Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

The Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University is one of 9 federal universities of Russia. A most innovative university of Russian Federation, the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University strives to maintain and spread academic and research traditions of its predecessor – the Albertina University of Königsberg. The Albertina, one of the oldest universities in Europe, has a 460-year history. I. Kant, J. Hamann, J. Herder, F.W. Bessel, K. Jacobi, F. Linderman, А. Gurvits, D. Hilbert and H. Helmholtz taught at the Albertina University. The University's greatest alumnus is Immanuel Kant, the world-famous philosopher, who was a Russian citizen for some time. The name of I. Kant forever linked the city of Königsberg and the Albertina University with the spiritual heritage of humankind and the history of the region. The Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University is the leading educational, research, and cultural center. The University implements more than 300 educational programmes in the fields of secondary, vocational and higher education as well as continuing and post-university education. The total number of students, including international, and doctoral students exceeds 16,000 and 2,200 academic staff. IKBFU comprises 10 Institutes, 2 Higher Schools, 1 Faculty, 35 Research laboratories