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Daghestan State Technical University is a significant educational, scientific, and cultural center of the south of Russia, a higher innovative type with a high intellectual and scientific potential. Since its creation, the University has trained more than 40000 specialists of the most demanded engineering professions for many branches of industry of the Republic and the country. The history of the creation of FSBEE HPE "DGTU" dates back to 24 January 1970, when the Council of Ministers of the USSR enacted a by-law on the organization of Daghestan State Polytechnic Institute. By order No 330 of the Minister of Higher and Specialized Secondary Education of the RSFSR of 17 August 1971, the structure of Daghestan State Polytechnic Institute, list of departments, laboratories, and classrooms the consultative body of the Institute were confirmed. By order No 71 of the RSFSR Ministry of Higher Schools of 24 February 1971, all the organizational issues were settled up, and in 1972 the Institute was set up. Mechanical, Instrument-Making, Building, and Technological faculties were considered to form the structure of the Institute. Fundamental changes at the University started in 2000 when the educational policy of DGTU took the direction towards high international standards of a higher school. Being based on valuable traditions, accumulating intellectual capital by adopting the most advanced methods and strategies of development, improving its activity, the University achieved the leading position in science and education. It was the first in the region, transferring to innovative development. All these years are characterized by a forward and dynamic growth of the University. The University is headed by Tahir Abdurashidovich Ismailov, Doctor of Technology, Professor, the Honoured Worker of Science of the RF. The main goal of the scientific and educational policy of the University is introducing innovations, and training of specialists on the level of the world qualification requirements, and the efficient use of the educational, scientific and technical, and innovative potential for the region development. Today in the structure of the University there are 16 faculties, 64 departments, four research institutes, among which the basic ones for the University are Scientific and Research Institutes "Thermoelectric Devices" and "Microelectrotechnology and Nanotechnology," 21 specialized centers including the biggest in the North Caucasian Federal Region Center of Modern Information Technologies, International Academic and Scientific Center of DGTU and the "Softline" company, which is the official representative of Microsoft corporation in Russia, Academic, and Scientific Center "Modern Electronic Elements and Technologies," set up together with the Analog Devices Inc., and several other innovative and technological structures, as well as three branches in the towns of Caspiysk, Kizlyar and Derbent. "The Center on Production and Job Placement Interconnection" and "The Center on Skills Training and Retraining" have been operating at the University. DGTU holds a license in 59 specialties, 40 directions of Master's level and 49 directions of Bachelor's level, covering a wide range of engineering specialties and some economic and humanitarian specialties. Two hundred seventy-seven educational programs of different levels, including 150 programs of higher professional education, 41 programs of post-graduate courses, 56 programs of skills training and retraining, 18 programs of professional training, are realized in the University. In the vocational school under the University the training on 12 specialties of primary vocational education is realized. The university staff takes an active part in research works in scientific and technical programs and grants, including those of the RF Ministry of Education and Science, and of the Russian Fund of Fundamental Investigations, and presidents of RF and RD for supporting junior scientists and leading scientific schools. The University employees have been taking an active part in the "Start" program, arranged by the State Fund of Assistance to Small Enterprises in the scientific and technical sphere. In the frameworks of this program, 11 small enterprises engaged with scientific production development were set up. They form a part of the Business-incubator operating in the Technological Park of DGTU. This allows providing integration of education, science, and production in the most efficient way. Ten thousand students are trained by the highly-qualified scientific and pedagogical University staff consisting of 126 doctors of science and professors, about 500 candidates of science and associate professors, corresponding members of the Academy of Science, 42 academicians, and corresponding Russian members and international social academies. The university trains specialists on such perspective for the republic directions and specialties as Nan electronics and Nan materials, microsystem technology, communication facilities, electro energetic systems and nets, defense in emergency, oil and gas business, the technology of fermentation industry and wine-making, court (legal) expertise, property expertise and management, innovation business, highway transportation facilities and airports, hydraulic engineering construction, software of computing and automated systems, radio engineering, the technology of public catering, garments design, applied informatics, organization and safety of traffic, and others. The University pays great attention to the active interconnection of its departments and graduates with the employers. Autumn and spring fairs of graduates invite the heads of enterprises and organizations of the Republic to take place annually. And the employers concerned have an opportunity for a direct dialog and contracts on the best graduates' employment. The representatives of enterprises and organizations with the university departments' representatives take place simultaneously, by discussing the matters topical for enterprises, and the ways and methods of cooperation are determined. There is a scientific and technical library at the University with more than 1 million literature issues. View full university