Izhevsk State Technical University named after M.T. Kalashnikov

About Izhevsk State Technical University named after M.T. Kalashnikov

Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University (Kalashnikov ISTU, also ISTU) is a federal state university in Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic. It was founded on 22 February 1952. On 22 February 2012, its 60th anniversary, it was named after Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of small arms. The founder is the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The main address is Studencheskaya Street 7, Izhevsk. The university also has branches in Votkinsk, Glazov and Sarapul, and its structure page lists a machine-building college in Kambarka in the same section.

Institutes and research

The university is organised into faculties and institutes. They include the faculties of Mechanical Engineering; Information Technologies, Radio Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering; and Construction, Architecture and Design named after V.A. Shumilov. They also include the School of Basic Engineering Education, the Institute of Power Engineering, the Institute of Continuing Professional Education, the Institute of Physical Culture and Sport and the Institute of International Educational Programs.

Students

According to the university's English site, more than 12,000 students study at Kalashnikov ISTU. The same site gives different figures for international students on different pages: 275 on its general page (page stamp 27 October 2026) and more than 350 from 30 countries on its "About us" page (page stamp 4 September 2026).

For international applicants

Russian is the main language of instruction. Applicants with insufficient Russian take a one-year Russian language course, the Foundation program (1,080 academic hours), before Russian-taught degrees. The international site also lists programmes taught in English: six bachelor programmes (civil engineering; mechatronics and robotics; info-communication technologies and communication systems; software engineering; management; oil and gas engineering) and one master programme in civil engineering. The international site (admission page stamped 2021) describes applying by registering on the site, then emailing the application form with a passport scan and scans of education documents. It says foreign students study on state quota places within the Russian Government quota, on targeted places for citizens of some countries, or on a commercial basis.

Housing

The university reports six dormitories with 1,908 places in total. The international site says international students are usually accommodated in a unit-type dormitory, where each unit has two or four rooms that share a shower and a restroom. According to the site, all full-time international students are provided with places, and the availability of vacant places must be confirmed before coming to Izhevsk.