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Year of foundation: December, 1951
Previous names
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Stalingrad Institute of Engineers of Municipal Economy;
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Volgograd Institute of Engineers of Municipal Economy;
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Volgograd Civil Engineering Institute;
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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:
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Institute of Economics and Law
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Institute of Ecology
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Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering
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Institute of Traffic Engineering
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Institute of Distance Education
About 8628 students are taught in 7 faculties of these institutes, and 2
affiliate institutes:
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.
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