Don State Technical University

Welcome to DSTU.

Warm up

Answer the following questions:

1. Why have you made up your mind to study at DSTU?

2. Who has encouraged you? Your school teacher or parents (friends)?

3. What was the most difficult exam in your entrance university examinations?

4. What is your favourite subject? Why do you like it?

5. Have you got any difficulties with study? Why?

I Read and translate the text, learn the italicized word combinations:

DSTU

Don State Technical University (DSTU) is the biggest dynamically developing centre of science, education and culture. During its activity the University has trained more than 60000 engineers, technologists, programmers, economists and other specialists. Hundreds of Doctors of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Doctors of Science (D.Sc.) successfully defended their thesis. About three thousand specialists have been trained in DSTU for 58 foreign countries.

Having the state certificates of degree DSTU graduates work in Russian and foreign scientific and design organizations, firms, banks, in governmental, educational and private enterprises.

Nowadays more than 7000 students, including 300 foreigners, and 150 post-graduates get education at 12 faculties and there are 4 representative-universities in Volgodonsk, Taganrog , Azov and Essentuki.

Highly qualified scientists carry out their professional activity in many areas of up-today science and techniques. 20 members of Russian and International Science Academies and 6 Honoured Workes in Science of The Russian Federation are among them. More than 75 per cent of the staff has the scientific degrees in different knowledge.

Our University has 6 buildings for studies, scientific and practical work. There are libraries, computer halls, workshops, health center, sport halls and summer campus for students and professors at the sea-shore of the Black Sea, comfortable students hostels, and university cultural center. DSTU gives you a chance to be well-educated, mobile and creative.

Don State Technical University takes a special place in the educational complex of the South region. About 13 thousand of students study at 12 faculties in 43 specialties. No one other university in our region has such a unique range of professional suggestions. There is a great number of different traditions at our university; among them there is succession of generations, special atmosphere of mutual understanding and mutual support.

TUITION

The Preparatory Department works for the foreign citizens coming to DSTU to study the Russian language and common natural sciences. The whole course of study at the Preparatory Department takes 1 year. The Russian language Courses are also available at DSTU.

DURATION OF PROGRAMMS OFFERED

Academic degrees or diplomas awarded

Training duration

1. Bachelor of science (B.Sc.) 4 years

2. Engineer (Specialist) 5 years

3. Master of Science (M.Sc.) 2 years more after Bachelor's degree award

4. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 3 years more after Master's or Specialist`s degree award

5. Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) 3 years more after Master's or Specialist`s degree award

POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION

Don State Technical University trains scientific specialists at post-graduate and Doctorate courses.

The post-graduate courses for the future Ph.D. and D.Sc. degree specialists include more than 20 specialities (follows).

There are six thesis defense councils on 13 specialities at our university.

SIENTIFIC ACTIVITY AND RESEARCHES

Don state technical university is a powerful scientific center of the North-Caucasus region. DSTU embraces scientific schools of 6 directions:

• physics and mathematics; technics; economics; history; philosophy; pedagogy.

The most important scientific researches, which are being carried out in DSTU.

The most essential task of the scientific, experimental, developmental work and researches is to bind together the university science and manufacture. It is provided, on the one hand, through collaboration of DSTU with a number of industrial associations of region, in particular, through participation in the association “High technology”, which embraces large-scale industrial enterprises of the South of Russia and, on the other hand, through the activity of the South-Russian scientific training center of innovational business placed in DSTU.

Also, the regional departments of three professional academies operate on the basis of DSTU: the International academy of science, ecology and life safety, Russian academy of technological sciences and Russian academy of problems of quality.

Language work

II Students are divided into pairs.

Students A: you will be a journalist. Come up with questions on the text to take a kind of interview describing Don State Technical University.

Student B: you will be the representative of this university (a student, one of the teachers, a dean, etc.) You will give an interview about the university.

III Complete the sentences and use them as a plan for your future talk on the DSTU.

1. Don State Technical University (DSTU) is the biggest …………………………………………………………….. .

2. During its activity the University has trained more than 60000 ………………………………………………………… .

3. Hundreds of Doctors of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Doctors of Science (D.Sc.) successfully ……………………………………... .

4. Nowadays more than 7000 students, including ……………………………………….. and there are ……………………………. in Volgodonsk, Taganrog , Azov and Essentuki.

5. Highly qualified scientists carry out their professional activity in many areas of …………………………………………………………..

6. Our University has 6 buildings for studies, scientific and practical work. There are …………………………………………………………………………………………….. .

7. There is a great number of different traditions at our university; among them there is ………………………………………………………………. .

8. Don state technical university is a powerful …………………………. of the North-Caucasus region.

9. The most essential task of the scientific, experimental, developmental work and researches is ……………………………………………………………………………… .

10. DSTU gives you a chance to be …………………………………………………………. .