Siberian Federal University (Russian: Федера́льное госуда́рственное автоно́мное образова́тельное учрежде́ние вы́сшего профессиона́льного образова́ния «Сиби́рский федера́льный университе́т», Sibírskiy federálny universitét)(SibFU) is a modern multidisciplinary university located in the eastern part of Russia, Krasnoyarsk, that combines fundamental and applied research and teaching. Siberian Federal University is the 21st out of 1,777 universities of the Russian Federation in Russian universities’ rating. The University was established in 2006 by merging together 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.