North-Caucasus Federal University
North-Caucasus Federal University (), abbreviated as NCFU () is a public university in Stavropol Krai, Russia with campuses in Stavropol, Pyatigorsk and Nevinnomyssk. It was established in 2012 as a flagship university of the newly created North Caucasian Federal District by merging Stavropol State University, North-Caucasus State Technical University, and Pyatigorsk State University of Humanities and Technology.

General information

North-Caucasus Federal University (NCFU) was established subject to a respective Decree by President of the Russian Federation (No. 958 of July 18, 2011) and an Order by the Government of the Russian Federation (No. 226-p of February 22, 2012) through a merger of three universities located in the Stavropol Region – North-Caucasus State Technical University, Stavropol State University and Pyatigorsk State University for Humanities & Technology.
The university comprises 9 institutes in Stavropol and 2 institutes (affiliates) in Pyatigorsk and Nevinnomyssk.

University rankings
NCFU was rated among 40 top Russian universities (according to the National university ranking by Interfax).

Aims and objectives
NCFU mission is to develop human and intellectual capital thus promoting competitive social and economic development in the areas of the Russian Federation that belong to North-Caucasus Federal District.

Institutes and Faculties
Institute of Humanities
Institute of Engineering
Institute of Digital Development
Institute of Geosciences
Institute of Law
Institute of Economics and Management
Faculty of Physics and Technology
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Faculty of Psychology and Education
Faculty of Food Engineering and Biotechnology
Faculty of Physical Culture and Sport
Faculty of Medicine and Biology
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences named after Professor N.I. Cheryakova
Graduate School of Creative Industries
College of NCFU (Stavropol)
Military Training Center

Affiliates
Institute of Technology (NCFU branch in Nevinnomyssk, Russia);
Institute of Service, Tourism and Design (NCFU branch in Pyatigorsk, Russia).

Major academic fields
 Information technologies
 Applied mathematics
 Information security
 Electronics
 Nanotechnologies
 Power energy
 Oil and gas
 Geosciences
 Ecology and environmental management
 Engineering
 Biology
 History
 Economy
 Management
 Tourism and hospitality
 Humanities
 Social sciences
 Law studies
 Pedagogy
 Psychology
 Physics
 Chemistry
 Linguistics
 Design

Major research fields
 Organic chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry
 Nanotechnologies and advanced materials
 Technologies of life science, food safety and food biotechnology
 Aerospace and geoinformation technologies, land-use planning
 Neurocomputers, parallel and high-performance computing
 Complex information security of infrastructure facilities
 Energy efficiency
 Ethnodemography, conflictology studies
 Socio-political and humanitarian research and technology, the culture and traditions of the North-Caucasus ethnic groups

International partners
The university has a number of relationships with universities in more than 40 countries. 

In 2020, the North-Caucasus Federal University established the Great Caucasus format together with the Abkhazian State University, the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia and the South Ossetian State University. The four universities will work more together and spread the use of the Russian language.

Human capital
The university has an academic staff of around 1,500 members.
Student body of about 25,000. 
From 2017 on, following a respective order by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, a Resource Training Center for Persons with Disabilities has been functioning at NCFU.
Alina Levitskaia – Rector, NCFU; 2012 to August, 2019.
Irina Soloveva – Acting Rector, NCFU; August – October, 2019.
November 2019 – Dmitry Bespalov was appointed as NCFU's Acting Rector and in July 2020, by order of the Government of the Russian Federation, he was appointed to the post of rector of the North Caucasus Federal University.

History 
 Stavropol Agropedagogic Institute (1930), thereafter
 Stavropol State Pedagogic Institute (1932)
 Stavropol State Pedagogic University (1993)
 Stavropol State University (through integration with an affiliate of Moscow State Academy of Law) (1996)
 Stavropol Polytechnic Institute[24] (1971)
 Stavropol State Technical University (1994)
 North-Caucasus State Technical University (1999)
 Pyatigorsk State University for Humanities & Technology (1999) (subject to the Decree by Prime Minister of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin
 On January 23, 2010, was officially announced as launched
 On July 18, 2011, President of the Russian Federation signed a Decree establishing North-Caucasus Federal University on the premises of North-Caucasus State Technical University
 On February 22, 2012 North-Caucasus Federal University was officially declared established by a special Decree

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Buildings and structures in Stavropol Krai
Stavropol
Federal universities of Russia