Kazan National Research Technological University

About Kazan National Research Technological University

Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU; in Russian КНИТУ) is a state university in Kazan, Russia. Its website address uses the older abbreviation KSTU, from the name Kazan State Technological University (1992–2011). The university traces its origin to 14 June 1890, when it was established as the Kazan Industrial College. It became Kazan Polytechnic Institute in 1919 and Kazan Institute of Chemical Technology in 1930. The founder is the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. The main address is 68 Karl Marx Street, Kazan. KNRTU is a different institution from KNRTU–KAI, the Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev–KAI, which has its own website at kai.ru.

Institutes and research

KNRTU has eight institutes for bachelor's, master's and specialist programmes: Chemical Engineering and Technology; Mechanical Engineering for Chemical and Petrochemical Industry; Innovation Management; Petroleum, Chemistry and Nanotechnologies; Polymers; Food Engineering and Biotechnology; Light Industry, Fashion and Design; and Automated Control Systems and Information Technologies. The university also has a Faculty of International Educational Programs, a Military Education Center and an Advanced Engineering School called "Promkhimtech". Its affiliates include the Nizhnekamsk Chemical Technological Institute, the Bugulma Remote Campus and the Kazan Technological College. The university says it participates in the federal "Priority-2030" project and works in 15 main scientific directions. It links its science to the Kazan Chemical School, founded in 1830.

Students

According to the university's English page, more than 20,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at KNRTU, and more than 2,000 of them are foreign citizens.

For international applicants

KNRTU offers international students a one-year pre-university course. It combines Russian language training with theoretical subjects taught in Russian, such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and economics. The courses include engineering, economics, biomedicine and natural sciences. The English site lists bachelor's and master's programmes taught in Russian. The English site also keeps an older page for an International Master's programme in Smart Materials (major 18.04.01); its enrolment deadline is dated 2023, and the official programme list shows Russian as the language of study.

Applicants can contact the Faculty of International Educational Programs at 68 Karl Marx Street, block A, room 255, or at fmop@kstu.ru.

Housing

The university's information page on dormitories for non-resident students reports 2,657 places; the English page gives 2,592. The English site lists dormitories on Tovarischeskaya Street and Akademik Kirpichnikov Street in Kazan.