I. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the following expressions: You are right. You are wrong. You are mistaken. Give your reasons.

1. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the Russian Federation.

2. There are no outstanding scientists among the teachers of the University.

3. The students making poor progress receive grants.

4. The complete course of study at the University lasts four years.

5. The students have one reading-hall at their disposal.

6. The University is developing international contacts.

7. The students must pay for their studies.

8. Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University is a study research centre.

9. The first-year students get practical skills at plants and factories.

10. The students can get to the University only by trolley-bus.

II. Ask your partner.

What faculty/department he or she studies at; what subjects he/she studies in the first year; what sport he/she goes in for; what bus he/she goes to the University by.

III. Ask your partner.

How many faculties there are at the University.

How many departments there are at the University.

How many students there are at the University.

How many terms there are in the academic year.

How many hostels there are in Lyadov Square.

IV. Answer the following questions.

1. Where do you study?

2. What year student are you?

3. When did you enter the University?

4. Where is it situated?

5. How many faculties are there at the University?

6. What faculty do you study at?

7. How many buildings is our University housed in?

8. When was it founded?

9. What subjects do you study in the 1^st year?

10. Are the laboratories of the University well equipped?

11. How long does the course of study last?

12. When does the academic year begin?

13. How many terms is the academic year divided into?

14. What does the library provide the students with?

15. Do students take credit tests before exams?

16. How many times a week do you go to the University?

17. How do you get to the University?

The Automation and Electrical Mechanics Department

The Automation and Electrical Mechanics Department is one of the oldest departments of the University. Graduates of the department work successfully in almost all industries: aircraft, automobile, shipbuilding and others. The graduates most capable for scientific research, work at scientific research institutes, educational centres as well as at the departments of the University. The teaching staff of the Departments consists of mainly Technical University graduates; among them there are 8 Professors, Doctors of Science (Sc. D.), and 56 Candidates of Science (PHD). The Department has post-graduate courses headed by Professors, Doctors of Science.

Students of the department are aimed at gaining knowledge in general subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, programming etc. In senior courses they study special subjects namely electric machinery, ship electric power systems, ship automated electric drives and systems; high voltage technology, electrical equipment of power stations, automatics and telemechanics, reliability and efficiency of power supply systems; electric drive theory, automatic control theory, automated designing systems and some others.

Industrial training is also included into the course. It takes place at the plants, industrial enterprises, design bureaus, electric power stations and substations or aboard the ship.

Capable students are involved in research at the Scientific Students’ Society. This is where much of their talent is being developed. The members of the Society solve both theoretical and practical problems.

On graduating from the Technical University the students have many possibilities to choose from. The graduates may work in any field of electric power industry.