Ulyanovsk State Technical University
Ульяновский государственный технический университет | |
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Other name | УлГТУ |
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| Established | September 18, 1957 |
| Rector | Nadezhda Yarushkina |
| Students | 10,000 |
| Address | 32 Severny Venets Str. , , 54°21′04″N 48°23′23″E / 54.35111°N 48.38972°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://ulstu.ru |
Ulyanovsk State Technical University (Russian: Ульяновский государственный технический университет, abbreviated as UlSTU) is a major technical higher education and research institution in Ulyanovsk. Founded in 1957 as Ulyanovsk Polytech University, the university is located in the Volga River region.
Ulyanovsk State Technical University (UlSTU) is one of the leading science centers of the Volga region that trains specialists in various areas, including economy, humanities, technical sciences etc.
The University is well known in Russia for its research-and-development activities; graduates of UlSTU are employed by a large variety of companies. Today Ulyanovsk State Technical University has over 12000 students on different education programs at 12 faculties and 48 departments; more than 500 tutors, 42 Ph.D professors and 250 Ph.D associate professors; scientific and research works and papers awarded in Paris, Brussels etc.; one of the biggest concert halls in the Middle Volga region.
The University maintains firm contacts with more than 60 state, public and educational organizations of many countries: universities, research centers, foundations. UlSTU closely cooperates with such educational and scientific centers as Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Durham University, Great Britain; University of Göttingen, Germany.
Sporting facilities, a calendar of social events and a reputation for teaching makes UlSTU a place to study. Students from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Germany, China, Vietnam, Turkey, Ghana, Cameroon, and Nigeria successfully study at the University.
- 3 institutes, including: International Institute, Institute of Aviation Technologies and Management, Institute of Distance and Additional Education;
- 12 faculties, including: pre-university training faculty, faculty of humanities, extramural education faculty, engineering and economics faculty, engineering faculty, mechanical engineering faculty, radio engineering faculty, aircraft construction faculty, civil engineering faculty, faculty of information systems and technologies, faculty of high professional education, power engineering faculty;
- 1 branch, colleges, academies, educational and research centers, and other departments.
History
The story of the Ulyanovsk State Technical University rises from the year 1957 when on September 18th the Polytechnical institute has been founded. In 1993 it has received its present official name “Ulyanovsk State Technical University”.
It is one of the largest scientific, educational and cultural centers of the Volga region. UlSTU trains highly-skilled specialists in a wide range of technical and mathematical sciences, humanities and economics as well.
UlSTU is proud of its history, its alumni and high educational standards that include practical training, research, and innovations. UlSTU is a leading university in intellectual property certificates obtained in Russia (more than 5400 patents on inventions, utility models and other objects).
Faculties and Institutes
Faculty of Humanities
Engineering and Economics Faculty
Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies
Mechanical Engineering Faculty
Civil Engineering Faculty
Power Engineering Faculty
Radio Engineering Faculty
Extramural Faculty
International Institute
Institute of Aviation Technologies and Management
Institute of Distance and Additional Education
Students and Staff
The university offers pre-university trainings for foreign students.
About 300 people from all over the world regularly attend this program, many of whom then become students at our university.
More than 700 foreign students from 35 countries, including Vietnam, China, Iraq, Yemen, Japan, Palestine, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d’Ivoire, Bangladesh, etc. are studying at UlSTU.
International Relations
UlSTU makes everything to provide its students with the advanced and quality education and inturn that makes graduates needed in our city and also abroad. Thanks to that fact the number of foreign students entering the high school, undergoing trainings or courses increases annually.
UlSTU extends international relations by cooperating with universities and research centers from Germany, the USA, Austria, China, Japan, Poland, Bulgaria, Italy. Friendship and joint scientific and research activities with Hochschule Darmstadt for the more than 10 years is the pride of the Polytech. Today 18 000 students (including international) study in UlSTU.
The university is developing international activities and cooperates with educational and scientific centers in Germany, China, the Czech Republic, the USA, Austria, Japan, Poland, Bulgaria, etc.
The university holds international conferences, regularly invites foreign and Russian specialists to give lectures and exchange experience.
Facts & Figures
- more than 8,000 students, including more than 450 foreign dtudents from 35 countries;
- 3 institutes and 12 faculties
- 52 departments, 81 programs of study
- more than 500 teachers, including 42 professors, doctors of sciences, about 250 associate professors, candidates of sciences, more than 50 members and corresponding members of industry academies;
- equipped lecture halls and laboratories;
- large library, with about 1.200.000 books, magazines, electronic publications, video materials and other information sources;
- 84 buildings and structures, including 8 educational buildings, 6 hostels, 7 apartment houses, 2 sports halls, the stadium, canteens, sanatorium, summer camp and others
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