| Transbaikal State University | |||||
| Native Name: | Забайкальский государственный университет | ||||
| Established: | 1974 | ||||
| Motto: | Latin: Non scholae, sed vitae discimus | ||||
| Mottoeng: | We do not learn for the school, but for life | ||||
| Rector: | Sergey A. Ivanov (Russian: Серге́й Анатольевич Иванов) | ||||
| Students: | 15000 | ||||
| Faculty: | >700 | ||||
| City: | Chita | ||||
| Country: | Russia | ||||
| Website: | http://www.zabgu.ru/ | ||||
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Transbaikal State University (Russian: Забайкальский государственный университет) is an institution of higher education in Chita, Russia. It is the largest educational, scientific and innovative center in Zabaykalsky Krai. Transbaikal State University (until 2011: Chita State University) was established in 1974 on the base of the Technology Department of Irkutsk Technical Institute which was opened earlier in 1966.
Now the university comprises eight schools: the School of Mining, the School of Power Engineering, the School of Construction and Ecology, the School of Law, the School of Social and Political Systems, the School of Economics and Management, the School of Technological and Transportation Systems, and the School of Adult Education and Refresher Courses.https://web.archive.org/web/20120327212950/http://www.zabgu.ru/info/university/departments/oia/international/english/univer
1966 – The Technology Department of Irkutsk Technical Institute was established in Chita.
1967 – First groups of full-time students were admitted.
2003 – the university was granted the status of classical university and given the name of Chita State University. The School of Economics and Management and the School of Law were established. Specialized Academic Councils for Ph.D. Dissertations defending in the field of Philosophy and Geoecology were established.
2011 - University has been renamed as Transbaikal State University.
The School of Power Engineering was established in 2000 as result of the reorganization of the Faculty of Power Engineering of the former Chita Technical Institute. The main fields of scientific research of the School are the following: energy efficiency upgrading of combined heat and power stations machinery, energy saving during the process of its generation and consumption, reduction of heat and power stations' hazardous emissions, drinking water purification and sewage treatment, electronic communication development of economy and education.
The School comprises two faculties:
The School offers post-graduate programs in:
The School of Economics and Management was established in 2003 on the basis of the Faculty of Management of Chita State University.
The School structure comprises two faculties:
The Mining School was established in 1998 on the basis of the Department of Mineral Deposits Exploitation of the Chita Division of Irkutsk Technical Institute.
The School of Mining comprises two faculties:
The School of Construction and Ecology was established in 1999 as result of the reorganization of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, founded in 1972 on the basis of the Chita Branch of Irkutsk Technical Institute.
The school has two faculties:
The school offers post-graduate the following programs:
The School of Technological and Transportation Systems of Chita State University was established in June 2000 on the basis of the Mechanical and Machine - Building Faculty of the former Chita State Technical University.
The school has two Faculties:
The School comprises two faculties:
The School of Law was established in September 2003, on the basis of the School of Economy, Management and Law.
The structure of the School comprises two faculties:
Chita Institute of Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences was established in 2005 as a structural unit of ChitSU with the assistance of the Administration of Zabaikalskii Region.
Development of scientific and educational relations with foreign institutions of higher education is one of the most important aspects of university policy nowaday. Among the partners of Chita State University are the following Universities and organisations: