Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N. I. Vavilov

Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N.I. Vavilov ( is an agricultural higher education institution in the Volga region. History On 15 September 1913, the Higher Agricultural Courses were established in Saratov to train agronomists. There were 105 people in the first enrollment of students of these courses. One of the founders, as well as the first director of the courses, was the chief agronomist of Saratov, Boris Kharlampievich Medvedev. On 5 April 1918, by the decision of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture and the People's Commissariat of Education, the Higher Agricultural Courses were transformed into the Saratov Agricultural Institute, but already on September 20 of the same year, the institute was attached to the Saratov State University as an agronomic faculty. In 1917-1921, geneticist Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was engaged in scientific and pedagogical work at the courses and at the institute. In May 1922, the Faculty of Agronomy separated from the State University and again became an institute. The first director of the institute was a biologist, professor . At that time, such prominent scientists as . In 1923, the reclamation faculty was opened. In this regard, the Saratov Agricultural Institute was renamed the Saratov Institute of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.