Irkutsk National Research Technical University (INRTU)

About Irkutsk National Research Technical University (INRTU)

Irkutsk National Research Technical University (INRTU, also called iPolytech; in Russian ИРНИТУ or "Иркутский политех") is a state university in Irkutsk, Russia. It was founded on 26 February 1930 as the Siberian Mining Institute. It became the Irkutsk Polytechnic Institute in 1960 and Irkutsk State Technical University in 1993. A Russian Government order of 20 May 2010 gave that university the national research university category. The founder is the Russian Federation, represented by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The main address is 83 Lermontov Street, Irkutsk. INRTU is a different institution from Irkutsk State University (ИГУ).

Institutes and research

The university's structure page lists 12 institutes. They are the Baikal BRICS Institute, the Siberian School of Geosciences, and the institutes of aircraft engineering and transport; architecture, construction and design; high technologies; correspondence and evening studies; information technologies and data analysis named after E.I. Popov; quantum physics; linguistics and intercultural communication; subsoil use; economics, management and law; and energy. There is also a faculty of secondary vocational education.

For international applicants

INRTU offers a 15-month Russian language preparatory course for foreign citizens. It takes students from level A1 to B2 and prepares them for Russian-taught bachelor's and specialist programmes. Students choose one of three tracks: humanities, engineering and technology, or economics.

The English site lists bachelor's programmes taught in English. They include Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Finance and Accounting, Finance and Accounting (double degree programme with Shandong University, China), Information Technologies in Earth and Environmental Sciences, International Business, Linguistics and Business Communications, and Power Electrical Engineering. Each of these has a training period of four years. One further bachelor's programme, Cross-cultural Communications in Business Environment, is taught in Chinese.

The Russian-language admission page describes the steps for foreign applicants. The applicant chooses a programme and sends scanned documents to admission@istu.edu for a preliminary assessment. The applicant then takes entrance tests and submits original documents. The admission office phone is +7 (395) 240-52-15.

Housing

According to the university's official information page, its dormitories have 3,890 places. The English site says the dormitories are for students from other cities and for foreign students, and are located within the campus grounds. Full-time students of all levels are checked in through the university's Unified Check-in Centre.