Mari State University is a Russian state multi-disciplinary classical university, a major educational and scientific center of the Republic of Mari El and the Volga Federal District. Founded in 1972, Mari State University is today a recognized center of education, science, and culture. It has 9 faculties, 6 institutes, 55 departments, about 10,000 students, and a highly professional team of professors, teachers, and researchers, numbering 532 teachers, including 66 doctors of sciences and 37 professors, 325 candidates of sciences, and 227 associate professors.