At Saratov University three faculties have been transformed into the Institute of Physics, which officially starts working on February 8. This will bring the corporation of university physicists to a new educational and scientific level.

After the appeal of the staffs of the Faculty of Physics, the Faculty of Nonlinear Processes, and the Faculty of Nano- and Biomedical Technologies to the rector of the university, in November 2020, the Academic Council unanimously supported the decision to unite these faculties. The SSU Faculty of Physics has a long and glorious history since the opening of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics on June 1, 1917. But, in fact, physics education at SSU and in Saratov Region dates back to 1909, since the university foundation, when the department of physics appeared. In 1945, the Faculty of Physics became an independent division of the university.

The Faculty of Nonlinear Processes separated from the Faculty of Physics in 1994 and the Faculty of Nano- and Biomedical Technologies – in 2005. This was due to a number of reasons. The FNP was established to implement an important scientific and educational experiment on continuing (from school to university) education under the leadership of Dmitrii Trubetskov. A fundamentally new curriculum was developed, the Lyceum of Applied Sciences was opened, the graduates of which became the FNP main applicants. The FNBMT was primarily founded to meet the challenges of the time: nano- and biomedical technologies came to the front in innovative solutions.

Today, for the further development of physical education and a new breakthrough in physics it is necessary to team up and unite the efforts, experience and technical capabilities of the three faculties. They are related by common or similar objects of study and methodology. These are courses in higher mathematics and general physics, a nonlinear dynamic approach in science and education, computer modelling of physical processes, intelligent processing of large amounts of data, major courses, elective courses, types of internships, etc.

Therefore, it seems appropriate to emerge the faculties into one institute, including the homogeneous structural elements (departments or divisions). It will serve as an impetus for a new round of development of the physics school of the university.

Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Sergei Wenig, who headed the FNBMT for 15 years, will be Appointed Director of the institute. The directorate of the educational unit has already formed.