Best in History
Best moot court performance of the law school throught out the recorded history (2013-2026)About the Law School
Siberian Federal University (Russian: Сибирский федеральный университет, Sibirskiĭ federalʹnyĭ universitet, often shortened to SibFU, СФУ) is a modern multidisciplinary university located in the eastern part of Russia, Krasnoyarsk, that combines fundamental and applied research and teaching.
It is the first federal university in Russia, which is the highest category of Russian educational and research institutions, along with the Lomonosov Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University.
The university holds top positions in Russian universities' rankings: 9th place (AA+) in the ARES-2020 Russian Universities Ranking; 12th — 14th place in the Total National Rating of Universities (rating is composed by Interfax and Echo of Moscow); 7th — 8th place in the section "Innovations and Entrepreneurship", 6th — 10th place in the section "Education". It was also awarded 4 stars in QS University Rating.
The Siberian Federal University was ranked #14 among Russian universities in the international rankings "Web of Science" (composed by Thomas Reuters) and "Ranking Web of World Universities".The chairman of the university's board of trustees is Dmitry A. Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council and the former President and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.The Siberian Federal University participates in the international collaboration and integration into international research and education space.The universities' fundamental and applied research is closely connected with Institutions of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences; many scienties from these institutions are professors and lecturers in the SibFU. The Siberian Federal University has its own large university press, which includes the Scientific Journal of the Siberian Federal University.
The university was established in 2006 by merging four large universities of Krasnoyarsk city that had been training professionals in the most competitive sectors of economy in Siberia and the Far East: Krasnoyarsk State University, Krasnoyarsk State Technical University, Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Architecture and Construction and Krasnoyarsk State University of Non-Ferrous Metals and Gold.
Today Siberian Federal University is the largest higher educational institution in Siberia and consists of 19 institutes with more than 3,000 faculty staff teaching 41,000 students.
Jessup 2013 
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