N. A. Dobrolyubova State Linguistic University of Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University
Нижегородский государственный лингвистический университет имени Н. А. Добролюбова
	Latin: Dobrolyubov Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic publica University
Former name	Gorky Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages
Type	Public
Established	1937
President	Zhigalev Boris Andreevich
Rector	Nikonova Zhanna Viktorovna
Academic staff	227
Administrative staff	417
Undergraduates	3150 (2018)
Address	Minin st., 31a, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia; 56°19′29″N 44°01′42″E / 56.32472°N 44.02833°E
Campus	Urban
Language	Russian
Colors	Blue, white
Website	http://www.lunn.ru/en

Nizhny Novgorod Dobrolyubov State Linguistic University is an institution of higher education in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, and it is one of two linguistic universities in Russia. The institution was established in the year 1937 as the Gorky Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.^[1]

History

In 1917 the municipal language courses were established in Nizhny Novgorod. Based on those courses, the Gorky Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages was founded in 1937. Initially, the Institute trained teachers of English, German, French, and Spanish for secondary schools and had, respectively, three faculties: English, German, and Romance languages.

In 1964, the Faculty of Translation of Western European languages was established. In 1994 the institute was given the status of a Linguistic University.