Organization:Pryazovskyi State Technical University

Pryazovskyi State Technical University

Приазовський державний технічний університет
Motto	Kenntnis ehre Fähigkeit
Established	1930
Rector	Vyacheslav Voloshyn
Students	16000
Location	Mariupol , Ukraine
Website	www.pstu.edu

Pryazovskyi State Technical University (Ukrainian: Приазовський державний технічний університет) is a Ukrainian University in Mariupol. It is one of the oldest universities in the Donetsk Oblast.

History

PSTU was founded in November 1930 as a professional training school for the workers of ILYICH Iron & Steel Works. In 1933 it became Mariupol Metallurgical Institute. From 1948 until 1989 it was Zhdanov Metallurgical Institute. From 1989 – 1993 it again became Mariupol Metallurgical Institute. The Postgraduate Department was established in 1960. In 1993 PSTU received university status via Resolution no. 956 and became Pryazovskyi State Technical University. Since 2009 its official name is State Higher Education Institution “Pryazovskyi State Technical University”.

Campuses and buildings

Block 1 houses University administration offices. It was built in 1910, designed by architect Victor Nilsen as an eparchial school. University blocks 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9, are arranged into a closed square campus. In total, the University includes 12 buildings located in the historical part of the City on Grecheskaia and Universytetska streets. Hostels and canteen are in Apatova Street.

Institutes and faculties

The University incorporates an In-Service Training and Continuous Education Institute, Mechanic and Transport Research Institute, Metallurgy and Welding Research Institute, Economy and Management Research Institute. PSTU has faculties in Humanities, Engineering and Pedagogy, Information Technologies, Engineering and Language Training for International Students, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering, Welding, Transport Technologies, Economics and Power Engineering.

Notable alumni

• Petro Shelest – member of Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee, First Secretary of Central Committee of Communist Party of Ukraine, Hero of Socialistic Labour, Deputy of Supreme Council of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR)
• Aleksei Titarenko – Second Secretary of Donetsk and Zaporozh’e Regional Communist Party Committee, Deputy of the Supreme Council of the USSR and the Ukrainian SSR
• Viktor Kurchenko – Chairman of the Planning, Finance and Budget Committee of Supreme Council of the USSR, Deputy of Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR
• Ihor Nahayevskyi, General Manager of “Zhdanovtiazhmash” Industrial Group, Deputy of Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR
• Volodymyr Boiko – Chairman of the Board of Directors, General Manager of Joint Stock Company Ilyich Iron & Steel Works, Hero of Ukraine, People's Deputy of Verkhovna Rada of V and VI Call
• Serhiy Taruta – Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO “Industrialnyi Soiuz Donbassa”
• Ihor Yushko – President of Ukrainian National Mortgage Association, Minister of Finance of Ukraine (2001), Deputy of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
• Amadeu Campos – Angola Director do gabinete Provincial de Luanda de Transportes Trafego e Mobilidade Urbana.

External links

• Official site