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The Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Samara National Research University named after Academician S.P. Korolev" was founded in 1942 as the Kuibyshev Aviation Institute (KuAI) with the aim of training engineers for the aviation industry. In 1967, the KuAI was named after Academician S.P.Korolev, and in 1992, in the year of its 50th anniversary, the institute was renamed Samara State Aerospace University named after Academician S.P. Korolev.
Samara University trains specialists for rocket and space, aviation, radio-electronic, metallurgical, automotive, infocommunication and other industries in full-time, part-time (evening) and correspondence forms of education according to 320 educational programs. Upon graduation from the university, a state diploma is issued with the assignment of qualifications: specialist, bachelor, master.

