Tomsk Polytechnic University
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Национальный исследовательский Томский политехнический университет | |
Former names | Tomsk Technological Institute (1896-1925) Siberian Technological Institute (1925-1930) Siberian Institute of Mechanical Engineering (1930-1934) Tomsk Industrial Institute (1934-1944) Tomsk Polytechnic Institute (1944-1991) Tomsk Polytechnic University (1991-2009) |
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Motto | Scientia, Libertas, Prosperitas |
Motto in English | Knowledge, Freedom and Prosperity |
Type | Public |
Established | 1896 |
Rector | Leonid Sukhikh (acting) |
Students | 11,500 |
Location | , 56°27′55″N 84°57′01″E / 56.46528°N 84.95028°E |
Colours | Pale Green and Black |
Website | www |
Building details | |
University rankings | |
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Global – Overall | |
USNWR Global[1] | 879 (2023) |
Regional – Overall | |
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2] | 37 (2022) |
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) is a
In 2022, the university was ranked #801 in the world by
History
Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II
TPU was founded by the Ministry of National Education of the Russian Empire in 1896 as Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II with the two departments: Mechanical and Chemical Engineering. The State Council of Russia made a decision on the establishment of an institute as a polytechnic academic institution consisting of the four departments: Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, Mining and Construction Engineering. The University main building was constructed in 1897-1907 based on a project by Robert Marfeld, an academician of architecture.[citation needed]
The position of the first rector was offered to Dmitri Mendeleev. However, he had to refuse the job offer due to his health. Despite his refusal of the job offer, he took active participation in Institute development. In January 1899, in accordance with the Supreme Decree of the Department of Civil and Ecclesiastical Administration, a student of Mendeleev, Professor Efim Zubashev was appointed the first Rector and Chairman of the Construction Committee to erect premises of Tomsk Technological Institute.[citation needed]
The first classes started on October 9, 1900. Professor Vladimir Nekrasov gave the first lecture on analytic geometry.[citation needed] Among the first professors of the Institute, there were notable scientists: Professor Nikolai Kischner, who discovered the Wolff–Kishner reduction; Professor Theodor Molien, who gave a foundation to higher mathematical education and mathematical research in Siberia; Evgeny Biron, who discovered the phenomena of secondary periodicity; Professor Boris Weinberg, who was an outstanding scientist in physics and glaciologist; Professor Vladimir Obruchev, who was an organizer of the Mining Department and a founder of mining and geological school in Siberia. In the autumn term of 1904/05, Adam Yensh, an outstanding Russian urban planner and a sanitary engineer, gave lectures on construction works and architecture to students of the Construction Engineering Department and on introduction to architecture to students of the Mechanical, Mining and Chemical Engineering Departments. In 1917, Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II was renamed into Tomsk Technological Institute.
Institute after the Russian Revolution of 1917
1917-40
In 1925, the institute was renamed into Dzerzhinsky Siberian Technological Institute. In 1930, Dzerzhinsky Siberian Technological Institute was divided into the following institutes:[citation needed]
- Siberian Geological Prospecting Institute (Tomsk);
- West Siberian Mechanical Engineering Institute (Tomsk);
- Siberian Chemical Engineering Institute (Tomsk);
- West Siberian Mining Institute (Tomsk);
- West Siberian Institute of Agricultural Engineering (Novosibirsk);
- Siberian Institute of Rail Transport Engineers (later Tomsk Electromechanical Institute of Transport Engineers), which was moved to Omsk in 1962 and currently is Omsk State Transport University;
- Siberian Construction Institute (moved to Novosibirsk);
- Siberian State Institute of Ferrous Metals (moved to Novokuznetsk);
- Flour Milling and Elevating Institute (Tomsk);
- Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals (Irkutsk).
In 1934, Siberian Geological Prospecting Institute (Tomsk), West Siberian Mechanical Engineering Institute (Tomsk) and Siberian Chemical Engineering Institute (Tomsk) were united into Tomsk Industrial Institute. On March 5, 1935, in accordance with the All-Union Central Executive Committee of the USSR, the Institute was named after Sergey Kirov. In 1940, the Institute was conferred the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[citation needed]
1941-59
In 1941-45 during the battles at the
In 1944, the Institute was renamed into Kirov Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. In 1952, the Institute broadcast the first TV program, which was a movie magazine accompanied by sound.[citation needed]
In 1957, the Scientific Research Institute of Applied Physics was set up at Kirov Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. In 1959, the Department of Evening Studies (current Seversk State Technological Academy of National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) of the TPU Faculty of Physics and Engineering was opened.[citation needed]
1960-2019
In 1962, Tomsk Institute of Radioelectronics and Electronic Technology was set up based on the TPU Radio Engineering Faculty. In 1967, the ITR-1000 Nuclear Research Reactor of the Institute was launched. In 1971, Tomsk Polytechnic Institute was conferred the Order of the October Revolution.[citation needed]
In 1981, the Cybernetics Scientific Training Center was formed at TPU. On October 18, 1991, the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic adopted resolution No. 552 “On Reorganization of Tomsk Polytechnic Institute into Tomsk Polytechnic University”.[citation needed]
In July 2013, the University became one of the contest winners to be awarded the status of Leading Universities of Russia. On the basis of various TPU faculties, departments and majors, over 20 free-standing universities in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Seversk, Krasnoyarsk, Kemerovo, Barnaul, Chita, Khabarovsk and other Russian cities were opened at different time.[citation needed]
2020-present
Dmitry Andreevich Sednev,
Rankings
Rankings | In Russia | In Europe | In the world | Year |
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World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
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801 | 2022[7] | ||
U.S. News & World Report | 879 | 2023[1] | ||
University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) | 862 | 2020[5] | ||
2020 Forbes 100 Best Russian Universities | 7 | 2020 | ||
QS World University Rankings | 501-550 | 2014 | ||
Russian university ranking (Expert RA) | 7 | 2013 | ||
Classbase | 16 | 510 | 1,379 | 2013 |
Web of World Universities | 12 | 2013 | ||
SCImago
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19 | 142 | 2,421 | 2012 |
Academics
Former names:
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TPU offers[citation needed]
- 29 bachelor’s degree programs;
- 32 master’s degree programs;
- 9 specialist degree programs;
- 19 postgraduate programs;
- 31 research degrees.
In 2017, TPU institutes were transformed into engineering and research schools:[citation needed]
- School of Computer Science and Robotics;
- School of Non-Destructive Testing;
- School of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies;
- School of Earth Sciences and Engineering;
- School of Energy and Power Engineering;
- School of Nuclear Science and Engineering;
- Research School of High-Energy Physics;
- Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences;
- School of Core Engineering Education;
- School of Engineering Entrepreneurship.
- Yurga Institute of Technology (Yurga campus)
Yurga Institute of Technology (Yurga campus) of TPU was set up as a result of a number of transformations: the Study Support Center (1957), the Mechanical Engineering Faculty (1987), a TPU affiliate in Yurga (1993) and Yurga Institute of Technology (1993).[citation needed] The institute trains engineers for Kemerovo Oblast. The problem of training engineers was always solved in cooperation with Yurga Machine-Building Plant.
Students are trained at 10 departments of the institute where eight out of them are graduate departments. The institute contains over 1,500 students studying full-time, part-time or remotely. The institute includes eight academic and laboratory buildings with over 70 laboratories.
- Center of Academic Geology Internships
The Center of Academic Geology Internships is located on the shore of Lake Sobachie in Khakassia.[citation needed] The Center was set up in 1959. It is used for completing geology internships at universities of Western Siberia.
- ITR-1000 Nuclear Research Reactor
The IRT-1000 Nuclear Research Reactor was constructed in 1959-67.[citation needed] Annually, over 430 students complete training at the Reactor. They obtain practical expertise on control of a nuclear installation, the physical protection of nuclear facilities, nuclear safety and security, as well as radiation safety. Among all Russian operating reactors, only in Tomsk, at the TPU Reactor, international students are able to complete training. They are trained to work at nuclear facilities in their home countries.
Research
Research at TPU is developed in various areas:[citation needed]
- High-energy physics;
- Chemistry and applied biomedical sciences;
- Non-destructive testing;
- Earth sciences and engineering;
- Advanced manufacturing technologies;
- Intelligent energy;
- Nuclear science and engineering.
International cooperation
TPU was a member of 12 international associations, including the
Notable alumni and faculty
- David A. Frank-Kamenetskii, theoretical physicist and chemist, professor and doctor of physical, chemical, and mathematical sciences. Developed the thermal explosion theory, worked on plasma physics problems and in astrophysics.
- Nikolay Kamov, helicopter designer
- Alexander Kazantsev, science fiction writer
- Mikhail Mil (did not graduate), helicopter designer, founder of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
- Fritz Noether, German-born mathematician, faculty; executed by the Stalinist NKVD
- Antonina Pirozhkova, civil engineer and writer
- Vladimir Rott, Russian-Canadian electrical engineer turned author
- Kanysh Satpayev, one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny
- Nikolay Semyonov, physicist and chemist
- quasicrystals
- Nikolay Urvantsev, geologist and Arctic explorer
- Mikhail Usov, geologist
- Gennady Mesyats, physicist, founder of scientific schools
- Nikolay Nikitin, structural designer and construction engineer
- Matvei Kapelyushnikov, mechanical engineer and inventor
- Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn, politician
- Ivan Indinok, politician
- Igor Minin, physicist, faculty
- Oleg Minin, physicist, faculty
- Theodor Molien, Baltic-German mathematician, faculty
- Andrey Kryachkov, architect, faculty
- Sergey Psakhie, physicist, faculty
Rectors
The following have been rectors of the university:[citation needed]
- 1899-1907 Efim Zubashev, Rector of Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II
- 1907-1911 Vladimir Alekseevsky, Rector of Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II
- 1911-1916 Nikolay Kartashev, Rector of Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II.
- 1916-1919 Ivan Bobarykov, Rector of Tomsk Technological Institute of Emperor Nicholas II and Tomsk Technological Institute.
- 1919-1920 Alexander Ugarov, Rector of Tomsk Technological Institute
- 1920-1921 Yakov Mikhailenko, Rector of Tomsk Technological Institute.
- 1921-1930 Nikolay Gutovsky, Rector of Tomsk Technological Institute and Dzerzhinsky Siberian Technological Institute
- 1930-1934 Sergey Kalmykov, Rector of Dzerzhinsky Siberian Technological Institute
- 1934-1936 Alexey Kashkin, Rector of Kirov Tomsk Industrial Institute
- 1936-1937 Alexander Nesterov, Rector of Kirov Tomsk Industrial Institute
- 1937-1938 Dmitry Garshenin, Rector of Kirov Tomsk Industrial Institute
- 1939-1944 Konstantin Shmargunov, Rector of Kirov Tomsk Industrial Institute
- 1944-1970 Alexander Vorobyev, Rector of Kirov Tomsk Polytechnic Institute.
- 1970-1981 Ivan Kalyatsky, Rector of Kirov Tomsk Polytechnic Institute
- 1981-1990 Ivan Chuchalin, Rector of Kirov Tomsk Polytechnic Institute.
- 1990-2008 Yury Pokholkov, Rector of Tomsk Polytechnic Institute and TPU.
- 2009-2019 Petr Chubik, Rector of National Research TPU
- 2019-2020 Victor Demin, Acting Rector of National Research TPU
- 2020-2021 Andrey Yakovlev, Acting Rector of National Research TPU
- 2021 to present Dmitry Sednev, Acting Rector of National Research TPU
Gallery
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TPU main building
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TPU academic building No. 1 (the former Mining Department)
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TPU academic building No. 3 (the former Physical Department)
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TPU academic building No. 10
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Memorial to TPU fallen staff during the battles at the Eastern Front of World War II
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The TPU campus was recognized the best in Russia (2016 contest by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation)[citation needed]
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TPU Science and Technical Library, 2020
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TPU Science Park
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TPU Science Park and academic building No. 11
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TPU academic building No. 10
References
- ^ a b c "Best Global Universities in Russia". US News Education. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia". Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d O’Malley, Brendan (7 March 2022). "EUA suspends 12 Russian members who back Putin's invasion". University World News. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "CESAER suspends membership of Tomsk Polytechnic University". Russian Hackerz’s.
- ^ a b "University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2019-2020 World University Ranking". muratalper.com.
- ^ "TPU". USnews. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ S.L.U, Course Guru. "All 6 Universities in Tomsk | Rankings & Reviews 2022". UniversityGuru.
External links
- Tomsk Polytechnic University (in English)
- Tomsk Polytechnic University Tour Video (in English)