[1] Yuriy S. Marfin, the rector of the Pacific National University The Pacific National University (PNU) started as the Khabarovsk Automobile Highway Institute, founded by the USSR Ministry of Higher Education on March 29, 1958.

More than 20 internationally recognized scientific schools have been established at Pacific National University (PNU).

PNU scientific researches are carried out in physical and mathematical sciences, including theoretical nuclear physics, information and telecommunication technologies, nanotechnologies, materials science, mechanical engineering, architecture and urban planning, sociology, economics, and jurisprudence.

The main fields of applied research are the following: Measuring, Calculation and Control Devices; Information Processing Systems; Computer-Based Information Systems Design; Development of Robot Systems, including Submerged Robotics; Applied Materials Science; Improvement of Technological Processes and Machines and Mechanisms Engineering; Improving the Efficiency of Transportation Using and Improvement of its Operating Characteristics; Engineering of Logging Technologies and Timber Processing; Problems of Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection; Forest Reserve Restoration; Alternative Energy Sources Generation; Design of Industrial and Civil Buildings and Constructions; Development of Modern Construction Technologies and Operation of Transport Facilities.

Annually, PNU staff and teams of researchers have received more than 50 patents and certificates of registration of computer programs.

There is developed and successfully applied the technology of operative creation of electronic textbooks and courses of lectures in chm , DjVu, PDF formats.

Pacific National University is actively involved in the informational process of the educational system at the regional level.

In addition, the PNU communication center provides management and technical support to the telecommunication industry network of science and higher education institutions of Khabarovsky krai and provides functioning of Khabarovsk Regional Educational Information Network (KREIN).

The journal Information Science and Control Systems is published with the assistance of PNU scientists.

In October 2009, the analytical survey “Apply of Automated Control Systems to Institutions of Higher Professional Education activities in Russian Federation” was prepared in the State Institute of Information Technologies and Telecommunications "Informika" on the basis of research of automated control systems (ACS) in 673 Russian state and municipal institutions of higher education.

Pacific National University became one of the 55 best Russian institutions of higher education that received the highest scores in all examined ACS areas.

The PNU Scientific Library is the Regional Methodical Centre for 94 state and commercial libraries of institutions of higher education and specialized secondary educational institutions in Khabarovsky krai and Amur Oblast.

According to long-term programs of international cooperation the University carries out activities in academic and students’ exchange, joint research, innovation and technological, educational, cultural and business projects.