Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU)

About Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU)

Bauman Moscow State Technical University — known as BMSTU or MGTU im. N. E. Baumana — is a federal state technical university in Moscow. Its official Russian name includes the words "National Research University". The university gives its date of creation as 14 July 1830. The founder is the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The main building is at 5 2nd Baumanskaya Street (building 1), Moscow. The university describes itself as "a Russian national research university, a scientific centre and a particularly valuable object of the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia".

Institutes and research

According to the university, 20 faculties and more than 130 departments train engineers. The faculties include Informatics and Control Systems, Engineering Business and Management, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Special Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Power Machine Building, Robotics and Complex Automation, Fundamental Sciences, Linguistics, and Social Sciences and Humanities. Four industry faculties work with partner companies: Rocket and Space Engineering, Aerospace, Instrument Making and Radio Engineering. BMSTU has branches in Kaluga, Mytishchi, Dmitrov and Tashkent. The Mytishchi branch has two faculties and, according to the university, about 6,200 students.

For international applicants

All study programmes at BMSTU are taught in Russian. Applicants who do not speak Russian need to take the preparatory department first. It teaches Russian from zero level and prepares students for technical degree programmes. It lasts one academic year and is full-time on the university campus. The main subjects are Russian, mathematics and physics. Informatics, technical drawing, social studies and history are additional subjects. One programme prepares applicants for bachelor's and specialist degrees, another for master's and postgraduate study. A separate online Russian course lasts up to four months. The university says this course supports preparation but does not give the right to enter degree programmes by itself.

To apply to the preparatory department, applicants choose a programme and send a passport copy, a copy of their education document and an application form by e-mail. The university then issues a visa invitation. Foreign applicants to bachelor's, specialist, master's and postgraduate programmes have separate guidance pages. They use an applicant account.

Housing

The university's mandatory disclosure lists 13 dormitory buildings, including Dormitory No. 14, the "Spectrum" complex, and Dormitory No. 15, "Parus". In these two, a living block has two rooms with two people in each room. Each block has a kitchen, a bathroom, a shower and an entrance lobby.