Moscow, main building of the former Textile Institute

Moscow State Textile Institute (formerly A. N. Kosygin Moscow State Textile University) was formed in 1919. It is one of the oldest and institutes for higher studies in textiles in

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History

In 1981, the institute was named in honor of Soviet Premier

Alexei Kosygin Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsɨɡʲɪn; – 18 December 1980) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as the Premi ...

, who died the previous year and whose profession was in the textile industry. The institute was upgraded to "Academy" in 1990. It was renamed to A. N. Kosygin Moscow State Textile Academy. Nine years later, the Academy was approved as University and renamed as the A. N. Kosygin Moscow State Textile University in 1999.

About

The university has its own complex. It comprises 8 different corpuses at the center of the city of

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. The teaching staff at the university is above 560, with 110 of them are Ph.D. and Professors. The university has the following major departments: *Technology and Production Management *Chemical Technology and Ecology *Weaving, Information Technology *Automation and Energy *Economics and Management *Fashion Designing The university offers specialization, masters and bachelors in 18 different categories. University has 41 departments, where it offer studies to almost 6700 students. The university has 110 laboratories and 100 auditoriums. The university has its own sports hall, club and three hostels. The University has served as a center of education for students from Russia and from all over the world. Many students from

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and

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have completed their higher education at the university. The university has a one-room mosque which was built by Muslim students of the university in the hostel at Shablovskaya. The 7th floor of the university hostel is assigned to foreign students.

Alumni

Denis Simachev Denis Nikolaevich Simachev (russian: Дени́с Никола́евич Симачёв; June 12, 1974, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian fashion designer and TV presenter. Winner of Russian and international competitions in the field of fashion. Biogr ...

Grisha Bruskin Grisha Bruskin (born October 21, 1945) is a Russian artist known as a painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He was born in Moscow. Between 1963 and 1968, he studied at the Moscow Textile Institute (Art Department). In 1969, he became a member of ...

Larisa Sergeeva Larisa Sergeevna Sergeeva (russian: Лари́са Серге́евна Серге́ева); born March 7, 1946, Yalta) is a Soviet and Russian artist, designer, and teacher. Recognition and awards She is an honoured artist of the Russian Federa ...

* Olga Tolstikova *

Slava Zaitsev Vyacheslav Mikhailovich "Slava" Zaitsev (russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Зайцев; born 2 March 1938) is a Russian fashion designer, painter, graphic artist and theatrical costume designer. Early life Zaitsev was born on 2 ...

Victoria Gres Victoria Gres ( uk, Вікторія Юріївна Гресь; born 1964) is a Ukrainian fashion and costume designer. She and other designers are considered to be some of the first Ukrainian fashion designers to emerge after Ukraine gained i ...

Alvina Shpady Alvina Andreevna Shpady (January 31, 1935 – June 22, 2019; ) was an artist and art restorer in Uzbekistan. As a longtime restorer at the Nukus Museum of Art, she worked to preserve the museum's holdings as well as to promote traditional Karaka ...

References

External links

Moscow State Textile University Official Website
Educational institutions established in 1919 Moscow State Textile University Textile schools 1919 establishments in Russia {{Russia-university-stub