RUSSIA

RUSSIA
118 Years of Glorious History. 160, 000 Engineers
for Success and Wealth of Russia.
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NATIONAL RESEARCH
TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
OVERVIEW
FULL NAME – Federal State Budgetary Educational Insti-
tution of Higher Professional Education National Research
Tomsk Polytechnic University.
FOUNDED in 1896 as Tomsk Technological Institute (TTI)
of practical engineers. The Institute was opened in 1900 by
the Russian Emperor Nicholas II.
CATEGORY – National Research University. The status was
awarded in 2009 when the university became the winner of the
competition for governmental support to leading universities of
the Russian Federation to ensure their competitive advantage
among world research and educational centres – 2013.
RECTOR – Petr S. Chubik, Doctor of Technical Sciences,
Professor.
TOTAL AREA of university buildings and facilities – 314, 678
square metres.
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•380 Doctors of Sciences and 1, 383 Candidates of Sciences;
•22 members of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
•24 honoured workers of science and technology;
•6 State Award winners;
•3 RF President Award winners;
• 18 RF Government Award winners, among them 5 RF
Government Award winners in the field of science and
technology for young researchers;
•21 special and international award winners;
•125 members of public professional academies.
Do you know that
– Sergei Y. Witte, Russian Minister of Finance, stroke out
funds from the state treasure allocated for a battleship
and directed them to establishment of Technological Institute in Tomsk.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS – 20, 854, including
3, 422 international students from 48 countries.
UNIVERSITY BUDGET (2013) – 7, 229 million rubles.
LOCATION (LEGAL AND POSTAL ADDRESS):
30 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: tpu.ru
[email protected]
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RANKING
TPU POSITION
7th position among
100 Russian higher educational institutions and a leading
position among all universities outside Moscow.
•in the ranking of Expert RA agency:
•9th position in the ranking of classical and national research universities of IA Interfax and Radio Station Echo of
Moscow
•551-600th position in the world ranking of higher educational institutions (QS World University Rankings) in 2013
Do you know that
– Tomsk Polytechnic University was honored with orders
twice. In 1940 the university was awarded the Order of
the Red Banner for preparing high qualified specialists. In
1971 the university was awarded the Order of the October Revolution for preparing specialists and developing a
research base of the country.
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MISSION
TPU MISSION is to enhance competitiveness of the
country by providing internationalization and integration of
research, education and training applied in the process of
educating engineering elite, generating new knowledge and
innovative ideas, developing resource-efficient technologies.
Do you know that
– Dmitri I. Mendeleev, a great Russian chemist, was elected the first Honorary Professor of Tomsk Technological
Institute in 1904.
Do you know that
– in 1997 by Decree of the Russian President Tomsk
Polytechnic University was included into the State
Register of the most valuable objects of the cultural
heritage of Russia.
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UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
TPU CAMPUS HAS A WELL-DEVELOPED
INFRASTRUCTURE
• 21 university buildings;
• 46 land plots with the total area of 176 hectares;
• educational and laboratory complexes that cover 197, 350
square metres;
• 6, 120 places in 14 hostels;
• University Library containing over 2.7 million books;
• 7, 000 computers with over 200 WiFi zones located
in university buildings;
• 8, 424 square metres of sports facilities;
• 550 places in university sanatorium and recreation centres;
• 998 seats in university canteens and cafes;
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• International Culture Centre;
• Food Production Facility;
• 2 kindergartens;
• Yunost Children’s Holiday Camp;
• Polytekhnik Recreation Centre;
• Modern concert, dance and ceremonial halls.
Do you know that
– in 2013 TPU started building a new student hostel for
650 people (Order No. 882 of the RF Ministry of Education
and Science dated 1 November 2012).
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TPU IS A CENTRE FOR RESOURCE-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES
In 2013 Tomsk Polytechnic University was among 15 Russian
universities that won the competition to be awarded the subsidy for the promotion into world ranking systems.
TPU STRATEGIC GOAL
The strategic goal of Tomsk Polytechnic University is to become one of the world-leading research universities in the
area of resource-efficient technologies solving global societal,
economic and environmental problems for the benefit of the
mankind sustainable development.
TPU competitiveness enhancement programme envisages university development as a network Centre of Excellence in
the field of resource-efficient technologies that unites six
research and educational clusters.
Four basic clusters are
established
through
integration of the following institutes: Institute of Physics and
Technology, Institute
of Natural Resources,
Institute of Power Engineering, Institute of
High Technology Physics, and Institute of
Non-Destructive Testing. Two supplementary clusters function on
the basis of Institute
of Cybernetics, Institute of Humanities and
Social Technologies,
Strategic Partnership
and Competencies Development Institute.
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The Сlusters are organised according to the network principle
and bring together different TPU research and educational
structures and strategic partners working in the following areas:
BASIC CLUSTERS
•Safe Environment
Non-destructive testing and diagnostics
Materials for extreme conditions
Domestic and industrial waste recycling
•Sustainable Energy
High-temperature superconductivity technologies for energy
production
Nuclear and hydrogen fuel of the new generation
Hybrid simulation in energy production
Resource-efficient generation
•Medical Engineering
Bioengineering materials and technologies
Radiation technologies in bioengineering
Electrophysical biomedical complexes
•Planet Resources
Resource-efficient use of mineral resources
Clear water
Green chemistry
SUPPLEMENTARY CLUSTERS
•Cognitive Systems and Telecommunications
Cognitive software and hardware systems
Wireless telecommunication systems and technologies
•Social Science and Humanities in Engineering
Social science and humanities component of engineering
Mechanisms of technical innovations initiation and engineering forethought
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EDUCATION
TPU INSTITUTES:
• Institute of Natural Resources;
• Institute of Power Engineering;
• Institute of High Technology Physics;
• Institute of Cybernetics;
• Institute of Non-Destructive Testing;
• Institute of Physics and Technology;
• Institute of Humanities and Social Technologies;
• Institute of International Education and Language Communication;
• Institute of Distance Learning;
• Strategic Partnership and Competencies Development Institute;
•Yurga Institute of Technology
Besides, Tomsk Polytechnic University has Reserve-Officer
Training Department, upon completion of which TPU graduates are awarded the military title of a reserve officer.
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University includes 97 departments, 65 research laboratories, among them 20 international ones.
On 25 October 2013
in Moscow TPU
presented its roadmap
at the meeting of
the RF Council on
competitiveness
enhancement in the
group of top level world
research and academic
institutions
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EDUCATION
TODAY THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS:
• 57 Bachelor’s Degree programmes,
• 31 Master’s Degree programmes,
• 75 Diploma Specialist’s programmes.
TPU ensures education in 35 training fields that correspond
to priority development fields of science, engineering and
technology approved by the Decree No. 899 of the President
of the Russian Federation dated 7 July 2011.
Do you know that
– the university implements a unique innovative
educational project of training elite engineering
specialists. At present the Elite Training Department
counts 482 students.
In 2012 TPU team
of young researchers
led by Prof. Genii V.
Kuznetsov became
the winner of the RF
Government Award in
the field of science and
technology for young
researchers
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Do you know that
– in 2013 in the framework of a CDIO Academy project TPU
jointly with Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
developed a network programme in CDIO Approach
for engineering education that ensures professional
development of Russian university management and
teaching staff focusing on implementation of CDIO
principles.
Do you know that TPU employs
• 19 honoured workers of the RF Higher School
• 14 honoured geologists of the Russian Federation
• 5 honoured chemical engineers of the Russian
Federation
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EDUCATION
In 2010–2011 the university was among the leaders in Russia to start Bachelor’s training in a number of educational
programmes developed on the basis of Federal State Educational Standards of the third generation. To guarantee
regulatory and methodological support during university
transition to the tier system of education in compliance with
the Federal State Educational Standard the university developed Standards and Guidelines to Ensure Quality of Basic
Educational Programmes of Bachelor, Master and Specialists
Training in Priority Development Fields (TPU BEP Standard)
in 2010.
TPU BEP STANDARD IS FOCUSED ON
modern requirements to professional engineers from
international certifying and registration agencies (Engineers Mobility Forum, APEC Engineer Register,
Fédération Européenne d’Associations Nationales
d’Ingénieurs);
international accreditation criteria for engineering programmes (Washington Accord and ENAEE) and accreditation criteria for educational programmes in the field of
engineering and technology developed by the Association
for Engineering Education of Russia;
student-centered educational technologies.
TPU BEP Standard of 2012 (third edition) implements the
CDIO approach to preparing undergraduate students for
professional engineering activity. TPU was the first among
Russian universities to join the CDIO Initiative.
Do you know that
– TPU spends 1 million rubles on purchase of equipment
every day.
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TPU has transitioned from the classical educational model of
learning for life to a lifelong learning concept due to development of the system for continuous professional education.
FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE REAL SECTOR
OF ECONOMY TPU OFFERS:
•44 professional retraining programmes
•295 professional development programmes
•16 internship programmes
In February 2012 TPU
joined the Association
of Entrepreneurial
Universities of Russia
established by the
Skolkovo Foundation
and leading Russian
universities.
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RESEARCH
Innovation development programmes of
state corporations,
strategic partners,
technological
platforms
Russian and foreign
enterprises
Division
of Postgraduate
Studies
Multipleaccess
centres
PRIORITY
DEVELOPMENT
FIELDS
Institutes
of TPU
International
foundations,
programmes,
grants, events
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Innovation structure organisations:
technical innovation zone, design
and technology
business incubator,
small innovation
enterprises zone,
foundations
TPU is a leader in R&D and has the greatest number of international contracts among all universities and institutions of the
RF Ministry of Education and Science. In 2013 the total number
of R&D projects amounted to over 1.6 billion rubles, including
off-budget funds that comprised over 1.3 billion rubles.
FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT DECREE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
NO. 218 ON MEASURES OF STATE SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
COOPERATION OF RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND
ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPLEX PROJECTS FOCUSED ON HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTION 3 PROJECTS WERE
IMPLEMENTED AT TPU:
– NEVZ-Soyuz Holding Company – production of goods made
of functional and nanostructural ceramics for high tech industries;
– Information Satellite Systems named after academician
M. F. Reshetnev together with Tomsk State University (TSU) and
Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR) – development of electronic modules based on the
system-on-crystal technology that are used in space communication equipment, navigation systems and ERS sensors;
– Research Institute of Semiconductor Devices together
with TSU and TUSUR – development of high efficient and reliable light sources and light devices and their batch production.
Since 2013 together with Energy Aerospace Corporation
and Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science
of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISPMS SB RAS) TPU is involved in development and
implementation of high-efficient technology to produce casing
elements of aerospace equipment of a new generation. Together with KORMZ TPU carries out a megaproject on the development and manufacturing of geokhod – a mining machine
for subsurface construction.
TPU is one of the founders of Siberian Ceramics, a nonprofit
partnership for research and innovation (coordinated by SB
RAS), Tomsk Atomic Centre and Tomsknanotekh, a multiagency nanotechnology centre.
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RESEARCH
Annually, TPU executes about one hundred international
contracts and grants that worth more than $5 million, which
allows the university to take a leading position among other
universities of the Russian Federation.
Do you know that
– TPU has the only educational and research nuclear reactor in the Asian part of Russia.
60 million rubles is allocated to youth science where over 70%
comes from programmes and grants. More than 90 TPU students and young researchers implement their innovative projects in the framework of the U.M.N.I.K. programme. Traditional
areas of research are information technology, mechanical engineering, instrument engineering and electronics, chemistry,
chemical technology and new materials.
TPU students annually receive over 80 medals, including the
Medal of the RAS, for research projects and final qualification
papers in international, national and local competitions.
Tomsk Consortium of Scientific and Educational Organisations was
founded in November 2011. The Consortium Council is headed by TPU
Rector Petr Chubik.
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TPU RESOURCE-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES
– Geological-hydrodynamic simulation of oil and gas
fields for the analysis of geological structure, fluid saturation and assessment of oil recovery ratio, geological and
recoverable resources
– Technologies of field preparation and efficiency improvement of HC industrial treatment on the basis of design and analysis of non-stationary kinetic models
– Technology of complex geochemical study of coal fields
and coal conversion
– Development of pipeline control systems for oil and gas
industry and public utilities
– Plasma-chemical technology to obtain carbon nanomaterial and hydrogen from natural gas
– Technology and equipment for wastewaters decontamination
– Heat control of energy efficiency and technical conditions of various facilities
– Development of high-efficiency and reliable photodiode
light sources and devices
– Fully-variable real time simulation complex of power
supply for oil and gas producing regions
– Betatrons for non-destructive testing of liable products
and cargo inspection
– Equipment and technologies for electrodischarge utilization of reinforced concrete structures
– Tetrafluorbromate production technology
– Technology and equipment for water treatment and
preparation
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INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY
TODAY TPU HAS 11 CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE
IN THE FOLLOWING PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT
FIELDS OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY:
• material sciences, nanomaterials and nanotechnologies;
• atomic power engineering and nonproliferation of atomic
materials;
• hydrogen energy, renewable energy sources and energy
efficiency;
• oil and gas pipeline transport;
• uranium geology;
• geology and exploration of mineral resources;
• information and communication systems and technologies;
• non-destructive testing and diagnostics;
• high-current electronics, electro discharge and
plasma-beam technologies;
• space device engineering;
• CALS technologies.
Do you know that
– Complex Development Programme (CDP) became one
of the main innovations of the Russian education. TPU
Academic Council approved the fifth CDP for 2011–2015.
Its key objective is to become a world leading research
university focused on maintenance and development of
technologies for resource-efficient economy.
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COMPLEX SYSTEM OF COMPLETE INNOVATIVE
CYCLE (see diagram on p. 25):
– Research and educational institutes
– Technology Transfer Centre
– Laboratory of Technological Forecasting
– Business Incubator
– TPU Technology Business Incubator
– Design and Development Institute
– Pilot Production Centre
– Department of Engineering Entrepreneurship
– TPU International Centre for Master of Business Administration
– Expert Community
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INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY
TPU INNOVATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
ensures implementation of basic stages of innovative
processes – search, selection and commercialisation of
university innovative activity.
WORKING CYCLE OF TPU INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE
1 stage.Generation of an idea, its placement in students
technological business incubator, project team design, presentation at competitions of various levels (U.M.N.I.K., START
programmes, etc.).
stage.Technological audit, marketing research, patenting, development of commercialisation strategy.
stage.Development of design documentation, prototyping.
stage.Development of a business plan, conclusion of a
license agreement, creation of an enterprise (sale of a license), fundraising, corporate style design, support.
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On 25-27 March 2013
TPU hosted the Days of
Gazprom, which included
the job fair of Gazprom
subsidiary companies,
headquarters topmanagement visits,
launching the unique
educational software
system – Virtual Field,
etc.
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INNOVATION ACTIVITIES INFRASTRUCTURE
Production orders, professional development
Institutes
and
Departments
Technological
Forecast
Laboratory
Projects
Student
Developments,
projects, Technology Technology
Transfer
Business
ideas
Technical
audit
Analysis,
activities
forecast
Engineering
Institute with
Pilot Production
Intellectual
activities
results
Centre
Incubator
Design and
engineering
documentation
Establishment
of enterprises, licences
Royalties, stock
Industrial
enterprises
Developments,
projects
Diplomas,
medals
Exhibition centre
Exhibitions,
forums,
contests
Developments,
projects
Infrastructure
TPU
Technology
Incubator
Design and
Technology
Business Incubator
Developments,
projects
Technical
Innovation
Zone
Do you know that
– in 1947-1948 the first Soviet betatron (a cyclic electron
accelerator used in medicine and in industry for non-destructive testing of materials and products) was created
at the university.
Do you know that
– TPU is among the winners of the RF President Programme for professional development of engineers of
Russia for 2012-2014 with the right for the implementation of 13 educational programmes.
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INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY
TPU INNOVATIVE ZONE INCLUDES:
96 small university spin-offs, 45 of which were established
under the Federal Law No. 217-FL; 29 enterprises are funded
by the Foundation for Promotion of Small Enterprises in the
Field of Science and Technology in the framework of the START
programme; 4 companies are residents of Tomsk special
economic zone.
Do you know that
– Tomsk Polytechnic University served as a basis for establishing more than twenty institutions of higher education and research institutes in Moscow, Krasnoyarsk,
Omsk, Kemerovo, Irkutsk, Novokuznetsk, Tomsk and other
Russian cities.
TPU INNOVATIVE PROJECTS
– SW/HW for distributed control systems for electric drives
and robotic systems
–Automated systems for city public transport monitoring
and control
–Drilling technologies using new drilling muds
–Plasma coagulator on the basis of low-temperature plasma to control bleeding
–ECG recorder on nanoelectrodes
–Technology of atherosclerosis blood-vessels treatment
with the help of chemically modified nanoparticles
–Code setting with increased levels of secrecy
–Hybrid materials and coatings for bioengineering tissues
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TPU INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH LABORATORIES
International Research and Educational Laboratories were created at TPU as a result of the competition under the RF Government Decree No. 220 On Measures to Involve Leading Scientists
into Russian Educational Institutions of Higher Professional Education:
•Laboratory of Non-Destructive Testing
research supervisor
Hans-Michael Kröning (Germany)
•Laboratory of Hydrogen Energetics
research supervisor
Thorstein Sigfusson (Iceland)
•Thermoreactive Polymers Laboratory was established
in partnership with SIBUR-Holding
research supervisor
Dirk Vervacke (Belgium)
•International Laboratory of X-Ray Optics was
established in partnership with Armenian National
Academy of Sciences
research supervisor
А. Mkrtchyan (Armenia)
•Laboratory of Siberian Arctic Shelf
research supervisor
I.P. Semiletov (USA)
•Laboratory of Improvement of Elderly People Wellbeing
research supervisor
Fabio Casati (Italy)
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INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY
TPU HOSTS MANY RESEARCH FACILITIES
• Hughes-TPU educational research centre for satellite communication established in partnership with Hughes Network
Systems (USA).
• Testing Laboratory of Lighting (on the basis of Research Institute of Semiconductors).
• Cable Engineering class-laboratory and Spindler extrusion
line (Austria) on the basis of Sibkabel.
• SAP Siberian regional academic centre.
• Research and Educational Laboratory of Laser Engineering and
Technology.
• Woodward educational research centre established in partnership with Woodward (USA).
• Khimtech research and educational centre established in partnership with SIBUR-Holding.
• TPU-R-Pharm educational research centre for training of pharmaceutical specialists established in partnership with R-Pharm.
• International centre for specialists’ training for the benefit of
Rosatom established in the framework of a Russian-Vietnamese project.
2012. TPU – R-Pharm
Centre. The university
and the corporation are
delivering training in Academy of
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Industry,
a joint project on staff
development for innovative enterprises.
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Do you know that
– TPU Exhibition Centre welcomes more than 100 visitors
every year, among them academician Yu. S. Osipov, Full
Member and President of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
S. V. Kirienko, Head of ROSATOM, A. B. Miller, Head of Gazprom,
the biggest corporation in the world, V. A. Tolokonsky,
Plenipotentiary of the RF President in Siberian Federal District,
ambassadors of Great Britain, Denmark, France, and India.
During the last three years TPU was visited by all leaders of
the Russian Federation, including the former RF President
Dmitry A. Medvedev in 2010 and Vladimir V. Putin as the
Prime Minister of the RF Government in 2012, which never
happened before in the history of the university.
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INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
TPU is the only Russian university that is a member of 11 prestigious international organisations, including Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research
(СESAER) and Consortium of Leading European and Asian Technical Universities (CLUSTER). In 2013 Tomsk Polytechnic University became the 30th regular member of the Association of
Technical Universities of Russia and China (ATURC).
434 international students graduated from TPU in 2013.
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TPU implements 16 Double Degree Master Programmes
with international partners, including European universities:
• Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
• RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
• Technical University of Munich (Germany)
• Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
• University Paris SUD 11 (France)
• Heriot-Watt University (Great Britain)
TPU established a number of research centres of worldknown companies, among them Microsoft, Danfoss, Lapp
Group, SolidWorks, etc.
Do you know that
– researchers of TPU Institute of Physics and Technology
and their colleagues from Germany and the USA presented
a new method of studying development of living embryos
and analysis of inner cells and structures in a joint article
published in Nature - one of the most prestigious scientific
journals in the world.
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STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
778 contacts on cooperation and strategic partnership were
signed with the following companies and organisations:
• Enterprises, universities and research institutions of the
Russian Federation – 445, foreign countries – 179;
• schools, lyceums and educational centres – 105;
• authorities and various public organisations – 49.
PARTNER COMPANIES
TPU develops partnership with major corporations and companies, such as Gazprom, Rosatom (Mining and Chemical
Combine in Zheleznogorsk, Siberian Chemical Plant in Seversk), Roscosmos (Information Satellite Systems named
after Academician M. F. Reshetnev in Zheleznogorsk, Polus
Research Centre in Tomsk), Rosneft, Transneft, Alrosa,
Sibur (Tomskneftekhim in Tomsk), Federal Grid Company
of Unified Energy System, System Operator of Unified
Energy System, Microgen, R-Pharm, Energomash (Ekaterinburg), etc.
RESIDENTS OF SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION:
– R&D Centre for Intellectual
Power Systems (established
by TPU and Energy Systems
Institute
named
after
L.A. Melentev SB RAS, Irkutsk);
– Nanokor (established by
TPU and R&D Institute of
Cardiology, SB RAMS);
– Centre for Oil and Gas Technologies;
– Research Centre for Distributed Systems and Complexes.
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In 2012 ALROSA, the
world largest diamond
production company
(Yakutia), included TPU
in its prospecting works
programme
TPU BECAME PART OF
• 14 innovative development programmes (IDP) of State Corporations (and 6 IDP as a supporting university);
• 24 out of 32 technological platforms;
There is students’ job placement system at TPU. More than
90% of young specialists are distributed to industrial companies upon their requests.
Annually, the demand for TPU Specialists and Masters is
1.5 – 1.7 times higher than the number of its graduates.
TPU takes the 1st place among institutions of higher and secondary professional education that provide help in job placement of their graduates
Do you know that
–more than 500 companies and organisations are regular
consumers of TPU additional educational services.
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UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
On 21 December
2013 the Nobel
Prize winner Dan
Shekhtman signed the
service contract with
Tomsk Polytechnic
University. He became
the head of a new
TPU structure –
International Research
Council.
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In 2010 by the decision of the
Assembly of National Research
Tomsk Polytechnic University TPU
Endowment Foundation was established – a non-profit trust fund
intended to finance university educational, scientific and cultural projects. The first people who donated
to this foundation in 2010 were the
RF President Dmitry Medvedev,
political and public leaders of the
country and the region.
Do you know that
– in 2011 elections of a campus manager were held at
TPU for the first time in the history of Russian higher
education.
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SPORTS AND CULTURE
Cultural values of TPU are supported by multiple
CREATIVE TEAMS and ASSOCIATIONS
• Bespokoinye Serdtsa (Restless Hearts) ensemble
• Peresek folklore and ethnographic ensemble
• Dominanta student music association
• Tomsk City Russian Orchestra of TPU International Culture
Centre
• Ragtime Jazz Vocal Studio
• Reflection Pop Vocal Studio
• Club of opera and vocal music
• School of classical singing of People’s Artist of Russia Ludmila F. Travkina
• ART Concept photo studio
• Drama Club of TPU International Culture Centre
• Musical Studio of TPU International Culture Centre, etc.
Do you know that
– TPU is a partner institution and an official representative
of the all-Russia St. George’s Ribbon Action.
Student Media Centre
and Students’ Council
have been operated at
TPU since 25 January
2013, when Russia
celebrated the Students Day.
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Do you know that
– a title of the Best Graduate of the World 2013 belongs
to Ilya Islyamov and Elena Khelnikova, master students of
Institute of Natural Resources, TPU. They became the winners of International Forum Contest of Young Researchers
on Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources
among 200 students from different countries representing 32 disciplines.
TPU STUDENT CLUBS
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Club of the Merry and Inventive (KVN TPU)
Aida climbing and caving club
Amazons tourist club
Ariadne climbing club
Orion sport and technical hang-glider club
Afalina sport and technical divers club
Lifestyle student organisation
Otechestvo (Fatherland) patriotic youth centre, etc.
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SPORTS AND CULTURE
TPU twice won the all-Russian competition of development
programmes of student associations for developed social infrastructure and integrated extracurricular students’ activity in
2012 and 2013.
TPU HAS A WELL-DEVELOPED INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR PLAYING SPORTS AND IMPROVING HEALTH:
• stadium,
• skiing lodge,
• platform for mini-football with an artificial covering,
• rock climbing simulator,
• two-km-long roller-ski track,
• biathlon shooting range,
• number of athletic fields and gyms and other sporting
facilities.
Do you know that
– TPU hostels are capable of accommodating all athletes and members of national teams of the 2014 Winter
Olympic Games in Sochi.
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Do you know that
– digital collection of TPU library counts 13 thousand editions by TPU authors. A number of searches in the collection exceeds 537 thousand annually or 15 hundred daily.
In the Sochi Winter
Olympic Games
Anna Mirtova, a TPU
graduate, raced for the
Russian national team
in a slopestyle skiing,
one of the youngest
and most spectacular
winter events.
PUBLIC INITIATIVES
In 2010 TPU won the competition among Russian universities to
become a centre of attraction of volunteers at the 22nd Winter
Olympic Games and the 11th Winter Paralympic Games of
2014 in Sochi. IT training center for volunteers organised at TPU
is one of the first effective sites in the country providing real opportunities for self-fulfillment and acquiring experience in largescale organisational work for creative youth.
Do you know that
– more than 400 volunteers who were trained in
the Volunteer and Social Activities Centre of Tomsk
Polytechnic University contributed to the 22nd Olympic
Winter Games and the 11th Paralympic Winter Games of
2014 in Sochi.
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UNIVERSITY MASS-MEDIA
Corporate media is a source of information for current university staff and students, an effective platform that helps
promoting university in regional, national and international
scientific and educational fields.
JOURNALS AND PRESS
•Bulletin of TPU – The journal is included in the list of periodic scientific editions of Russia. Key ideas from Candidate
and Doctoral thesis are published in the journal. The journal
has been published for more than half of the century.
•Siberian Journal of Science –The editorial board of this
electronic scientific journal includes 18 academicians of
the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and 4 foreign scientists from
Germany, France, Iceland and China. The journal has been
published since 2011.
•Tomskiy Politehnik – This journal of the TPU Alumni Association contains articles about famous graduates, significant dates and events of the past and the present. It has
been published for more than 15 years.
Do you know that
– many TPU graduates became notable in Russia and abroad:
• Nikolai Kamov – engineer of outstanding Russian helicopters;
• Nikolai Nikitin – designer and architect of the Ostankino
TV Tower;
• Dmitri Bondarev – designer of the first Soviet car Russobalt;
• Matvei Kapelyushnikov – inventor of the revolutionary
turbodrill (a hydraulic bottom-hole drill for drilling wells);
• Nikolai Urvantsev – discoverer of Norilsk ore district;
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Do you know that
– many TPU graduates became notable in Russia and abroad:
• Kanysh Satpaev – discoverer of the world largest copper
deposit in Zhezkazgan, a founder and the first President
of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences;
• Oleg Alimov – inventor of a space drill that was used
to retrieve lunar soil samples from the Earth’s moon in
Luna 24 mission;
• Gennady Mesyats – world-known physicist, founder of
two academic institutes, Vice President of the Russian
Academy of Sciences; and many others.
•TPU Yearbook provides statistics in key university activity
areas (in Russian and in English). It has been published
since 1996.
•Personnel Weekly (Za kadry) is a large-circulation 16page newspaper issued every other week. The number
of copies amounts to 3,000 issues. It has been published
since 1931.
•Students’ newspapers: The InterPol, The Bridge (Most),
The OUTcomes (ETOgi).
TPU has corporate television (TPU Today, short video news,
topical interviews, historical documentary films and a Made
in TPU programme).
The most operative university mass-media is the TPU
website (tpu.ru) that provides information in two languages
(English and Russian).
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Training fields
• Applied Geology
• Technology of Geological Exploration
• Oil and Gas Business
• Chemical Engineering
• Ecology and Natural Resources Management
•Energy and Resource-saving Processes in Chemical
Engineering, Petrochemicals and Biotechnology
• Environmental Engineering and Water Use
• Land Management and Land Registry
•Management
The Institute trains students in 8 Bachelor’s, 7 Master’s and 2
Specialist’s Degree programmes.
Double Degree Programmes are implemented in the
Institute of Natural Resources: Geological and Geophysical
Issues of Oil and Gas (Herriot-Watt University, UK) and
Environmental Issues of the Environment (Paris-Sud 11
University, France).
Do you know that
TPU makes
• 1 publication
every hour;
• 2 articles in international journals;
• 6 million rubles of raised extra-budgetary funds
every day.
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INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
2012. Visit of Alexey
Miller, Head of GAZPROM, the largest gas
company.
Key projects
• Development of the Centre for Training and Retraining in the field of oil and gas – Development of new technologies for exploration, extraction, separation, transportation
and processing of hydrocarbons, professional elite training for
the national economy. Implementation of Double Degree Programme jointly with the Herriot-Watt University (UK).
• Establishment of the Centre for Pharmaceutical and
Biotechnology Industry, a research and educational centre
at the Institute of High Technology Physics in partnership with
the major pharmaceutical company R-Pharm aimed at preparation of unique highly qualified professionals for innovative
pharmaceutical and biotechnical industry based on advanced
personnel management and the best teaching practices. Development of advanced technologies for processing natural
sources for medical purposes.
• Establishment of HIMTEK TPU-SIBUR research and educational centre aimed at target specialist training and retraining for SIBUR Holding – one of the largest producers of
polymers and organic synthesis products in both Russia and
Europe, and other large companies of chemical industry.
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Staff
374 research and teaching staff
163 Candidates of Science
52 Doctors of Science
7 Academicians of the RAS
CONTACT INFORMATION:
634050, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue, 2a/5
Campus building 20, office 203
Tel.: +7 3822 42-61-73
On 19 December
2011 the International
Laboratory of Thermoreactive Polymers was
opened by TPU and
SIBUR Holding.
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INSTITUTE OF POWER ENGINEERING
INSTITUTE OF POWER ENGINEERING
Training fields
• Power and Electrical Engineering
• Thermal Engineering and Heat Technology
•Nuclear Plants: Design, Maintenance and
Engineering
• Power Engineering
The Institute trains students in 3 Bachelor’s, 3 Master’s and 1
Specialist’s Degree programmes.
The scientific and
educational centre
of Nuclear and
Thermal Power Plants
Technology was opened
on 13 May 2013. More
than $1 million was
invested in the centre.
Do you know that
TPU makes
• 1 strategic partnership agreement;
• 3 patents;
• 2 Candidate of Science thesis;
• 10 teaching aids;
• 6 international and 1 foreign conference participations
every week;
• 3 D.Sc thesis;
• 6 R&D events
every month.
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF POWER ENGINEERING
Key projects
• Efficient Generation – Design, construction and intelligent
management of sustainable thermal and nuclear power
plants of high efficiency.
• Smart nets – Research works in the field of efficient transportation systems and electricity distribution (smart systems
with active and adjustable networks), including development
of hybrid power system modeling.
• Active user – Development and implementation of measures and means aimed at improvement of energy efficiency of power supply systems, including hybrid (windsolar-diesel) power plants, energy efficiency programmes,
training elite specialists who can innovate in the field of
resource consumption.
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INSTITUTE OF POWER ENGINEERING
Do you know that
– Pavel Strizhak, Associate Professor of TPU Deoartment
of Heat and Power Process Automation, is one of the
youngest D.Sc in the world. He defended his Doctor’s
dissertation at the age of 26. Another scientist who
became a D.Sc at the same age was Lev Landau.
Staff
247 resource and teaching staff
153 Candidates of Science
32 Doctors of Science
2 Academicians of the RAS
CONTACT INFORMATION
634050, Tomsk, Ulitsa Usova, 7, office 211
Tel.\Fax: +7 3822 56-37-87
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY PHYSICS
INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY PHYSICS
Training fields
• High-tech Plasma and Power Plants
• Materials Science and Technology of Materials
•Engineering
• Manufacturing Machinery and Equipment
• Optical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
•Biotechnology
The Institute trains students in 7 Bachelor’s and 6 Master’s Degree programmes.
Since 2008 a Double Degree Master Programme in High Technology Physics in Mechanical Engineering has been implemented by the Department of High Technology in Mechanical
Engineering jointly with Machinery and Transport Systems Department of Technical University of Berlin.
Since 2009 a Double Degree Master Programme in Engineering and Physics of High Pressure has been implemented
by the Department of Technology and Electrophysics of High
Voltages jointly with the Department of Energy Technology at
Aachen University of Applied Sciences (Germany).
In 2011 the Research
Institute of Semiconductor Instruments
together with the
Institute of High Technology Physics opened
the second in Russia
Lighting Engineering
Laboratory.
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INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY PHYSICS
Key projects
• Development of electric-discharge technologies of
processing and distraction of materials is focused on
electrical explosion and its application in the field of high
technologies.
• Radiation and beam technologies of material processing and decontamination of solutions – Design and development of pulsed radiation beam material processing
and decontamination of solutions, establishment of educational and laboratory facilities in the field of radiation physics and chemistry, irradiation interaction with the matter.
• Establishment of the Centre for pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries (jointly with the Institute
of Natural Resources) – Biotechnology Educational Laboratory for training students in the field of microbiology
and biotechnology and implementing research projects by
graduate students.
• Optical technologies – Fundamental and applied studies
of physical processes and manufacturing technologies of
light-emitting semiconductor elements and laser processing of materials for high-tech industry.
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY PHYSICS
Staff
211 research and teaching staff
142 Candidates of Science
50 Doctors of science
5 Academicians of the RAS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Tomsk Polytechnic University
634050, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue, 2a
Tel.: +7 3822 41-96-16 (hot line)
Tel.: +7 3822 41-90-91 (reception)
E-mail: [email protected] (reception)
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INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
Training fields
• Mechanical Engineering
• Instrument Making
• Bioengineering Systems and Technology
• Electronics and Nanoelectronics
• Quality Management
• Safety in Technosphere
The Institute trains students in 6 Bachelor’s and 6 Master’s
Degree programmes .
Do you know that
– the number of TPU students is equal to the size of the Royal
Dannish Army Active, and the number of staff – to the size of
the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia.
During his visit to
TPU on 25 January
2012 Vladimir Putin
was shown scientific
achievements of the
International Laboratory of Non-Destructive
Testing of the Institute.
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
Key projects
• Radiometric Systems for Inspection and Control are
aimed at development of competitive systems for cargo
inspection and control of large industrial products and fa­
cilities on the basis of innovative technology in the areas of
radiography, detection of radiation and image processing.
• Radiometric Flaw Detection System for Large Diameter Pipes is aimed for quality control of welded joints in
pipeline systems with the diameter of 1020 and 1200 mm.
• Tomsk Open Laboratory for Material Inspection
(ТOLMI) strives for integration into research and educational projects of the Institute, improves cooperation with
leading companies of Russia as well as world renowned
educational and scientific organisations.
• Intersectoral Centre for Irradiation Testing of Materials
enables modern infrastructure and methodology for standard
and acceptance irradiation testing of electronic components
of aboard equipment for the effects of total ionizing dose, as
well as for electrification testing of structural dielectric elements of 15-year-old or older spacecrafts (as defined in ESA/
SCC 22900).
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INSTITUTE OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
Staff
176 research and teaching staff
103 Candidates of Science
31 Doctors of Science
4 Academicians of the RAS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Tomsk Polytechnic University
634050, Tomsk, Savinykh Str., 7, Campus building 18, office 211
Tel.: +7 3822 41-78-01
Tel.: +7 3822 41-89-50 (hotline for students)
Tel.: +7 3822 41-72-81
E-mail: [email protected]
Do you know that
– TPU was the first Russian university to join the
worldwide CDIO Initiative that is currently supported by
more than 80 leading technical educational institutions
from 25 countries.
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF CYBERNETICS
INSTITUTE OF CYBERNETICS
Training fields
• Computer Science
• Information Systems and Technology
• Applied Computing
• Automation of Workflow and Production
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Standartization and Metrology
• Programme Engineering
•Design
• Mechanical Engineering
• Design and Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
The Institute trains students in 10 Bachelor’s and 7 Master’s Degree programmes .
Since 2008 the Institute offers a Double Degree Master
Programme in Informatics with the Faculty of Informatics
of the Technische Universität München.
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INSTITUTE OF CYBERNETICS
On 9 December 2011
the first in Russia
and the third in the
world research and
educational centre
of satellite services
HUGHES-TPU was
opened in the university.
Key projects
• VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE, an interdisciplinary research
and educational project, is a system of technology-oriented automated work stations and HW/SW stands connected to a control centre of an oil field and a database
located in a super computer. The system provides a wide
range of opportunities for learning simulation, design and
exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs.
• Design and Technology Centre for High-Speed Processing
of Materials enables development of competitive engineering
products and resource-efficient production technologies.
• Educational Centre for Satellite Services HUGHES-TPU
assimilates the latest satellite communication systems Hughes
(USA) and their HW/SW components; trains and retrains certified specialists for consumers of Hughes satellite communication systems; carries out R&D and experimental tasks of
developing navigation and communication systems of a new
generation.
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF CYBERNETICS
Staff
222 research and teaching staff
129 Candidates of Science
28 Doctors of Science
2 Academicians of the RAS
CONTACT INFORMATION
634050, Sovetskaya Str., 84/3, office 309
Tel.: +7 3822 42-04-79
Tel.: +7 3822 42-05-88 (hotline for students)
Tel.: +7 3822 42-07-18
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INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
Training fields
• Nuclear Physics and Technologies
•Applied Chemistry of Materials in Modern
Power Engineering
•Electronics and Automation of Nuclear
Plants
• Engineering Physics
• Applied Mathematics and Informatics
•Physics
The Institute trains students in 4 Bachelor’s, 4 Master’s and
2 Specialist’s degree programmes.
Key project
• Scientific and Educational Cluster for Nuclear Physics has
been founded on the basis of the research nuclear reactor
of TPU and is aimed at applied research and training highly
qualified specialists for Rosatom State Corporation and its
strategic partners in the area of nuclear and radiation technology.
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
Staff
304 research and teaching staff
181 Candidates of Science
63 Doctors of Science
3 Academicians of the RAS
CONTACT INFORMATION
634050, Tomsk, Lenin Ave., 2/4,
Campus building 11, office 230
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INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
On 15 September 2011
head of ROSATOM
Sergey Kiriyenko held
a meeting in TPU; as a
result the decision was
made to create the
International Training
Centre for Nuclear Station Specialists in the
university.
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES
AND TECHNOLOGIES
INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES
AND TECHNOLOGIES
Training fields
•Economics
•Management
• Innovation Management
The Institute trains students in 3 Bachelor’s and 3 Master’s
Degree programmes.
Do you know that
– about 1,000 people can have lunch at canteens and
cafes of TPU at the same time.
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INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND
TECHNOLOGIES
Key projects
• Concept of Advanced Engineering implies analysis of
current issues of engineering education, definition and
formulation of globally recognized engineering competences; development of principles for formation of a national doctrine of engineering education.
• Technology of Physical and Ethical Development of
an Engineer will be developed through analysis of the
imperatives of responsibility in engineering jobs, creation
of a methodology for teaching moral, ethical and professional competences to future engineers and definition of
fundamental principles for a Code of Ethics for Engineers.
• Technology of Managerial and Entrepreneurial Skills
Development of an Engineer is aimed at development
of innovative ecosystem and engineering entrepreneurship in a technical university as well as leadership for TPU
students.
• Social Engineering: introduction of social and humanitarian technologies into social life – prediction and
simulation of development strategies for a technological
civilization; social humanitarian maintenance of engineering projects; technology for legal, social, psychological and
other forms of assessment of engineering activities.
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TPU INSTITUTES
INSTITUTE OF HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES
AND TECHNOLOGIES
Staff
379 research and teaching staff
164 Candidates of Science
39 Doctors of Science
CONTACT INFORMATION
634050, Tomsk, Belinskogo Str., 55, office160,
Tel.: +7 3822 56-45-15
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KEYпути
DEVELOPMENT
LINES мирового уровня
НА
к университету
TPU successfully approaches its key objective – to
become a world leading research university focused
on maintenance and development of technologies
for resource-efficient economy and global issues of
sustainable development.
As a result of implementing the Strategic Programme
on National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
Competitiveness Enhancement in the Group of Top
Level World Research and Academic Institutions
TPU strives to achieve a position among the world’s
100 best universities by 2020.
SYSTEM OF GOALS:
• World-class science and research in resource-efficient
technologies;
• Globally competitive engineering education;
• Dissemination of the best academic and engineering
practices;
• Close collaboration with industry and academic
stakeholders;
• Training and engagement of distinguished students,
scientists and instructors;
• Positioning Tomsk as a unique research and academic
centre of the world level;
• Transition into the university focusing on graduate and
postgraduate education;
• Efficient resource management;
• Social accountability and responsibility on regional,
national and global levels.
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NATIONAL RESEARCH
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