Khakassian State University named after N. F. Katanov (KhSU) (Russian: Хакасский государственный университет имени Н. Ф. Катанова) is a public university located in the city of Abakan, Russia.

[1] It is the largest higher educational institution of the Republic of Khakassia.

The main task of the university is to provide Khakassia and the south of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, as well as Tuva with highly qualified personnel.

[2] The university was founded on April 16, 1939, on the initiative of the People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR as a teacher's institute.

The Institute had three faculties: Russian Language and Literature; historical; physical and mathematical; education lasted only two years, the main task was to train personnel for secondary schools in Khakassia.