Saratov Chernyshevsky State University (Russian: Саратовский государственный университет имени Н. Г. Чернышевского, СГУ, transcribed as SGU) is a major higher education and research institution in Russia. Named to Nikolay Chernyshevsky, the university was founded in 1909 as Imperial Saratov University. It is located in the Volga River region in the city of Saratov.