Herzen University

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The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia

Coat of arms of the Herzen University
Established	1797; 227 years ago (1797)[1]
President	Gennady Bordovsky [ru][2]
Rector	Sergey Tarasov [ru][3]
Students	18,000
Location	Saint Petersburg , Russia 59°56′2″N 30°19′10″E / 59.93389°N 30.31944°E / 59.93389; 30.31944
Affiliations	Network Association of Universities "Pedagogical staff of Russia"[4]
Website	www.herzen.spb.ru

Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen (Russian: Российский государственный педагогический университет имени А. И. Герцена, romanized: Rossiysky gosudarstvennyy pedagogichesky universitet imeni A. I. Gertsena) is a university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was formerly known as the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute. It is one of the largest universities in Russia, operating 20 faculties and more than 100 departments. Embroidered in its structure are the Institute of Pre-University Courses, the Institute of Continuous Professional Development, and the Pedagogical Research Center. The university is named after the Russian writer and philosopher Alexander Herzen.