Mari State University was founded in 1972 in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic.

Mari State University consists of 6 faculties and 6 institutes that train well-educated specialists for most sectors of the Russian national economy.

Mari State University is one of the five founder members of the International Association of Finno-Ugric universities, one of the forty-one members of Russia's Association of Classical Universities.

Classes are taken in Russian medium and English medium.

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