Altai State Technical University

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Altai State Technical University
Алтайский Государственный Технический Университет (АлтГТУ)
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Latin: Polzunov Altai State Technical University
TypeState founded
Established1942
Rector Andrey Markov
Students20,000 (900 international) [1]
Location,
Russia
Campusin the center of Barnaul
Website https://en.altstu.ru/
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia [2] 351-400 (2022)

The leading technological and scientific university of the Altai region, Altai State Technical University (AltSTU) is one of a number of universities in the city of Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia, and is among the largest institutions of higher education in Russia.

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It was founded in February 1942 by Zaporizhie Automechanical Institute (which was evacuated to Siberia because of World War II). Altai State University is named after Ivan Polzunov, the inventor of the two-cylinder steam engine for use in the mining industry.

The University offers full-time, part-time, extramural, and distance instruction. On graduating, students receive degrees of Bachelor (four-year study), Master (two years), and specialist diplomas (per the old system of five-year study). Post-graduate courses are also offered.

University facilities include seven academic buildings, hostels, a scientific library, a computing center, a publishing house, student clubs, a theater (the Kaleidoscope Student Theatre [3] ), a preventive clinic, as well as a skiing lodge, a private Olympiyskiy swimming pool, [4] and a sports and rest camp.

Faculties

  1. Faculty of Humanities
  2. Faculty of Information Technology
  3. Faculty of Special Technologies
  4. Faculty of Civil Engineering
  5. Faculty of Energy Engineering
  6. Faculty of Power Engineering and Road Transport
  7. Faculty of Pre-University Training
  8. University College of Technology after V.V. Petrov

Institutions

  1. Institute of Architecture and Design
  2. Institute of Biotechnology, Food and Chemical Engineering
  3. Institute for the Development of Continuing Professional Education
  4. Institute of Economics and Management
  5. Extramural Institute

Branches

  1. Biysk Technological Institute, Biysk
  2. Rubtsovsk Industrial Institute, Rubtsovsk

Recognition

AltSTU Programming Team and Fans (2008) ASTU Team NEERC2008.jpg
AltSTU Programming Team and Fans (2008)

Altai State Technical University annually co-hosts Russian semi-finals of the international competitive programming team contest ICPC. [5] Siberian and Far Eastern, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan teams are gathering in Barnaul, at the same time, teams from the European part gather in another center, St. Petersburg, Russia, and with the use of the Internet results are synchronized. AltSTU teams from students of the specialty "Software Engineering" (Faculty of Information Technology), as a result of selection, reached the final of this championship and won prizes:

In January 2019, a Biysk Technological Institute (AltSTU branch) project to develop physical principles of ultrasonic drilling of the surface of extraterrestrial objects to detect water and ice won a collaboration grant from RFBR and National Natural Science Foundation of China. The grant amounted to 1.3 million Rubles (14,470€) a year, and the project itself was planned for two years. [8]

In 2019, the university was among the winners of the "Best educational programs of innovative Russia" contest. [9] [10]

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References

  1. "information booklet for applicants" (PDF). altstu.ru. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia" . Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. Kaleidoscope theatre-studio(in Russian)
  4. ASTU "party" pool a year after the start of construction was opened in Barnaul (in Russian)
  5. "NERC ICPC - Siberian group of universities (in Russian)". neerc.altstu.ru. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  6. "Results World Finals 2006". icpc.baylor.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  7. "Results World Finals 2009". icpc.baylor.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  8. "Russian and Chinese scientists received a grant for the project to detect water on the moon (in Russian)". TASS. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  9. 13 AltSTU programs are among the best educational programs in Russia (in Russian)
  10. Best educational programs of innovative Russia - 2019 (in Russian)

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