Certificates of Quality

Omsk State Transport University

A.Y. Panychev — the Rector of OSTU, Candidate of Economic Science, Associated Professor, corresponding member of the Petrovskaya Academy of Sciences and Arts: “We do our best to provide highly skilled specialists training”.

General overview of OSTU

Omsk State Transport University (OSTU) is one of the oldest educational institutions in Siberia. The fact of its establishment is connected to the beginning of the great Trans-Siberian Railway construction which created the need in qualified railway transportation specialists.

The University’s history started in the nineties of the 19th-century. It was in 1896 when Tomsk Technologic Institute (TTI) was established by the decree of the Emperor Nicholas II. There in 1900 the training of locomotive and car engineers began.

In 1961 the institute was moved to Omsk and in 1997 it acquired the university status.

Present day OSTU is a multi-discipline institute of higher education providing training in a wide range of higher professional education syllabuses: engineering, industrial production, transport and communication, economics, management and others with 4-year for bachelor’s degree, 5-year — for specialists, 6-year — for master’s degree.

High quality theoretical schooling and professional training of our graduates is provided by qualified faculty members, material resources, favorable conditions for students dwelling, nutrition, sports and recreation as well as scientific researches for production and transport enterprises conducted at the University. The University quality management system is ISO 9001-2001 certified in GOST R as well as in EVROCERT, ÖQS, IQNet. Considering the above mentioned activities, the Ministry for Education of the Russian Federation has rated OSTU № 1 in Omsk.

Our graduates work as regional railways heads, major industrial and transport enterprises directors, bank managers both in Russia and abroad.

Currently there are 6 departments and 8 chairs. OSTU trains 13.000 specialists in following majors and specialties:

Departments of OSTU

1. Department of Mechanics
1. Transport Engineering and Rolling Stock Repair Technology
2. Car Repair Work
3. Passenger Cars
4. Devices and monitoring of quality and diagnostics
5. Standardization and Certification
2. Department of Automation, Telecommunications and Information Technologies
1. Automation and Telemechanics at Railway Transport
2. Information Transfer and Distribution Systems at Railway Transport
3. Radio Systems of Railway Transport
4. Microprocessor-based Information and Control Systems
5. Fiber-Optic Data Transmission Systems and Communication Networks
6. Information Systems and Technologies
7. Control and Informatics in Engineering Systems
8. Computing Machines, Complexes, Systems and Networks
9. Information Safety of Telecommunication Systems
10. Business Informatics
11. Traffic Organization and Safety (railway transport)
12. Mechatronics
3. Department of Heat-and-Power Engineering
1. Heat-and-Power Units and Heat Supply Systems
2. Heat-and-Power Engineering of Railway Transport
3. Ecology of Heat-and-Power and Industrial Facilities of Railway Transport
4. Energy Supply of Enterprises
5. Thermoelectric Power Stations
6. Locomotive Technical Maintenance Management
4. Department of Electromechanics
1. Railways Power Supply
2. Computer-Based Technologies in Power Supply
3. Power Supply Management
4. Electric Railway Transport
5. Department of Management and Economy
1. World Economy
2. Finance and Crediting
3. Organizational Management
4. Marketing
5. Quality Control
6. Public Relations
7. Social and Cultural Service, Tourism
8. Commerce (trade business)
9. Customs Operations
6. Medical Department
1. Medical Business (4-year course, qualification — Doctor’s Assistant)
2. Nurse Business (3-year course, qualification — Nurse)

Thanks to the financial support rendered by the Ministry of Railway Transportation of the Russian Federation and West-Siberian Railway Division it became possible to carry out fundamental modernization of the University laboratories from 2000 to 2008 as well as teachers professional development at the best railway enterprises and in the field of information technologies.

The University library (800.000 copies) is the methodical center of Omsk universities libraries. The library has the electronic catalog and uses up-to-date information technologies.

The University is the leading academic-scientific-industrial complex with sophisticated experimental and pilot production facilities where concrete practical challenges of railway transport are met.

The major scientific challenges of the University researchers are the rolling stock efficiency and reliability increase, rolling stock units and components restoration and repair enhancement, railway traffic safety increase, energy and resource-saving technologies and equipment, electric railways power supply systems improvement, effective automation, telemechanics and communication devices maintenance and diagnostic technologies development.

Undergraduates and post-graduates from Germany, Czech Republic, North Korea, China, Mongolia first study Russian languages at preliminary courses, and then continue further training according to selected specialties.

The individual and group study of Russian language for foreigners is provided during the academic year.

The University maintains contacts with railway and technical universities of Europe, North America and South-East Asia.

The establishment and development of the international connections of OSTU became possible due to its participation in international EU TEMPUS projects in collaboration with Moscow State Railway University, Tomsk State University, the Urals and Samara State Railway Universities on the one hand and Austrian, the UK, German, Spanish and Swedish universities on the other from 1994 to 2009.

The fulfillment of these projects resulted in joint educational programs in the field of marketing, management and economy, introduction of new informational technologies into the University library work, establishment of Infotheque — the center for international cooperation, creation and publication of financial support manual dedicated to students, postgraduates and researchers exchange among Russian and EU educational institutions, training of advisors in the field of international cooperation, professional development of foreign languages teachers in Germany and Great Britain.

The events that contribute to the University training quality are the teachers internships at railway transport enterprises, at research institutions and universities of Austria, Australia, Germany, Great Britain, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Denmark, the USA, Sweden; student groups exchange with railway universities of Austria and Germany, affiliate training in the USA, reception of delegations, leaders and specialists from foreign universities and enterprises, students participation in Work&Travel and Internship programs in the USA.

OSTU representatives are the members of the Association of Technical Universities International Departments Heads in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (АМО). Their participation in AMO annual conferences as well as their regular contacts with counterparts responsible for international cooperation at the universities-members of AMO provide the opportunity to conduct these activities at the university level with more efficiency.

In October 2002 OSTU hosted the first conference of Austrian, Russian and Korean postgraduates dedicated to transport problems. Russian-German student seminar on actual issues of transport ecology was held in March 2004. In September 2006 OSTU held the seminar «Russia as a Link in Eurasian Traffic» with the participation of students from Germany, Czech Republic and Russia.

In September 2008 the International seminar was held concerning the problems of Railway transport in Russia and Germany with participation of German students and Russian postgraduates.

The organization of OSTU student educational practical work abroad has been worked out well. 20-30 OSTU students are sent to the universities and railway enterprises of Austria, Czech Republic and Germany on annual basis with the same number of foreign students coming to Omsk.

Advanced Training and Retraining Department

Over 5,000 railway and other specialists study here on the annual basis. More than 220 scientists attend postgraduate and doctoral studies writing research papers on 24 specialties.

OSTU has its branch in Taiga of Kemerovo region.

OSTU students can go in for various sports — soccer, volleyball, basketball, weight-lifting, track and field athletics, tennis, badminton, swimming, calis-thenics and gymnastics.

There are 4 academic buildings, working railway equipment training ground, 5 dormitories, a dining-hall, a polyclinic, a culture and entertainment complex, sports grounds.

The core faculty consists of 400 specialists. 67 % of them have academic degrees and statuses: 13 % are doctors of sciences and professors, 54 % — candidates of sciences and assistant professors. 23 from among the leading scientists are public academies of sciences full members and correspondent members.

Accommodation and Tuition Fees

1. Russian Language Courses — 20 teaching periods a week (10-month courses (September-June) — 1,400 Euro; terminal courses (September-January; February-June) — 750 Euro; individual teaching and consultations — 15 Euro per hour.
2. 10-month training for entrance examinations (September-June). Tuition — 1,600 Euro (Russian Language — 18 classroom periods a week; mathematics — 4 classroom periods a week; physics — 4 classroom periods a week).
3. Higher Professional Education Program Training With Subsequent Qualification As: Bachelor, Certified Specialist. Tuition — 2,200 Euro per year. Master’s degree — 2,500 Euro per year.
4. Post-Graduate Studies — 3 years (September-June). Tuition — 2,750 Euro per year.
5. Medical Department tuition fee — 1,500 Euro per academic year.
6. Accommodation. The dormitories are located close to the University. The monthly rent: room for two — 75 Euro (per person); room for three — 60 Euro (per person).

Admission requirements

If you have selected one of the University programs you can address us directly in order to obtain the application form and detailed registration fee requirements. The admittance is on the basis of a contract. If you need a copy of your contract to obtain a visa at the Russian Federation Embassy please, let us know.

Registration fee is 35 Euro.

A student undertakes to submit the following documents to the University before starting his/her studies:
• personal application form;
• medical certificate proving absence of medical contra-indication for studying (including results of AIDS test);
• passport;
• education certificate attested by a notary;
• post-graduates need to submit the following additional documents — a copy of educational certificate of Master of Science or certified specialist accompanied by duly notarized translation of official transcript listing studied subjects and corresponding grades, scientific works, and resume;
• medical insurance.

It is recommended to obtain medical insurance in your home country.

Living Conditions

Omsk is situated in the central part of Eurasia. Continental climate determines cold winters and hot summers. Winter temperatures average from –22^оC to –18^оC. In summer it is as high as +22^оC. Total temperatures may reach –35^оC in winter time and +35^оC in summer. The Irtysh water temperature in summer is often higher than +22^оC. There are a lot of sunny days in Omsk — the average sunny weather duration is 2,100 hours a year. The most attractive seasons here are spring and early summer with sunny weather and warm showers as well as “Indian Summer” of September.

Arriving in Omsk

Getting to OSTU

From Omsk airport — get on bus #60 and reach “Academia Transporta” bus stop; trip duration 15 minutes. From Omsk Railroad Station — take trolley-bus # 4, 7, or 12; bus # 46, 51, 69, 80, 110 to “Academia Transporta”, trip duration — 10 minutes.

The University is open for foreign counterparts who would like to be a part of diverse mutually beneficial cooperation in:

• joint scientific and technical research and projects;
• participation in scientific conferences; publishing articles in scientific works collections;
• teachers exchange for the purpose of raising their professional skills and lecturing;
• students and post-graduates exchange; familiarization trips, affiliate education; carrying out of degree theses.

Send your enquiries in relation to Russian Language Courses and Studies at OSTU to the International Department of OSTU.

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