Almetyevsk State Technological University "Higher School of Oil"

About Almetyevsk State Technological University "Higher School of Oil"

Almetyevsk State Technological University "Higher School of Oil" is a university in Almetyevsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan. It is also called Higher School of Oil (AGTU VSN). Until 2024 it was the Almetyevsk State Oil Institute (AGNI). The university's history begins with a study and consultation point of the Moscow Petroleum Institute, created in Almetyevsk by an order of 26 June 1956. The university counts 5 October 1956 as the birthday of the institute. The address is 186a Sovetskaya Street, Almetyevsk 423462.

Institutes and research

In 1991 the Tatar evening faculty became an independent oil institute. In 2003 it was renamed the Almetyevsk State Oil Institute. A new campus opened on 1 February 2024. In the same year the institute was renamed the Higher School of Oil and received university status. The university describes itself as "the only multi-profile technical higher educational institution of the south-east of Tatarstan" that trains specialists for the oil and gas industry. There are two schools, Economics and Interdisciplinary Research and Digital Engineering, and departments including oil and gas field development, drilling, oil and gas transport and storage, and mathematics and informatics. Research units include a special design and technology bureau and a centre of scientific and technical research.

Students

According to the university, students come from more than 30 regions of Russia. It offers accredited bachelor's and master's programmes.

For international applicants

The university offers programmes in oil and gas engineering, electric power, automation, information technology, economics and the humanities. Citizens of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan may apply for state-funded study. Students from other countries can study on a fee-paying basis or apply for quota places given by the Russian Government through Rossotrudnichestvo. Foreign citizens enter on the university's own entrance tests. Documents and tests are handled online. Applicants need their passport or ID card and their state-issued education document with transcript. The evening pre-university courses on the site are for school pupils and applicants from Russia and the CIS.

Housing

The campus dormitory at 212 Sovetskaya Street has 692 places and has been open to students since 2021. Rooms are in four-bed blocks with two people in each room. A second dormitory is at 53 Telmana Street. According to the university, all first-year students are provided with a place. Places may also go to full-time bachelor's and master's students and to full-time and part-time foreign students at either address.