Astrakhan State University (Астраханский государственный университет) is a leading Russian university, founded in October 1932, offering preparatory, undergraduate, and graduate professional programs, as well as distance education programs, with the main faculties being the Faculty of Innovative Mathematics and Science The main faculties are the Faculty of Innovative Mathematics and Science, the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Innovative Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Social Work, the Faculty of Economics and Law, the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Technology, the Faculty of Chemistry, the Faculty of Linguistics, the Faculty of Foreign Languages, the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Preparatory Studies, the Faculty of Distance Education, etc.