[3][4] It is unusual that the Novgorod State University has the name of Prince Yaroslav the Wise incorporated into its title.

Academician Yanin considered it a remarkable coincidence and suggested awarding the university the name of the Russian prince.

As a graduate of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Archbishop Ambrose planned to create an exact copy of his alma mater in Novgorod.

From the very beginning, the activities of the Novgorod Theological Seminary were thoroughly regulated and properly funded (7859 rubles 37 kopecks per year were allocated for its maintenance).

[8] The purpose of foundation of  NovSU was to combine the diverse experience of training specialists by conducting fundamental research and training at all levels of higher, postgraduate and additional education in a wide range of natural sciences, humanities and other areas of science, technology and culture.

[8] On January 15, 1997, by order of the Government of the Russian Federation, based on the decision of the Academic Councils of the Novgorod State Agricultural Academy (NSAA) and Novgorod State University, the NSAA was incorporated into the university as a structural unit: the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Its objectives are to translate professional knowledge and experience, to implement humanistic ideals, and to build a social type of the individual adequate to the requirements of contemporary time.

NovSU cooperates with international foundations, foreign governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and universities from countries such as Belarus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United States.

[1] • Software of Computer Engineering and Automated Systems • Applied Mathematics and Information Science • Mathematics • Physics • Electronics and Micro-Electronics • Radio Technology, including specialization Medical Electronics • Design and Technology of Electronic Equipment • Radio Physics and Electronics • History and Archivistics • Theory and Methodology of Foreign Languages • Translation Methodology • Philosophy • Cultural Studies • Philology • Journalism • Law • General Medicine • Nursing • Dentistry • Pharmacy • Technological Education • Pedagogics • Foreign Languages • Technology and Entrepreneurship • Musical Education • Fine Arts • Preschool Pedagogics and Psychology • Pedagogics and Methodology of Primary Education • Logopedics • Special Psychology • Physical Training • Management of Organization • Biology • Geography • Chemistry • Ecology • Forestry • Agronomy • Agricultural Mechanization • Agricultural Manufacturing and Processing Technologies • Veterinary • Management of Organization • Marketing • Human Resources Management • State and Municipal Management • Land Resources Management • Accounting, Analysis and Audit • Finances and Credit • Economics and Enterprise Administration • Commerce • Тechnology, Equipment and Automation of Engineering Industry • Technologies of Engineering Industry • Automobile Transport • Industrial Heat-and-Power Engineering • Industrial and Civil Engineering • Urban Construction and Municipal Services • Technology of Art Materials Processing • Machinery and Metal Pressure Processing Technology • Architecture • Design (Industrial, Fashion) • Architectural Environment Design 5 years – specialties (except: 6 years – General Medicine and Design; 4 years – Nursing); 4 years – bachelor's degree; 2 years – master's degree; 3 years – postgraduate Studies.