Kursk State Technical University

South-West State University (former Kursk State Technical University) for a time the КurskSTU. South-West State University was founded in 1964 as Kursk Politechnical Institute. Its current rector is Sergej Emeljanov. In 1995, the university was renamed to Kursk State Technical University. In 2010 it was renamed to South-West State University.

Faculties of Kursk State Technical University:

Mechanical and Technological Faculty

Bachelor’s degree programs:

• Operation of transport and production machines and complexes
• Transport Process Technology
• Service
• Design-Engineering Support of Machine-building Industries
• Machine-Building
• Standardization and Measurement Science
• Electric Power Engineering and Electrotechnique
• Technosphere Safety
• Light Industry Product Design

Master’s degree programs:

• Electric Power Engineering and Electrotechnique
• Machine-Building
• Design-Engineering Support of Machine-building Industries
• Technosphere Safety
• Transport Process Technology
• Light Industry Product Design
• Standardization and Measurement Science

Faculty of Fundamental and Applied IT-technology

Bachelor’s degree programs:

• Mathematical Support and Administration of Information Systems
• Applied Mathematics and IT-technology
• Information Security
• Bioengineering Systems and Technologies
• Information Technologies and Communication Systems
• Computer and Electronic Devices Design and Technology
• IT-technology and Computers
• Information Systems and Technologies
• Applied IT-technology
• Software Engineering

Specialist’s degree programs:

• Information Security of Telecommunication Systems
• Medical Cybernetics

Master’s degree programs:

• Mathematical Support and Administration of Information Systems
• Information Security
• Bioengineering Systems and Technologies
• Information Technologies and Communication Systems
• Computer and Electronic Devices Design and Technology
• IT-technology and Computers
• Information Systems and Technologies
• Applied IT-technology
• Software Engineering

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor’s degree programs:

• Economics
• Political Science
• Public Management
• Innovation Science
• Management
• Business Information
• Human Resources Management
• Social Science

Master’s degree programs:

• Finance and Credit
• Economics
• Political Science
• Innovation Science
• Management
• Business Information
• Human Resources Management
• Social Science
• Organization and Management of Knowledge-Intensive Productions

Specialist’s degree programs:

• Economic Security

Faculty of Construction and Architecture

Bachelor’s degree programs:

• Architecture
• Town Planning
• Land Development and Registry
• Construction

Master’s degree programs:

• Architecture
• Construction
• Heat Power Engineering and Heat Technology

Specialist’s degree programs:

• Construction of Unique Buildings and Complexes

Faculty of Science

Bachelor’s degree programs:

• Chemistry
• Chemical Technology
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Nanotechnologies and Microsystem Technique

Master’s degree programs:

• Chemistry
• Chemical Technology
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Nanotechnologies and Microsystem Technique
• Energy and Resources Saving Processes in Chemical Technology, Petrochemistry and Biotechnology

Faculty of Law

Bachelor’s degree programs:

• Law

Master’s degree programs:

• Law
• History

Specialist’s degree programs:

• Law Protection Activity
• Legal Support of National Security

Faculty of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication

Bachelor’s degree programs:

• Public Relations
• Journalism
• Tourism
• Hotel Business
• Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
• Physical Education
• Conflict Management
• Vocal Art

Master’s degree programs:

• Journalism
• Hotel Business
• Linguistics
• Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
• Physical Education
• Vocal Art
• Psychology

Faculty of Public Management and International Relations

Bachelor’s degree programs:

• Merchandizing
• International Relations
• Food Stuff of Plant Raw Materials Origin

Master’s degree programs:

• Merchandizing
• Food Products of Plant Raw Materials Origin
• Public Audit

Specialist’s degree programs:

• Customs Affairs

PhD Programs:

• Dynamics and Stability of Machines, Devices and Equipment
• Physics of Condensed Condition
• Physics of Semi-Conductors
• Physical Chemistry
• Technologies and Equipment of Welding
• Standardization and Goods Quality Management
• Technology and Equipment for Mechanical and Physical and Technical Processing
• Devices and Methods of the Environment, Substances, Materials and Products Control
• Devices, Systems and Products for Medical Purposes
• Telecommunication Systems, Networks and Devices
• Systematic Analysis, Management and Processing of Information (in Industry, Medicine, Ecology)
• Management in Social and Economic Systems
• Methods and Systems of Information Security, Information Assurance
• Metal Study and Thermal Metal Treatment
• Technologies and Means of Farming Mechanization
• Building Constructions, Buildings and Structures
• Heat Supply, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Gas Supply and Lightning
• Water Supply, Sewerage System, Systems of Water Resources Protection
• Information Systems and Processes
• History of Russia
• History of Science and Technique
• Economics and Management of National Economy
• Russian Language
• Language Theory
• Theory and History of State and Law; History of State and Law Theory
• Constitutional Law; Municipal Law
• Civil Law; Business Law; Family Law; International Private Law
• Criminal Law, Criminology, Criminal Justice
• Criminalistics and Expertise
• Administrative Law, Financial Law, Informational Law
• Economical Sociology and Demography
• Sociology of Culture and Spiritual Life
• Geotechnology
• Biomathematics and Bioinformatics
• Management
• Devices and Methods of Measurement by Type of Measurement
• Components and Devices of Computer Engineering and Control Systems
• Automation and Management of Processing
• Structural Mechanics
• Philosophy of Science and Technique

Student Accommodation

There are normally one to four people living in each room. Two- to three-person rooms are usually allocated to bachelor’s students (four-person accommodation is infrequent), two-person rooms are shared between master’s students and post graduates are offered single occupancy rooms at some universities. International students can be accommodated with their Russian peers or at the dormitories specially reserved for foreigners.

Kursk City

Kursk is a city in Russia, the capital of the Kursk region, situated in the western part of central Russia, 530 km south of Moscow. It is an important cultural and religious center with a large industrial complex, a number of scientific and educational centers, a highway and railway hub.

Kursk features

The ancient land of Kursk is one of the spiritual centers of Orthodox Russia. The most renowned Russian monks and mystics Feodosiy Pechersky, Iosaf Belgorodsky, Serafim Sarovsky prayed here.

The City Day is celebrated in September. The climate is temperate continental. The average temperature in January is minus 6.4 degrees Celsius, in July – plus 21 degrees Celsius.

Kursk is a major industrial center: electrical engineering, instrument-making and machine tools, machinery and equipment for agriculture, food and processing industry, production of commercial equipment, chemical fibers, rubber products, furniture, pharmaceutical production. About 30% of the industrial potential of the Kursk region is concentrated in the city.

Kursk has an international airport “Vostochny” located 7 km to the east of the city center (scheduled flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg).

Two important railway lines pass through Kursk: Moscow – Kharkov (Ukraine) and Voronezh – Kiev (Ukraine).

Kursk roads have access to the federal highway M2 “Crimea”, as well as the highway A144 (Kursk – Voronezh – Saratov) and P199 (Kursk – the Ukrainian border).

Public transportation is carried out mini-buses, buses, trolley buses, and trams.