Tomsk Polytechnic University

Tomsk Polytechnic University
Established	1896
Rector	Pyotr Chubik
Location	Tomsk, Russia
Website	http://www.tpu.ru/

Tomsk Polytechnic University in Tomsk, Russia, is the oldest technical university in Russia east of the Urals. The university was founded in 1896 and opened in 1900 as the Tomsk Technological Institute. In 1923, the school was renamed the Siberian Technological Institute and in 1930, the institute was split into five divisions, three of which remained in Tomsk. In 1934, the three institutes in Tomsk reunited to form a new institute that would be named the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. The university has more than 22,000 current students and has graduated more than 100,000 technical specialists. The current university rector is Pyotr S. Chubik.

Academic departments

Electrical Engineering Institute Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Engineering The Institute for International Education The Institute of Languages and Communication The Cybernetic Centre Institute of Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute of Distance Learning Interindustry Institute for Continuing Education of Specialists The Institute of Engineering Pedagogics

Applied Physics & Engineering Faculty Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Faculty Computer science Faculty Economics & Management Faculty Electrophysics & Electronic Equipment Faculty Humanities Faculty Mechanical Engineering Faculty Natural Science & Mathematics Thermal Power Engineering Faculty Military Department

International relations

The university has a number of relationships with schools all over the world. It has set up several centers in cooperation with schools abroad such as Ohio State University, Michigan State University, Goethe-Institut and Louis Pasteur University. It is a member of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network. The various centers include:

• The Russian-American Centre
• The Russian-German Centre
• The Russian-French Centre
• The Asian and Pacific Centre
• The Central Asia Centre for Engineering Education (CACEE)
• International Scientific Relations Department

The university also has representative offices in Karlsruhe, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; and Nicosia, Cyprus.

Alumni, students, and faculty

• Mikhail Mil (did not graduate), helicopter designer, the founder of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant.
• Nikolay Kamov - famous helicopter designer
• Alexander Kazantsev, science fiction writer.
• Kanysh Satpayev, one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny.
• Nikolay Urvantsev, geologist and Arctic explorer
• Fritz Noether, German-born mathematician, faculty.
• Category:Tomsk Polytechnic University alumni

External links

• Tomsk Polytechnic University (English)
• Tomsk Polytechnic University Tour Video (English)