South-West State University

SouthWest State University
Государственное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Юго-западный государственный университет»
Arms of the South-West State University
Typepublic
Established1964
RectorSergey Emelyanov
Students10,920 (2023)
Location,
Campusurban
Websitehttp://www.swsu.ru/eng/index.php
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia301-350 (2022)

South-West State University (YuZGU; Russian: Юго-Западный государственный университет (ЮЗГУ), Yugo-Zapadnyy gosudarstvennyy universitet) is a university located in Kursk, Russia.

South-West State University was founded in 1964 as the Kursk Politechnical Institute as the Kursk branch of a Moscow university. It was renamed Kursk State Technical University in 1995 before receiving its current name in 2010.

Its current rector is Sergey Emelyanov.