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Kazan State Technical University

The Kazan State Technical University was established in 1932. The history of the Technical University is closely connected with the progress of aeronautics in this country. Fundamental education and profound scientific research are the distinguishing features of our university which make it very attractive for the great number of young people. Until the recent time it was well known as Kazan Aironautical Institute. In 1973 the Institute was named after the prominent aircraft designer Andrey N.Tupolev. In 1992 it got the status of the State Technical University.

The University is situated in the centre of Kazan, the capital of the Republic Tatarstan. The city was founded in the XI century on the left bank of the Volga river. Now it has the population of more than 1,1 mln. people. Kazan is a large cultural, scientific and industrial centre of Russia. There are 15 universities and higher educational institutions, 5 state theaters, including Opera and Ballet, Tatar and Russian Drama, Conservatory, etc.

The University was authorized by the State Committee of Higher Education and Technical Policy of the Russian Federation in 1996.

Today the University is one of the leading institutions in aircraft and rocket engineering, engine- and instrument-production, computer science and radio engineering.

The University includes the following faculties:

Aircraft Engineering

Aircraft Engines

Automatics and Electronic Engineering

Informatics and Technical Cybernetics

Radioengineering

Management and Business Studies

Humanitarian

Branch Faculty "Vostok" in the town of Chistopol.

Branch Faculty in the town of Elabuga

Barnch Faculty in the town of Zainsk 56

Barnch Faculty in the town of Almetyevsk (Our branch located in Stroiteley Street (the Street of the Builder) the 9th).

The University also has a Preparatory Department, an Advaced Training Department, a Continued Education Center, a Regional Center of New Information Technologies, a Scientific Library, Post-graduate and Doctoral Candidate's Schools training for Ph.D. and D.Sc. degree.

The University has got Scientific-Research Institute for Diagnostic and Control of Physical & Chemical Processes, Joint Scientific-Research Institute of Experimental Aesthetics, Scientific-Research Centre of Industrial Electrodynamics, Scientific-Research Centre of Dynamics and Strength, and Regional Innovating Scientific Centre.

Full-time and part-time students body is over 6000 students. The university includes 700 lecturers, among them more than 110 Professors and Doctors of Science, and about 500 Associate Professors and Doctors of Philosophy.

The University is housed in 7 perfectly equipped buildings. It has got 6 student's dormitories, and a hotel. A sport complex includes 5 well-equipped indoor sports halls, ski- & water-stations. The University also has got a sportive camp in the picturesque place on the Volga river, 40 km away from Kazan.

Kazan State Technical University has a rich experience in training of foreign students. From the very beginning 50th students from Albania, Bulgaria, China, Czechslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Korea, Polen, Romania have got here their education. Nowadays they are eminent enterpreners of industry, teachers and scientists in their home countries.



Tasks to the topic:

1. What did the abbreviation “KSTU” mean?

2. How many departments does the Kazan State Technical University have?

3. What can you tell about the course of education here?

4. Where does the Almetyevsk branch of the “KAI” located in?

 

My Family and Me

My name’s Ivan Petrov. I with my family live in the centre of Kazan. I was born in Almetyevsk in 1984. Our family is not large. We 57

are four: my mother, my father, me and my brother. I've got my mother's eyesand hair but I've got my father's personality. My mother is an economist, she works in the bank. My father is a lawyer, he works for a big company. I have a brother. His name is Yevgeny. My brother is an engineer. Now he works in the design office of one company.

He isn’t single He is married. His wife is young. Her name is Nina. She is a medical assistant. She is also an external student. Nina studies psychology in the Moscow State University. They have their studies two times a year. My brother and his wife are very happy.

They have two children: a son and a daughter. Their elder child Boris is already seven years old. He is a pupil. He does well at school. Their daughter Kate is a little girl. She is only three.

My grandparents are old people. They have a small house in the country near Saratov. We sometimes go to see him. My grandmother wŕs a teacher and my father-in law was an engineer. Now they are retired.

I'm a full-time student student. I study at Kazan State Technical University. After obtaining the diploma I shall be a qualified specialist. I'm in my first year. I'm going to be an engineer as my grandfather. I study six days a week. I'm very busy with my studies. I'm enjoying the courses, but it's a very hard work! I often spend a lot of time in the library preparing for lectures and seminars. I need good knowledge for my future job.

I spend my free time with my family. I'm very close to my parents. I trust them and I can rely on them to help me. We go in for sports. We are good at swimming. We go to the swimming pool twice a week. Like most of my friends I'm fond ofmusic. Besides I have a fancy for dancing. I'm never lonely.

Tasks to the topic:

1. Is your family large?

2. Where do you study?

3. Do you like studying at our University?

4. What are your favourite subjects?

5. How do you get on with your parents?

6. How do you spend your free time? 58


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