Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University
Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University is a higher education institution in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University was established in 1955. Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University provides training in 58 educational programs for bachelors, masters and postgraduate education. Today Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University comprises 9 faculties, 48 departments, 3 institutes and a branch in the village of Busan. At present Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University enrolls 4500 students who are being trained under the pedagogical staff of 780 skilled teachers and researcher. In 60 years Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University has trained over 21000 specialists.
Faculties of Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University:
- Faculty of Aviation and Maritime Engineering
- Faculty of Inventory and Construction
- Faculty of Computer Technology
- Faculty of Engineering and Chemical Technology
- Faculty of Energy and Management
- Social and Humanities Faculty
Student Accommodation
In the campus of the university there are two well-maintained dormitories, which are home to about 700 students and graduate students.
Each dormitory has showers, kitchens, laundry rooms, storage rooms, self-training rooms and students’ recreation.
There is a local computer network with Internet access in dormitories.
There are guest rooms for parents who come to visit students.
Komsomolsk-on-Amur City
Komsomolsk-on-Amur (Russian spelling: Komsomolsk-na-Amure) is the second largest city of Khabarovsk krai and the fourth largest city in the Far East of Russia, standing on the left bank of the Amur River, 404 km north-east of Khabarovsk (by road). The distance to Moscow is about 8,800 km.
Komsomolsk-on-Amur features
Komsomolsk-on-Amur is also known as “City of Youth.” It was named in memory of the members of Komsomol (the Soviet youth organization) – the first builders of the city (although a significant part of construction workers were prisoners). City Day is celebrated on June 12.
The climate is monsoonal, with some characteristics of the continental. Despite the fact that Komsomolsk-on-Amur is located south of Moscow (the latitude of Belgorod and Voronezh), it is equated to the Far North regions. The average temperature in January is minus 25.7 degrees Celsius, in July – plus 21.3 degrees C.
The city stretches over 30 km along the Amur River. Today, it is the largest industrial center in the Far East of Russia. The most developed industries are machine building and metal-working (aircraft- and ship-building, power engineering, various transportation equipment), ferrous metallurgy, oil-processing, light industry, forest, food processing.
Komsomolsk-on-Amur is located on the crossroads of several transportation ways:
westwards – Baikal-Amur Railway,
to the north-east – a waterway along the Amur River till the city of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur and further to Okhotskoye Sea, gas- and oil-pipelines from Sakhalin Island;
eastwards – a railway till the seaport of Vanino and the city of Sovietskaya Gavan;
to the southwest – the Amur River, a rail- and highway till the city of Khabarovsk and further to the coast of the Pacific Ocean, Vladivostok and Nakhodka seaports.
International ties in culture, education and sports are developed in the city. Every year, local and foreign universities exchange students and tutors, hold sport competitions and international festivals. Various ties connect Komsomolsk-on-Amur with Kamo (Japan) and Jiamusi (China).
