Novosibirsk State Agricultural University (; abbreviated as , NGAU) is a state university located in Novosibirsk, Russia. It was founded in 1936.
History On November 14, 1935, Mikhail Alexandrovich Chernov, People's Commissariat for Agriculture of the USSR, issued order no. 2789 on the opening of an agricultural institute in Novosibirsk.
On September 1, 1936, the doors of the Novosibirsk Agricultural Institute () were opened. There were 6 departments with 18 teachers.
In 1941, the first graduation of highly qualified specialists took place.
In 1991, after the state certification, the institute was renamed the Agrarian University.
Rectors Past rectors of the university have included:
(1936–1937) Pavel Nikolayevich Prutovykh (1938–1939) (1939–1942) Timofey Leontyevich Basyuk (1942–1945) Grigory Yakovlevich Zvonkovich (1946–1953) Nikolai Pavlovich Smirnov (1953–1954) Ivan Matveyevich Leonov (1955–1956) (1956–1960) Zakhar Dmitriyevich Krasikov (1961–1966) (1966–1986) (1986–2009) (2009–2020) (2020–present)
Notable graduates Five graduates of the university have been awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour:
Another notable graduate was Yakov Tikhonovich Novichenko, a Soviet military officer, who was awarded the North Korean equivalent, Hero of Labour, in 1984, becoming the only non-Korean to receive it.
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