Kemerovo State University was established in 1973 as the successor to Kemerovo Pedagogical Institute and is a major educational and research institution in Kemerovo Oblast. It has five regional branches in Belovo, Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Novokuznetsk and Prokopyevsk, along with an international branch in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The university is officially recognized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.