Russian People's Friendship University, an influential national comprehensive university in Russia, was founded in 1960. It is a new type of institution of higher learning that mainly studies international relations and world culture, and is called "the cradle of world politicians". ?

Russian People's Friendship University has gained international recognition and won great influence since its establishment more than 60 years ago. As a famous international education and science center, Russian People's Friendship University ranked 295th in the latest QS World University Rankings in 2023. It ranks third in the list of universities of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, with the second level of teachers and the first employment rate of graduates.

The school has 14 departments, 56 fields and specialties, and the teaching staff includes more than 2,200 professors, associate professors and teachers (of whom 1300 have doctoral and postdoctoral degrees).

More than 70,000 foreign students from 170 countries have completed higher education here (including more than 3,500 associate doctors), with a total of more than 28,000 students. The students who come here to study every year come from 1, 4 1 countries in the world, representing more than 450 nationalities, and there are currently more than 5,200 foreign students.