Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov (SSTU,

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: ''Саратовский государственный технический университет имени Гагарина Ю.А.'') was founded in 1930 as Saratov Automobile and Road Institute. It was renamed in 2011 to honour astronaut

Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. T ...

. SSTU offers Bachelor, Master, and PhD studies in more than 115 fields.

History

1930- Foundation of the Saratov Automobile and Road Institute. 1960- Saratov Polytechnic Institute. 1992 Saratov State Technical University. 2011 - Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov. 2017 - SSTU became the Flagship University of Saratov region.

Institutes

* Institute of Electronic Engineering and Instrumentation * Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science * Institute of Physics and Technology * Institute of Applied Information Technologies and Communication * Institute of Power Engineering & Transport Systems * Institute of Urban Planning, Architecture & Civil Engineering * Institute of Social and Industrial Management * Social and Economic Institute * Engels Institute of Technology (branch) * Institute of Continuing and Pre-University Education

Secondary vocational education

* Professional Training College * Saratov College of Machine Building & Power Engineering * Petrovsk College of Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov (Branch in the Petrovsk town)

Russian language school

In SSTU foreign applicants are taught the Russian language for admission to the bachelor's and master's degree programs. There are three study programs: * Russian language (preparatory course) - 9 months * Russian summer language school- 1 month * Russian on-line language school - 1 month

References

External links

Official site of the Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov (English version)

Official site of the Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov

Official site of the international education center SGTU
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