National Research Irkutsk State Technical University (full name in Russian: Иркутский национальный исследовательский технический университет), formerly Irkutsk State Technical University, is a technical university in Russia.
History
The Specialized Secondary School Irkutsk Mining College was established in 1893, with the principal objective to train mill-diggers for the needs of mining business, and in particular the gold-mining industry.
In 1918 the school was transformed into a Secondary Mining College, and in 1920 it was renamed the Irkutsk Polytechnic College. But the technical school was soon reorganised into the Irkutsk Polytechnic Practical Institute (IrPolPrIn). In August 1923 Irpolprin was reorganized into East Siberian Polytechnic College of regional importance, and later formed the foundation of the Siberian Mining Institute in Irkutsk. The Mining Institute was housed at 3, Lenin Street. S.V. Sergeev, head of the Geological Survey Department of the Soyuzdoloto Board was appointed as its first director; Professor G.V. Kliuchanskiy was appointed as his deputy for educational and scientific work.
Around that time, the Faculty of Workers (rabfak) was opened.
On March 19, 1960, the Mining and Metallurgical Institute was renamed to Polytechnic Institute. It received its designation as a university in 1994 and received its Certificate of Attestation of Educational Institution in 1997 and state accreditation in 1998.
Its scientists made a significant contribution to the economy of the Irkutsk region, East Siberian region, the CIS countries.
On 20 May 2010, IrSTU was named a "National Research University" and approved the program of scientific development in these areas: Highly efficient subsoil technologies Science-intensive, high-efficiency machinery and equipment manufacturing technologies Science intensive life support systems for urban and sparsely populated areas Industry of nanosystems and nanomaterials
INRTU structure
Schools
Siberian School of Geosciences
Baikal School of BRICS
School of Aircraft Construction, Mechanical Engineering and Transport
School of Architecture, Construction and Design
School of High Technologies
School of Extramural and Evening Education <
School of Information Technology and Data Science
School of Quantum Physics
School of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
School of Subsurface Resource Management
School of Economics, Management and Law
School of Power Engineering
Divisions
Branch School in Usolye-Sibirskoye
Department of Secondary Vocational Education: College of Mechanical Engineering Geological Exploration Technical School Department of Educational and Production Work Professional Internship facilities in Slyudyanka
Scientific and educational centers and institutions within the university
INRTU Center for Fundamental Research
Baikal Nanotechnology Center
Science Library
Museum of INRTU history
The Museum of Mineralogy is the largest mineralogical museum beyond the Urals
Museum of Military Glory
Museum of the History of Computing
English and Russian-Taught Programs
In 2017, an entirely new school was established within INRTU - Baikal School of BRICS - the only one of its kind in Russia. It is INRTU educational greenfield, where all courses are taught by leading Russian and foreign professors in English.
By October 2021, Baikal School of BRICS has hosted 576 Russian and international students from 15 countries and employed 10 foreign professors and researchers and 39 Russian.
At the beginning of 2021, 1,200 foreign students from 56 countries were studying at INRTU. Students have opportunity to choose degree courses taught in English or Russian, dual degree programs, as well as courses in Russian as a Foreign Language.
INRTU offers English-taught programs in the following majors
Bachelor's degree: Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Environmental Science Engineering Finance and Accounting Sustainable Innovative Economics Power Electrical Engineering International Business Journalism and Media Communication Technical Operation of Aviation Equipment Business Intelligence and Digital Marketing Linguistics and Business Communications master's degree: Digital Power Energy Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence MBA: Global Management and Leadership Renewable Energy IT in Geology Industrial Mathematics and Operations Research
Infrastructure and campus
The university campus has 19 dormitories with a total of 4,000 beds.