Welcome to the official site of Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (VSUACE)
Year of foundation: December, 1951. Previous names: Stalingrad Institute of Engineers of Municipal Economy; Volgograd Institute of Engineers of Municipal Economy; Volgograd Civil Engineering Institute; Volgograd State Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering.
Got the status of University in October, 2003.
At the moment the University includes 5 branch institutes:
- Institute of Economics and Law
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Institute of Traffic Engineering
- Institute of Distance Education
About 8628 students are taught in 7 faculties of these institutes, and 2 affiliate institutes:
- Volzhsky Institute of Civil Engineering and Technologies
- Sebryakovsky Institute
The University also has representative offices in Astrakhan and Elista (Republic of Kalmykia).
All the branches of the University function in accordance with the University Statute and Regulations approved by the University Scientific Council.
Teaching staff
The number of the teaching staff is 816 people, among them 86 Professors, Sc.D. 453 teachers have scientific degrees and/or titles. 26 active and corresponding members of different Russian Academies of Sciences, 23 Honorary Members of Higher Professional Education of RF, 2 Honorary Workers of Science and Technology of RF, 12 Honorary Members of Higher School, 1 Honorary Architect of RF, 1 Honorary Worker of Culture are employed in the University.
Education
The training is given in 29 specialties, and two directions of Bachelor’s program and one direction of Master’s program in full-time, extra-mural, part-time and crash forms of education. The University offers to its students doctoral, post-doctoral and independent research courses. Students pursuing a PhD degree are trained in 26 specialties of 8 branches of science under supervision of 55 scientific advisors, among them 41 Professors, ScD. From 2002 to 2006 110 employees got a PhD degree and 37 employees got a ScD degree. Now 317 students are pursuing a PhD degree and 5 people are enrolled in ScD studies. Since 2001 the University has opened 3 doctoral and 2 postdoctoral preparation councils. For the last 5 years 171 PhD and 22 ScD theses have been defended at the University councils.
There are 21 directions of scientific research. For the last five years the university scientists edited 71 monographs, 187 Conference Proceedings, 2695 scientific articles, got 40 patents of RF and 4 international licenses, published 194 textbooks and teaching aids, 42 of them authorized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation; 292 training supplies recommended by the university editorial council, and 1 CD textbook that got state registration. In 2006 the first issues of the university scientific web journal “Internet-Vestnik VolgGASU” were launched.
Since 1999 the University has been publishing a scientific journal “Vestnik VolgGASU”. In February, 2004 the series “Humanities” of “Vestnik VolgGASU” was included in the List of the Best Russian Scientific Editions approved by the Supreme Certification Board of the Ministry of Education and Science. This List contains the main achievements of Sc.D. projects.
There are 929 200 editions in the university libraries, that is 184 books per full-time student. 230 students can study simultaneously in the reading-rooms.
International contacts
VolgGASU is a member of the Association of Civil Engineering Higher Schools (ASB). The Institute of Traffic Engineering is a member of International Association of Road-Transport Education (MAADO). In 1998 the University was awarded a prize “Golden Eagle” and a special certificate of the program “Partnership for progress” for achievements in staff training and development, high competence and fundamental research.