1. Kuban State University is one of the largest scientific and educational centers in the South of Russia. Founded in September 1920, it has a 95-year history based on the best traditions of classical education and recognized achievements.

2. The former general of the tsar army Nicandr Alexandrovich Marx, an outstanding scientist of history was the first elected rector of the university

3. M.B. Astapov became the rector of Kuban State University in 2008

4. Kuban State University, among 55 other leading universities of Russia, won the competition of strategic development programs

5. Kuban State University is the only university in Krasnodar Territory recognized as one of 40 best universities in Russia

6. Kuban State University is a classical educational institution, where traditionally natural sciences and humanities subjects are studied side by side. There are 17 faculties and 10 university-affiliated centres which cover the whole Krasnodar territory.

7. Faculty of Architecture and Design Faculty of Art and Graphics Faculty of Biology Faculty of Chemistry and High Technologies Faculty of Computer Technology and Applied Mathematics Faculty of Economics Faculty of Geography Faculty of Geology Faculty of History, Sociology and International Relations Faculty of Journalism Faculty of Law Faculty of Management and Psychology Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences Faculty of Modern Languages Faculty of Physics and Technology Faculty of Pedagogics, Psychology and Communicational science Faculty of Russian Philology

8. Welcome to the Faculty of Modern Languages which was founded in 1938