Tambov State Technical University is a state institution of higher learning in
Tambov, Russia. It was founded in 1958 and specializes in technical sciences (including information and communication technologies) and chemical, electronic, and agricultural engineering.
History
The university was founded in 1958 as the Tambov branch of the Moscow Institute of Chemical Engineering. In 1965, it achieved autonomous status and became the Tambov Institute of Chemical Engineering (TICE). It was renamed Tambov State Technical University (TSTU) in 1993. The announcement by Minister of Education and Science
Dmitry Livanov
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of Russian government plans for an eventual merger of the university with
Tambov State University
Tambov State University named after G. R. Derzhavin (TSU, Derzhavin Tambov State University, russian: Тамбовский государственный университет имени Г. Р. Державина) is a state university in Tambov, ...
was met with a protest rally and march by TSTU students, parents and faculty in October 2012.
Academics
TSTU has 7000 students enrolled in 30 undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Its academic structure encompasses four institutes, ten
faculties, two innovation technology centers, the Tambov Regional Center for New Information Technologies, and multiple smaller research centers and laboratories.
[Dvoretskaya, E.; Dvoretsky, D.; Chernyshov, N. (2005)]
"Introduction of Bilingual Educational Programs in Tambov"
''Bi- and Multilingual Universities: Challenges for the Future'', pp. 1-5. University of Helsinki
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conference, 1–3 September 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2013. The university publishes its own theoretical and applied multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, ''Transactions of the TSTU'' (''Вестник ТГТУ'').
According to the university, it has over 400 international students from 50 countries. Its Centre for International Specialist Training (CIST) runs a specialist training course, "English for Students, Lecturers and Administrators of Technical Universities", developed within the framework of
TEMPUS (Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies). CIST also developed two five-year degree programs using English as the medium of instruction ("Computer-Aided Design Systems" and "Economics and Business Management"), which enrolled their first student cohorts in 2005.
[Shelenkova, Irina and Mishchenko, Elena (2012)]
"Innovative Language Curricula at Tambov State Technical University"
Saratov State Technical University, ''International Conference on Information Technologies, International Conference on Information Technologies 2012''. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
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Universities in Russia
1958 establishments in Russia
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Technical universities and colleges in Russia