Named after Yuri Gagarin, SSTU was founded in 1930. It s a major technical university in the Volga region, offering programs in engineering, IT, energy, and instrument making.
Address: 77 Politekhnicheskaya St., Saratov, 410054, Russia
Mechanical Engineering, Instrument Engineering, Information Technology
Domains taught:
- Automation, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Regional and some international partnerships, focus on applied research for local industries.
Research:
Research in mechanical engineering, materials science, electronics and instrumentation, information systems, and energy technologies.
Famous Alumnis:
Yuri Gagarin (attended an industrial technical school, then air force pilot school; university named in his honor)
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1300
Current students***:
17000
Foreign students***:
0%
Cumulative former students***:
90000
Pros
Leading technical university in the Saratov region, strong applied engineering programs.
Cons
Primarily a regional institution.
Best For
Mechanical engineering and instrument making
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- A good alternative in the same country is Oryol State University, which likewise covers automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers physics as well.
- Think of Chuvash State University when automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics is the priority: it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers physics as well.
- Altai State Technical University follows much the same lines as this institution, with automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics as common ground, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Where this university leans on automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics, Togliatti State University does the same, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Ulyanovsk State Technical University works in much the same fields, chiefly thermodynamics, automation and mechanical engineering, and it is smaller, enrolling about 10,000 students against roughly 17,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Looking internationally, National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute in Ukraine is where thermodynamics, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics get a comparable treatment; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers chemical engineering as well.
- Odesa National Polytechnic University in Ukraine shares the automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics orientation of this institution, and it has almost the same size, at about 15,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- Beyond national borders, Guangdong University of Technology stands out as a comparable school for automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics; it covers chemical engineering and civil engineering as well, and is larger, enrolling about 46,022 students against roughly 17,000 here.
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences brings a Norway setting to the same core fields, automation, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronics, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers civil engineering and manufacturing as well.
- Looking internationally, University of South-Eastern Norway in Norway is where automation, electrical and electronics and software engineering get a comparable treatment; it covers marine science and nanotechnologies as well, and has almost the same size, at about 18,000 students.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Energy, Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Research and Development, Robotics, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Practices
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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