Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy

Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy
Timiryazev Academy main building
Former names
Petrovskaya Agricultural Academy
Moscow Agricultural Institute
TypeState university
Established1865
RectorValeriya Chaika
Academic staff
700[1]
Undergraduates>10,000[1]
Postgraduates70 p.a.[1]
Location
Moscow
,
Russia

55°49′59″N 37°33′00″E / 55.833°N 37.550°E / 55.833; 37.550
CampusUrban (originally suburban)
ColorsGreen
Websitewww.timacad.ru
University rankings
Global – Overall
QS World[2]1,201 (2023)
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[3]251-300 (2022)

Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (full name in Russian: Российский государственный аграрный университет — МСХА имени К.А. Тимирязева) is one of the oldest agrarian educational institutions in Moscow, Russia. It was founded on December 3, 1865. It is under the Supervisory of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture. It was named for Kliment Timiryazev, a Russian botanist and physiologist and proponent of evolution by natural selection. Prior to this it was called the Petrovsky Agricultural Academy.

References

  1. ^ a b c "About the Academy". Timiryazev Academy. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
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  3. ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.