Noviosibirsk State Technical University

Founded in 1950, NSTU gained its status of a technical university in 1992. It is one of the top ten technical universities in Russia and a large scientific and educational centre of Siberia and the Far East.

NSTU trains specialists and offers additional training in 11 faculties: Automation and Computer Engineering; Radio Engineering, Electronics and Physics; Physical Engineering; Applied Mathematics and Informatics; Automated Electromechanical Systems; Automated Machine Building; Aircraft; Power Engineering; Business Administration; Humanities; Law.

The period of study is 4-6 years, depending on the qualification as follows: Bachelor of Science – 4 years, Engineer – 5 years, Master of Science – 6 years. M. Sc. students are awarded M. Sc. Degree in Engineering after defending their Master’s theses in the corresponding fields of study. Postgraduate students are offered a 3-year programme of study and research leading to Candidate of Science degree in Engineering.

The number of students at NSTU is 24500 (the number of full-time students is 15500, including 650 foreign students). The number of academic staff is 3000. They work and study in 81 departments.

The direction of scientific research corresponds to the individual areas of specialization of the faculties. The university has its own schools of thought. The most famous of these deal with fundamental research in the following directions: automatic control, creating a new class of measuring facilities, software and data for expert systems, new types of electronic and radio engineering devices, hybrid methods and program complexes aimed at the strength of the design and reliability of the calculations, etc.

The students actively participate in all types of scientific research. The university publishes a journal “NSTU Bulletin”, scientific works, textbooks, monographs, and teaching manuals. Candidates and Doctors of Science are conferred by 11 specialist counsils.

The university participates in the following international programs: TACIS, TEMPUS, INTAS,etc. It has established relations with 12 universities in Europe, Asia, America. Authorized training centres of leading firms from the USA and Germany, e.g. Sun, DEC, Autodesk, Motorola, and AEG have been opened.

The university has 8 teaching blocks. Its research laboratories are equipped with modern facilities. The campus includes 7 student hostels, a sports centre, a swimming pool, a ski centre and others. The university has sports camps in the picturesque Altai Mountains and in the suburbs of Novosibirsk.

The Rector of the university, Doctor of Science, Professor Nikolay V. Pustovoy is an academician of the Russian Engineering Academy, a corresponding member of the International Academy of Sciences. Professor Pustovoy is the author of 180 scientific articles, 5 monographs, 12 textbooks and teaching manuals. Professor Pustovoy took office in 2005. He continues the tradition begun by Professors Georgi P. Lyshchinsky and Anatoly S. Vostrikov, the former rectors of NSTU to keep the university on the leading edge of teaching and research in engineering. NSTU is a place where students and academic staff are justifiably proud to work and learn.

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