Altai State University, founded in 1973, is a university in Barnaul, Russia.Altai State University has the following departments: Arts, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, History, Law, Mathematics and IT, Mass Communication, Philology and Political Science,Physics and Technology, Education and Psychology, Sociology andInternational Institute of Economics, Management and Informational Systems.The university has affiliates in Biysk, Belokurikha, Kamen-na-Obi, Rubtsovsk, Slavgorod, and Mikhailovskoe, all in Altai Krai.