Izhevsk institute of mechanical engineering
(Russian Federation National Committe for Higher Education)
7, Studencheskaya Ul., 426069, Izhevsk, Russia
Tel. 23-83-11, Teletype 255-196 "Spektr".
1. The Institute was founded in Febrary 1952 and had 2 Faculties (Mechanical
Technologies and Michine-Building), which enrolled 200 students. V.P.Ostroumov,
Associate Professor, Candidate of Sciences was the first Rector of the Institute.
Well-known scientists: N.V.Vorobyov, N.V.Azbelev, V.A.Kaprunin, M.T.Kalashnikov,
Ye.F.Dragunov, V.A.Sipailov, M.S.Gorokhov, A.M.Lipanov, N.V.Talantov, O.I.Shavrin
lectured at the Institute at different times.
Rector of the Institute - I.V.Abramov, Professor, Doctor of Sciences.
2. Today, the Institute has 6 Faculties:
Instrument-Making
- Machine-Building
- Civil Engineering
- Informatics and Technical Cybernetics
- Managment and Marketing
There are branches of the Institute in Votkinsk, Sarapul, Tchaikovsky and Glazov.
The Institute has 49 Departments, 16 of them include research and educational
centres uniting an Institute department and some manufacturing enterprises.
The institute structure includes an educational centre for continuous training
of engineers, a research department, a computer centre, a scientific library,
the Institute museum, a health care centre, a polyclinic, a medical centre with
technical faculties; an advertising and publishing department, a sprots centre,
a holiday home on the Kama, the students' club "Integral".
3. 644 teachers and lecturers work at the Institute, aming them - 5 Academicians
and Associate Academicains, 33 Professors and Doctors of Sciences, 314 Associate
Professors and Candidates of Sciences.
4. Students are trained in 17 specialities:
- applied mathematics
- economics and mangment in machine-building
- machine-building technology
- metal-cutting machines and tools
- machinery and technology of metals' pressure working
- machinary and technology of welding production
- rocket engines
- rocket construction
- inpulse and heat machine
- physical methods and apparatus of introscopy
- robotics system
- computers, computer complexes, systems and networks
- computer-aided design systems
- computer and computer-aided systems software
- radio-engineering
- design and technology of radio-electronic devices
- industrial and civil engineering
The Institute has a preparatory department and special training courses for
applicants.
5. The Institute's research programme corresponds to the specialists'
training orientation.
49 postgraduates pursue their study at the Institute; there are 2 Specialized
Academic Councils for awarding Doctor's degrees and 1 Academic Council for
awarding Candidate's degrees.
The Institute takes part in the following inter-institute and republician scientific
and technical programmes:
- "Small-serial, small-tonnage, high technology production based on fundamental
research programmes"
- "Transfer technologies, complex and equipment"
- "Fundamental and applied problems of mechanics of strained materials and structures"
- "Conversion of the scientific and technical potential of the Russian higher
education institutions", the contest of grants in the field of fundamental natural
sciences (3 grants)
- the international scientific and technical project "Development of scientific design
foundations, elaboration, research and putting into production of new mechanical drives"
- the coordinative plan of the Academy of Sciences "Physics and chemistry of surface"
6. Within the framework of the International programme (in which the Institute
is a co-exeutor), business contacys have been established with the technical universities
of the USA, Czechia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Balkan educational and
research association.