Ин.яз ЛУР / Moscow State Technical University

Moscow State Technical University

The MSTU is one of the oldest, and biggest polytechnical institutions in our country. It was founded in 1830 as a Trade School which trained qualified foremen for industry.

In 1868 it was reorganized into a Higher School with only two courses.

In 1930 the School was named after Nickolay Bauman who had carried on revolutionary propaganda among the students of the School up to 1905.

Such famous Russian scientists as Zhukovsky, Tchaplygin, Vavilov were among the founders of the School.

The MSTU is proud of its outstanding graduates Korolev, Tupolev, Shukhov, Lebedev, Lavochkin and other world-famous scientists.

Some Soviet cosmonauts graduated from the School. They are Feoktistov, Eliseev, Strekalov, Makarov, Soloviev, Alexandrov, Laveikin, Balandin.

In 1989 the Moscow Higher Technical School was renamed into a Technical University which combines the advanced methods of university and engineering education with practical training.

It is one of the leading higher schools in our country whose task is to train highly qualified engineers for all areas of national economy. The students of the MSTU can choose between 59 specialties.

For its services and great contribution to the USSR science and industry progress the MSTU has been awarded three orders: the Order of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.