Moscow State University of Transportation
Moscow State University of Transportation | |
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founding | 1896 |
place | Moscow |
country | Russia |
Students | over 118,000 |
Website | www.miit.ru |
The Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (short MIIT , Russian Московский государственный университет путей сообщения (МГУПС (МИИТ)) , transcription Moskovsky gossudarstwenny uniwersitet putjei soobschtschenija ) since 1896 provides engineers of the transport sector from added meanwhile Economic and jurisprudence . With over 118,000 students, it is the largest university in Russia .
The abbreviation MIIT stands for one of the earlier names Moskowski institut inschenjerow transporta ( Московский институт инженеров транспорта ).
7 institutes and 4 faculties as well as a computer center, language center, library, dormitories, sports facilities, kindergarten and hospital are located in a total of 54 buildings on an area of 224.5 km² .
With over 2.5 million books, the MIIT university library is one of the largest in Moscow .
history
- 1896: Establishment of the Moscow engineering school by decree of Tsar Nicholas II.
- 1993: Status of the Technical University
Teaching
There are 52 courses of study at the university, 17 of them with a bachelor's degree and 13 with a master’s degree .
Partner universities and cooperation
MIIT cooperates with 54 universities and companies in 28 countries.
- Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
- Ruhr-University Bochum
- Technical University Dresden
- University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
- Mittweida University
There is a German-Russian institute at MIIT, which houses, among other things, ConRuhr Moscow, the Moscow coordination office of the University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr (UAMR) for international university cooperation. This office acts as a contact and information exchange.
Well-known graduates
- Igor Guberman ( Игорь Миронович Губерман ), writer and poet
- Alexei Kravtsov ( Алексей Кравцов ), General Director of the large Russian IT company Kraftway
- Wiktor Wekselberg ( Виктор Феликсович Вексельберг ) (* 1957), Russian businessman and oligarch
- Bidsina Ivanishvili ( Борис Иванишвили ) (* 1956), Georgian-French entrepreneur and politician, founder of the Georgian opposition party Georgian Dream, oligarch
- Rustam Tariko ( Рустам Тарико ) (* 1961), Russian businessman and oligarch
Web links
- Official Website (Russian)
- ConRuhr Moscow website (Russian)
Coordinates: 55 ° 47 ′ 16 ″ N , 37 ° 36 ′ 29 ″ E