The Moscow State University of Railway Engineering

The Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (Московский государственный университет путей сообщения) is the leading and largest transport institution of Russia with more than 17,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The University is a base institution in Education and Methodology Association in the field of railway transport and transport construction. Every year about 25,000 top managers and specialists take professional development courses in the Moscow State University of Railway Engineers.

The University comprises seven Institutes: the Institute of Rail Track, Construction and Structures; the Institute of Control Systems, Telecommunication and Electrification; the Institute of Transport Engineering and Operations Management; the Institute of Rail Operation and Information Technologies; Economics and Finance Institute; the Institute of Humanities; Law Institute. There are also four departments: the Department of Ecological Safety; Part time Programs Department; Military Training Department; the Department of Pre-university Training.

The University trains students in 52 study programs. Nowadays there are 17 bachelor programs and 13 master programs of different areas. The University is known for high academic standards and high quality tuition. It trains qualified specialists for 10 fields of science and 61 scientific specialities. There are currently more than 400 students taking post-graduate courses and those working for their doctor's degree. The University has 12 Doctorate Scientific Councils.

The total area of the University is 224.5 thousand square meters. The University has 54 buildings, twelve of which are educational ones. It provides students with 7 hostels, the University Community Centre, and the Sports Centre. It can boast one of the largest University libraries in Moscow with more than 2.5 million books, its status being an extra-category one. The corporate computer network (Internet/Intranet) has been developed at the University for about 1,000 users among which there are departments, research and academic laboratories.

Cultural and social life includes students building teams, students scientific societies, students extra employment service, vocational clubs, various contests and sports competitions, inter-university activities, leisure activities, etc.

Scientific research work is closely connected with modernization of transport complexes operation; introduction of new technologies, forms and methods of transportation processes operation; solving economic and ecological problems of railway transport; providing rail traffic safety.

Vocabulary:

undergraduate and postgraduate students – студенты и аспиранты;

to take professional development (post-graduate) courses – обучаться на курсах повышения квалификации (в аспирантуре);

tuition – обучение; деятельность учителя;

to work for their doctor's degree – работать над докторской диссертацией;

a scientific council – ученый совет;

to be closely connected – быть тесно связанным;

to solve problems – решать проблемы;

to provide safety – обеспечивать безопасность.

Дата добавления: 2015-11-16