Kazan State Technical University
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INTRODUCTION
Kazan State Technical University (KSTU) was established in 1932. The history of the Technical University is closely related to the progress of Russian aeronautics. Fundamental education and profound scientific research are the distinguishing features of the university, which make it very attractive for a great number of young people. Until the recent time, it was well known as Kazan Aviation Institute. In 1973, the Institute was named after Andrey N.Tupolev, the prominent aircraft designer. In 1992, it got the status of the State Technical University. Last time, the Tupolev Kazan State Technical University was authorized by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation in 2002. KSTU belongs to the number of Russian universities that won reputation of reliable partner on the international scientific and educational market. We are proud of our history, we keep and increase own traditions, we have powerful scientific potential and high quality teaching staff. It allows us to be an enjoying partner in international educational and scientific association having own results of a high level.
More than 50 thousand graduates of our University work fruitfully in all regions of Russia and all over the world. Our University works to create a multilevel unremitting training system, offering wide range possibilities for further training and faculty development.
We offer you to choose and go training way with us according to your own aims and possibilities to get either Engineer or Specialist Diploma, Bachelor, Master, or Ph.D. Degree, etc.
Choosing study and cooperation with us, you are in the firm belief in selecting the University that is classified as one of the best Technical Universities of Russia.
UNIVERSITY in BRIEF
Established - 1932
Number of Institutes - 3
Number of Faculties - 6
Number of Associated Branch Institutes outside Kazan city - 11
Total number of students - 25,000
Teaching and research staff total - 1,800
Full Professors and Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree holders - 150
Associate Professors and Ph.D. degree holders - 600
Licensed B.Sc./B.A., D.E./D.Sp., M.Sc./M.A. programmes - 65
Licensed Ph.D. programmes - 34
Licensed D.Sc. programmes - 10
Alumni: Diploma specialists graduated - 50,000+
UNIVERSITY TODAY
Today the University is one of the leading Russian institutions in aircraft engineering, engine- and instrument-production, computer science and radio- and telecommunications engineering. KSTU is the largest technical university of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Volga region.
Kazan State Technical University teaches about 25,000 students on 65 majors in Engineering, Business and Humanitarian Sciences by the university faculty body of 1,800 persons, including 150 Full Professors & Doctor of Science degree holders, 600 Associate Professors & Ph.D. degree holders.
The University includes the following institutes and faculties: • Institute of Aviation, Land Vehicles & Energetics
• Automation & Electronic Instrument-Making Faculty
• Technical Cybernetics & Informatics Faculty
• Institute of Radio-Engineering & Telecommunications
• Institute of Engineering &Economics
• Humanitarian Faculty
• Physics & Mathematics Faculty
• Economic Theory & Law Faculty
• Psychology & Personnel Management Faculty
KSTU includes 11 associated branch institutes outside Kazan in the towns of Almetevsk, Bugulma, Chistopol, Elabuga, Leninogorsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Volzhsk, Vyatskie Polyany, Zainsk, Zelenodolsk.
The University is housed in 7 perfectly equipped buildings. It has 6 student's dormitories, and a hostel. A sport complex includes 5 well-equipped indoor sports halls, ski- & water-stations. The University also has a sportive camp in the picturesque place on the Volga river, 40 km away from Kazan.
