6. Reading and speaking

6.1 Study the facts about Ukhta State Technical University and answer the questions.

UKHTA UNIVERSITY: FACT FILE

Location

Ukhta, Komi Republic

Number of students

more than 8000

Faculties and departments

1. Oil and gas fields:

Development and exploitation of oil and gas fields; Drilling of oil and gas wells; Design and exploitation of main oil and gas lines and reservoirs; Industrial safety and environment protection; Oil and gas fields’ machinery and equipment;

2. Geological prospecting faculty:

Oil and gas geology; Geophysical methods, Geoinformational technologies and systems; Mineralogy, Geology, Geochemistry and Geodesy; Geophysical methods of mineral deposits search and development; Mineralogy, Applied Geochemistry, Petrology;

3. Information technologies faculty:

Automatic systems of information processing and management; Information systems in business; Electrification and automation of technological process; Information systems and technologies;

4. Timber faculty:

Timber engineering; Timber fields’ machinery and equipment;

5. Architecture faculty:

Industrial and civil engineering; Heat and gas supply and ventilation; Water supply and sewerage; Architecture;

6. Economy and management faculty:

Finance and credit; Economics and management (in fuel and energy complex fields);

7. Faculty of humanities:

Public relations;

8. Institute of physical training, sport and tourism

Physical culture and sport

9. Faculty for correspondence students

Branches

Usinsk, Vorkuta

Degree levels

Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral

Research

12 scientific schools

Conferences

10 annual scientific conferences and seminars for students and researchers

International ties

Bodo University, Norway; Regensburg University, Germany; Arctic University, Finland, etc.

1. How many students study at this university?

2. How many faculties are there?

3. Does this university train IT specialists?

4. What other areas does this university provide training in?

5. Where are the university branches?

6. What degree programmes are there at this university?

7. Can undergraduates take part in scientific conferences and seminars?

8. What foreign schools does this university collaborate with?

6.2 Make sentences about Ukhta University. Use the following phrases and the fact file from 6.1.

The university consists of..…….. There are ……… at this university. …… trains …… …… provides training ……. The branches are …… …… take part in ……

…… study …… …… has international ties with …… …… take place …… This university has …… …… collaborates with …… …… includes ……

6.3 Make an oral presentation of Ukhta State Technical University in class.