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Ukhta State Technical University is a representative of oil and gas Universities in Russia. It is the largest technical University in the European North of the Russian Federation. The University was founded based on the Ukhta Industrial Institute (the Institute was founded in 1967). By this time, more than 25000 engineers and economists had graduated in oil, geology, building, and timber industry majors. After the successful attestation on April 14, 1999, the Institute was granted a State Technical University status. Our engineers became mayors and ministers, heads of educational establishments, enterprises, and banks. Four hundred twenty-three instructors and scientific workers teach at The University. Among them are 53 Professors with Doctors of Science and 213 Associate professors with Masters of Science. There are academicians and four corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Science, and Honored Scientists of the Republic of Komi. Scientific research is carried out by teachers, postgraduate students, and undergrads of the University directly during the educational process and 13 scientific-pedagogical schools. The scientific potential of the staff is used in many scientific, industrial innovation centers. More than 15 scientific conferences and seminars are being held at The University on regional, Russian, and international levels every year. Every year, almost half of The University students take part in scientific forums at their own University and other Russian Universities. In the postgraduate courses of the University, candidates and competitors study 23 professional education specialties. Two specialized councils are available to uphold candidate and doctor dissertations in three technical specialties. Also, regional departments of the Russian Academy of Science and Academy of Industrial Ecology function at the University. The University has a ground fiber-optic Wi-Fi communication and a fully functional global internet network access center. The University disposes of the corporative computer system with the fiber optic trunk, which consolidates all faculties, sub-faculties, and University departments based on Internet technologies. The University Centre of distance education makes necessary methodical and studying information available for off-campus students without leaving their homes. In Ukhta, the University has over 15 study laboratory buildings, 14 student dormitories, sport, and leisure complex «Burevestnik,» a hockey stadium, three canteens and refreshment rooms in different buildings, a medical room, a studying geodesic base, and the recreation complex «Krokhal,» which is 15 km away from Ukhta. There are also two alpine skiing routes (a summer and a winter one) in Ukhta and in the Urals, a studying oil rig and studying experimental forestry. The University has publishing and printing facilities where the newspapers «Polytechnic,» «Alma Mater,» «PRofkom,» analytic newspaper «Concept,» and the image magazine are published. The University cooperates with educational establishments of the post-soviet region, in particular, in Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Nakhichevan State University), Belarus (Belarus State Technological University), universities of Kazakhstan (South-Kazakhstani State University named after M.Auezov and others). The USTU also has fruitful relations with the University of applied science in Regensburg and Technische Universitaet Bergacademie Freiberg, Germany University CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valenсia, Spain Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal Bodo University College, University of Nordland and Arctic University of Norway Oulu University and the Savonia University of Applied Science, Finland and Technical University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Special attention requires the cooperation between the USTU and Serbian higher education institutions, including the University of Novy Sad. The USA also belongs to the USTU international contacts: among them, there are the Duquesne University in Pittsburg, Princeton University, and the University of West Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia. Apart from ordinary university cooperation treaties, the USTU also sign contracts with commercial and research funds, for example, the German foundation "Europa Student project" Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, Florence, Italy Ramboll Storvik Company in Norway, and others. Study at Ukhta University will allow you to experience a different education style, learn the Russian language, find new hobbies, make lifelong friends, and witness an entirely new way of life. View full university