Dagestan State Technical University

History

The history of the creation of the Dagestan State Technical University began on January 24, 1970, when the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted a Resolution on the organization of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute. By order of the Minister of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the RSFSR of August 17, 1971, No. 330, the structure of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute, a list of departments, laboratories and offices, as well as advisory bodies of the institute, were approved, and by order of the Ministry of Higher Education of the RSFSR of February 24, 1972, No. 71 were finally all organizational issues were resolved and an institute was created. The structure of the university included mechanical (Caspian branch of the university), instrument-making, construction and technological faculties.

The need to create a technical institution of higher education in Dagestan has been brewing for a long time. The late 50s – early 60s of the XX century was marked by the rapid development of the exact sciences, space exploration, technical modernization of the country and, as a result, the rise of industrial production, an attempt to equalize the industrial and agricultural sectors of the economy in regions historically established as agricultural. For the construction and operation of large industrial enterprises, their own, local engineering and technical personnel were needed. The development of the productive forces of the republic, the huge scope of capital construction required the acceleration of the training of engineering personnel, the opening of a number of new technical specialties.

In 1995, by Order of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Higher Education dated June 5, 1995 No. 852, the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute was transformed into the Dagestan State Technical University.

About University

Dagestan State Technical University is a major educational, scientific and cultural center of the south of Russia, an innovative type of higher education institution with a high intellectual and scientific potential. Since its inception, the university has produced more than 50 thousand specialists in the most sought-after professions, providing highly qualified personnel for many industries of the republic and the country.

To date, the main goal of the scientific and educational policy of the university is the introduction of innovations, ensuring the training of specialists at the level of world qualification requirements and the effective use of educational, scientific, technical, and innovative potential for the development of the region and the country.

The structure of the university has 12 faculties, 3 branches in the cities of Kaspiysk, Kizlyar, Derbent, 46 departments, 5 research institutes, among which are the basic ones for the region: Research Institute “Thermoelectric Devices and Devices” and Research Institute “Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies”, 19 specialized centers, including the largest Center for Modern Information Technologies in the North Caucasus Federal District, where a supercomputer (computing cluster HP Proliant) is installed and used in the educational process and scientific research, an international educational and scientific center of the DSTU and Softline, which is the official representative of Microsoft Corporation in Russia, an educational and scientific Center “Modern Electronic Elements and Technologies”, created jointly with AnalogDevices Inc. and supported by Renesas, Altera, Atmel, the All-Russian Engineering Center for Microsatellite Competences, a number of other innovative and technological structures, many specialized scientific and educational laboratories. The university also has a faculty for advanced training and retraining of managers and specialists.

The university has passed the licensing of basic educational programs in 49 areas of bachelor’s training, 11 specialties, 40 areas of master’s degree, 24 areas of postgraduate studies and 7 specialties of secondary vocational education.

Students are trained by a highly qualified scientific and pedagogical team of the university, consisting of doctors of sciences and professors, candidates of sciences and associate professors, corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and RAASN, academicians and corresponding members of Russian and international public academies.

The university trains specialists in such promising areas (profiles) and specialties for the republic as electronics and nanoelectronics; infacommunication technologies and means of communication; electric power systems and networks; protection in emergency situations; oil and gas business; fermentation technology and winemaking; forensic examination; innovation; car roads; industrial and civil construction; computer software and automated systems; radio engineering; real estate appraisal and management; production technology and organization of public catering; design of garments; Applied Informatics; organization and traffic safety, etc.

The university pays great attention to the development of mass sports, recreational and sectional work among students, all conditions have been created for classes with students in a variety of sports. A large number of sports events are held within the walls of the university: competitions in freestyle wrestling, volleyball, table tennis, chess tournaments. A world record was set at the university: a checkers tournament was held in a simultaneous game session, in which more than two thousand students and teachers of the university took part. Among the graduates of the university are world and European champions, winners and prize-winners of the Olympic Games. Among the best football teams of the universities of the North Caucasus Federal District and the Southern Federal District, the Polytech team plays and wins victories in the zonal football championships.

University has two football fields, modern gyms for weightlifting, weightlifting and fitness, a table tennis hall, a summer sports ground for basketball and volleyball. A special pride of the university is its own swimming pool “Polytech”, built within the framework of the project “500 swimming pools for Russian universities” by the Edinaya Rossiya runway and a modern five-sector climbing wall. On the shore of the Caspian Sea, 30 km from the university, there is a sports and recreation camp “Polytechnic”.

Hostel

For non-resident students, all the necessary conditions have been created in the hostels on the campus. Dagestan State Technical University is the winner of the All-Russian competition for the best student hostel (student campus), organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, twice the winner of the republican contest “The Best Student Hostel”. For many years in a row, the university has been the winner of the “Best University Yard” competition held by the Administration of the city of Makhachkala.

The University makes every effort to ensure that nonresident students and foreigners get used to the new conditions as quickly as possible, fully concentrate on the educational process, comprehensively develop their scientific and creative abilities, and therefore provide them with safe and most comfortable living conditions.

The social and living conditions of students living in dormitories are kept under constant control of the university management. When distributing students into rooms, all participants involved in the process of resettling students try to take into account their wishes as fully as possible.

The university dormitories and academic buildings are a well-equipped campus with a broken park, internal order and a well-groomed exterior of buildings. Reading rooms are provided for the children, there is an equipped room for relaxation.

For the convenience of students, all the necessary institutions (shops, sports grounds, gyms) are within walking distance. A dryer, ironing, bathrooms equipped with washing machines and all necessary appliances also help students quickly and easily organize their life in a new place.

For security purposes, video surveillance and fire safety systems have been installed. All students living in dormitories undergo an indispensable safety briefing.

The student council is actively working in the dormitories, curators of study groups constantly work with the children, visit them, organize meetings with doctors, representatives of law enforcement agencies, hold evenings of rest and poetry.

Much attention at the university and directly in the hostels is given to sports. Every year, competitions in five sports are held between students of hostels, as well as championships for the DSTU Rector’s Cup.

Understanding the importance of the issue of improvement of student dormitories, the university administration pays maximum attention to it.