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UKHTA STATE

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Excellence in education, research

and innovation since 1958

http://en.ugtu.net

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Geopolitical place of USTU

Ukhta is the motherland of the first Russian oil (the first petroleum in Russia was found in

Ukhta area approx. 270 years ago – it’s historically and documentary confirmed fact

• Member of Barents Euro-Arctic Region

• Strategic path of national and international oil&gas pipelines

• Location in the Arctic region in Russia (Arctic center in Vorkuta)

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Short facts about USTU

Our university is

located in the city of

Ukhta. It’s an industrial

and research capital of

the Komi Republic, the

population of the city

counts more than

130000 citizens.

- about 15 000 students

- more than 3000 academic, research and support staff

- University operates multi-level educational system of

bachelors, specialists, master, PhD students and other

levels of education in 7 directions and over 30

specialties on full-time, part-time and distance education

- 20 laboratory and educational buildings

- 14 student dormitories (+1 in process – 80-flat house

for young families of students and teachers)

USTU is one of the leading technical and oil&gas universities in Russia

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Management of the university system

Top-level administrators in USTU:

• First Vice-rector

• Vice-rector for Academic Affairs

• Vice-rector for Teaching and Studies and Extended

Education

• Vice-rector for Curriculum and Discipline and Social

Support

• Vice-rector for Economic Affairs

• Vice-rector in Safety and Security

• Vice-rector for Research and Innovative Activities

• Vice-rector of General Matters

• Vice-rector for External Affairs – Chief of Staff in the

Rector’s office

• Rectorate's Advisor

RECTOR (president) of USTU, professor, Dr. Sc. ;

Chairman, Council of the Rectors of universities of the

Komi Republic; Deputy Chairman, National Alliance of

universities and corporations of mineral and oil&gas

complexes

Professor

Nikolay

Tskhadaya

Interesting fact: Rector actively supports youth professionals in management:

there are 2 Vice-rectors under the age of 30 y.o. in USTU

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Structure of university system

On post-graduate and research education:

• 3 doctoral councils (of 5 in the whole Komi Republic)

• PhD studies department (“aspirantura”) in 14 spheres of research

• Institute of post-graduate education – independent attestation center of personnel

(for specialists and management of companies)

On higher education level:

• Institutes: Geology, Oil and Gas Production and Pipeline Transportation; Civil

Building and Engineering; Economics, Management and Information Technology;

Advanced Training.

• Center of distance education

On professional education and additional professional skills education level:

• Institute of Industry (Mining and Petroleum College, Industrial and Economical

Forest College, Industrial Technical School)

• Center of personnel training of JSC “Gazprom” (one of the best in Russia, with

unique industrial equipment and facilities of training personnel and students)

• Center of personnel training of JSC “LUKOIL” (with branches in Ukhta and Usinsk)

On primary education and additional education for schoolchildren's level:

• Center of professional orientation of youth (with preparatory department)

• Ukhta Technical Lyceum of G.V.Rassokhin (5-11 form)

• Primary school “Rostok” (1-4 form)

• University kindergarten * (* - on planning stage).

Branches of USTU in other cities of the Komi Republic: Usinsk, Vorkuta

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Institute of Geology, Oil and Gas Production and Pipeline Transportation

• Development and exploitation of oil and gas fields and underground

hydromechanics

• Well drilling

• Machines and equipment of oil and gas industry

• Design and exploitation of main oil and gas pipelines

• Industrial safety and environmental protection

These departments have modern laboratories, which are equipped with support of

the leading industrial companies of Russia and the Komi Republic.

Interesting fact: one of research schools of USTU actively works underground in

famous heavy oil mines on cooperation project between USTU and LUKOIL).

On this faculty we have a big number of

research schools and laboratories, among

them we need to underline research school of

prof. Ruzin on new technologies of production

heavy (high-viscosity) oil with production

based on steam heating. Since 2009,we

started innovational project in heavy oil in the

special area of LUKOIL Yarega oil mines

(there are only 2 such places in the world, the

second one is in Canada).

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• Geodesy and land cadaster

• Geophysical methods of geoinformational technologies

and systems

• Geology of fossil fuels and solid minerals

Main partners: leading enterprises related to geological

industry of Russia, ROXAR and other.

Faculty organized active scientific work, for example

geophysics department have many contracts in sphere of

joint technology on intensification of petroleum

production with ultrasonic methods.

Interesting fact: in 2006 «Nothern Oil» (Rosneft) opened reconstructed and

equipped stage and 2 special laboratories at OGG Dept. (with Roxar software)

Institute of Geology, Oil and Gas Production and Pipeline Transportation

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Institute of Geology, Oil and Gas Production and Pipeline Transportation–

cooperation with business

Interesting fact: USTU have its own deposit of oil and gas (village Voy-Vozh)

for practice and research work of students, teaching staff.

Main strategic partners:

GAZPROM, Gazprom transgaz Ukhta, VNIIGAZ,

Gazprom drilling, Gazprom production (offshore,

Yamburg, Urengoy, Nadym), Gazprom promgaz,

Gazprom oil offshore, Gazprom refinery, Shtokman

Development AG, Giprogazcenter and many others;

LUKOIL, Lukoil - Komi, Lukoil – Engineering, Lukoil –

Ukhta oil refinery plant, Lukoil – North-Western oil

products, Lukoil overseas and others;

ROSNEFT, Nothern Oil, RN-Drilling, RN – Service;

TRANSNEFT, Nothern oil pipelines,

Gyprotruboprovod, and many others;

ZARUBEZHNEFT (with its branches in Vietnam,

Cuba, Middle East and other regions);

INTERNATIONAL corporations (Halliburton, Total,

Schlumberger, Baker Huges, MI-Svaco, Mireco, Gaz

de France, Ruhrgas, TNK-BP and many others).

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Institute of Civil Building and Engineering

• Architecture

• Industrial and civil building

• Heat engineering, heat and gas

supply and ventilation

• Water supply and drainage system

Main partners: design and

construction companies and state

organizations of our region and

around the Russian Federation.

Interesting fact: diploma project of the Architecture department graduate in 2007

was applied for realization in Sochi-2014 Olympic building program

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Institute of Civil Building and Engineering)

• Forest and woodwork equipment and materials

• Technologies and machines of timber felling

• Metrology, standardization and certification

• Electrification and automation of technological processes

Interesting fact: USTU has a special training forest base near the city of Ukhta

with its own forest resources and laboratories for practice and research work.

Main partners: enterprises of forest industry in the Komi Republic,

Ministry of agriculture and forestry of Finland, Mondi and others.

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Institute of Economics, Management and Information Technology

• Economics

• Management

• Production organization and planning

• Production management

• Documentary support of management

Main partners: JSC «Gazprom transgaz Ukhta», Sberbank, Gazprombank, Northern

people’s bank, economical and finance departments of oil&gas enterprises, Bodo graduate

School of business (University of Nordland, Norway), University of Tromso (Norway) and

many others.

Interesting fact: in this institute we supported Komi regional Presidential

program of preparation of the administrative and management staff

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• Computer science, information systems and technologies

Main partners: Gazpom, LUKOIL, Transneft, banks, IT – companies, Microsoft, Oracle,

Cisco, Intel and others.

On this faculty we have many research and

applied projects with oil&gas enterprises and

other industries, different programs of

cooperation with leading global IT – companies,

industry – related conferences and seminars.

Institute of Economics, Management and Information Technology

Opening ceremony of new laboratory on

modeling gas transportation by «Gazprom»

Business meeting in USTU on common projects

with Head of St.Peterburg office of «Samsung

Electronics» Mr. Lee Jae Hong

Interesting fact: academic staff of the faculty has unique experience of creating

applied technological software for oil&gas pipelines operation and monitoring.

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Institute of Economics, Management and Information Technology

• Public relations

• Physiology, sport medicine and physical

culture

Main partners: regional mass-media, TV,

radio and media agencies, PR offices of

companies and enterprises; local and

regional government and schools.

University television studio• weekly TV-news «University planet» (on several regional

and federal channels)

• science, industry and youth programs

• interviews with leading scientists and specialists, guests

Website - http://www.ugtu.net/videonews

Interesting fact: unique international informational &media project «UTime News» -

University Time (media alliance of universities and corporations all over the world)

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Science and research activity

At our university we have successful productive work of 12 research

schools, research and design institute oil&gas industry and others.

We have actual projects and research in new technologies for all

leading enterprises of oil&gas and other industries of Russia.

University awarded with diplomas and medals for a high scientific and

technical level of development at prestigious international exhibitions

of Moscow, St. Petersburg, World exhibition of scientific and

technological projects «Brussels-Eureka» in Belgium and many other.

Head of Autodesk in

Russia/CIS A.Tasev and

USTU rector, professor

N.Tskhadaya

R.Kuznetsov, Government

affairs, Microsoft Russia

on science conference in

USTU

Interesting fact: university nowadays prepares and develops real projects for oil&gas

corporations including certification, government expertise and other issues

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Interesting fact: actual questions, problems and perspectives of development of

oil&gas and other strategic industries of Russia are discussed actively

Science events and conferences

USTU organise international and industrial conferences and tech.seminars:

- Gas industry conference named after G.V.Rassokhin (February)

- International scientific youth conference “Severgeoecotekh" (March)

- Professional conference for academic and research staff (April)

- Humanitarian conference «Communications. Society. Spirituality.» (April)

- Conference on heavy (high viscosity) oil (November) and others.

Organization of international corporate conferences and

technology seminars with our strategic partners is one

of the special goals and tradition in USTU.

First deputy Minister of architecture,

building and municipal services of

the Komi Republic N.Smyshlyaev

on the forum in the university

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Cooperation with industry – investments for the future

Special

laboratories of

GAZPROM

Signing the agreement

with JSC «LUKOIL»;

Rector N.Tckhadaya and

Vice-President A.Barkov

Opening of new special

laboratories of

TRANSNEFT

USTU received a special rank of “Main university-partner of JSC “GAZPROM”

which allows us to expand our strategic partnership in different spheres

The university collaborates with all leading corporations of

Russia and the Komi Republic (oil&gas, geology, mining,

forest, building and other industries). USTU signs the

agreement of general cooperation with corporate HQ in

Moscow and detailed program of cooperation every year.

The cooperation with the enterprises is organized in

different spheres: professional orientation of youth,

education (on each level), science and innovations, design

projects and expertise, consulting and industrial safety,

social sphere – sports and culture, support children

without parents.

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International activity of university

International activity of USTU targeted on development of

educational quality and preparation of specialists in all

directions and industries, development of international

links and cooperation with partners. Representatives of

university regularly meet and discuss common work with

partners (government representatives, companies and

universities) from foreign countries.

Main international partners of USTU are: Germany,

Finland, the USA, Norway, France, Sweden, CIS countries,

China, Canada, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and

other.

Interesting fact: nowadays we have more than 110 students who study in our

common educational program at the University of the Arctic (additional diploma)

Business meeting with First

secretary of Delegation of

European Commission

Discussion possible ways of cooperation

with Director-general of Department of

forest industry in Finnish Ministry of

agriculture and forestry (in Helsinki)

Rector of Liaoning Shihua

University (China) Z.Shuliang

during tour around innovational

laboratories of the USTU

Vicer-rector USTU

G.Korshunov with members of

University of Arctic delegation

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International activity of university

Interesting fact: USTU and JSC “NIS Novi Sad” (Petroleum company in Serbia)

signed an agreement for a joint educational program

Yilsa Lopez Perez (Head leader

of complex researches in

Petroleos de Venezuela,

Sociedad Anonima)

Saleh Maggeramov (D. Sc. in Biology,

professor, rector of Nakhchivan State

University, Azerbaijan)

Serbian delegation: Milan Pavlovich

(dean and doctor of faculty “Michael

Pupin of the University of Novi Sad)

Mark S. Brinsden (Principal technical

expert and group leader of

“Perforation for global business of

Shell company”, the UK)

Robello Samuel

(The leading specialist Halliburton)

Jari Lahtinen (Principal Lecturer of

Turku University of Applied

Sciences, Finland)

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S.Ponomarenko,

deputy Minister

of education of

the Komi Republic

O.Sapogova,

Intel Corporation

Regional youth science conference

«INTEGRATION» organized 12 years ago, uniting

talented schoolchildren from many cities of the

Komi Republic, Arkhangelsk and Vologda

regions, YNAO and other regions of Russia.

International partnership forum «INTEGRATION»

The main event in the field of the international and industry cooperation in USTU,

where we have an opportunity to discuss joint projects in public sector,

industry, education and other spheres with all partners.

(in cooperation with Ukhta technical lyceum of G.V.Rassokhin)

F.Seitz,

Consul, Head

of Press and

Culture Department

of German General

Consulate in Saint

Petersburg

D.Paradise,

Officer on aeronautics,

telecommunications and

space of the US

Embassy in Moscow

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Labor education - Student construction groups

Each year students from USTU and the whole region receive an opportunity to work

during summer holidays, joining different teams of Regional student construction

union «Severyanin». This unique tradition exists in USTU during many decades.

Annually we involve more than 600

students each year in activity of student

construction groups. SCG works on

construction and repair works of different

enterprises of oil&gas industry of Ukhta,

other cities of the Komi Republic and

other regions around our country.

Interesting fact: student construction groups worked on the famous oil pipeline

East Siberia – Pacific Ocean by Transneft company in Taishet city in 2008.

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University sport – health of our youth

In USTU we develop over 44 unique types of sports including: football, basketball,

judo, skiing, running, volleyball, mini-football, boxing, swimming, chess and

many others. USTU is proud of achievements of our students – Alexandr

Sukhorukov won a silver medal in Olympic Games in Beijing (2008). USTU

women’s ice hockey team (1 of 10 in RF) is playing in Russian championship.

Interesting fact: our professional student basketball team "Planet - university"

plays in international student league

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Social infrastructure of university comlex

Student recreation complex «University planet»According to the special federal program, each month 120 students and teachers can

have rest and special healthy courses and procedures in the basis of this student

recreation complex.

Interesting fact: in 2015 university will finish building its own swimming-pool for

the USTU students

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University traditions

Interesting fact: annual Russian championship in sport dances received highest

mark of the First Vice-President of Russian National Olympic Committee Mr. Vasin

Russian student championship

in classical dances

Competition

«Miss University»

Regional championship

in modern dances

(Dance Integration)

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Interesting fact: every year “red diplomas” are given to graduates from the hands

of Komi Republic Governor or Head of the State Council of the Komi Republic

University traditions

Holiday moving of graduates of

the University through the main

city streets of Ukhta

Foreign students in USTU

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There are over 420 foreign students from Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Congo, Venezuela,

Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Serbia and other.

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Education costs:• Bachelor & Master degree, Specialist and Postgraduate study – 2500-3500 $ /year

(it depends on each course)

• The Russian language course – 2000 $ /year

Financial expenses

Living costs:• Student hostel – 50$ /month

• Meals – 5-7 $ /day

• Public transport – 50¢ / trip

The Russian language course

Why learning Russian?

• Russian is one of Top 5 Most Spoken

Languages In The World

• you will be able to communicate with

Russian speakers (number of speakers:

277 million);

• the study of Russian is within university

walls;

• the main giants of oil & gas industry are

in Russia;

• you will able to read Russian classical

literature in original;

• Russian is not difficult as it seems to be.

Programs of higher education

Bachelor degree

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05.03.06 Ecology and Management of Natural Resources

07.03.01 Architecture

08.03.01 Construction (Civil Engineering)

09.03.01 Computer Science and Engineering

09.03.02 Information Systems and Technologies

13.03.02 Power and Electrical Engineering

15.03.02 Mechanical Engineering (Technological machines and equipment)

20.03.01 Technosphere Safety

21.03.01 Oil and Gas Engineering

21.03.02 Land-utilization and Cadastral Register

27.03.01 Standardization and Metrology

35.03.02 Technology of Timber Cutting and Timber Processing Industries

38.03.01 Economics

38.03.02 Management

42.03.01 Advertising and Public Relations

46.03.02 Document studies and Archives

49.03.01 Physical Training

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Programs of higher education

Master degree and Specialist

08.04.01

Construction (Civil Engineering):

«Theory of designing buildings and structures»

«Architectural and Construction Materials»

«Heat and gas supply settlements and enterprises»

«Urban and industrial enterprises water supply»

13.04.02Electric Power Industry and Heat-Power Engineering:

«Automated electromechanical complexes and systems»

15.04.02Mechanical Engineering (Technological machines and equipment):

«Machines and Equipment for Forestry»

«Machines and equipment for oil and gas fields»

20.04.01Technosphere Safety:

«Safety of technological processes and production of oil and gas industry»

21.04.01

Oil and Gas Engineering:

«Horizontal drilling»

«Drilling mud practices»

«Drilling Fluid Engineering»

«Development of oil fields»

«Reliability of oil pipelines and oil storage»

«Development and exploration hydrocarbon fields with horizontal wells in the

Arctic shelf»

«Reliability of pipeline systems of the Arctic shelf»

35.04.02Technology of Timber Cutting and Timber Processing Industries:

«Forest Engineering»

38.04.02 Management: «Industrial Management»

21.05.02 Applied Geology

21.05.03 Technologies and Geological Exploring

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Programs of higher education

Postgraduate programs

01.00.00 - Physics and mathematics

01.02.04 - Mechanics of deformable solids

02.00.00 - Chemical sciences

02.00.01 - Inorganic Chemistry

05.00.00 - Technical science

05.02.13 - Machines, units and processes ( oil and gas industry )

05.11.16 - Information-measuring and control systems ( oil and gas industry )

05.13.01 - System analysis, management and information processing ( oil and gas industry )

05.13.18 - Mathematical modeling, numerical methods and complexes of programs

05.14.04 - Industrial power

05.21.01 - Technology and machine harvesting and forestry

05.23.05 - Building materials and products

05.26.01 - Occupational safety and health ( oil and gas industry )

08.00.00 - Economics

08.00.05 - Economy and management of a national economy (in industries and activities, including:

economics, organization and management of enterprises, branches, complexes, regional economics,

economics and population demographics)

13.00.00 - Pedagogical sciences

13.00.08 - Theory and a vocational training technique

25.00.00 - Geosciences

25.00.09 - Geochemistry, geochemical methods of searches of minerals

25.00.11 - Geology, searches and investigation of firm minerals

25.00.12 - Geology, prospecting and exploration of oil and gas fields

25.00.15 - Technology of drilling and development wells

25.00.16 - Mining and Oil and gas geology, geophysics and geometry of bowels

25.00.17 - Development and operation of oil and gas fields

25.00.19 - Construction and operation of oil and gas pipelines, bases and storehouses

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Anton GRIGORIEVHead of International department of USTU

http://en.ugtu.net

E-mail: agrigoriev@ugtu.net

Tel.: +7 (8216) 73-86-30

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