Ufa State Petroleum technologilcal University

The Ufa State Petroleum Technological University is one of the major centres for training oil engineers in our country. It was founded in October 1948 as The Ufa Oil Institute and was granted the status of the University in 1994. The students’ body and the teaching staff are increasing from year to year. The basic idea of education is the unity of academic, practical and research work. Characteristic features of teaching are as follows: first, theory must be combined with practice; second, great attention is paid to the quality of studying; third, students must be self-reliant and they must know how to educate themselves. Besides teaching the university staff does a great deal of research. Students are also trained for research work and in the higher classes many of them begin to do independent research.

The University provides full-time, part-time and extra-mural tuition. Full-time students have a five year course of studies, part-time and extra-mural students study six years. In the final year all students must write a thesis based on the work done in their speciality.

Currently the University trains about 14, 000 students in eight faculties: Oil and Gas Mining, Pipeline Transportation, Economics, Automation of Production, Mechanical, Architectural and Building Engineering, Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Humanities. The University has a postgraduate course and 7 academic boards for thesis defence. Since 1985 the Ufa State Petroleum Technological University began teaching international students.

The academic year is divided into two terms. At the end of each term students take their tests and examinations. One foreign language is compulsory for all students.

The University is in close connection with oil and gas industry and students have practical training at oil and gas fields, pipeline construction sites, oil refineries and other industrial enterprises of our country. After graduation some of the best students are selected to remain for 3 years more to do post-graduate work while the rest are assigned to jobs at pipeline construction sites, oil refineries, oil fields, research institutes and other places.

The Chairs and laboratories of the University are located in 8 buildings. Laboratories are equipped with modern facilities and the computing centre processes the results of the entrance exams, calculations for the semester and diploma projects. Virtually every Chair has computer classes. The University has a scientific technical library and reading halls. There are more than one million volumes of books and journals there.

The University provides favourable conditions for the students’ studies and recreation. Our University is a world of its own. It has its own rules and traditions, legends and true stories, its own stars and idols. There are student clubs, reading halls, halls for diploma and course projects, gyms in every dormitory. Annually more than 1, 000 people go to the sport camp «SOLUNI».

The sport complex of the University includes a stadium with tracks, a soccer field, track and field sectors, a complex of sport courts, four gyms, a ski camp, a shooting gallery and a bicycle camp. Students participate in numerous sections of 25 available sports.

USPTU

The Ufa State Petroleum Technological University was established on the basis of the Moscow Petroleum Institute, which was evacuated to Ufa in 1941 during World War П, In 1943 the Institute returned to Moscow and a branch with 150 students was formed in Ufa. In October 1948 the branch was reorganized into the Ufa Petroleum Institute, and was later granted the status of the University in 1994.

Currently the University trains students in eight departments: Oil and Gas Mining, Technological, Economics, Automation of Production, Pipeline Transportation, Architectural and Building Engineering, Humanities and Foreign Students.

Our university provides full-time and part-time tuition. Full-time students study for 5 years. They get a grant if they do well in their exams. The so-called evening students combine their work and studies and study for 6 years. At present about 8, 000 students study in 22 engineering fields, among them about 6, 000 full-time students. Since 1985 the Ufa State Petroleum Technological University began teaching international students. Currently 140 foreign students from 24 countries study at the university. The academic year begins in September and ends in June. It is divided into two terms. So, the students take examinations twice a year. During the term they are to attend lectures, carry out laboratory tests and do practical work. From the second year many students start doing research.

The students have a lot of modern facilities for studies and recreation here. There are modern laboratories, large libraries, refectories, halls of residence for non-Ufa students, a student clinic and hospital, sanatorium and gyms, a swimming pool, etc.

Every year more than 1, 000 people both students, and teachers, go to the sports camp " SOLUNI" for a holiday on the bank of Рavlovskoye reservoir.