The University of Tyumen is one of the most rapidly developing universities in Russia. Our mission is to train personnel to design new professional activities, transform the social environment, and create significant businesses in the context of global competition. Our strategy: to create a new-generation university through the reorganization of its human resources policy, its core assets (educational, research, innovative), and institutional environment, and using comprehensive upgrading of infrastructure. Our advantages high level of living standards in the city (ranks No. 8 in Russia) 2) low unemployment rate for the economically active population (5.1%) 3) one of the highest levels of the average salary in the country (56,841 rubs.) 4) high level of safety for foreigners.
The University of Tyumen is one of the largest universities in Russia and one of the Tyumen region's leading universities. It counts more than 27,000 students, around 1,900 of whom come from other countries. The University offers Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Postgraduate degrees, including 175 academic majors. Furthermore, it offers four courses of Joint diploma in Law and Economics in cooperation with the Universities of Lorraine (Metz, France), Nordland (Bodo, Norway), Estonia (Tallinn), and Wolverhampton (United Kingdom); one more program is being developed. Teaching at the University stands out thanks to its highly skilled specialists, 1200 professors, and lecturers, 70% of whom have doctoral degrees.
The UTMN's present promising role in the development of Russia, the region, and the economic sector can be summed up as follows: 1) creation of an environment for the training of world-level professionals for leading Russian companies, working in exploration, production, transportation and processing of raw hydrocarbons 2) center for development and approval of advanced technologies in social areas and liberal arts 3) testing ground for the reorganization of a regional university into the University of a new generation, competitive among global educational and research centers. Nowadays, in cooperation with the leading Russian and foreign enterprises and organizations, UTMN has developed the Polytechnic School Project. The recently opened School's main aim is to train highly-qualified staff possessing expertise in the field of technology. Not only UTMN but also enterprises and organizations within the technological field take part in the educational process. So far, the Polytechnic School has received about 60 applications. Twenty-six applicants have become students taking part in the academic program "Digital Oilfield; UTMN offers to its students, guests, and visiting professors accommodation in 4 comfortable halls of residence located in the historical center of Tyumen. There are single-, double, - triple rooms, an in-apartment kitchen, en-suite bathroom, Wi-Fi, and lounge rooms. All rooms come fully furnished with everything needed to make them conducive to studying and comfortable for living.
The University of Tyumen actively participates in the World Universities Association, such as the University of the Arctic Association (since 2009). The association's goal is to create a healthy, sustainable circumpolar region by empowering northerners and northern communities through education and shared knowledge. Besides that, UTMN joined the university administration of the Network BRICS University. It is an educational consortium of leading universities from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and RSA that offers common educational and research space for this international organization. Every year UTMN hosts about 100 international students and interns on different exchange programs. International students can also learn the Russian language at the Preparatory Department and take part in the Multidisciplinary Summer School.
UTMN is one of the top 10 universities in Russia and the only one in the Ural Federal District that received state support for setting up engineering centers. The open competition was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the RF for distributing state support to pilot projects aimed at the creation and development of engineering centers by higher education institutions. UTMN is in the Top-100 of the Russian part of the International Webometrics Rating published since 2004. The Cybermetrics Lab research company's rating is done and assesses the presence of universities on the Internet and is published twice a year. About 25,000 institutions of higher education around the world were assessed, including 1484 Russian universities.
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