North-Eastern State University (Russian: Северо-Восточный государственный университет) is a public university in Magadan, the capital city of Magadan Oblast located in the Russian Far East.

[1] The institute was largely created on the basis of the previously operating Magadan Pedagogical School, taking from it the buildings of the educational building (located on 4 Kommuna Street), dormitories, and most of the teaching staff.

The first academic year at the university began on October 3, 1961, in three faculties: history and philology, pedagogy and physics and mathematics.

[2] In 1965, the first graduation of students - teachers of primary schools took place; in 1966, the institute graduated for the first time teachers of history, Russian language and literature, physics and mathematics.

[3] In 1970, a new educational building of the institute was built, designed to train 800 students.