Gomel State Technical University named after Sukhoi is a higher education institution for thefuture technical specialists. The university opened its doors to foreign students providing all possible conditions for their comfortable study.
Information about the university
The former director of the “Gomselmash” plant was the first to put forward the idea of establishing a technological university. The first students started their studies in 1968. In 2012 the university received the status of a scientific organization. Today Gomel State Technical University is the leading university for the training of technical specialists, engineers and specialists with the highest scientific qualifications.
The University structure
Gomel State Technical University has 30 departments. Studying is conducted at 6 faculties:
- Energy
- Engineering
- Mechanical-technological
- Faculty of Automated and Information Systems
- Humanitarian and economic
- Faculty for Correspondence study
The university also has an Institute of retraining and advanced study. Students receiving the 1st level of higher education can study in 21 specialties. Undergraduates have the opportunity to choose from 6 specialties, postgraduate students - from 9. Retraining and advanced study is carried out in 11 specialties.
The University has a pre-university study for those who want to be enrolled in the GSTU.
The status of the university and academic programs
Today the GSTU named after Sukhoi employs about 400 highly qualified teachers, more than 160 of which have academic titles and degrees. A council has been established at the university that allows defending dissertations in two specialties.
The university takes an active part in the implementation of national and inter-university scientific and technical programs. It also actively cooperates in the field of education and science with the Center for Theoretical Physics named after Abdus Salam (Trieste, Italy), the Universities of Trieste and Padua, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna), the Institute of Low Temperatures and Structural Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Wrocław), the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and other institutions of higher education.
Today GSTU is actively engaged in international cooperation and has concluded more than 60 agreements with foreign educational institutions. There is an active exchange of students, internships for students and teachers, joint research.
Since 2013 the university has been participating in two projects of the TEMPUS IV program as a part of consortia of universities in Europe and the CIS countries.
According to Webometrics the GSTU named after Sukhoi takes the 12th place among Belarusian universities and the 5985th place in the world.
For the convenience of foreign citizens, the University has a department of international relations, where foreign students and applicants can clarify all the information they are interested in. All foreign citizens can study at the GSTU in various specialties, including master's and postgraduate studies.