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RUSSIA 118 Years of Glorious History. 160, 000 Engineers for Success and Wealth of Russia. 2014 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. 4 •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 tpu@tpu.ru 5 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. 6 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. 7 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; 8 • 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). 9 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. . 10 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 11 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 12 13 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 14 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 15 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. 16 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. 17 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 18 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. 19 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. 20 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 21 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. 22 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 23 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. 2 3 4 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. 24 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. 25 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 26 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) 27 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. 28 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. 29 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. 30 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. 31 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. 32 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. 33 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. 34 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. 35 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. 36 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 • • • • • • • • 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. 37 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. 38 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. 39 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; 40 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). Newspaper of National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University 15 1931 FO UN DE D ON MA RC H 15, 1931 ТОМСКИЙ политехник 41 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. 42 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. 43 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. 44 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. 45 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. 46 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 47 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. 48 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. 49 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: admin@hvd.tpu.ru (reception) 50 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. 51 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). 52 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: indt@tpu.ru 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. 53 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. 54 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. 55 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 56 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. 57 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 58 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. 59 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. 60 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. 61 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 62 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. 64 65 ПАСПОРТ TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY NATIONAL RESEARCH Национальный исследовательский Please insert your photo here PASSPORT 634050, Tomsk, Lenin Avenue, 30, Tel.: +7 3822 56-34-70 Fax: +7 3822 56-38-65 e-mail: tpu@tpu.ru website: tpu.ru Not an official document
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