During 1940-1945 In Kazan, V.P. Glushko worked at a motor-building plant, heading first a special group and then the Design Bureau for liquid rocket engines. On his initiative, in 1945, KAI established the country's first department of rocket engines, among the first teachers was S.P. Korolev, later the Chief Designer, academician, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, laureate of the Lenin Prize.
Kazan State Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev, until 1992 called the Kazan Aviation Institute named after A.N. Tupolev, was founded on March 5, 1932 on the basis of the aerodynamic department of KSU.

Initially, the institute consisted of two departments: aerodynamics and aircraft engineering, on the basis of which the aircraft engineering faculty was officially opened in 1934 (the first dean was K.A. Arkhipov), the first departments were created that have survived to this day: aerodynamics, higher mathematics, theoretical mechanics, resistance materials, physics and chemistry.
A special feature of KSTU-KAI education is the combination of traditions inherited from Kazan University, characterized by the depth and fundamental nature of the educational process, with the practical and applied orientation of modern knowledge.
The university is headed by Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, full member of the International Academy of Sciences of Higher Education, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Republic of Tatarstan, Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation Gennady DEGTYAREV.
The most popular are the following specialties in which training is conducted at the university - all specialties of the Faculty of Technical Cybernetics, the specialty of “multi-channel telecommunication systems” of the Institute of Radio Electronics and Telecommunications; specialties related to the operation of cars, all specialties of the economics and humanities faculties.

Meanwhile, due to the crisis in the country’s aerospace complex, aviation specialties are in little demand. There is a growing need for specialists in computer science and computer technology, communications, management and technology service.

Employment of graduates is carried out by concluding contracts with specialized enterprises. About 60% of graduates work in their specialty, the remaining 40% find employment quite easily in related fields of engineering, technology or mass communications. A recruitment agency has been created.
At the moment, about 26 thousand students of various forms of education are studying at KSTU-KAI. The number of graduates with honors is approximately 15% of the graduating class (150-160 people).

Competition for admission to a university ranges from 2 to 12 people per place, depending on the specialty.

Among the outstanding graduates of the university:
Silaev I.S. – first prime minister of the Russian Federation;
Gubanov B.I. – chief designer of the Energia-Buran rocket and space system;
Simonov M.P. - General designer of the P.O. Sukhoi Design Bureau, Hero of Russia.
Sadovnikov V.G. – General Director of NPO “Votkinsk Plant” – designer of the SS-20 rocket;
Belugin V.I. – Director of the Federal Nuclear Center of Russia;
Matrosov V.M. – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Academy of Nonlinear Sciences, Director of the Institute of Mathematical Modeling;
Alemasov V.E. – Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, leading scientist in the field of rocket engines.
All of these individuals, as well as other outstanding graduates, are constantly interested in the life of the university and take an active part in solving educational, scientific problems and social issues.

KAI is the largest technological university in Kazan and one of the largest and most prestigious in Russia. The university trains specialist engineers in the transport industry, aircraft manufacturing, innovation, nanotechnology, and electronics. It also trains specialists in the field of IT, instrument engineering, design engineers, production economists and managers.

In 1932, an aviation institute was created in Kazan - from that time the history of the modern Kazan National Research Technical University began. Since 1973, KAI has been named after the outstanding aircraft designer A.N. Tupolev.

Now KAI is the largest aviation-oriented technological university; more than 100,000 people have graduated from it. It consists of 6 institutes and a faculty, colleges, branches and a lyceum, various research and scientific-practical centers, laboratories, 8 campuses, and sports facilities.

KAI is the owner of international recognition. Even in Soviet times, the university's works were translated and distributed abroad. Now the university is a member of the European Association of Universities and the European Association of Aerospace Universities PEGASUS. Education at the university meets international quality standards.

The university is implementing a large-scale global project - the German-Russian Institute of New Technologies. It trains engineers according to the most modern German and Russian educational standards. A graduate of the institute receives two diplomas. Admission to the Institute is only possible for master's programs.

Students have at their disposal an aircraft modeling laboratory (its participants have won world championships for decades), driving courses, a ski base, a tourist club, an intellectual games club and a sports club. The KAI Olympus complex is one of the largest sports facilities in Kazan and Russia.

The university also operates a construction team "North", open to everyone - students provide assistance in the construction of residential and industrial facilities in the northern region, adapting to modern production realities. There is a Center for Youth Innovative Creativity - an open laboratory that teaches prototyping, modeling, programming and industrial design. Social and cultural projects are carried out by a volunteer center.

The applicant must be prepared not only for hard study, but also for immersion in science and practice. KAI is focused on innovation and development, implementation in production. The university holds monthly scientific events and continuously conducts research. Applicants can try their hand at KAI Olympiads and competitions, increase their chances of admission and expand their portfolio.

University graduates work in the transport industry and mechanical engineering. These are design engineers, specialists in IT and information security, communication systems, telecommunications and other areas of technical sciences, as well as first-class specialists in demand in Russia and abroad.

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The Kazan Aviation Institute was formed on the basis of the aerodynamic department of Kazan State University by the decision of the Main Directorate of Aviation Industry of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry on March 5, 1932.

At the beginning, the institute consisted of two departments: aerodynamics and aircraft engineering, on the basis of which the aircraft engineering faculty was officially opened in 1934 (the first dean was K. A. Arkhipov).

In 1945, the first department of jet engines in the country's universities was organized at the institute, and the future academician V.P. Glushko, the founder of the domestic rocket engine industry, was invited to head it. Among its first teachers were S.P. Korolev, later the chief designer of the country's rocket and space systems, Professor G.S. Zhiritsky, after whom one of the craters of the Moon is named.

In 1951, a new faculty of aviation instrument engineering was opened at the institute (the first dean was V.V. Maksimov). In 1952, the Faculty of Aviation Radio Engineering was created, which soon became the largest in the institute (the first dean was V.I. Popovkin).

In the mid-1950s, scientific schools gained full strength and won all-Union fame: motion stability, strength of aircraft structures, optimal processes, aircraft engine building, progressive technological processes, etc. Evidence of the recognition of their authority was the fact that in 1956 the KAI was founded Council for awarding the academic degree of Doctor of Science.

Today KNRTU-KAI is a modern educational and research complex recognized in Russia and abroad, which trains highly qualified personnel for knowledge-intensive industries. Over its 85-year history, KNRTU-KAI has developed traditions that allow the university to occupy high positions among technical universities in Russia. The material and technical base is being modernized, the educational process is being improved, ties with production are being strengthened, and international cooperation is developing. KNRTU-KAI becomes a center of attraction - a university that corresponds to the best world standards.

The scientific potential of the university consists of: 7 research institutes, 1 faculty, 45 departments, 11 research and educational centers, 2 colleges, 1 business incubator, 48 research laboratories. More than 3,000 teachers, researchers and engineers work here, including over 120 doctors of science and professors, among them 17 academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan and the International Academy of Sciences of Higher Education, more than 700 doctors and candidates of science.

Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev.

The former Kazan Aviation Institute "KAI", and now the Kazan National Research Technical University. Tupalev, was founded in March 1932 in accordance with the decision of the People's Committee of Heavy Industry, namely its main department in the field of aviation industry. Initially, the university was located in the building of a former gymnasium and included two departments, namely: aerodynamics and aircraft construction. Over time, the Faculty of Aircraft Engineering was founded on their basis.

From the very foundation, scientific and research work was actively carried out at the institute, within the framework of which N.G. Chetaev founded the “Scientific School of General Mechanics”. Subsequently, he was transferred to Moscow to the position of director of the Institute of Mechanics of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

In the period from 1933 to 1939, at the design bureau of the Kazan Aviation Institute, its specialists created models of single-engine and twin-engine aircraft, which at one time set official records. In the post-war years, the department of jet engines was founded at the institute, which at that time was unique and one of its kind among all Soviet universities. One of the first teachers there was Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. With the development of the domestic aviation industry, faculties of aviation instrument making and radio engineering appeared at KAI. The latter became in the future the largest in the entire institute.

In 1991, the Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management appeared at the Kazan Aviation Institute. And the very next year it turns into KSTU (Kazan State Technical University). From this moment on, the university is rapidly increasing the number of specialties and areas of training for future specialists. The Center for Continuing Education is being created, and the Faculty of Humanities is being founded. Subsequently, in 2000, the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics was also organized, and in 2003 – the Faculty of Economics and Law.

Today, the Kazan National Research Technical University named after Tupalev includes in its structure eight faculties, which train specialists in a total of 70 specialties. In addition, in 2007, the College of Information Technologies was organized on the basis of the University, and there is also a center (KUIMC) for students with limited hearing.

Kazan State Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev(tat. Kazan dәүләt technology universities, Qazan dəwlət texnika universitetı), former Kazan Aviation Institute (KAI) - founded in 1932, received university status in 1992.

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Kazan Aviation Institute was formed on the basis of the aerodynamic department of Kazan State University by the decision of the Main Directorate of Aviation Industry of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry on March 5, 1932.

At the beginning, the institute consisted of two departments: aerodynamics and aircraft engineering, on the basis of which the aircraft engineering faculty was officially opened in 1934 (the first dean was K. A. Arkhipov).

From the first days of the institute's existence, intensive research work was carried out. It was headed by Nikolai Guryevich Chetaev, who created a scientific school of general mechanics within the walls of the institute. In 1940, N. G. Chetaev was transferred to work in Moscow to the position of deputy. director (since 1944 - director) of the Institute of Mechanics of the USSR Academy of Sciences, in 1943 he was elected corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Since 1933, the institute was one of the first among the country's aviation universities to begin publishing collections of scientific articles, called “Proceedings of KAI”, which were regularly published and became an authoritative scientific publication. In 1933, the defense of candidate dissertations by the teachers of the institute began, the first to defend was G.V. Kamenkov, who later became the rector of KAI, and since 1949 - the vice-rector, rector of the MAI. In 1937, the first defenses of doctoral dissertations took place by G. V. Kamenkov, Kh. M. Mushtari, I. G. Malkin. Along with theoretical research, design developments were also successfully carried out at the institute. In 1933-1939, the KAI Design Bureau created a series of single- and twin-engine aircraft, which implemented new ideas and design solutions for that time (hovering ailerons, retractable landing gear, elastic wings, etc.). A number of official records were set on these aircraft.

In 1939, an engine-building faculty was opened at KAI (the first dean was A. A. Chuslyaev). The head of the aircraft engines department was S.V. Rumyantsev, later the rector of KAI, then deputy. Minister of Higher Education of the USSR, Rector of the Peoples' Friendship University named after Patrice Lumumba.

During the Great Patriotic War, a number of divisions and laboratories of the Institute of Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences, TsAGI, the Flight Research Institute (LII), the Scientific Research Institute of the Civil Air Fleet, as well as the entire staff of the Kharkov Aviation Institute, worked on the premises of the institute. In the period from 1941 to 1943, leading scientists - aerodynamicists A. A. Dorodnitsin, S. A. Khristianovich, V. V. Struminsky, led by the future president of the USSR Academy of Sciences M. V. Keldysh, worked within the walls of KAI.

In 1945, the first department of jet engines in the country's universities was organized at the institute, to head which the future academician V. P. Glushko, the founder of the domestic rocket engine industry, was invited, among its first teachers were S. P. Korolev, later the chief designer of rocket engines. space systems of the country, Professor G.S. Zhiritsky, after whom one of the craters of the Moon is named.

In 1951, a new faculty of aviation instrument engineering was opened at the institute (the first dean was V.V. Maksimov); in 1952, the faculty of aviation radio engineering was created, which soon became the largest in the institute (the first dean was V.I. Popovkin).

In the mid-50s, scientific schools gained full strength and won all-Union fame: motion stability, strength of aircraft structures, optimal processes, aircraft engine building, progressive technological processes, etc. Evidence of the recognition of their authority was the fact that in 1956 the KAI was formed Council for awarding the academic degree of Doctor of Science.

In 1958, a decision was made to publish a new scientific series of journals in the country, “News of Higher Educational Institutions,” and the publication of one of the series, “Aviation Technology,” was entrusted to the institute. This magazine is still distributed today in 30 countries around the world (Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan, etc.), and is also fully translated into English and published in the USA under the name “Soviet Aeronautic”. In 1967, for great merits in the training of engineering personnel and the development of scientific research, the institute was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.

In 1972, the Faculty of Computing and Control Systems was opened (the first dean was Yu. V. Kozhevnikov). In 1973, the institute was named after the outstanding Soviet aircraft designer Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev. In March 1982, in honor of its 50th anniversary, the institute was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples.

In 1987, for the first time in the city's universities, elections for the rector of the institute were held on an alternative basis. Their table is Professor G.L. Degtyarev, who heads the university to this day. In 1991, a new faculty of management, economics, finance and entrepreneurship was founded at the institute (the first dean was T. K. Sirazetdinov).

Having become a technical university, KAI has significantly expanded the range of areas and specialties of higher education. In 1995, the university created the Faculty of Humanities (the first dean is D. K. Sabirova), in 2000 - the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics Training (the first dean - K. G. Garayev), in 2003 - the Faculty of Economic Theory and Law (Dean Khasanova A. Sh.) and the Faculty of Psychology and Business Administration (Dean Gabdreev R. V.).

In 1999, the Institute of Aviation, Ground Transport and Energy (IANTE) was founded on the basis of the faculties of aircraft and aircraft engines. The first director is Dregalin A.F. At the institute (IANTE) and at all faculties there is a multi-level system of training specialists, which includes training of a specialist engineer (5 - 5.5 years of study), bachelor's degree (4 years) and master's degree (6 years).

In 2003, on the basis of the radio technical faculty, the Institute of Radio Electronics and Telecommunications (IRET) was formed, director G. I. Shcherbakov.

KSTU (KAI) named after. A. N. Tupolev today is a large diversified educational and scientific complex. The university has 11 branches in the cities of Tatarstan and the Volga region: Volzhsk, Almetyevsk, Bugulma, Zelenodolsk, Yelabuga, Naberezhnye Chelny, Chistopol, Nizhnekamsk, Zainsk, Leninogorsk, Vyatskie Polyany. Today, about 15,000 students study at KSTU (KAI) in all faculties and branches.

In 1992, the Center for Continuing Education (CLE) was created - the first director is Vatolin A.K. In the structure of the CLE - the Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Teaching Personnel (created in 1994, the first director is Sabirova D.K.), Faculty of Pre-University Training (created in 1989, the first director is M. Yu. Odinokov), 25 centers and 4 training groups. Advanced training is carried out in 63 programs, obtaining a second higher education - in 9 programs.

The scientific potential of the university consists of: 58 departments, 57 industry and problem laboratories, 10 scientific and technical centers, 3 university research institutes, experimental production.

More than 3,000 teachers, researchers and engineers work here, including over 120 doctors of science and professors, among them 17 academicians and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan and the International Academy of Sciences of Higher Education, more than 700 doctors and candidates of science.

International relations between KSTU and KAI began in 1937, when a group of teachers and employees of OKB-KAI traveled to France to become familiar with the production at the RENAULT aircraft factories. From 1947 to 1955, foreign students and graduate students from Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, China, North Korea, Poland, Romania, and Czechoslovakia studied at KAI.

After a forty-year break, since 1996, KSTU has resumed training foreign students and graduate students. To date, students from Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Korea, India, Pakistan, China, Palestine, Libya, Germany, and the USA have studied here under various programs. Scientific and educational ties with universities in Brazil, Germany, Spain, China, Libya, the USA, France and other countries are actively developing. Coordination of interaction with international scientific and educational centers is carried out by the Department of International Relations.

The research department of the university includes: Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Processes, Research Center for Strength Problems, Research Center for Applied Radio Electronics, Research Institute for Light Music Problems, more than 50 research laboratories and student design bureaus, and a technology park.

On the basis of the university there are: Center for Energy Saving Technologies of the Republic of Tatarstan, Head Certification Center for Welding for the Republic of Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia; Research Center for CALS Technologies and Quality Management; Regional Innovation Research Center of the Republic of Tatarstan and the branch of the Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan for the Support of Small Business; branch of the Russian State University of Innovative Technologies and Entrepreneurship.

In 2001, the Open Technical University of Tatarstan was created on an associative basis. In addition to our university, it included the Kama Polytechnic Institute, six technical schools, six research institutes and design bureaus. Such a community makes it possible to solve a number of important problems, in particular, the implementation of the concept of lifelong education. In addition, the co-founders of open universities have greater opportunities for retraining teachers and specialists, improving their qualifications, solving scientific and technical problems, issues of employment of graduates and personnel selection.

KSTU-KAI today is a large educational, scientific and innovation complex, confidently occupying a place among the best technical universities in Russia.

Organization

The university trains specialists in the following specialties:

Institute of Aviation, Land Transport and Energy

• Materials Science and Technology
• Energy of thermal technologies
• Internal combustion engines
• Gas turbine, steam turbine units and engines
• Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Equipment and technology of welding production
• Design and production of products from composite materials
• Aircraft and helicopter manufacturing
• Aircraft engines and power plants
• Technical operation of aircraft and engines
• Rocket engines
• Thermophysics
• Aviation and rocket-space thermal engineering
• Cars and automotive industry
• Service of transport and technological machines and equipment
• Life safety in the technosphere
• Emergency protection
• High technology management
• Computer-aided design systems

Institute of Radio Electronics and Telecommunications

• Technology and Entrepreneurship
• Physics and technology of optical communications
• Radio engineering
• Design and technology of radio-electronic equipment
• Nanotechnology in electronics
• Multichannel telecommunication systems
• Means of communication with moving objects
• Technical operation of transport radio equipment
• Household electronic equipment
• Radioelectronic systems

Faculty of Physics and Mathematics

• Physical electronics
• Physics

Faculty of Automation and Electronic Instrumentation

• Standardization and certification
• Electrical equipment of cars and tractors
• Aircraft electrical equipment
• Instruments and systems for orientation, stabilization and navigation
• Electrical equipment and electrical facilities of enterprises, organizations and institutions
• Instrumentation
• Aviation instruments and measuring and computing systems
• Biotechnical and medical devices and systems
• Optoelectronic devices and systems
• Management and computer science in technical systems
• Engineering environmental protection
• Quality control

Faculty of Technical Cybernetics and Informatics

• Applied mathematics and computer science
• Information systems (in the department of ASOiU)
• Organization and technology of information security
• Comprehensive protection of information objects
• Informatics and computer technology (in the department of KS)
• Computers, complexes, systems and networks
• Information security of telecommunication systems
• Informatics and computer technology (in the department of ASOiU)
• Automated information processing and control systems
• Informatics and computer technology (in the department of PMI)
• Electronic design and technology
• Design and technology of electronic computers

Institute of Engineering and Economics

• Management
• Economy
• Commerce (trading business)
• Organisation management
• Applied informatics (in economics)

Institute of Social Technologies

• Organisation management
• Public relations

Faculty of Psychology and Business Administration

• Psychology
• Personnel Management

Faculty of Economic Theory and Law

• Jurisprudence
• World economy

Links

• Official Website of Kazan State Technical University named after. A. N. Tupolev (KAI).
• New official website of Kazan State Technical University named after. A. N. Tupolev (KAI). - Information about the university, detailed structure of KSTU, pages of departments and divisions, background information, admissions committee data, areas of research activity, forums, photo gallery
• Unofficial website for IRET students - Lectures, teaching aids, textbooks, as well as examples of solutions to tests, coursework, etc.

Coordinates: 55°47′49.4″ n. w. 49°06′50.8″ E. d. /  55.797056° s. w. 49.114111° E. d.