The Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, NEFU, previously known as Yakutsk State University, is one of Russia's ten federal universities. NEFU's main campus is in Yakutsk, and it has two other campuses in Sakha as well as one in Anadyr in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

Yakutsk is the capital city of Sakha, Russia, located about 450 km (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of Russia's most rapidly growing regional cities, with a population of 355,443 at the 2021 Census.