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Altai State University is one of the leading Russian classical higher education institutions established in 1973. It is a significant educational, research, and cultural center located in the Asian part of the country, integrated into the international academic community, training the intellectual elite, and conducting high-impact research. ASU consists of 12 faculties Institute for Additional Education, four scientific research institutes, more than 30 applied research laboratories and research centers, 15 of which are SB RAS joint laboratories 14 scholar schools, 2 of which have been acknowledged to be the leading scholar schools of Russia science museums network library with the collection of more than 1 million units. The University develops in the framework of 12 core and 45 additional scientific areas with the highest priority in agro bio-industry biotechnology biomedicine food and ecological security physics mathematical modeling of natural, technological, social and economic processes information technologies innovational development of Siberian economy geo-ecological monitoring nanotechnology. The University employs more than 2,500 people, 1,000 of whom are teaching staff and scientific workers, including four academicians and three corresponding RAS members, 139 Doctors, and 576 Candidates of Science. The University takes one of the top places in Siberia in terms of the number of students being trained (around 13,000 students, more than 3,000 yearly graduates). The number of international students, coming mostly from Asian countries, is increasing annually by 50%. Altai State University is a member of influential international organizations such as Shanghai Cooperation Organization University, Eurasian Universities Association, Asian Universities Association, Association of the Universities of the Far East and Siberia of the Russian Federation and North-Eastern Regions of China, International Association for Continuing Education, Asia-Pacific Quality Network. Altai State University (ASU), being one of the most important centers of academic education and research and socio-cultural complex in Siberia and the Far East, serves to provide a distinguished learning environment for undergraduate and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields, meeting the needs of modern knowledge-based post-industrial society, and contributing to the development of the region. ASU strives to provide the continuous education of the highest level by promoting free thinking and exchange of ideas and enabling students to take the best advantage of their educational opportunities conducting research and contributing to society's economic and cultural life, including global issues. ASU aims to improve faculty capacity and material and technical basis to link its research and teaching at the highest world level. It actively promotes international cooperation and strategic collaboration with neighboring countries of Asia (Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, etc.) in science, education, and culture. Our University is the first institution of classical education in Altai. It has rich traditions, fame, and high intellectual potential. We are very grateful to the people who contributed to the creation and development of our alma mater, who supported the University, and helped it become one of the leading universities in Siberia, and be among the best universities in the country. We involve our students in the development of our University. We try to be creative in implementing the ideas based on its founders. We aim to raise highly educated and thoughtful people, to help them open up, to reveal the most of their abilities. The University is not only a place for learning and research; it provides an opportunity for self-realization in art studios, ensembles, and interest groups, development of leadership, and an active life stance in public organizations and sports. The academic year at Altai State University starts in September and ends in June (01.09-30.06). Bachelor's degree takes four academic years to complete a Specialist's degree takes 5 or 6 academic years. To complete a Master's degree takes two academic years to complete a Doctor's degree takes three academic years to complete. All the faculties provide a full-time study. The applicants of degree programs are enrolled according to the entrance examination results (interview, tests). View full university

Polzunov Altai State Technical University (AltSTU) is a recognized center for education, science, and culture in Altai Krai. The University was founded based on Zaporozhsky Institute for Machine Building Engineering relocated to Altai in 1941. Polzunov Altai State Technical University is ranked one of the largest universities in Russia eastwards from the Urals. Biysk Technological Institute, Rubtsovsk Industrial Institute, local and other AltSTU regional offices are integrated and operated under AltSTU. 21 000 AltSTU students study at nine faculties in 4 Institutes and 80 University departments on 63 accredited programs under 1370 teachers who hold professors and doctors of sciences -120, associate professors and candidates of sciences (Ph.D. holders) -770. Research training schools for teachers in various areas of expertise are successfully extended in AltSTU. Eight dissertation councils hold dissertation presentations on 14 specialties. Several public academies of science and four research institutes, Altai Technopark and Technopolis, 16 research centers are run by AltSTU. The total amount of research budget is 70 million rubles per year. More than 400 graduate students and more than 30 doctoral students study at the University. The training programs are accompanied by large-scale research. The University leads in fundamental and applied research: resource-saving and environmentally friendly, efficient technologies to ensure high-quality materials, devices, products, and machines in various industries that appeal to skilled specialists trained by AltSTU. AltSTU is the only University in Altai Krai which holds a state license for teaching the Russian Language to foreign citizens. The University is accredited to issue a higher education Diploma Supplement in the English Language. In consortium with European partner universities, AltSTU participates in international Tempus mobility programs developing and implementing joint programs for students. The University has successfully implemented a program for foreign nationals «Russian language and the basics of translation» (1−2 years of study). The program's purpose is to instruct graduates with skills needed to work successfully as a translator (businesses, public institutions, language centers, services, tourism, and others.). AltSTU Summer School offers Russian language courses (2-week course) and short-term Russian language courses for groups of 8−10 students. The University campus offers affordable and comfortable accommodation in a dormitory within walking distance. Over 2,500 students live in 7 campus buildings. AltSTU campus won the All-Russian competition for the best student dormitory (campus) in the award «Best organization for student access to public information systems in a university campus." The University wellness center "Youth» enables students and teachers to attend treatment and rehabilitation courses. AltSTU has its swimming pool for students and faculty staff to take leisure and recreational activities. AltSTU has a sports arena with treadmills, a volleyball court, a playground for mini soccer and streetball, a boxing ring, a sector for climbing and Greco-Roman wrestling, and a weightlifting room. In winter, ski running slopes are open. Training center «Crona» offers practical training and lounging for staff and faculty members. The center is located 30 km from Barnaul in a pine forest in a picturesque location with clean pine air and the view of the Ob River flow, which creates an excellent atmosphere for a great stay. The University campus operates five dining rooms, two restaurants, and several handout buffets. AltSTU is the largest and most prestigious University of Altai. In 2004 AltSTU was awarded the gold medal «European Quality» in nomination «100 Best Higher Education Institutions in Russia». In 2005 AltSTU Quality Management System was certified to meet State Standard R ISO 9001−2001 requirements and renews its certification status annually. In 2006 AltSTU IT faculty-student team won gold medals at Student Computer Programming World Championship in the USA. In 2007 AltSTU students were second in an IT competition in Sierra. And a year later, in 2008 AltSTU team reached the finals of the IT Championship in Canada. View full university

Altai State Medical University (ASMU) is one of the leading West Siberian medical universities conducting high-quality medical training. The six faculties of the university (The Faculties of General Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Preventive Medicine, and The Faculty of Foreign Students) train approximately 6000 students a year. There is an extensive postgraduate program as well as a retraining program for medical personnel. The Institute of Pre-University Training and the Institute of Postgraduate Training provide continuous professional development of ASMU students and postgraduates. Students and specialists from 19 countries study at ASMU this year. They are India, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and others). ASMU has its Association of Foreign Students. The faculty was founded in 1954, and since then, it has grown to become one of the largest medical faculties in the Russian Federation. The faculty graduates work in health care institutions, health care management, medical, educational institutions, research institutions, and social services. Graduates of the faculty get a General Practitioner qualification, which is sufficient for treating adolescents (age 15-18) and adults (over 18). Residency training allows the graduates to qualify a narrow specialist: a surgeon, an obstetrician-gynecologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, and others. Within the Faculty of General Medicine, there is a Department of Advanced Nursing that trains bachelor's in Nursing Care. The students are trained to be highly qualified professionals in managing, training, and clinical fields. ASMU is the only university in Siberian Federal District which trains students in Advanced Nursing. In 2016 the Faculty of Foreign Students was organized in the university. The students of this faculty are trained in "General Medicine" and "Dentistry" in the English Language for the first two years with an intensive course in the Russian Language, which will allow them to go to clinical departments with other students starting with the third year. View full university

The Altai State Agricultural University (ASAU) is one of the oldest universities in the Altai Region. The University was founded in 1943 based on the Pushkinskiy Agricultural Institute, which was evacuated to the Altai Region from Leningrad. The mission of the Altai State Agricultural University consists of quality education, re-education, and improvement of professional skills of qualified specialists in the agricultural industry. The mission also includes the generation of up-to-date scientific knowledge based on the integration of agricultural science and agricultural education, the interchange of progressive experience, and advanced practical implementation of the research results to ensure the formation of the innovative and competitive agricultural industry and sustainable social and economic development of the Siberian Federal District as a strategically important region for Russian food security. The University is licensed to offer higher education courses in 17 areas of undergraduate studies (bachelor's degree), one specialist's degree (five-year program), nine areas of master's degree studies, and six post-graduate areas (candidate of sciences degree). He ASAU is both an agricultural education center and agricultural science center of the Region. The main research activities of the University are as follows: Soil evaluation, forecasting soil fertility, and rational use of land resources soil thermal physics and soil thermal improvement anthropogenic effect on soil thermal-physic state. The development of effective soil fertility improvement technologies and efficient application of chemicals in agriculture and animal production. Highly efficient development and use of reclaimed lands and water resources. It was highly efficient, adapted to the market and local conditions, systemic agriculture and energy-saving crop cultivation technologies, and neologized agriculture and tillage minimization. The adaptive potential of spring cereal crops and forage crops on zonal and saline soils. Optimization of operational parameters and regimes of tillage implements, and the improvement of their design. Mechanic-technological substantiation, creation, and implementation of the vibration shock technological processes and machines impact the processing industry. Improvement and efficient introduction of advanced agricultural equipment and technologies. The morphologic and physiologic mechanism of animal adaptation to external environmental factors. The improvement of farm animal nutrition and husbandry technologies. Ecologically safe animal production. The improvement and development of efficient animal production technologies. The improvement of animal management and reproduction systems. The improvement of cattle's productive and reproductive features, the creation of the Siberian type of dairy cattle. The identification of optimal condition index of cows of different breeds bred in the Altai Region and revealing the connection with the basic economically valuable features and the application in selective animal breeding. Epizootological monitoring of especially dangerous infectious diseases. The morphology of farm animals and velvet antler deer depending on the species, age, and physiologic status of animal organ pathology. Biogeocoenotic pathologies of farm animals. The prevention of diseases and the treatment of farm animals. Clinical and experimental substantiation of one-row sutures in veterinary abdominal surgery. Metabolic disorders (mineral, carbohydrate, fat, and protein) hormonal state disorders of the thyroid, parathyroid glands, and pancreas. The development and introduction of energy-saving electrical technologies, electric equipment, and means of automation in agriculture. The improvement of technologies of planting material cultivation and fruits and berries growing. The organization and management in the agricultural industry complex increase efficiency of using essential production assets in market conditions. Land relations and property forms. Organization-economic foundations of the development of innovative consulting service in agricultural industry complex. The improvement of accounting and economic control at agricultural enterprises under market conditions. Pedagogical foundations of continuous agricultural education under market conditions, effective education technologies at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Scientific and methodological support of land evaluation activities, the development of land management projects based on adaptive-landscape agriculture agro-ecologic monitoring. Radiological monitoring. Philosophy and history of religion, culture, and philosophical anthropology. One of the indispensable conditions determining the prospects of the University's development in international cooperation. The priority is given to joint scientific research activities with foreign universities and scientific organizations, joint international publications, qualification upgrading of research and teaching staff through academic and internship programs abroad, the participation of post-graduate and undergraduate students in international scientific and academic programs. The researchers of the University are involved in joint international research projects and grant programs. An example is the research project "The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Ecosystems of the Altai Region, Russia," jointly implemented the Michigan State University, USA. The project was funded by the grant of the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CDRF) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. The University is also involved in the Russian-German interdisciplinary research project "Kulunda" (Kulunda: How to Prevent the Next "Global Dust Bowl"? Ecological and Economic Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the Russian Steppes: A Potential Solution to Climate Change), funded by the German government. Particular attention is paid to the international programs that enable the students to learn advanced farming practices abroad. The University organizes summer internships in Germany in farming businesses. During the period from 2005 to 2014, more than 100 ASAU students were participants in such internships. Our partners in Germany are the Bavarian Association of Farmers (Bayerischer Bauernverband – BVB), and LOGO e.V. (Landwirtschaft und Oekologisches Gleichgewicht mit Osteuropa – Agriculture and Ecological Balance with Eastern Europe). View full university