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Kazan National Research Technical University

The Kazan National Research Technical University (KNRTU-KAI, full name in Russian: Казанский национальный исследовательский технический университет имени А. Н. Туполева, or Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev) was established in 1932. Until recently, it was known as Kazan Aviation Institute (Казанский авиационный институт). In 1973, the institute was named after Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev, the aircraft designer. In 1992, it got the status of State Technical University. The Kazan National Research Technical University teaches about 25,000 students on 65 majors in Engineering, Business and Humanitarian Sciences by the university faculty body of 1,800 persons, including 150 Full Professors & Doctor of Science degree holders, 600 Associate Professors & Ph.D. degree holders.

Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N.Tupolev
(KNRTU-KAI)
Казанский национальный исследовательский технический университет имени А. Н. Туполева
(КНИТУ-КАИ)
7 build KAI main enter
Established1932
PresidentGennadiy Lukich Degtyarev
Rectoracting Alibaev Timur Lazovich
Administrative staff
2,200
Students12,000
Location
Kazan
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Russia

55°47′50″N 49°06′51″E / 55.7971°N 49.1141°E / 55.7971; 49.1141
CampusUrban. Also 11 branch institutes outside of the city.
AlumniOver 80,000 graduated students
Websitehttp://www.kai.ru/
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1]168 (2022)

Education

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The university includes the following institutes and faculties:

  • Institute of Aviation, Land Vehicles & Energetics
  • Institute of Automation & Electronic Instrument-Making
  • Institute of Technical Cybernetics & Informatics
  • Institute of Radio-Engineering & Telecommunications
  • Institute of Engineering & Economics
  • Institute of Social Technologies
  • Physics & Mathematics Faculty
  • Institute of Business & Innovative Technologies

KNRTU-KAI includes 11 associated branch institutes outside Kazan in the towns of Almetyevsk, Chistopol, Leninogorsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, and Zelenodolsk.

On September 2, 2014, German-Russian Institute of Advanced Technologies (GRIAT) opened as a result of cooperation between the KNRTU-KAI and two universities in Germany - The Technische Universität Ilmenau (TU Ilmenau) and the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg in Magdeburg.[2]

Educational buildings

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The university is housed in eight buildings. It has six student dormitories and a hostel. A sports complex includes five indoor sports halls. The university also has a sports camp near to the Volga river, 40 km from Kazan.

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    View to the entrance of the 2nd KAI building
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    The 3rd KAI building
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    The 4th KAI building
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    The 5th KAI building
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    Tu-144 on the 6th KAI building campus
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    The main entrance to the 7th KAI building
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    The 8th KAI building (German-Russian institute of advanced technologies)

Activities

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The sport complex includes 5 indoor sports halls.

Notable alumni

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  • Mikhail Simonov (1929 – 2011), Russian aircraft designer
  • Ivan Silayev (1930 – 2023), Soviet and Russian politician, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union in 1991

References

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  1. ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ^ В Казани открылся Германо-российский институт новых технологий - Kznportal.ru
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