Ulyanovsk State Technical University, ULSTU

• Location: Ulyanovsk, Russia;
• Age of students: from 15 years;
• Type: mixed;
• Language of instruction: Russian.

ULSTU was founded on September 18, 1957 as ulyanovsk Evening Polytechnic Institute. Ulyanovsk State Technical University is the leading scientific and methodological center of the Volga region.

The educational process at the university is conducted using modern information technologies.

The structure of the university includes:

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering;
• Faculty of Radio Engineering;
• Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies;
• Faculty of Energy;
• Faculty of Civil Engineering;
• Faculty of Humanities;
• Faculty of Engineering and Economics;
• Correspondence and evening faculty;
• Institute of Aviation Technology and Management;
• Institute of Continuing Education with centers and schools of additional education;
• International Institute;
• Faculty of Secondary Vocational Education – A.N. Afanasyev College of Economics and Informatics;
• Barysh College is a branch of UlSTU;
• Pre-university education center.

Directions of scientific research:

• Faculty of Humanities:
  • Russian literature in the context of world literature and Christian tradition;
  • Regulatory, legal and information-technological support of publishing activities;
  • The concept of "Russia" in the mirror of historical prose of the XX – XXI centuries;
  • Theoretical and methodological aspects of the study of the states and processes of social life and the problems of their epistemological representation;
  • Problems of socio-economic and cultural development of Russia in historical dynamics and others;
• Faculty of Engineering and Economics:
  • Research on differential equations and applications in mechanics, engineering and natural science;
  • Management of the development of socio-economic systems;
  • Methods and tools for improving the quality of products and services;
  • Dynamics, strength of machines, devices and equipment;
  • Development of commercial activities in the market of goods and services and others;
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering:
  • Development of scientific foundations of resource-saving environmentally friendly technologies for the manufacture of parts, tools and blanks;
  • Optimization and strength of structures;
  • Development of technologies for applying wear-resistant ion-plasma coatings of cutting tools and means of technological support for machining operations;
  • Development of technologies for intensive molding of sheet and powder blanks by pressure treatment;
• Faculty of Radio Engineering:
  • Development and research of microelectronic and optoelectronic devices and technologies for their manufacture;
  • Physics of nanoelectromechanical systems;
  • Statistical synthesis and analysis of information systems;
  • Adaptive non-identification evaluation of signal and image parameters;
  • Research and modeling of wave and thermophysical processes in materials, structures and elements of opto- and nanoelectronics;
• Faculty of Aircraft Engineering:
  • Research and modeling of technological processes of manufacturing and assembly of aircraft manufactured by JSC "Aviastar-SP";
  • Organization and management of technological processes in production, transport and business;
• Faculty of Civil Engineering:
  • Development of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly technologies for the operation of thermal power systems and installations;
  • Scientific and methodological foundations of improvement of architectural and construction education, architectural and construction areas of education ;
  • Statistical synthesis and analysis of information systems;
  • Dynamics, strength of machines, devices and equipment;
  • Development of recipe and technological ways to improve the properties of materials, products and structures;
• Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies:
  • Development and research of elements and components of on-board information and control systems;
  • Intelligent systems in computer-aided design and production management;
  • Models, methods and means of computer-aided design of families of scalable complex technical systems in conditions of uncertainty of design information;
  • Mathematical modeling of information and physical systems;
  • Presentation and processing of project activities processes in an integrated information environment.

UlSTU publishes a scientific and theoretical journal "Bulletin of UlSTU".

ULSTU takes the 160th place in the rating of Russian universities "National Recognition" and the 60th place in the ranking of technical universities "National Recognition" according to LLC "UniverExpert – Academic Critic".

UlSTU has 5 dormitories with a capacity of 1365 beds.

Meals for students and staff of the university are organized in 2 canteens for 530 and 240 seats.

On the basis of UlSTU there are 4 student teams:

• Sputnik Pedagogical Detachment;
• Patriot and Phobos construction teams;
• lamp service squad.

6 creative student groups work on a permanent basis:

• Dance;
• vocal;
• theatrical.

The university has created and operates national teams in 17 sports.

The operational management of the university has 49 facilities, including:

• 10 educational buildings;
• 5 dormitories;
• 2 canteens;
• sanatorium-dispensary;
• sports and recreation camp;
• library with reading rooms in all academic buildings.

The classroom fund of the university has:

• premises for independent work;
• premises for storage and preventive maintenance of educational equipment;
• Classrooms:
  • for lectures;
  • for seminar-type classes;
  • for course design;
  • to defend the final qualification work;
  • for group and individual consultations;
  • for laboratory classes;
• premises for conducting practical classes;
• Display audiences for current and intermediate attestation
• specialized laboratories for laboratory classes:
  • "Mechanics";
  • "Electricity and Magnetism";
  • "Oscillations and waves";
  • "Statistical and Solid State Physics";
  • "Computer Physics";
  • "Resistance of materials";
  • "Hydraulics, engineering networks and equipment";
  • "Construction machines";
  • microelectronics and materials science;
  • design of electronic means and microprocessor devices and others;
• specialized premises for group and individual consultations, current control and intermediate certification;
• linguistic center;
• Lab:
  • "Descriptive geometry and drawing";
  • "Building Physics";
  • "Sculptures";
  • "Paintings";
  • "Drawings";
  • "Computer";
  • "Construction machines";
  • "Geology and Mechanics of Soils";
  • radio engineering;
  • microelectronics technologies;
  • computer modeling;
  • general and inorganic chemistry;
  • electrical and electromechanical equipment and others;
• Rooms:
  • socio-economic disciplines;
  • foreign languages;
  • natural science disciplines;
  • fundamentals of geodesy;
  • design of buildings and structures;
  • design and estimate business;
  • mathematical disciplines;
  • materials science;
  • labor protection;
  • fundamentals of computer modeling;
  • marketing and others;
• painting workshop;
• educational television audience;
• computer labs;
• polygon of computer technology;
• welding workshop;
• language laboratory.

Sports facilities:

• a complex of outdoor sports facilities with a total area of more than 33,700 sq.m.:
• football field with artificial turf LANO;
• treadmill with artificial turf MONDO;
• the building of closed sports facilities with a total area of more than 3000 sq.m. with a universal sports hall;
• shooting range.

The academic year begins on September 1 and is divided into two semesters, each of which ends with a test-examination session in accordance with the curriculum of the relevant educational program.

Additional expenses of students may include a fee for accommodation in a hostel (for non-residents), meals, leisure and other expenses.

The following documents are required for admission to ULSTU.

• Passport;
• SNILS (for citizens of the Russian Federation);
• Document on education;
• Application (filled in when submitting documents);
• Documents confirming the assignment to certain categories of applicants.

You can submit an application for admission and documents in person, by mail or online.

About 8000 students are educated at ULSTU.

Partner companies of USTU for the employment of graduates:

• Aviastar-SP JSC;
• Volga-Dnepr AK LLC;
• Ulyanovsk Motor Plant;
• Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant;
• IRKUT Corporation;
• JSC "IL";
• NPO Mars;
• Ulyanovsk Instrument Design Bureau;
• Simbirsoft LLC;
• Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant;
• UFIRE named after V.A. Kotelnikov RAS;
• NPP "Zavod Iskra";
• Nemak Rus LLC;
• JSC "SSC RIAR";
• Otkritie FC Bank;
• "Mars", etc.

Applicants to the university must meet the following requirements:

• age from 17 years;
• completed education not lower than secondary complete general.

The minimum number of points according to the results of the Unified State Exam:

• Informatics and ICT, 44;
• Physics — 39;
• Mathematics, 39;
• Social Studies, 45;
• Foreign language — 30;
• History, 35;
• Geography — 40;
• Literature: 40;
• Chemistry — 39;
• Russian language — 40.

The following types of scholarships are paid at USTU:

• state academic;
• state social;
• advanced state academic;
• state social in an increased amount;
• scholarships of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation;
• Registered.

In addition, the university provides material support to students who find themselves in a difficult life situation.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision