University

St. Petersburg University was founded in 1724 by Peter the Great's edict. Russia's first institution of higher education was linked with the Academy of Sciences and the Grammar School. The first members of the Academy and professors of the University were foreign scholars, such as L. Euler, G. Graft, I. Braun. Practically all the Russian academicians of the XVIII century were graduates of St. Petersburg University. The University originally provided tuition in three fields: mathematics, physics, and the humanities.