Kazan National Research Technical University (KNRTU-KAI, full name in
Russian
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: ''Казанский национальный исследовательский технический университет имени А. Н. Туполева'', or ''Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev'') was established in 1932. The history of the university is closely related to the progress of Russian aeronautics. Until the recent time, it was well known as Kazan Aviation Institute (''Казанский авиационный институт''). In 1973, the institute was named after
Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev, the aircraft designer. In 1992, it got the status of the State Technical University.
Today the university is one of the leading Russian institutions in aircraft engineering, engine and instrument production, computer science and radio and telecommunications engineering. KNRTU-KAI is the largest technical university of the
Republic of Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...
and the
Volga region
The Volga Region (russian: Поволжье, ''Povolzhye'', literally: "along the Volga") is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russ ...
.
Kazan National Research 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.
Education
The university includes the following institutes and faculties:
* Institute of Aviation, Land Vehicles & Energetics
* Institute of Automation & Electronic Instrument-Making
* Institute of Technical Cybernetics & Informatics
* Institute of Radio-Engineering & Telecommunications
* Institute of Engineering & Economics
* Institute of Social Technologies
* Physics & Mathematics Faculty
* Institute of Business & Innovative Technologies
KNRTU-KAI includes 11 associated branch institutes outside
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...
in the towns of
Almetyevsk
Almetyevsk ( rus, Альме́тьевск, , ɐlʲˈmʲetʲjɪfsk; tt-Cyrl, Әлмәт, ''Älmät'') is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Zay River (Kama's tributary) southeast of Kazan. Population: ...
,
Chistopol
Chistopol (russian: Чи́стополь; tt-Cyrl, Чистай, ''Çistay''; cv, Чистай, ''Çistay'') is a town in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, on the Kama River. As of the 2010 Census, its p ...
,
Leninogorsk,
Naberezhnye Chelny
Naberezhnye Chelny ( rus, На́бережные Челны́, p=ˈnabʲɪrʲɪʐnɨjə tɕɪlˈnɨ; tt-Cyrl, Яр Чаллы, ''Yar Çallı'', IPA: jar ɕɑlːɤ̆ is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. A major indus ...
, and
Zelenodolsk.
On September 2, 2014,
German-Russian Institute of Advanced Technologies (GRIAT) opened as a result of cooperation between the KNRTU-KAI and two universities in Germany - The
Technische Universität Ilmenau
The Technische Universität Ilmenau (''Ilmenau University of Technology'', TU Ilmenau) is a German public research university located in Ilmenau, Thuringia, central Germany. Founded in 1894, it has five academic departments (faculties) with abo ...
(TU Ilmenau) and the
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg in Magdeburg.
В Казани открылся Германо-российский институт новых технологий - Kznportal.ru
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Educational buildings
The university is housed in eight buildings. It has six student dormitories and a hostel. A sports complex includes five indoor sports halls. The university also has a sports camp near to the Volga river, 40 km from Kazan.
2 zdanie KAI.jpg, View to the entrance of the 2nd KAI building
3 bilding KAI.JPG, The 3rd KAI building
4 bilding KAI.JPG, The 4th KAI building
5 building Kai.JPG, The 5th KAI building
Tu-144 near KAI.jpg, Tu-144 on the 6th KAI building campus
7 build KAI main enter.JPG, The main entrance to the 7th KAI building
8-е здание КАИ.jpg, The 8th KAI building (German-Russian institute of advanced technologies)
Activities
The sport complex includes 5 well-equipped indoor sports halls, swimming pool, as well as outdoor facilities for skiing & water sports.
Notable alumni
* Diana Galimullina (born 1994), model
References
External links
Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev
official website , , ,
1932 establishments in the Soviet Union
Aviation in the Soviet Union
National research universities in Russia
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Technical universities and colleges in Russia
Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
Universities in Kazan
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