and Geotechnologies {{cite web |url=http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/it/ |title=РГГМУ | Факультет информационных систем и геотехнологий |website=www.rshu.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619205635/http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/it |archive-date=2012-06-19}}
- Economics, Social Sciences and Humanities {{cite web |url=http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/esgf/ |title=РГГМУ | Экономический факультет |website=www.rshu.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521132148/http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/esgf |archive-date=2009-05-21}}
- Philological {{cite web |url=http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/filo/ |title=РГГМУ | Факультет филологии |website=www.rshu.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326091820/http://www.rshu.ru/university/faculty/filo |archive-date=2016-03-26}}
- National and Traditional Arts {{Cite web|url=http://www.rshu.ru/eng/university/departments/|title=RSHU | Departments}}
University rating
Center for Promotion of graduates conducted monitoring of university centers of youth employment in 2011. According to the results of this monitoring RSHU took 12th place among the universities of the Russian Federation, and the 3rd place among the universities of St. Petersburg. According to the rating of public universities in Russia in 2010 RSHU ranked 141 out of 1,527 Russian universities in the overall rankings, 23 out of 94 universities of St. Petersburg.
International collaboration
The university is a member of the University of the Arctic.{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic |language=en-US}} UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}} The collaboration has been paused after the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Shared Voices 2022 |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/shared-voices-magazine/shared-voices-2022/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}