Private educational institution of higher education Modern humanitarian Academy was founded on 23 November 1992.
The Academy is the largest higher educational institution in Russia and in Europe, which enrolls about 100 thousand students. In 2012, the SGA celebrated the anniversary date of the award of diploma of higher education 300000 graduate.
SGA became the only Russian University included in 2005 as a founding member of the global network of mega-universities GMUNET.