Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev (KSTU, full name in Russian

Russian language

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: Казанский государственный технический университет имени А. Н. Туполева) 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

Andrei Tupolev

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a pioneering Soviet aircraft designer.During his career, he designed and oversaw the design of more than 100 types of aircraft, some of which set 78 world records...

, the prominent 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. KSTU is the largest technical university of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Volga region

Volga Region

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Kazan State 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.

The University includes the following institutes and faculties:

• Institute of Aviation, Land Vehicles & Energetics
• Automation & Electronic Instrument-Making Faculty
• Technical Cybernetics & Informatics Faculty
• Institute of Radio-Engineering & Telecommunications
• Institute of Engineering & Economics
• Institute of Social Technologies
• Physics & Mathematics Faculty
• Economic Theory & Law Faculty
• Psychology & Personnel Management Faculty

KSTU includes 11 associated branch institutes outside Kazan

Kazan

Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...

 in the towns of Almetevsk, Bugulma

Bugulma

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, Chistopol

Chistopol

Chistopol is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, on the Kama River. Population: It is served by the Chistopol Airport.-History:It was first mentioned in chronicles at the end of the 17th century...

, Elabuga, Leninogorsk

Leninogorsk

Leninogorsk may refer to:*Leninogorsk, Russia, a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia*Leninogorsk, name of Ridder, a town in Kazakhstan, in 1941–2002...

, Naberezhnye Chelny

Naberezhnye Chelny

Naberezhnye Chelny is the second largest city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.A major industrial center, Naberezhnye Chelny stands on the Kama River some 225 km east of Kazan near Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It serves as the administrative center of Tukayevsky District, although it is not...

, Nizhnekamsk

Nizhnekamsk

Nizhnekamsk is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located to the south of the Kama River between the cities of Naberezhnye Chelny and Chistopol.Population: -History:...

, Volzhsk

Volzhsk

Volzhsk is a town in the Mari El Republic, Russia. Population:...

, Vyatskie Polyany, Zainsk

Zainsk

Zainsk is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Stepnoy Zay River , east of Kazan. It serves as the administrative center of Zainsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it. Population:...

, and Zelenodolsk

Zelenodolsk

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The University is housed in 7 buildings. It has 6 student dormitories and a hostel. A sport complex includes 5 well-equipped indoor sports halls. The University also has a sportive camp in a picturesque place on the Volga river, 40 km away from Kazan.

External links

• Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev official website , , ,