Ulitsa Miklukho-Maklaya, 6, Moscow, Russia, 117198
The Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Russian: Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы), also known as RUDN University and until 1992 and after March 2023, as Patrice Lumumba University in honour of the Congolese politician Patrice Lumumba, is a public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1960 by a resolution from the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR to help nations to assist countries that had recently achieved independence from colonial powers. The University also acted to further Soviet foreign policy goals in nonaligned countries.
School Director: Oleg Yastrebov
Population: 40000
Population of Teaching Staff: 9000