Гóрького, Urál'skiy gosudárstvennyy universitét ímeni A. M. Gór'kogo, often shortened to USU, УрГУ) is a public university located in the city of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation.

In 2007 Dmitriy Bugrov was elected new rector,[1] while the incumbent Vladimir Tretyakov took the office of the President, representing the university in international affairs.

These are Biology, Journalism, Culturology & Arts, History, Mathematics and Mechanics, Politology and Sociology, Psychology, Physics, Philology, Philosophy, Public relations, Chemistry, Foreign affairs, and Economics.

The location and the set of the symbols on the emblem of the Ural State University were officially approved on 24 April 2008.

Spikes, which form the cross, refer to one more symbol – the staff of Egyptian priests, keepers of sacred knowledge.