Krasnoyarsk State Technical University (Siberian Federal University)

History

By the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated August 4, 1956, the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute was organized in Krasnoyarsk, Vasily Nikolaevich Borisov, candidate of technical sciences, was appointed rector. 350 students were admitted to 3 specialties (“Electrification of industrial enterprises”, “Technology of mechanical engineering, metal-cutting machines and tools” and “Industrial and civil construction”) of daytime and evening departments. The Komsomol and party organizations of the KPI were created.

In 1958 the military department was formed. The trade union organization of the KPI was created.

In 1959, a plant-technical college was formed – a branch of the KPI.

In 1970, the KPI took first place in Russia in terms of working, living and leisure conditions.

The first computers: 5 digital computers and 20 analog computers appeared at the department in 1971.

1987 KPI enters the international arena: the developments of the institute’s scientists are presented at exhibitions in India, Austria and Korea. KPI was awarded the highest award of the Ministry of Higher Education at VDNKh – 23 medals for 22 exhibits.

The plant-technical college separated from the KPI and became the first Institute of space technology in the country, currently the Siberian Aerospace University. The interuniversity association “Intellect and Culture” was created in 1989.

March 11, 1993 KPI received a new status – Krasnoyarsk State Technical University. The first doctoral council was formed, the chairman is B.P. Soustin.

On March 4, 1994, the Association of Alumni of KPI-KSTU was established. On April 26, the program “CONTOUR KSTU” was aired on the Prima-TV channel, which had been on the air for 10 years. Rector of KSTU A. M. Staver was awarded the State Prize for scientific achievements in the field of nanotechnology.

1995 On the basis of KSTU, the Coordinating Center for the “Step into the Future” program for the Krasnoyarsk Territory was established.

1997 The Krasnoyarsk Scientific and Educational Center for High Technologies was established, consisting of: KSTU, Institute of Physics and CAA.

1998 KSTU was awarded the “Golden Eagle” badge for participation in the international program “Partnership for Progress”.

1999 The Publishing and Printing Center of KSTU was established. A student sanatorium-preventorium “Polytechnic” was opened.

2001 The first UNESCO technical department “New Materials and Technologies” beyond the Urals was created at KSTU. KSTU was awarded the diploma “The Best Universities of Russia”.

2003 A representative office of KSTU was opened in Moscow.

2004 KSTU was awarded the Gold Medal “European Quality” in the nomination “One Hundred Best Universities in Russia”. A representative office of KSTU was established in St. Petersburg.

2005 Opening of a branch of the UNESCO Chair in Toulouse (France).

January 1, 2007 KSTU became part of the newly formed Siberian Federal University.

About University

The Siberian Federal University is the first federal university, one of the 10 established in the country today.

The university is in the top 20 leading universities in Russia (for information, only 5 universities in the top 20 are located in the regions, the rest are in Moscow and St. Petersburg).

The university is in the top ten in terms of the number of students (27 thousand), ranks seventh in the country in terms of budget enrollment (more than 6,000 places annually, and the admission itself is more than 9,000 people annually).

The university campus is one of the largest and most comfortable in Russia and ranks 4th in the country in terms of scale (after Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University and Far Eastern Federal University), and 1st in terms of student housing. The total area of the property complex is more than 850 thousand square meters. meters, more than 300 hectares of land, almost 350 thousand square meters. meters of hostels.

The university has 28 sports facilities, including several stadiums, 3 swimming pools, 2 world-class facilities (ski and ski complexes), a congress hall and a modern medical center.

The main advantage of the university is its close relationship with the largest industrial Russian companies located in the region: Rosneft, Norilsk Nickel, Rusal, Polyus, Suek, RusHydro. Several institutes of the university work in their interests, corporate research centers function.

The university also has a strong position in education and science in the fields of chemistry, physics, mathematics and ecology.

Social and humanitarian areas are also in demand: economics, management, linguistics, jurisprudence, advertising.

In the structure of the university, the only institute of gastronomy in the country, created in partnership with the Russian group of restaurant business companies, is dynamically developing.

More than 1000 students from 55 countries study at the university.

In accordance with the priorities of increasing international competitiveness, at the previous stage, a platform was formed for the transformation of educational policy aimed at introducing new educational technologies and standards (project-based learning, the CDIO initiative in engineering areas of training, etc.). Due to the development and implementation of educational programs in English, modules of master’s programs for academic exchange, double diploma programs, programs for teaching Russian as a foreign language, obtaining international accreditation, the university has been integrated into the global educational space, which has led to an increase in the number of foreign students.

The established Institute for Continuing Education has significant potential to increase the annual enrollment of students in additional education programs up to 100,000 by 2030. To date, technologies have been developed for recruiting students, creating author’s programs on a competitive basis with a scoring system, and selecting teams of authors for interdisciplinary courses.

On the basis of the physical and mathematical boarding school, programs of secondary general education are being implemented for 400 students from the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the Russian Federation.

The university has a unique set and scale of material and technical base for teaching working specialties in the oil and gas industry, the hospitality industry, plumbing, motor transport, physical culture and sports industries (unique equipment, sports facilities, its own hotel complex). This creates the prerequisites for the possibility for each SibFU student to receive a working specialty / undergo a professional retraining program that takes into account his individual educational trajectory.

A system of interaction with large companies-employers of the region has been built in order to develop joint training courses and further employment of students who have been trained. New formats of cooperation with industrial partners have been introduced, new educational programs have been developed in accordance with the needs of companies, including dual education programs, applied bachelor’s and master’s degrees in technology. Examples of such innovative projects are the Graduate School of Restaurant Management and the Graduate School of Gastronomy by Institut Paul Bocuse together with the Bellini Group, the Graduate School of Automotive Service together with the Medved Holding Group of Companies.

As of October 1, 2020, the number of students under the program for the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in graduate school was 713 people, doctoral students – 49 people.

Hostels

In total, there are 30 hostels in SibFU. In 2014, hostel No. 22 became the absolute winner of the All-Russian student competition, organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation together with the Trade Union of Public Education and Science Workers of the Russian Federation. In 2017, hostel No. 14 became the silver medalist of a similar competition. The competition assessed living conditions, cleanliness of rooms, proper documentation, work with students’ requests. In 2021, hostel No. 30 took first place in the All-Russian competition of student councils of hostels.

All hostels have shared kitchens, showers, lavatories, laundries, games rooms, rest rooms. The rooms can accommodate 2-3 people. Students are provided with all the necessary furniture for living: beds, tables, chairs, cabinets, etc.