AVIATION TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

AVIATION TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Ufa state-own university, which was established in 1942 under the name of S.Ordzhonikidze Ufa Aviation Institute in place of Rybinsk Aviation Institute (established in 1932), which was evacuated to Ufa in December, 1941. Since 1992 — the current name and status. The University comprises 6 departments [Aircraft Engines, Energy  and  Transport;  Avionics,  Energy and Information Communications; Protection in Emergency Situations; Informatics and Robotics; General Science; Department Of  Part-Time Studies under UMPO (1942)]; Institute of Aviation Technologies; Military and Technical Institute and the Institute of Economics and Management; branches in Kumertau  (1977)  and  Ishimbay  (1982); Aviation Tekhnikum, etc. It is a headline institution of higher education for Innovative  Scientific  and  Technological Park, and technoparks: aviation technologies, KhTTs—UAI, and information and com- munication  technologies.  Graduates  are awarded the qualification of a Specialist, Bachelor and Master. Full-time, part-time and distanе learning training is available. There are postgraduate training programs, post-doctoral  programs,  and  councils  for defense of Doctoral and Candidate theses. More than 80 scientific works, textbooks and monographs are published annually in the University. The Vestnik of USATU journal, The Aviator newspaper and others are published. Awarded with the Order of Lenin  (1982).  On  the  territory  of  the University,  there  is  MiG—19  memorial aircraft. Also, there is the Yu.A.Gagarin bust in front of the 9th building of USATU.