The National University of Mongolia is the country’s oldest and only comprehensive university and a leading center of sciences, education and culture. It was established on October 5, 1942 in the capital city Ulaanbaatar with three faculties: Pedagogical, Medical and Veterinary Sciences. During the inception period of its history and hardship of the Second World War, the former Soviet Union had provided a degree of assistance, including sending qualified experts and academics and supply of training materials and equipment. The NUM has played a significant role in the development of the higher education in Mongolia.

In 1958, the Veterinary Faculty separated from the University to become the Agricultural University. In 1961, the Medical Faculty became the Medical University. The Technical University and the University of Humanities became independent universities in 1982. After sixty years of dynamic growth, the University has become a place of sustained innovation, a blend of scholarship and practical realism. The NUM has educated generations of professional people in various fields and its graduates make one third of the country’s intellectuals. It has twelve schools and faculties in Ulaanbaatar and campuses in Zavkhan and Orkhon provinces. The last ten years have been a period of reforms in the structure, financing, and governance of Mongolian educational institutions.

The NUM has been continuously adjusting its operations and curricula to deal with new economic conditions, changing labour market demands and altered social aspirations. As other comprehensive universities in the world, the NUM offers a broad range of bachelor, Master and PhD programmes. It is distinguished by the number of fundamental and applied advanced research and intellectual products produced and applied to industry and business. Thanks to its scholars, students and alumni, the NUM serves the society and community, promotes Mongolia and its values overseas and helps create democracy in every society and equal opportunity for everyone in the world. Committed to human peace, development and welfare in the increasingly globalised world, the NUM promotes equal and mutually beneficial international cooperation. It is a member of the International Association of Universities (IAU), University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP), Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) and Euro-Asian University Network (EAUN) and has direct co-operation agreements with more than 100 international academic and research centers in Europe, the USA, and the Asia-Pacific Rim. The NUM is one of globalizing universities that pursues the freedom of exchange of people, knowledge and information. The academic community of the University is truly multicultural and scholars of different nations are working in the fields of social sciences, natural sciences humanities. They deeply contribute to human capacity building, research advancement and academic curriculum development. On the threshold of the 21st century, the NUM remains a major center for fundamental and applied research as well as a university distinguished by the quality of teaching. Following its values and traditions, the University strives to be an innovative and dynamic learning community.

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