The structure consists of four separate SFU branch of the Institute , the total number of faculties , 37 academic departments 70, including 10 research institutes and design bureaus, CCU , teaching and research laboratories ( including joint ventures with institutions of Sciences ) 20 structures of innovation activities ( including 2 pilot production, 2 industrial park2 business incubator , 19 centers for collective use , 9, innovation and technology centers ), and others ,Southern Federal University ( SFU ) - Russian University, Centre for Higher Education and Research in the Southern Federal Okrug of the Russian Federation, located in Rostov- on-Don and Taganrog , Rostov region. , Employing about 800 scientists, including 354 candidates and 45 doctors. The total number of students - about 56 thousand people.
One of the leading universities of Russia , as of 2006 , the latest official rankings of the Federal Agency for Education takes fourth place among classical universities.
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