Education
Ulan Bator has six major universities:
- National University of Mongolia
- Science and Technological University of Mongolia
- Mongolian State University of Agriculture
- Health Science University of Mongolia
- Mongolian State Pedagogical University
- Mongolian University of Art and Culture.
There are a number of other universities in the city, including Humanities University (www.humanities.mn).
Even though relatively small, the Institute of Finance and Economics is popular as an economics school in Mongolia.
The National Library of Mongolia has a wide selection of English-language texts on Mongolian subjects.
The American School of Ulaanbaatar and the International School of Ulaanbaatar both offer Western-style K-12 education in English for Mongolian nationals and foreign residents.
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